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Oct. 23, 2024

The union workers who could determine the election

Unions have historically supported Democrats – but recently they’ve shifted right. Today on “Post Reports,” the pivotal role unions could play in this election.

Oct. 22, 2024

This podcast was made by humans

New AI audio technology allows anyone to duplicate a human voice and create a podcast in minutes. Is it as good as the real thing?

Oct. 21, 2024

Hamas's top leader is dead. What happens now?

Hamas’s leader Yahya Sinwar was known as the architect of the Oct. 7 attacks; last week he was killed by Israeli soldiers. Today on Post Reports, the aftermath of Sinwar’s death and what it means for the war in Gaza.

Oct. 18, 2024

The Campaign Moment: On the bizarre Trump campaign trail

It’s the final sprint before Election Day. From barnstorming swing states to media blitzes, how Trump and Harris are approaching this last stretch.

Oct. 17, 2024

Senate control may rest on a lone Montana Democrat

The Senate race most likely to flip the chamber this year is in Montana. The Democratic incumbent, Jon Tester, is down in the polls as the state has welcomed conservative transplants, and Republicans are now less likely to split their tickets.

Oct. 16, 2024

A voyage into the world’s most contested waterway

A small flotilla, a big mission and a daunting obstacle. Today, we voyage into the most contested waterway in the world: the South China Sea.

Oct. 15, 2024

The deal reopening Three Mile Island to power AI

The 1979 partial meltdown of the power plant at Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. Now, 45 years later, the plant’s operator is in talks to reopen it, with one customer purchasing all its power: Microsoft.

Oct. 14, 2024

Selling America: The Army’s fight for recruits

Across the United States, the Army is struggling to recruit young people as fewer can – and want – to join the military. Today, how recruiters in New Jersey are tackling a recruitment slump.

Oct. 12, 2024

Presidential: Women and the White House

In this bonus episode of the “Presidential” podcast, host Lillian Cunningham speaks with Sharon McMahon, author of “The Small and the Mighty,” about women’s ongoing fight for more political power — examining the arc of progress since 1920, when women across the nation first voted for president.

Oct. 11, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Can Democrats flip the House?

Democrats want to retake control of the House of Representatives. Vice President Kamala Harris goes on a media blitz. And elected officials wade through destruction and misinformation after another hurricane made landfall this week.

Oct. 10, 2024

What Trump and Harris could do to your health care

Today, we cut through the political noise and learn how the presidential candidates’ competing agendas could affect our health care.

Oct. 9, 2024

FEMA’s battle against misinformation

Florida is on high alert as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the state, which is still reeling from Hurricane Helene. Yet as federal agencies prepare to help hard-hit areas, they are also combating a wave of misinformation related to the storm.

Oct. 8, 2024

The GOP's campaign to throw out mail-in votes

On today’s “Post Reports,” we look into why Republicans are waging legal battles to disqualify mail-in ballots, and why rhetoric against mail voting might actually hurt their presidential candidate.

Oct. 7, 2024

Israel, one year after Oct. 7

On the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Israelis pause to remember. They also struggle with their country’s deepening isolation on the world stage.

Oct. 4, 2024

The ‘Caitlin Clark’ effect and the rise of the WNBA

Caitlin Clark transformed women’s college basketball. Has she had the same effect on the WNBA? Today: the hype around women’s basketball, and what it could mean for the financial future of the sport.

Oct. 3, 2024

How to make sense of political polls

With the election just weeks away, we’re going to be seeing a lot of polls measuring public opinion of the two presidential candidates. Today, how polling works, and how to be a savvy poll reader.

Oct. 2, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Walz vs. Vance

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio faced off at what was expected to be the only vice presidential debate on Tuesday night. But it was much less dramatic than the presidential debates.

Oct. 1, 2024

The devastation of Hurricane Helene

Last week, Hurricane Helene swept across Florida and moved across the Southeast, unleashing catastrophic floods in 10 states. Today on “Post Reports,” the scenes of destruction in North Carolina and what recovery efforts look like.

Sept. 30, 2024

Inside Israel’s war strategy against Hezbollah

Today on “Post Reports,” we hear how Israel – after killing Hezbollah’s leader Hasan Nasrallah – is readying to mount a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

Sept. 28, 2024

Deep Reads: A small town in Massachusetts grapples with a new shelter for immigrants

The plan was to move migrant families to a vacant prison in the small town of Norfolk, Mass., population 11,000. Then came anger, fear, and a fight over the meaning of “shelter.”

Sept. 27, 2024

The Campaign Moment: The evolving battle for the Senate

In a push to maintain their majority in the Senate, national Democrats announced new targets this week – they’re making a play for GOP-held Senate seats in Florida and Texas. But can Democrats really flip those seats?

Sept. 26, 2024

North Carolina, Democrats' elusive battleground

We head to North Carolina, a newly competitive swing state, and learn how both Republicans and Democrats are trying to appeal to the voters who could decide the presidential election.

Sept. 25, 2024

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the cusp of all-out war?

Over the past week, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated dramatically, raising fears of an all-out war. Today on “Post Reports,” correspondent Susannah George brings us the latest from Lebanon and what she is witnessing there.

Sept. 24, 2024

The new Georgia rule that could cause election chaos

Today, we head to Georgia, where the state election board recently approved a new rule requiring counties to hand-count ballots this November — a critical change in a battleground state that could potentially upend the presidential election.