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.
Latest episodes
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33 min
First Look with The Post's Jonathan Capehart, Dan Balz, Eugene Robinson and George F. Will
In this final episode of CAPEHART, Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Dan Balz, Eugene Robinson and George F. Will about the top headlines of the week including the latest wi…
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18 min
Runway CEO on the future of Hollywood in the age of AI
Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss how his company is utilizing AI capabilities to serve as a tool to enhance and revolutionize how films…
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19 min
Shyam Sankar on next phase of the artificial intelligence revolution
Shyam Sankar, Palantir Technologies CTO, joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss the impact of AI on companies across industries and America’s global technological competitiv…
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25 min
David Miliband on emergency watchlist of countries at greatest humanitarian risk in 2025
David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and the former foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss the IRC’s new…
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27 min
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on 2024, lessons for Democrats and the art of power
One of the most formidable House speakers ever to hold the gavel talks about wielding power and winning and losing in the 2024 election. Conversation recorded on November 21, 2024…
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43 min
Special Edition: First Look with the Post's Jonathan Capehart
In a special edition of First Look, the Post's Jonathan Capehart speaks with national political reporter Michael Scherer about Donald Trump's historic comeback to reclaim the White…
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29 min
Sen. Gary Peters on the fight for the Senate, Michigan and 2024 stakes
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart to discuss his role in defending the Democratic majority in the Senate, the Senate electoral map, the battleground sta…
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29 min
André Holland on 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' and the role of artists in 'social transformation'
Actor André Holland best known for his standout performance in the Academy Award-winning movie “Moonlight" joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss his new father-son drama “E…
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36 min
Bob Woodward on ‘War’ and the upcoming presidential election
Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss his latest book, “War,” about the three concurrent conflicts seizing the world’s attenti…
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28 min
Maha Abouelenein on the superpower of self-reliance and the importance of building a personal brand
Global communications strategist and author of the new book “7 Rules of Self-Reliance,” Maha Abouelenein joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart to discuss practical advice on how indiv…
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31 min
James Balog and Bill Weir on the fate of Antarctica amid an increasingly warming planet
Environmental photographer, filmmaker and explorer James Balog and CNN anchor and chief climate correspondent Bill Weir join The Post's Jonathan Capehart from Washington Post Live'…
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14 min
John Kerry on the role of U.S. diplomacy with China in combatting climate change globally
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Inaugural U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart from Washington Post Live's "This is Climate…
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18 min
Tara Parker-Pope and Robert Klitzman on cognitive decline and reducing stigma around aging
Washington Post Well+Being Editor Tara Parker Pope and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Robert Klitzman join The Post's Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about how…
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22 min
Rep. James Clyburn on Democrats' enthusiasm around the Harris-Walz presidential campaign
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to talk about the Harris-Walz 2024 campaign strategy, the prospect…
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25 min
Best Of: The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy
On the heels of the historic prisoner swap that led to the release of detained journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, we revisit a conversation from Post Live's World Pr…
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18 min
Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the humanitarian and displacement crisis in war-ravaged Sudan
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about Sudan’s hunger and displacement crisis, the underlying con…
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1 h 02
Best Of: In conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris
As she sets the stage for her presidential campaign in the upcoming 2024 election, we revisit this conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris from 2019 as she sat down with Jon…
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1 h 28
Special Edition: First Look with the Post's Jonathan Capehart
In a special expanded edition of First Look, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) talked about Vice President Kamala Harris’s White House campaign, possibilities for her running mate and the pol…
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29 min
Retired judge David Tatel on ‘Vision,’ D.C. circuit tenure and Supreme Court concerns
Retired judge David Tatel joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about his new memoir, his rise to becoming a judge on the influential D.C. circuit, coming to terms…
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1 h 07
Special Edition: First Look roundtable with Post reporters on what's at stake for American democracy
In a special expanded edition of First Look, Post reporters and columnists discuss the debate in the Democratic party over Biden's candidacy, the upcoming Republican National Conve…