On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa, Megan McArdle and David Von Drehle about Antony Blinken’s trip to the Middle East and House Speaker Mike Johnson’s first week on the job. Conversation recorded on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ruth Marcus and Megan McArdle about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech at the United Nations, the likelihood of another government shutdown and Donald Trump’s decision to skip Republican prim

Megan McArdle returns to the Remnant today for a discussion that has the luxury of being detached from current events. Things operate at a high level of abstraction throughout—even the rank punditry is more nerdishly academic than usual—as she and Jonah analyze and debate a handful of topics that seem to render him inc

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Jacqueline Alemany, Megan McArdle and Eugene Robinson about Trump’s third indictment and how the GOP presidential field is trying to gain ground on the former president. Conversation recorded on Friday, August 4, 2023.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Jacqueline Alemany, Megan McArdle and Jennifer Rubin about the legal and political challenges facing Donald Trump regarding his latest indictment and Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia. Conversation recorded on Frid

When physician Walter Freeman died in 1972, he still believed that lobotomies were the best treatment for mental illness. A pioneer in the method, he was a deeply confident and charismatic man who eagerly spread the technique in America, long after the rise of alternative treatments that were less destructive. Listen a