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Washington Post climate reporter Michael Birnbaum speaks with Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s special envoy for international climate action, about Europe’s efforts to slow global warming, the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and her move from Greenpeace international to the German government.

Conversation recorded Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.

Washington Post Live anchor and co-author of The Early 202 newsletter Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) about the months of negotiations to pass a bill guaranteeing protections for same-sex and interracial couples and the prospects for other bipartisan legislation in the lame-duck Congress.

Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with Richard Stengel, a former managing editor at Time magazine, about his new podcast "Mandela: The Lost Tapes" and the never-before-heard audio of his conversations with the South African leader.

Conversation recorded on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Sarah Kaplan, Megan McArdle and Stephen Stromberg about combatting climate change and the role of the private and public sectors in reducing carbon emissions.

Conversations recorded on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.

Washington Post Live anchor and co-author of The Early 202 newsletter Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen about how their personal experiences as caregivers have informed their advocacy for national paid family and medical leave and the prospects for bipartisan cooperation in the new Congress.

Conversation recorded on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee and Washington Post Live anchor Leigh Ann Caldwell host back-to-back conversations with special climate envoy John Kerry and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) about the Biden administration’s climate policies at home and abroad, U.S. investments in clean energy innovation and the prospects for bipartisan cooperation in the next Congress. This event is as part of a new, special week-long series, “This is Climate.”

Conversation recorded on Thursday, December 8, 2022.

Washington Post Live anchor Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with Senate Republican Whip John Thune about Republican legislative priorities, the state of the U.S. economy and the 2024 election.

Washington Post climate zeitgeist reporter Shannon Osaka speaks with climate communicator Alaina Wood about how communication can shape solutions at the individual and community level and how to make science more accessible and actionable as part of a special week-long series, “This is Climate.”

Conversation recorded on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.

Washington Post national political enterprise reporter Robert Samuels and Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers host back-to-back conversations with Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall about the impact of climate change on their cities as part of a new, special week-long series, “This is Climate.”

Conversation recorded on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

Francis S. Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, and Kurt Newman, president and CEO of Children’s National Hospital, join Washington Post Live to discuss strengthening trust in science.

Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.