Washington Post columnist James Hohmann chats with the voices behind the viewpoints. Hohmann sits down each week with the author of a compelling or unexpected guest column for The Post’s Opinions section. Together, they unpack arguments that are shaping the public conversation about issues of importance. “Please, Go On” features marquee names, as well as everyday people with original perspectives. New episodes released Fridays.
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Washington Post columnist James Hohmann chats with the voices behind the viewpoints. Hohmann sits down each week with the author of a compelling or unexpected guest column for The Post’s Opinions section. Together, they unpack arguments that are shaping the public conversation about issues of importance. “Please, Go On” features marquee names, as well as everyday people with original perspectives. New episodes released Fridays.
When SCOTUS overturned Roe, it indicated that abortion was an issue to be relegated to the states. Instead, it has blown up American politics. Post columnists discuss the post-Dobbs world and what’s at stake in the upcoming mifepristone arguments.
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The Israel-Gaza war has dominated our news feeds and dinner table conversations and opened up rifts that cross traditional partisan lines. Three Post columnists unpack how U.S. involvement in the war makes them feel about being American.
SBF is fighting conventional fraud charges. But the moral philosophy that guided his decisions was anything but. We get into whether SBF is a failed messiah or just another disgraced tech mogul, and how he sold people on doing good while getting rich.
Kevin McCarthy is out as House speaker. Now what? Post Opinions columnists gather for an impromptu conversation about where the House should go from here, whom the next speaker might be and whether Democrats have any responsibility to clean up the mess.
Seven candidates debated in California as the former president Donald Trump campaigned elsewhere. It's putting some conservatives in a mood. Three Trump-skeptical columnists discuss what's next in the run for the nomination.
There’s a crisis in child care, and it’s about to get worse. Three Post columnists, who happen to be parents, talk through some bipartisan solutions that could ease the pain.
College football is often about the coaches. And Deion Sanders, NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado’s new head coach, is breaking the mold. What does his rise mean to Black Americans? Three Washington Post columnists talk through it.
The GOP debate is by and for Republicans, but plenty of Democrats are watching how this race unfolds too. The Washington Post's Charles Lane brings on Greg Sargent and humorist Alexandra Petri to get a sense of how liberals are reacting to it.
Post Opinions columnist Ruth Marcus and George Conway, one of Donald Trump’s leading conservative critics, sat down Thursday to talk about the Department of Justice’s latest indictment of Trump, what it means, and where the country goes from here.
This year’s NATO summit had a lot of drama. Washington Post Opinions editor Damir Marusic and columnists Max Boot and Josh Rogin discuss what went down, and the implications on the future of the war in Ukraine.
Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand the most urgent stories playing out in five iconic landscapes today.
On The Post’s new podcast, "The 7," host Jeff Pierre takes you through the seven most important and interesting stories of the day. It's a way to get caught up in just a few minutes. It comes out every weekday at 7 a.m. Check it out today, then find and follow "The 7" so you're set for tomorrow.
A number of red states have moved to limit transgender rights in recent months, most notably Texas. With that in mind, we return to a conversation from last summer with activist Gavin Grimm — at a watershed moment in the struggle for trans rights.
Paul Farmer, a global health advocate and physician whose work saved millions of lives, died in Rwanda last month at age 62. Author John Green, a mentee of Farmer’s, discusses the physician’s life and remarkable legacy.
Washington Post columnist James Hohmann chats with the voices behind the viewpoints. Hohmann sits down each week with the author of a compelling or unexpected guest column for The Post’s Opinions section. Together, they unpack arguments that are shaping the public conversation about issues of importance. “Please, Go On” features marquee names, as well as everyday people with original perspectives. New episodes released Fridays.
