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Dec. 23, 2024

Saving “Sesame Street”

Education reporter Laura Meckler started reporting a story about the upcoming season of “Sesame Street,” which aims to help kids manage complex emotions. But she uncovered a larger story about the iconic show’s fight for its own survival.
Dec. 20, 2024

College football now has more money - and more problems

This weekend, the 2024 College Football Playoff kicks off, featuring more teams, more storylines and a lot more money than ever before. Today on the show, how we got to this moment in college sports, and what could be next.
Dec. 19, 2024

Musk and Trump bring shutdown chaos to Congress

Today on “Post Reports,” Washington scrambles to avoid a government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have fanned the flames.
Dec. 18, 2024

Club raids, influencers: How Putin’s playbook is pushing young Russians toward ultranationalism

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants young Russians to become ultranationalist patriots. Today, we meet the online influencer at the center of this push and hear how a society can drastically change in a short period.
Dec. 17, 2024

Trump’s new businesses — and new potential conflicts of interest

In Donald Trump’s first term, ethics experts raised alarms that he could use the presidency to enrich his businesses. Now, these concerns are reemerging as the president-elect’s business empire has grown to include social media and cryptocurrency.
Dec. 16, 2024

A stunning two weeks in South Korea

Over the weekend, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached. Yoon drew fire for declaring martial law in early December. What comes next for South Korea?
Dec. 14, 2024

Deep Reads: Guns. Knives. Bats. Hammers. Hatchets. Spears.

As incidents of road rage escalate across the country, aggressive drivers in Texas try to understand what triggers anger.
Dec. 13, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Biden races to protect his legacy

President Joe Biden is racing against the clock to secure his legacy and protect some of his accomplishments from President-elect Donald Trump.
Dec. 12, 2024

The ‘FBI’ called. Then she got scammed.

Americans are being conned every day by increasingly sophisticated scams. Today, we hear the story of one woman who lost her life's savings to a government impersonation scam.
Dec. 11, 2024

Can Biden's climate law survive Trump?

The Inflation Reduction Act has led to billions of dollars of investment in clean energy, largely in districts that favored Trump in 2020 – but now the president-elect wants to get rid of it. Today, the impact of the law so far and what parts of it are now in jeopardy.
Dec. 10, 2024

The killing of a CEO

After a five-day manhunt, authorities have arrested and charged a man with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Today on “Post Reports,” we bring you the latest in the case — and a look at why some on the internet cheered the killing.
Dec. 9, 2024

What’s next for Syria

President Bashar al-Assad, and his father before him, ruled Syria with an iron fist for more than five decades. Then over the past 11 days, opposition forces toppled the regime. As Syrians celebrate, they’re also wondering what comes next.
Dec. 6, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Will Biden issue more pardons?

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, digs his heels in. And the growing backlash over President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter.
Dec. 5, 2024

What’s up with all these food recalls?

What to make of the recent E. coli, salmonella and listeria outbreaks in the U.S. that led to food recalls of produce like carrots, cucumbers and even the slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders.
Dec. 4, 2024

A surprising turn in Syria's civil war

In the past week, the civil war in Syria reignited. Islamist rebels seized control of Aleppo, triggering a new phase in a years-long civil war. The Post’s Middle East bureau chief, Kareem Fahim, talks with host Elahe Izadi about why this moment matters.
Dec. 3, 2024

A trans teen takes her case to the Supreme Court

This week, the Supreme Court will consider for the first time whether states can ban gender-affirming care for young people. Today, we spend time with a teenager and her family who are plaintiffs in the case.
Dec. 2, 2024

Why many people on death row will never be executed

Today, why so many people on death row will likely never be executed and what this says about the American justice system.
Nov. 29, 2024

Impromptu: The real reason Americans are having fewer kids

Many economists and politicians are alarmed that Americans, like others around the world, are having fewer kids. But, apart from wanting a growing labor force, is this really a problem? An episode from The Post’s Opinions podcast, “Impromptu.”
Nov. 27, 2024

Bacon: The best-kept secret in Washington

Today on “Post Reports,” we follow reporter Shane Harris in search of a secret recipe for candied bacon. The story behind the closely guarded cooking technique unlocks a forgotten chapter of Washington history and reveals the true source of a famous crowd-pleaser.
Nov. 26, 2024

Everyone loves rooftop solar. But there’s a problem.

Solar power has grown dramatically in the United States, thanks in part to the millions of solar panels installed on the roofs of people's homes. But rooftop solar might not be the cheapest, most efficient way for the country to meet its climate goals.
Nov. 25, 2024

Can RFK Jr. make America healthy again?

Today on “Post Reports,” we unpack President-elect Donald Trump’s seemingly contradictory picks for the top positions in public health – in particular, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Nov. 22, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Gaetz’s downfall, Trump’s mandate

Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) pulled his name from consideration for attorney general. What will this mean for Donald Trump’s other controversial Cabinet picks?
Nov. 21, 2024

Where RFK Jr.'s fluoride-free dream is already a reality

Today, we dive straight into the impassioned politics and science of fluoride in our drinking water. We travel to the front lines of the growing debates in Oregon, where communities large and small have been sparring over the issue for decades.
Nov. 20, 2024

Behind the boom in U.S. women's pro soccer

This Saturday, the two best teams in the National Women’s Soccer League face off in the championship. The NWSL is booming after years of scandal and struggle. Today, how the league became so successful and what it shows about the potential for women’s sports.