Beginning with its first program on February 23, 1967, Washington Week has provided intelligent and provocative roundtable discussion of major news events. Featured on PBS, the public affairs program has seen a number of hosts since its inception, and is currently under the direction of moderator Gwen Ifill, who has been in that position since 1999. The show is broadcast once a week, and addresses such timely topics as national security and the domestic economy. Visitors to the website can view each show in its entirety, and read transcripts of each program as well. Another nice feature of the site is “Chat with Gwen”, which allows visitors to chat online with Ifill once a month. If visitors are looking for certain video clips, they can also search through the video archive to find commentaries by such distinguished columnists such as David Brooks and Thomas Friedman.