PBS Washington Week with The Atlantic - Full Show
Hosted by Jeffrey Goldberg · 7 decoded episodes · newest Oct 10, 2026
For 50 years, Washington Week has been the most intelligent and up to date conversation about the most important news stories of the week. Washington Week is the longest-running news and public affairs program on PBS and features journalists -- not pundits -- lending insight and perspective to the week's important news stories.
Episodes 7
- Oct 10, 2026 · 24 minKansas puts the Senate map in playThe episode shows how affordability, tariffs, energy, immigration, and foreign conflicts could turn the 2026 midterms into a referendum on Donald Trump.
- Oct 3, 2026 · 24 minTrump makes the midterms a referendum on his presidencyThe episode examines whether Trump’s personal political strategy can overcome economic frustration, weak approval ratings, foreign-policy concerns, and Republican vulnerability in Congress.
- Sep 26, 2026 · 24 minPanel weighs October 7 accountability and Trump’s widening political risksThe episode connects unresolved failures surrounding October 7 with mounting uncertainty over U.S. policy, press freedom, and Republican prospects before the midterms.
- Sep 19, 2026 · 24 minAI safeguards collide with the race against ChinaThe episode connects fears about uncontrolled AI and economic disruption to the political and geopolitical pressures making safeguards difficult.
- Sep 12, 2026 · 24 min25 years after 9/11, America weighs security against consequenceThe episode connects the attacks’ human cost to the wars, political shifts, and counterterrorism choices that reshaped the United States.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 24 minAI’s infrastructure boom collides with public backlashThe episode connects AI’s material demands and autonomous failures to a larger question of whether governments can govern the technology responsibly.
- Aug 29, 2026 · 24 minTrump’s Canada dispute unsettles allies and tests trade tiesThe episode connects a personalized conflict with Canada to tariff risks and growing doubts about whether the United States will reliably support its allies.