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

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  A message from Jonathan

  28.9.2021

  1:13

  After five years of incredible conversations, the curtain is coming down on "Cape Up." But that doesn't mean Jonathan is going away. Tune in for a special announcement.See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On
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  Explaining the debt ceiling in plain English

  21.9.2021

  21:13

  In an episode that originally aired in September 2017, Shai Akabas, economic policy director at the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses the debt ceiling and the dangers of not raising it.See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On
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  'The monuments were murder'

  14.9.2021

  26:43

  In a conversation from 2017, then-Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu reflects on removing the last Confederate monument from his city, and the damage wrought by the myth of the Lost Cause.See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On
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  Rep. Andy Kim on anti-Asian hate

  7.9.2021

  43:23

  In an episode that originally aired in March, the New Jersey congressman discusses anti-Asian hate in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, and how he talks about the rise in hate crimes with his young son.See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On
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  Sen. Jeff Merkley's decade-long push for filibuster reform

  31.8.2021

  37:08

  In this conversation from March, Merkley gets into how the filibuster has ground work in the Senate to a halt. And what he thinks should be done to fix it, especially to preserve voting rights. See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On
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  The Republican Party is still in thrall to Donald Trump. Its members could learn from Stuart Stevens

  24.8.2021

  35:55

  In an episode that aired Sept. 22, 2020, the author of "It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump" talks about the evolution of the GOP — and what that means going forward.See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On
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  We need more honest teaching of America's painful history

  17.8.2021

  1:01:11

  In this episode from 2018, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative explains why we must come to terms with America's history if we are ever to start healing. The conversation is as relevant as ever amid debates about "critical race theory."See more from Jonathan Capehart: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathan-capehart/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upRead more from Washington Post Opinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up
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  Ibram X. Kendi explains why racist policies — not people — are the problem

  10.8.2021

  33:48

  The author of "How to be Antiracist" discusses the effect of bad policies and how we can move forward from them.See more from Jonathan Capehart: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathan-capehart/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upRead more from Washington Post Opinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up
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  Equity is about more than just hiring diverse employees

  3.8.2021

  31:30

  Vernā Myers, Netflix's VP of inclusion strategy, discusses how she advocates for diverse voices to be heard at the table.See more from Jonathan Capehart: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathan-capehart/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upRead more from Washington Post Opinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up
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  Texas state Rep. Senfronia Thompson explains why she joined the Austin walkout

  27.7.2021

  24:16

  The Texas state representative is among the 57 Democrats who left Austin in order to deny state Republicans the quorum needed to pass their voter suppression bill. They came to Washington with one goal: to appeal for federal action on voting rights. See more from Jonathan Capehart: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jonathan-capehart/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upRead more from Washington Post Opinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-upListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up