Sep. 12, 2025 9:14 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 9/12/25
The assassination Charlie Kirk, conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has raised new questions about escalating political violence in the country. Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Laura Barrón-López of MSNBC, Susan Glasser of The New Yorker and Tom Nichols of The Atlantic to discuss this and more.
Sep. 12, 2025 9 p.m. EDT
Clip: Charlie Kirk’s assassination raises questions about escalating political violence
America’s list of victims of political violence is distressingly long and features figures from both the right and left. The panel discusses this week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, its fallout and the role of social media in a culture of escalating violence.
Sep. 12, 2025 8:57 p.m. EDT
Clip: What Russia’s drone incursion into Poland means for NATO and Trump
The incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace this week represented a serious extension of Putin’s war in Ukraine into NATO territory. The panel discusses what this means for Europe and President Trump.
Sep. 05, 2025 8:58 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 9/5/25
RFK Jr. was bludgeoned in the Senate for his management of the CDC and for his views on vaccines. And halfway around the world, America’s adversaries gathered in Beijing in a show of force. Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Elisabeth Bumiller of The New York Times, Leigh Ann Caldwell of Puck, Stephen Hayes of The Dispatch and Vivian Salama of The Atlantic to discuss this and more.
Sep. 05, 2025 8:48 p.m. EDT
Clip: Is RFK Jr.'s vaccine fight popular with Trump and his base?
Scientists have endorsed the efficacy of vaccines for quite literally hundreds of years. George Washington himself had his troops vaccinated for smallpox. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a day debating vaccination with senators of both parties. The panel discusses how popular the agenda is with President Trump's supporters.
Sep. 05, 2025 8:47 p.m. EDT
Clip: U.S. adversaries strengthen their bond and alliance against Trump
America’s adversaries gathered in Beijing in a show of force that highlighted their strengthening alliance and their growing contempt for the United States.
Aug. 29, 2025 8:32 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/29/25
He has been described as “the last of a generation of gold-standard political reporters.” On a special edition of Washington Week with The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg speaks with The Washington Post’s Dan Balz, who is stepping down as a full-time political correspondent with the paper after 47 years on the job.
Aug. 29, 2025 8:32 p.m. EDT
Clip: Dan Balz on how politics has evolved
No one in Washington knows national politics like Dan Balz. He is a master of the granular detail, and he is also an early spotter of grand, sweeping trends. He and Jeffrey Goldberg discuss how things have changed — and how they’ve stayed the same — since he first came to Washington in 1972.
Aug. 29, 2025 8:31 p.m. EDT
Clip: The best and worst of Washington
Jeffrey Goldberg and Dan Balz discuss how Conservative Democrats and Liberal Republicans in Congress encouraged bipartisanship in the past, and Newt Gingrich's role in the political polarization we see today.
Aug. 22, 2025 8:36 p.m. EDT
Clip: After a busy week of diplomacy, is Ukraine closer to peace or further away?
It was a startling moment on the tarmac in Alaska when President Trump, catching his first glimpse of Vladimir Putin, started applauding. It’s not impossible to imagine that this was the moment European leaders decided to visit Washington, forming a phalanx around the Ukrainian president. The panel discusses what’s next for Trump as he pursues a settlement in Ukraine, and a Nobel Peace Prize.
