PBS NewsHour - Brooks and Capehart
Hosted by Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz and William Brangham · PBS News
4.5from 1,200 ratings
- 155
- Episodes
- 131
- Transcribed
- 1,200
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 3B
- YouTube views
About PBS NewsHour - Brooks and Capehart
Listen to David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart analyze the political news of the week. Posted each Friday by 9 p.m., the Brooks and Capehart podcast includes the full audio of every on-air segment. Is this not what you're looking for? Don't miss our other podcasts for our full shows, individual segments, Politics Monday, Brief but Spectacular, and more. Find them in iTunes or in your favorite podcasting app. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
- Publisher
- PBS News
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
131 of 155 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Capehart and Ponnuru on Trump's attacks on press freedom
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Brooks and Capehart on the GOP's midterm identity
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Brooks and Capehart on Trump calling Iran war 'small potatoes'
Inside a recent episode
Capehart and Ponnuru on Trump's attacks on press freedom
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Our job, no matter where we are, no matter where we sit, is to report the news, report it in real time, and to hold power accountable. And we're going to do that, whether the president of the United States likes it or not. And we're going to do it from wherever, if it's at the White House or not at the White House. And I will say at this moment, at last I checked, we're still there. And Ramesh, President Trump is not the first American president to not enjoy critical press coverage. That's right. Trump, though, is a marked change from previous presidents. He has now a long record of making comments that are hostile to the freedom of the press, talking about pulling broadcast licenses from stations that air what he regards as fiction. […]
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- Jonathan Capehart
- Ramesh Ponnuru
- David Brooks
- Kimberly Atkins Stohr
- Ruth Marcus
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 2,724,746,620
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 1,162 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 38 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts PBS NewsHour - Brooks and Capehart?
Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz and William Brangham host the show. Published by PBS News.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does PBS NewsHour - Brooks and Capehart take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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