The lawless deep sea

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what was happening in the world. We’ve published hundreds of episodes. We’ve covered e ... Show More

In his second term, President Donald Trump has gone on a mission to reinvent the Kennedy Center, the beloved performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.Trump promised to overhaul the center’s programming. He installed loyalists on the board who made him chairman. In December, Trump ... Show More

In late January of last year, an American Eagle flight and a U.S. Army helicopter collided above the Potomac River, killing everyone aboard both aircraft. It was the deadliest flight disaster in the U.S. in decades.A year later, families and first responders are reflecting on the ... Show More

<p>A few days ago, when passengers set off on a deep sea expedition in the Atlantic Ocean, they were aboard a vessel that many experts had already concluded was dangerously designed.</p><p>William Broad, a science correspondent for The Times, explains why he was worried from the ... Show More

All five passengers on the missing Titanic submersible are believed dead after missing debris is found on the ocean floor turning operations from rescue to recovery. In the wake of this tragedy, CNN is going to examine deep sea exploration and the inherent dangers that come along ... Show More

OceanGate Expeditions says the passengers in the Titanic-bound submersible that went missing days earlier have "sadly been lost." Listen for more details.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast ... Show More

<p>The adoption of electric cars has been hailed as an important step in curbing the use of fossil fuels and fighting climate change. There is a snag, however: such vehicles require around six times as many metals as their gasoline-powered counterparts.</p><p>A giant storehouse o ... Show More

A massive search operation continues to find the submersible with five people onboard that went missing on a trip to view the Titanic wreckage that sits at the bottom of the ocean nearly 13,000 feet underwater southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. The U.S. Coast Guard says they are ... Show More

Send a textWe recorded this on 6/21/23 at which point the Titan was still lost at sea, as of 6/22/23 the wreckage has been found and the passengers are declared dead. This is not the ending we wanted or expected for this excursion and we are thinking about the families at this di ... Show More

Harrison Okene, a Nigerian ship's cook, faced a remarkable ordeal of survival. In May 2013, he was trapped in an underwater vessel, the Jascon 4, for an astonishing 60 hours before being miraculously rescued. The tugboat had capsized and sunk off the coast of Nigeria while suppor ... Show More

Am Sonntagvormittag verschwindet das Tauchboot Titan im Atlantik. An Board: Fünf Personen, die das Wrack der im Jahr 1912 gesunkenen Titanic bestaunen wollen. Was als teurer Abenteuertrip beginnt, wird zum Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Wir sprechen heute mit STANDARD-Wissenschaftsred ... Show More