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    October 28, 2026 · 26 min

    Dan Balz, The Washington Post’s former chief political correspondent, has covered every midterm election since 1978. This cycle, the country may again be facing a sea change in Washington. Jason and Dan discuss President Donald Trump’s…

  • 544 Days: An Avocado Revolution

    October 21, 2026 · 29 min

    Regular listeners have heard Jason talk about his imprisonment in Iran. He chronicled his entire ordeal in the podcast “544 Days.” Today, we’re presenting the first episode of that series. For 544 days, Jason Rezaian was held hostage in…

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    October 14, 2026 · 28 min

    Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa has spent decades defending press freedom, work that made her a target of then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and left her facing years of legal jeopardy. She is out with a new book, “The Fight…

  • The race to end the Gaza war hostage crisis

    October 7, 2026 · 34 min

    Brett McGurk has held senior national security roles under four presidents and helped shape some of the most consequential American foreign policy in the Middle East, including the Biden administration’s response to the war in Gaza. He…

  • Surviving 491 days in a Russian prison

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    Evan Gershkovich spent 491 days in a Russian prison after being arrested on baseless espionage charges while reporting for The Wall Street Journal. He’s now out with a new tell-all book called This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American…

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  • Fighting for freedom of expression at home – and in Iran

    September 23, 2026 · 29 min

    Press freedom faces new threats here in the United States and abroad in Iran. Host Jason Rezaian leads with the latest news on the White House ban of media outlets CNN, Politico and MS NOW. Then, Jason and Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Arizona)…

  • Inside America’s most difficult hostage negotiations

    September 16, 2026 · 39 min

    Roger Carstens spent nearly five years leading hostage negotiations for the United States. He joins Jason to discuss the high-stakes work of bringing wrongfully detained Americans home—negotiating, at times, with people he fought against…

  • Clarissa Ward on Gaza, war reporting, and journalism under siege

    September 9, 2026 · 27 min

    CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward has spent more than two decades reporting from war zones. She joins Jason Rezaian to explain why firsthand reporting matters—and what the public loses when journalists cannot reach the…

  • Introducing: Freedom Desk with Jason Rezaian

    August 24, 2026 · 4 min

    Jason Rezaian knows the cost of free speech. He spent 544 days in an Iranian prison for simply being a journalist. The world is witnessing the erosion of democratic values. The Freedom Desk video podcast is about what comes next in the…

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About the show

Jason Rezaian knows the cost of free speech. Freedom Desk is about what comes next in the global fight for freedom. Tune in to the weekly podcast from The Washington Post.