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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.

Wendell Pierce puts ‘Death of A Salesman’ in a whole new light

28 mins; November 08, 2022

Rahul Gupta on fentanyl and the nightmare of synthetic drugs

29 mins; November 01, 2022

Michael Fanone’s battle for accountability for Jan. 6

30 mins; October 25, 2022

Sen. Gary Peters on what’s at stake this midterm season

26 mins; October 18, 2022

Nikki Giovanni is against banning any book

29 mins; October 11, 2022

Nina Totenberg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decades-long friendship

29 mins; October 04, 2022

Steve Phillips on ‘How We Win the Civil War’

28 mins; September 27, 2022

Ibram X. Kendi encourages kids to ask difficult questions about U.S. history

30 mins; September 20, 2022

From ‘Pose’ to ‘Loot,’ Michaela Jaé Rodriguez explains who she’s always been

29 mins; September 13, 2022

Billy Porter’s unstoppable journey

25 mins; September 06, 2022

Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani give an insider’s view of representation in Hollywood

29 mins; August 30, 2022

Katy Tur on the promise and peril of a family in breaking news journalism

32 mins; August 23, 2022

Jason Kander opens up about politics, PTSD, masculinity and ‘Invisible Storm’

30 mins; August 16, 2022

The Midwest mayor fighting gun violence and defending abortion

30 mins; August 09, 2022

Heather McGhee on how to move past racist ‘zero sum politics’ and prosper together

29 mins; August 02, 2022

Inside the personal and political life of Democratic strategist Lis Smith

51 mins; July 26, 2022

Heather McGhee on her new podcast and how racism impacts all sectors of society

28 mins; July 22, 2022

Tonya Lewis Lee on ‘Aftershock’ and America’s Black maternal mortality crisis

29 mins; July 19, 2022

Vanita Gupta on the future of policing and American democracy

27 mins; July 12, 2022

Danyel Smith’s ‘Very Personal History’ gives Black women of pop music their due

31 mins; July 05, 2022

Raphael Warnock’s push for a new America

31 mins; June 28, 2022

Robin Thede on comedically reflecting on Black America through ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’

29 mins; June 21, 2022

Michael R. Jackson’s ‘big, Black and queer’ musical, ‘A Strange Loop’

28 mins; June 14, 2022

Eric Holder on the violent past and imperiled future of voting

31 mins; June 07, 2022

Jeff Nussbaum on history’s ‘undelivered’ speeches

29 mins; May 31, 2022

The ‘constant barrage of tragedy’ shaping Black America

28 mins; May 24, 2022

“Broken Doors,” Episode 1

42 mins; May 20, 2022

Illinois governor says ‘hell no’ to overturning Roe v. Wade

27 mins; May 17, 2022

Danyel Smith’s ‘Very Personal History’ gives Black women of pop music their due

31 mins; May 10, 2022

Four years in Jackie Robinson’s life

31 mins; April 29, 2022

Janelle Monáe redefines the American Dream

28 mins; April 26, 2022

Telling the full history of a Founding Father’s plantation

25 mins; April 19, 2022

Harvey Fierstein on his memoir and LGBT kids today

31 mins; April 12, 2022

The significance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

27 mins; April 05, 2022

Mariama Diallo and Zoe Renee on the horror of microaggressions in ‘Master’

29 mins; March 29, 2022

Wil Haygood on representation and ‘colorization’ in film

28 mins; March 22, 2022

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on how sanctions work to isolate Russia

18 mins; March 15, 2022

Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy on Russia, Jan. 6 and why she isn't seeking a fourth term

29 mins; March 08, 2022

Rep. Joyce Beatty on the nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court

12 mins; March 01, 2022

A conversation with Janai S. Nelson

22 mins; February 22, 2022

Al Franken is 'the only former U.S. senator currently on tour'

26 mins; February 15, 2022

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn talks hard-fought success in 'Rise'

26 mins; February 08, 2022

Is the U.S. on a path to civil war? This political scientist thinks so.

29 mins; February 01, 2022

What happens if Russia invades Ukraine?

27 mins; January 25, 2022

The Rev. Al Sharpton on voting rights and 'righteous troublemakers'

25 mins; January 18, 2022

Jamie Raskin on 'Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy'

27 mins; January 11, 2022

Carmelo Anthony shares his story in 'Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised'

26 mins; January 04, 2022

A holiday message from Jonathan

1 min; December 28, 2021

'Citizen Ashe' traces the life and career of a tennis legend

27 mins; December 21, 2021

Billy Porter on growing up Black and gay in America

25 mins; December 14, 2021

Charles Blow's memoir is now an operatic masterpiece

29 mins; December 07, 2021

Michael J. Fox gets personal about Parkinson's

22 mins; November 30, 2021

Stevie Van Zandt's 'Unrequited Infatuations'

27 mins; November 23, 2021

Billie Jean King writes her biography — again

28 mins; November 16, 2021

Paris Hilton's fight against the 'troubled teen industry'

29 mins; November 09, 2021

John Legend isn't just an artist. He's an activist.

