Freedom Desk with Jason Rezaian

About Freedom Desk with Jason Rezaian

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.

Publisher

The Washington Post

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Aug 2026

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Inside America’s most difficult hostage negotiations

   Roger Carstens spent nearly five years leading hostage negotiations for the United States. He joins Jason to discuss the role humor, humility and empathy play in negotiations and why authoritarian governments increasingly use detained journalists as political leverage.

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

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

   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 people living through a conflict.

3. 

   24 Aug 2026

   Introducing: Freedom Desk with Jason Rezaian

   Introducing the "Freedom Desk" video podcast, a new project from Jason Rezaian, Director of Press Freedom Initiatives at The Washington Post.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.8 / 5

10 ratings

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Books guests

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