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Post Reports, page 8
by The Washington Post · English
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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Trump's grudge against the Fed's Jerome PowellThe episode examines President Trump’s escalating threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and how that clashes with Fed independence and the Fed’s interest-rate mandate.16 Jul 2025 · 22 min · 8 chapters
Trump’s “Epstein files” problemThe Trump administration’s decision not to release additional Jeffrey Epstein-related “files” and how that choice enrages parts of Trump’s MAGA base, fueling renewed conspiracy theories and internal…15 Jul 2025 · 26 min · 6 chapters
Inside ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's fight to stay out of prisonThe Washington Post’s Post Reports episode examines former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s legal fight to avoid prison after alleged coup plotting following his 2022 election loss, focusing on…14 Jul 2025 · 40 min · 14 chapters
Trump was shot a year ago. Why do we still know so little?One-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s July 13, 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania shooting; why investigators still lack a clear motive and how security failures by the Secret Service may have enabled the…13 Jul 2025 · 23 min · 9 chapters
Trump ran to save himself in 2024. He won back America.A Washington Post Reports Weekly roundtable with senior White House reporter Isaac Arnstorf about his book 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America, focusing on how Trump…11 Jul 2025 · 30 min · 13 chapters
How AI is changing datingThe episode explores how generative AI is reshaping dating apps and online courtship.10 Jul 2025 · 24 min · 11 chapters
The Supreme Court opens the door to mass federal layoffsThe Supreme Court’s emergency “shadow docket” order allowing President Trump to proceed with mass federal layoffs and restructuring after lower courts blocked the plan.9 Jul 2025 · 18 min · 6 chapters
How Trump's media war came for CBSHow Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a 60 Minutes/Kamala Harris interview led CBS/Paramount to settle, and what that signals about pressure on journalism.8 Jul 2025 · 29 min · 9 chapters
Why devastation struck Texas's 'flash flood alley'Devastating flash flooding in Texas’s “Flash Flood Alley” (Kerr County/Central Texas) during the July 4th weekend, killing more than 90 people and sweeping away campers; the episode explains how the…7 Jul 2025 · 25 min · 10 chapters
Deep Reads: Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better futureA Washington Post “Deep Reads” episode about how a USDA pilot grant for farm labor was frozen after President Trump’s early 2025 actions, threatening farmers’ finances and a migrant worker’s journey.5 Jul 2025 · 41 min · 19 chapters
Understanding your gut with 'Try This'“Try This” episode 1 explains gut health by breaking down the gut microbiome—about 100 trillion microbes in the gut (especially the colon)—and how it affects digestion and disease.4 Jul 2025 · 13 min · 9 chapters
How Trump got his One Big Beautiful Bill Act passedHow President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” (a tax-and-spending package) moved from Senate passage to a fast House re-vote, including the behind-the-scenes pressure, key holdouts, and…3 Jul 2025 · 30 min · 13 chapters
The Diddy trial: How the jury reached its verdictThe episode (Washington Post’s Post Reports) explains the verdict in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial and how the jury reached a mixed outcome after 13 hours of deliberation.2 Jul 2025 · 31 min · 10 chapters