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Jason Rezaian knows the cost of free speech. He spent 544 days in an Iranian prison for simply being a journalist.The world is witnessing the erosion of democratic values. The Freedom Desk video podcast is about what comes next in the global fight for free expression.Every week, ...  Show more

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what was happening in the world. We’ve published hundreds of episodes. We’ve covered e ...  Show more

What’s it like to eat in space? How does space change a person? Why go to space in the first place? This week astronauts Michael López-Alegría and Peggy Whitson take the show where no podcast has gone before. Plus José receives his first-ever low-Earth-orbit food review, and chew ...  Show more

If it succeeds—and that is no sure thing—this week’s soft landing of Odysseus will be the first by a private firm. We examine the prospects and the business models of the <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/02/15/a-private-moon-mission-hopes ...

Space, the final podcast frontier! Join us in the endless void with The Daily Show's coverage of adventures in space. Michael Kosta breaks down the story of two astronauts stranded in space until further notice. Jordan Klepper covers their eventual return and, with help from Desi ...  Show more

Imagine taking a once in a lifetime trip to outer space only to find out you have no idea when you'll be heading home. Sounds pretty crazy, but it's happening right now. Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell joins Amy & T.J. to break down what's going on with the group of astronauts w ...  Show more