Synopsis
Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart talks with newsmakers who challenge your ideas on politics, and explore how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. 'Cape Up' is a podcast from Washington Post Opinions.
Episodes
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Dionne Warwick on her work in the fight against HIV/AIDS
02/01/2018 Duration: 26minDionne Warwick, a seven time Grammy award winner and early activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS discusses her work as an activist and what she would do if President Trump called her about it.
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Deborah Rutter on how the Kennedy Center is much more than "the honors"
26/12/2017 Duration: 28minDeborah Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center, talks about installing the performing arts center's first artistic director for hip hop to the challenges of being the local performing arts center for the nation's capital.
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Rep. Frederica Wilson on Sgt. La David Johnson
19/12/2017 Duration: 40minCongresswoman Frederica Wilson of Florida discusses why she is angry about the conflicting stories about what happened to Sgt. La David Johnson and President Trump's call to his widow.
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Dan Rather talks about politics and media
12/12/2017 Duration: 45minDan Rather, the former CBS news anchor, talks about his new book "What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism," politics, media and why he's still such a hit with Millennials.
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Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum talks about DACA
05/12/2017 Duration: 25minAli Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, talks about DACA and how to move forward in the immigration debate.
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Hillary Clinton reflects with raw honesty on Trump and 2016
28/11/2017 Duration: 34minHillary Clinton joins Jonathan and talks about why she wanted to be president, coming to terms with the fact that people don't like her, and sexism and misogyny.
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‘Hardball’ anchor Chris Matthews on what today’s politicians can learn from Bobby Kennedy
21/11/2017 Duration: 33minChris Matthews of MSNBC's 'Hardball' talks about writing his eighth book, 'Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit,' and Bobby Kennedy's role in the Civil Rights Era and his family's politics.
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Russia, the Clinton campaign and Chardonnay: Donna Brazile unloads
14/11/2017 Duration: 51minDonna Brazile discusses her contentious relationship with the Clinton campaign, the impact of the Russian hack on the DNC and why she wrote her controversial book about it in the first place. This interview contains some adult language.
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Maya MacGuineas explains the difference between tax reform and tax cuts
07/11/2017 Duration: 29minCongress is debating a tax bill. Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, breaks down the complicated tax reform debate and explains why popular deductions might actually hurt our nation's fiscal health.
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Declaring opioids a public health emergency won't solve the crisis. Here's what will.
31/10/2017 Duration: 30minIn Trump's declaration of the opioid crisis as a public health emergency he forgot to focus on how it would be funded. Dr. Susan Blumenthal talks about where the money might come from and how we got here in the first place.
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There’s a ‘poisonous dynamic among white people’ over who’s to blame for racism
24/10/2017 Duration: 36minTo further his understanding of the political motivations of the white working-class, Jonathan talks to Joan Williams, author of 'White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America', about how the economy, family and race all play a role.
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Roberta Kaplan on fighting white supremacists in the U.S.
17/10/2017 Duration: 23minIn August, white supremacists and Neo-Nazis released terror on the people of Charlottesville, VA. The people are fighting back with a lawsuit helmed by Roberta Kaplan, the woman who successfully argued the case that hastened marriage equality in the U.S.
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Stacey Abrams on running to be Georgia's first black female governor
10/10/2017 Duration: 26minStacey Abrams resigned as the minority leader of the Georgia Statehouse to run for governor in 2018, and she has a message that the Democratic party and the electorate need to hear.
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Broderick Johnson returns to discuss My Brother's Keeper and race relations after Obama
03/10/2017 Duration: 31minThe former assistant to the president and White House cabinet secretary talks about how he is continuing the work of My Brother's Keeper during the Trump administration, and debates Ta-Nehisi Coates's latest article with Jonathan.
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Trita Parsi explains why pulling out of the nuclear deal with Iran would be harmful
26/09/2017 Duration: 36minAfter Trump called the Iran nuclear deal an embarrassment, Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, explains who actually negotiated the deal and what it would mean if Trump pulled the United States out of the deal.
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Aggie Gund and Darren Walker on the Art For Justice Fund
19/09/2017 Duration: 30minRenowned philanthropist and art collector Aggie Gund stunned the art world when she sold a painting for $165 million and then used most of the money to start the "Art for Justice Fund" with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker.
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Howard Dean on young voters: ‘These people are not Democrats’
12/09/2017 Duration: 22minAs Hillary Clinton hits the talk show circuit to talk about the 2016 presidential election, Jonathan turns to Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, to talk about the party’s future and that of the Republican Party.
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Shai Akabas explains the debt ceiling in plain English
05/09/2017 Duration: 24minShai Akabas, economic policy director at the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses the debt ceiling and the dangers of not raising it.
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Dr. Carla Hayden on being the first female African-American librarian of Congress
29/08/2017 Duration: 27minDr. Carla Hayden, the first female African-American librarian of Congress tells Jonathan why she's more of a museum director than a librarian. Plus, she brings out some of the library's most interesting items.
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Outtakes from a year of 'Cape Up' (including one conversation that went off the rails)
22/08/2017 Duration: 16min'Cape Up' is having its first anniversary and in honor of the big day, Jonathan and Carol Alderman, the show's producer, bring you some of their favorite outtakes.