The Correspondent Podcast — Episode No. 1

The Correspondent with Caitlin Doornbos · Sep 7, 2026 · 18m

Welcome to the very first episode of The Correspondent. I’m Caitlin Doornbos.

If you’ve followed my reporting over the years, you know I’ve spent a lot of time covering American foreign policy from the Pentagon, the State Department and the White House — but also from the places where those decisions actually land.

That’s what I want this show to be about: not just telling you what happened, but taking you beyond the headlines to explain what it means, what the people making these decisions are actually trying to accomplish, and what we should be watching next.

So I doubt there could be a…