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Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart talks with newsmakers who challenge your ideas on politics, and explore how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. "Capehart" is a podcast from Washington Post Opinions, with conversations adapted from Washington Post Live events.

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Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart talks with newsmakers who challenge your ideas on politics, and explore how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. "Capehart" is a podcast from Washington Post Opinions, with conversations adapted from Washington Post Live events.

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    Deborah Lipstadt on the rise of antisemitism, threats to democracy and lessons from history

    Deborah Lipstadt on the rise of antisemitism, threats to democracy and lessons from history

    Historian and special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about the spike in antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, her role at the State Department, her scholarship about the Holocaust and the lessons of the past for today.

    Conversation recorded on Thursday, June 11, 2024.

    • 29 min
    Best Of: Alicia Roth Weigel on new documentary about intersex community

    Best Of: Alicia Roth Weigel on new documentary about intersex community

    Following its success as a 45th annual Telly Award winner in the DEI category, we revisit a 2023 conversation with Alicia Roth Weigel, an activist profiled in “Every Body," a new documentary exploring the lives of intersex people who are born with a combination of male and female biological traits as she discusses the intersex community, gender identity and the state of LGBTQIA+ rights in the country.

    Conversation recorded on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

    • 30 min
    Hoa Xuande on his breakout role in 'The Sympathizer' and his journey from Australia to Hollywood

    Hoa Xuande on his breakout role in 'The Sympathizer' and his journey from Australia to Hollywood

    Actor Hoa Xuande, star of the new espionage thriller "The Sympathizer," talks about his role as a double agent in the miniseries, how the show reexamines the Vietnam war through the Vietnamese perspective and how growing up in Australia led him on a path to "figure out who he really is."

    Conversation recorded on Thursday, May 23 2024.

    • 29 min
    Robert Kagan on his latest book 'Rebellion,' and why a country led by Trump would be 'frightening'

    Robert Kagan on his latest book 'Rebellion,' and why a country led by Trump would be 'frightening'

    Historian and Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about the stakes in the 2024 presidential election, the historical parallels to this moment in American politics and what he calls the “anti-liberal rebellion.”

    Conversation recorded on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

    • 31 min
    The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

    The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

    During Washington Post Live's World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Clayton Weimers, executive director of RSF USA and president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Stephen Capus assess the state of global press freedom, ensuring the safety for journalists around the world, the technological shifts reshaping the industry and what's at stake as billions around the world head to the polls this year.

    • 25 min
    Percival Everett on reimagining ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’

    Percival Everett on reimagining ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’

    Acclaimed author Percival Everett joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about Everett’s latest novel, “James,” which reexamines Jim from Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in an attempt to give the character “control of his own story.” Everett also tackles the issue of book bans across the country, Twain’s use of the n-word in his literature and why Everett believes “it belongs there.”

    Conversation recorded on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

    • 27 min

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