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Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and deputy climate & environment editor Juliet Eilperin speak with USAID administrator Samantha Power and Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall in a series of conversations about the latest global efforts to curb carbon emissions. Conversation recorded on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell, Ruth Marcus and George Will about the Biden impeachment probe launched by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Mitt Romney’s decision not to seek reelection. Conversation recorded on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

Senior writer Frances Stead Sellers and Economics Correspondent Abha Bhattarai speak with President of Calm, Alex Will, Mind Share Partners Founder and CEO, Kelly Greenwood and Gen Z Financial Educator, Creator & Author, Kyla Scanlon about how companies can support employee well-being, build a motivated workforce and minimize burnout. Conversation recorded on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

Editor and author Tina Brown speaks with Natalie Hernandez and Wendy Wilcox about the maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the United States, the disparities that contribute to such outcomes and the innovations aimed at improving care for mothers. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

Washington Post columnist and associate editor David Ignatius speaks with best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson about what he learned about Elon Musk after two years of shadowing him and interviewing his family, friends, critics and colleagues in the new book, “Elon Musk.” Conversation recorded on Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Senate AI Caucus co-chairs Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) join Washington Post Live to preview an upcoming congressional forum on AI policy and discuss efforts to regulate the rapidly evolving technology. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.

Washington Post sports columnist Jerry Brewer speaks with best-selling author, the former editor in chief of Teen Vogue and TV host Elaine Welteroth about her new Hulu series, “The Conversations Project,” which explores the Black American experience through gatherings at the dinner table. Conversation recorded on Monday September 11, 2023.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Maeve Reston, Hugh Hewitt and Jennifer Rubin will discuss the 2024 presidential election entering a new phase and examine Mike Pence’s strongest rebuke yet of Donald Trump. Conversation recorded on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

Washington Post national correspondent Arelis Hernández speaks with Best-selling author, Esmeralda Santiago about her new intergenerational novel, “Las Madres,” set during Hurricane Maria and how her Puerto Rican heritage has shaped her storytelling. Conversation recorded on Thursday, September 7, 2023.

Washington Post technology editor Christina Passarielo speaks with Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman about discuss his new book “The Coming Wave,” the risks he believes AI poses to the global order, the governance of AI and his own path in the booming field. Conversation recorded on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.

Wesleyan University president Michael S. Roth joins Washington Post Live to discuss the school’s decision to end its practice of legacy admissions, the ripple effect of the Supreme Court striking down race-based affirmative action and the state of free speech on campus. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” Washington Post Live anchor Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with The Post’s Amy Gardner, Christine Emba and David Von Drehle about the charges against former president Donald Trump and how Republicans are preparing for next week’s primary debate. Conversation recorded on Friday, August 18, 2023.

Alberto R. Gonzales, former attorney general under President George W. Bush, joins Washington Post Live to discuss his recent op-ed pushing back against Republicans arguing that the Justice Department is biased against their party and to offer his perspective on the indictments against Donald Trump. Conversation recorded on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.

Senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with Dan Shapiro, director of the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions, and Jason Resendez, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, about the psychological toll of navigating the cancer and ways to offer holistic care.

Washington Post investigative reporter Nicole Dungca speaks with Michael Blakey, a member of the newly created Smithsonian human remains task force, about The Post’s yearlong investigation about the Smithsonian’s legacy collection of human remains and how the organization is reckoning with this history. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson speaks with executive producer Morgan Freeman and director Phil Bertelsen about their new History Channel documentary, “761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers” about the true story of the first Black tank unit to serve in combat. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.

Senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with the director of Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University institute that studies barriers to economic mobility in the United States, Raj Chetty about his new study on admissions at elite universities and what it says about social mobility in America.

Washington Post's Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief Susannah George speaks with co- authors Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor about their new book “Defiant Dreams,” the power of education and the state of women in Afghanistan two years after the Taliban’s takeover.

Washington Post climate zeitgeist reporter Shannon Osaka speaks with Uma Valeti, founder and CEO of Upside Foods, about the viability of lab-grown meats, the future of food and the environmental impact of how we eat.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa, Ruth Marcus and George F. Will about how Democrats are seizing on abortion rights to energize voters heading into the 2024 presidential election, the ongoing struggles of the DeSantis campaign and what Trump’s legal strategy will be.

Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley speaks with one of the country’s best known conservative jurists who advised former vice president Mike Pence against overturning the electoral college vote after the 2020 election, J. Michael Luttig, about the Jan. 6 indictment against former president Donald Trump and how he sees the future of American democracy.

Washington Post intelligence and national security reporter Shane Harris speaks with Mikhail Zygar, founding editor of TV Rain, Russia’s only independent news station, about his new book, Russia’s historical attitudes to Ukraine, Putin’s grip on power and the fallout from Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s failed rebellion. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.

Washington Post national correspondent Arelis Hernández speaks with Cristina García, the award-winning author of the acclaimed novel “Dreaming in Cuban,” about her latest work bringing attention to the Cuban diaspora and her mark on Latino literature.

Former congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) joins Washington Post Live to discuss the Jan. 6 indictment against Trump, the future of the Republican party and his support for a third-party candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

Washington Post global economics correspondent David J. Lynch speaks with Constellation Energy Corporation CEO Joe Dominguez about the developing sources of clean energy and the latest advances in technology. Conversation recorded on Monday, August 7, 2023.