30 mins; November 02, 2021

A message from Jonathan

1 min; September 28, 2021

Explaining the debt ceiling in plain English

21 mins; September 21, 2021

'The monuments were murder'

26 mins; September 14, 2021

Rep. Andy Kim on anti-Asian hate

43 mins; September 07, 2021

Sen. Jeff Merkley's decade-long push for filibuster reform

37 mins; August 31, 2021

The Republican Party is still in thrall to Donald Trump. Its members could learn from Stuart Stevens

35 mins; August 24, 2021

We need more honest teaching of America's painful history

61 hours 11 mins; August 17, 2021

Ibram X. Kendi explains why racist policies — not people — are the problem

33 mins; August 10, 2021

Equity is about more than just hiring diverse employees

31 mins; August 03, 2021

Texas state Rep. Senfronia Thompson explains why she joined the Austin walkout

24 mins; July 27, 2021

Mitch Landrieu says when it comes to race, 'people are closing their eyes to basic history'

42 mins; July 20, 2021

Robin DiAngelo explains why White progressives have such a hard time confronting racism

43 mins; July 13, 2021

How Ty Seidule went from revering Robert E. Lee to being one of his fiercest detractors

42 mins; July 06, 2021

Rashad Robinson is an intersectional leader fighting for equity and justice

33 mins; June 29, 2021

Linda Thomas-Greenfield talks about Black Lives Matter and her experiences as a career diplomat

35 mins; June 22, 2021

Lonnie Bunch contextualizes this fraught moment in America's racial narrative

33 mins; June 15, 2021

HRC's Alphonso David on the fight for LGBTQ equality in 2021

35 mins; June 08, 2021

Deon Jones protested George Floyd's murder. He's suing LAPD for shooting him with a rubber bullet.

35 mins; June 01, 2021

Keith Ellison reflects on the year since the murder of George Floyd

29 mins; May 25, 2021

How Ty Seidule went from revering Robert E. Lee to being one of his fiercest detractors

42 mins; May 18, 2021

Mayor Muriel Bowser discusses the future of Black Lives Matter Plaza and D.C. without Donald Trump

30 mins; May 11, 2021

What do progressives think of Joe Biden now that he's president? Rep. Pramila Jayapal is happy.

33 mins; May 04, 2021

Karol Mason on the killing of George Floyd and the issue we must address: 'The fear of Black people'

29 mins; April 27, 2021

PwC's chair talks about the role U.S. business leaders should play in America's racial reckoning

31 mins; April 20, 2021

Rebecca Carroll talks about her experience as a Black woman being raised by White parents

43 mins; April 13, 2021

Heather McGhee explains how racism keeps everyone from having nice things

46 mins; April 06, 2021

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been pushing for filibuster reform since 2011. This time, he might get it done

35 mins; March 30, 2021

Rep. Andy Kim talks about the impact of anti-Asian hate: 'I wish I knew what to say to my kids'

42 mins; March 23, 2021

Rep. Karen Bass believes now is the time for police reform: 'The stars are aligned right now'

35 mins; March 16, 2021

Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space, is still reaching for the stars

32 mins; March 09, 2021

Charles Blow wants Black Americans to move back to the South to gain real political power

47 mins; March 02, 2021

Lee Daniels and Andra Day on the hidden activist life of Billie Holiday

31 mins; February 23, 2021

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on the 400-year story of Black people in America

29 mins; February 16, 2021

Jonathan Metzl on what's driving polarization in a post-Trump America — and how to fix it

37 mins; February 09, 2021

'The Hate U Give’ author Angie Thomas on the importance of humanizing Black men

31 mins; February 02, 2021

Former white nationalist Derek Black puts the Jan. 6 insurrection into perspective

35 mins; January 26, 2021

A former White House social secretary shares how an inauguration should look behind the scenes

44 mins; January 19, 2021

Laurence Tribe says Trump should be impeached again — even if a Senate conviction is unlikely

36 mins; January 12, 2021

Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock on the issues that would drive them in the Senate

27 mins; January 04, 2021

Jon Ossoff and the ‘movement energy’ he’s tapping in Georgia

26 mins; December 15, 2020

Symone Sanders has something to say — and now she’ll speak for Kamala Harris

45 mins; December 08, 2020

No one gave Ritchie Torres a shot. He'll soon be the first gay, Afro-Latino member of Congress.

34 mins; December 01, 2020

Julián Castro, a 2020 presidential contender, on why Joe Biden beat him — and Trump

33 mins; November 24, 2020

Ilhan Omar: 'Rift' between progressive, moderate Dems 'isn't as strong as it's being made out to be'

30 mins; November 17, 2020

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