Introducing ‘Please, Go On’

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🗓️ 11 June 2021

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An introduction to The Post’s new opinion podcast: “Please, Go On,” with columnist James Hohmann and his first guest, Vice President Harris. And, cartoonist Alison Bechdel shares the secret to superhuman strength.

The Post’s new opinion podcast launches today: “Please, Go On,” with host James Hohmann. In the first episode, James talks to Vice President Harris about the exodus of women from the workforce during the pandemic.

This week we’re kicking off our Summer Fridays series, where we’ll explore arts and culture and topics beyond the news. For the first installment, we talk to cartoonist Alison Bechdel about her new book “The Secret to Superhuman Strength,” which explores her lifelong love affair with fitness — and how she realized that superhuman strength isn’t really about muscles at all.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
0:16.6	I'm Martín Powers.
0:20.8	It's Friday, June 11.
0:25.3	Today, introducing a new podcast from the opinion section at the post and learning the secret
0:31.4	to superhuman strength.
0:37.9	So James, I know you.
0:40.7	And I think a lot of people who love audio from the post know you.
0:44.8	But can you just introduce yourself and say who you are and what you do?
0:49.8	Absolutely.
0:50.8	James James Holman, I'm a columnist for the post, an opinion columnist.
0:56.6	And for the last six years, I was on the news side and I wrote something called the daily
1:01.5	202.
1:02.5	And for post audio listeners, I hosted the morning audio briefing called the big idea.
1:08.4	And I just want to say, I mean, I know that you've done a lot of things in your career
1:11.5	and the audio, the morning briefing was the daily 202, which is one of those things.
1:16.7	But when you wrapped up your time as the host of this podcast, I heard that you were
1:20.7	heard from so many people that were like, where is James?
1:24.4	Why is James left us?
1:25.8	When is James coming back?
1:27.0	We went more James.
1:28.3	So I think that speaks to how big of a fan club you have.
1:32.4	Well, I think it, thank you, Martina.
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