Introducing, "Impromptu"
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 23 March 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
“Impromptu” from Washington Post Opinions invites listeners to eavesdrop on our columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news and cultural debates they can’t stop thinking about.
Washington Post Opinions columnists want to bring you inside their conversations, before they start typing, to help you figure out your own point of view.
New episodes of “Impromptu” will be released every Wednesday, starting March 20.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Hannah Jewel. I wanted to share a brand new podcast with you. It's from the Washington Post |
| 0:07.5 | opinions desk and it's called impromptu. When news breaks our opinion columnists work fast to bring you their take on the biggest political and |
| 0:16.0 | cultural debates of the day. This podcast is a way for you to listen in while they figure |
| 0:20.9 | out exactly what they want to say in their columns and why. |
| 0:24.8 | Now you can come and eavesdrop on those conversations. |
| 0:28.3 | You're about to hear the trailer for impromptu from Washington Post opinions. |
| 0:32.0 | Search for it wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | Just hold on one second. |
| 0:37.0 | Can you hear the noise in the background? |
| 0:39.0 | Honey, I'm trying to do a podcast here. |
| 0:45.0 | The best conversations I have with my colleagues are the ones that happen when no one is looking. |
| 0:50.0 | When we're not 100% sure yet what to write or what to think and we're bouncing our |
| 0:56.0 | ideas around with each other. It's about an hour after the Supreme Court issued |
| 1:01.4 | its ruling striking down affirmative action. |
| 1:04.6 | I assume both of you caught the Republican presidential debate last night. |
| 1:08.9 | Really, is it a primary? |
| 1:10.0 | We don't have a real primary. |
| 1:11.9 | It sucks. |
| 1:13.0 | The best conversations also reveal something about who we are and why we hold the views that we do. |
| 1:20.0 | We're going to be honest about that. |
| 1:22.0 | This is not a theoretical discussion in a way for you and I. |
| 1:26.0 | I am Arab, I am Muslim, and I think that a lot of us come into this with some kind of personal element. |
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