City Cast DC

One of City Cast DC's resolutions is to not just present problems about the city, but also find a way to help YOU solve them. So in that vein, here’s our chat from August, with the Head of DC Health’s Rodent Control Program Gerard Brown, to talk about the rat problem in the District and how you can be a good neighbor and help solve it.If that gets you thinking about any solutions you’ve come across in D.C., email us about them at dc@citycast.fm!Check out our newsletter Hey DC and follow us on Twitter at @citycast_dc.And we’d love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A big resolution for us here at City Cast is to continue picking stories that make people smile, have fun, and also get them out of their comfort zones! And if you need inspiration, well, a story that took us out of our comfort zones was the one at Markoff’s Haunted Forest, since none of us had ever been! We had a blast making this, and we know you'll have a blast listening to it if you missed it in its original October run, so here’s our adventure through the forest. Our sister newsletter Hey DC is putting out all kinds of cool holiday content this week. Subscribe now so you don’t miss it. Plus, we’re on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc. Plus, if you've got a feel-good story or something that'll push us out of our comfort zone, email us!And we’d love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One resolution we have at City Cast DC is holding those in power to account. We are local journalism after all! But we rely on listeners like you to help us find those institutions to hold accountable. One episode from earlier this year that fit in that camp, was our chat with Washington Business Journal’s Hannah Denham this August, about her investigation into the now defunct international education center The Whittle School, and it’s the type of accountability journalism we want to bring you even more of in 2023.Go find our newsletter Hey DC online if you want more! Plus, we’re on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc.If you have a story in mind that we should investigate, leave as a voicemail about it at 202-642-2654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the best bread in DC? Jill Nguyen, the Bread Lady of Capitol Hill, dove into baking during the pandemic, and has some thoughts — about what’s coming out of her oven, and beyond. Our sister newsletter Hey DC has tons of great baked good suggestions, and other fun lists. Be sure to subscribe. You can also follow us on Twitter at @citycast_dc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Mason University started 50 years ago as a pokey little commuter school. Since then, it’s evolved into a global institution that helped lure Amazon to the DMV. And in a weird way, the evolution tracks that of the Virginia suburbs it calls home. We’re talking to GMU’s in-house historian about how we got from there to here.Our sister newsletter Hey DC is putting out all kinds of cool holiday content next week. Subscribe now so you don’t miss it. Plus, we’re on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc.And we’d love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Mall has limited space. So what happens when you want to add a new monument or site? This is actuallu poised to take place with the addition of two new museums. Philip Kennicott, the Washington Post’s Art and architecture critic, has a big vision for a better National Mall. Be sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and follow us at @citycast_dc.And we’d love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Street Sense is a newspaper with a mission- to end homelessness in DC. In honor of the paper’s 20th anniversary, two vendors, Aida Peery and Jackie Turner, are putting together an oral history of how Street Sense has helped so many Washingtonians find confidence, hope, and housing.In case you missed that exciting live taping we mentioned in the newscast (about D.C. judges, the National Zoo, and holiday books), listen here.Our morning newsletter has so many more great stories like this one, and competitions! Like every Monday, there's a scavenger hunt challenge. So be sure to subscribe here for all of that. We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc.And as always, you can get in touch with us by calling 2026422654. We'd love to include your thoughts about D.C. in a future episode, so just leave a voicemail! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The D.C. Housing Authority's troubles seem to just dig deeper and deeper. Lead Producer Priyanka Tilve and Mitch Ryals from the Washington City Paper are here to talk about that, plus we’re dreaming up new uses for the RFK stadium space as it finally nears demolition.Need more DC news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter.You can also check us out on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dcAnd we wanna hear from YOU on our show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Area 2 Farms in Arlington is not what you imagine when you think of a farm. It's indoors and has bizarre plants that taste like roasted garlic, cheese, or oysters. And for the cherry (tomato) on top, this vertical farm is fighting climate change with all kinds of sustainable techniques. We road-tripped out there to learn about it all from founder and chief science officer Tyler Baras.If you subscribe to our morning newsletter, you'll have seen a bunch of extra pics and newsletter-only content about this farm. So if you don't already follow us, do that now so you don't miss out next time! We’re also posting some pics on Twitter! Check them out at @citycast_dc.And we’d love to feature you on the show! Share your D.C.-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D.C. has it own sound that sticks with you. And nobody knows that more than D.C. rap legend Kokayi. He joins us today to talk about his new book, You Are Ketchup and how D.C. influenced everything in his life, from the music he makes to where he sends his kids to school.You can check out Kokayi's book here.Want some more DC news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter.We’re also on Twitter! Follow us at @citycast_dc.And we’d love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices