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Michael J. Fox gets personal about Parkinson's
In his latest memoir, "No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality," veteran actor Michael J. Fox discusses how he's adapted to life with Parkinson's disease. This conversation was recorded in September for Washington Post Live.See more from Jonathan CapehartRead more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to Please, Go On

Stevie Van Zandt's 'Unrequited Infatuations'
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Billie Jean King writes her biography — again
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Paris Hilton's fight against the 'troubled teen industry'
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John Legend isn't just an artist. He's an activist.
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A message from Jonathan
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

Explaining the debt ceiling in plain English
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

'The monuments were murder'
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

Rep. Andy Kim on anti-Asian hate
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

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

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

We need more honest teaching of America's painful history
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

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

Equity is about more than just hiring diverse employees
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

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

Mitch Landrieu says when it comes to race, 'people are closing their eyes to basic history'
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who succeeded in removing four Confederate monuments in his city in 2017, reflects on the state of race relations in our country.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

Robin DiAngelo explains why White progressives have such a hard time confronting racism
The best-selling author of "White Fragility" discusses her new book, "Nice Racism," and why silence is part of the problem.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-up

How Ty Seidule went from revering Robert E. Lee to being one of his fiercest detractors
America's birthday this year comes at a moment when its history is being debated, so we're bringing back this episode with Ty Seidule, author of "Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause." Original air date: May 18.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-upOpinion by Ty Seidule: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/18/what-rename-army-bases-that-honor-confederate-soldiers/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up

Rashad Robinson is an intersectional leader fighting for equity and justice
The Color of Change president talks about what power means when it comes to fighting for civil 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 our new Opinions podcast, Please, Go On: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up

Linda Thomas-Greenfield talks about Black Lives Matter and her experiences as a career diplomat
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations discusses the importance of addressing uncomfortable truths and her experience in the Rwandan genocide.Podcast listeners can get one year of unlimited access to The Post for just $29. That’s less than one dollar a week. Learn more and subscribe.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 our newest Opinions podcast, Please, Go On: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up

Lonnie Bunch contextualizes this fraught moment in America's racial narrative
The 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution discusses the importance of Juneteenth, the Black Lives Matter movement and the need to face uncomfortable truths about our history.Podcast listeners can get one year of unlimited access to The Post for just $29. That’s less than one dollar a week. Learn more and subscribe.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 our newest Opinions podcast, Please, Go On: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/please-go-on/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cape-up

HRC's Alphonso David on the fight for LGBTQ equality in 2021
This Pride Month, Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David discusses the importance of viewing the fight for LGBTQ equality through an intersectional lens.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-up

Deon Jones protested George Floyd's murder. He's suing LAPD for shooting him with a rubber bullet.
"The first thing that happened that I said was, 'God, please don’t let me die here today.'" The musician and entrepreneur shares how his protest experience changed his life.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-up

Keith Ellison reflects on the year since the murder of George Floyd
The Minnesota attorney general discusses the Floyd case and the need for Congress to take immediate action on police reform.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-up

How Ty Seidule went from revering Robert E. Lee to being one of his fiercest detractors
The retired Army brigadier general, professor and author of "Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause" discusses the Confederate general's legacy and its impact on him.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-upOpinion by Ty Seidule: What to rename the Army bases that honor Confederate soldiers

Mayor Muriel Bowser discusses the future of Black Lives Matter Plaza and D.C. without Donald Trump
The D.C. mayor talked about the coronavirus pandemic, D.C. statehood and more.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-up

What do progressives think of Joe Biden now that he's president? Rep. Pramila Jayapal is happy.
The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus discuses the Biden agenda and her journey to become the first Indian American woman elected to Congress.See more from Jonathan CapehartRead more from Washington Post Opinions

Karol Mason on the killing of George Floyd and the issue we must address: 'The fear of Black people'
The president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice discusses the Derek Chauvin trial, policing and how we can heal America's racial wounds.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-up

PwC's chair talks about the role U.S. business leaders should play in America's racial reckoning
Tim Ryan says leaders shouldn't be afraid to speak up against systemic issues: "One of the things that business leaders need is, we need certainty. We need a strong democracy."

Rebecca Carroll talks about her experience as a Black woman being raised by White parents
The author of "Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir" discusses her Opinions piece on transracial adoption: "Trying to navigate this existence and this identity, it was just exhausting."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-up

Heather McGhee explains how racism keeps everyone from having nice things
McGhee discusses her book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together," and unpacks one big example of inequality holding everyone back: the large municipal swimming pools of the 1960s.

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been pushing for filibuster reform since 2011. This time, he might get it done
The Oregon Democrat stares down threats from Mitch McConnell to fix a rule that he says has broken the Senate.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-up

Rep. Andy Kim talks about the impact of anti-Asian hate: 'I wish I knew what to say to my kids'
The New Jersey congressman discusses his family’s experiences as Asian Americans and the role he hopes to play in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings.

Rep. Karen Bass believes now is the time for police reform: 'The stars are aligned right now'
The former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus discusses the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, vaccine inequality and voter suppression.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-up

Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space, is still reaching for the stars
Jemison talks about the obstacles she faced, as a 16-year-old college student and then a scientist, and gives advice to today's Black Lives Matter activists.

Charles Blow wants Black Americans to move back to the South to gain real political power
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Lee Daniels and Andra Day on the hidden activist life of Billie Holiday
The director and singer discuss their latest movie “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” and how the FBI’s efforts to stop her from singing “Strange Fruit” turned the jazz singer into a leader in civil rights.

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on the 400-year story of Black people in America
Kendi and Blain edited “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019,” which tells the story of Black people in America from the perspectives of 90 writers who reflect the community's diversity and lived experience.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-up

Jonathan Metzl on what's driving polarization in a post-Trump America — and how to fix it
The "Dying of Whiteness" author talks about what he’s learning from new focus groups and why the 2019 Democratic victories in the Kentucky and Louisiana governor’s races "in the middle of Trumpism" provide a roadmap for bridging the divide.

'The Hate U Give’ author Angie Thomas on the importance of humanizing Black men
Writing in the wake of the death of George Floyd, Thomas said, “The weight and the responsibility…felt even greater.”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-up

Former white nationalist Derek Black puts the Jan. 6 insurrection into perspective
Derek Black, the godson of David Duke and the son of the creator of the website Stormfront, discusses the future of white nationalism in the context of recent events.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-upSupport this podcast and the work of The Washington Post by subscribing, with a special, limited-time offer for podcast listeners. A digital subscription gets you unlimited access to everything The Post publishes. Subscribe to The Post now: washingtonpost.com/subscribe

A former White House social secretary shares how an inauguration should look behind the scenes
Capricia Penavic Marshall knows presidential transitions — at least in years anything close to normal. This hand-off is certainly not that, but let Marshall explain how it ought to unfold in all its process and pageantry.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-upSupport this podcast and the work of The Washington Post by subscribing, with a special, limited-time offer for podcast listeners. A digital subscription gets you unlimited access to everything The Post publishes. Subscribe to The Post now: washingtonpost.com/subscribe

Laurence Tribe says Trump should be impeached again — even if a Senate conviction is unlikely
Tribe, a Harvard constitutional law professor, also discusses his former student Ted Cruz and explains why the push to use Section 3 of the 14th Amendment against Trump is an inadequate response to the violent insurrection he inspired.

Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock on the issues that would drive them in the Senate
The Democratic candidates in Georgia are hoping to unseat Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Late last year, Ossoff and Warnock were both guests on “Cape Up.” This episode reprises highlights from those conversations.

Jon Ossoff and the ‘movement energy’ he’s tapping in Georgia
Ossoff, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, talks about mobilizing voters in the Peach State and the high stakes of what he calls "the most important legislative election in the history of our state.

Symone Sanders has something to say — and now she’ll speak for Kamala Harris
Sanders, who will be Harris's senior adviser and chief spokeswoman, discusses working for the Bernie Sanders and then Biden campaigns and the incident that inspired the title of her book, “No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America.”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-up

No one gave Ritchie Torres a shot. He'll soon be the first gay, Afro-Latino member of Congress.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee didn’t support him. The local Democratic Party didn’t support him. AOC didn’t endorse him. So Ritchie Torres of the South Bronx will arrive in Washington as a free man politically.

Julián Castro, a 2020 presidential contender, on why Joe Biden beat him — and Trump
Castro, a housing and urban development secretary under Barack Obama and former mayor of San Antonio, also discusses the Latino vote in 2020 and the silence among Republicans as President Trump tries to "steal the election.”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-up

Ilhan Omar: 'Rift' between progressive, moderate Dems 'isn't as strong as it's being made out to be'
In a Washington Post Live event, Omar joined Jonathan to discuss the election, why Trump lost Minnesota and the future of the Democratic Party.

Raphael Warnock believes he'll win in Georgia. He tells us why.
The senior pastor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s former church talks about how the rigors of being a minister have prepared him for the campaign trail, and why he thinks he'll beat Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler.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-up