Decisions, decisions

Post Reports

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🗓️ 26 May 2021

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Summary

What it’s like to cover the Supreme Court, year after year. And, the not-so-secret life of audio producers.

Longtime Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes on how he prepares for the decision season each year, and what he’ll be watching out for this month.

What exactly does it mean to “produce” a podcast? After a listener asked the question, the Post Reports team started thinking: What if we pulled back the curtain on our process? Producer Bishop Sand and editor Alexis Diao give a behind-the-scenes look at what it means to be a producer on the show.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	Hello, hey, you.
0:09.0	Here's the lorisa back from the Washington Post.
0:11.0	Hi, this is Beth Ryan, heart of the Washington Post.
0:13.0	Glory, Arightani, over at the post.
0:15.0	I'm...
0:16.0	This is Post Reports.
0:17.0	I'm Arteen Powers.
0:20.0	It's Wednesday, May 26th.
0:25.0	Today, a reporter's view on covering the Supreme Court
0:29.0	and the big questions about its future,
0:31.0	plus the secret life of audio producers.
0:37.0	I want to start Robert by telling you about my experience
0:41.0	of seeing this release of decisions from the Supreme Court every summer.
0:50.0	What I used to be like a summer intern,
0:52.0	I would see these videos of the summer interns from the news stations
0:56.0	who would be at the courthouse, grabbing these decisions,
0:59.0	like racing through the courthouse and out onto the steps of the court
1:03.0	with the decision in their hands.
1:05.0	Phil, stand by.
1:06.0	We want to go back now to the Supreme Court.
1:08.0	You see some of the interns running out with the decisions.
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