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Post Reports is the daily podcast from The Washington Post. Unparalleled reporting. Expert insight. Clear analysis. Everything you’ve come to expect from the newsroom of The Post, for your ears. Martine Powers and Elahe Izadi are your hosts, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays around 5 p.m. Eastern time.

11 HR AGO

Is Trump leading us into a recession?

The White House is warning that short-term economic pain might be necessary as the administration implements its agenda. But how much patience will Americans have for high prices and slowing growth?

20 min
2 DAYS AGO

A message from Martine

Martine Powers is taking a break from the host chair to cover the White House and then take on a longer-term assignment. Tune in to today’s bonus episode to hear more, and get to know our guest co-host for the next few months, Colby Itkowitz.

6 min
3 DAYS AGO

So… are we going to Mars?

The race to Mars is the Trump administration’s new moonshot. How soon can the U.S. actually get there?

31 min
4 DAYS AGO

Trump's chilling effect on medical research

Inside the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, the past six weeks have been chaos. The NIH has long been a driver of scientific discoveries on treatments for diseases from cancer to covid – but under Trump, its future is uncertain.

20 min
5 DAYS AGO

Trump’s defiant speech to Congress

President Donald Trump said “America is back” in a speech to Congress on Tuesday night. But some Republicans fear the looming economic uncertainty of Trump’s new tariffs could jeopardize his second term.

29 min
6 DAYS AGO

Inside Texas’s growing measles outbreak

A rural community in West Texas is at the center of the state’s worst measles outbreak in 30 years and the largest outbreak in the nation this year. Officials have reported at least 159 cases, 22 hospitalizations and one death.

32 min
3 MAR

What happened after Trump kicked Zelensky out of the Oval Office

Friday’s disastrous Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump sent Ukraine scrambling for other sources of support in its war against Russia.

29 min
28 FEB

A Trump-Zelensky blow up, a spending bill, anger at Musk

A shocking meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Plus, Trump and his ally Elon Musk hit new roadblocks this week as they continue to make cuts to the federal government.

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18/12/2024

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Just wow! So powerful. Simple in form, read by the author and so moving how a bad day might turn out and change the life of many. Thank you for it.

Post Reports is the daily podcast from The Washington Post. Unparalleled reporting. Expert insight. Clear analysis. Everything you’ve come to expect from the newsroom of The Post, for your ears. Martine Powers and Elahe Izadi are your hosts, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays around 5 p.m. Eastern time.

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The Washington Post
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2018 - 2025
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