{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast DC","slug":"city-cast-dc-5592992","podcast_index_feed_id":5592992,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastdc","website_url":"https://dc.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e406f33c-e282-11ec-8cad-a7edae1b4b13/image/3b63513f9a9a4b7989db4b905df7f1bf.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":988,"summary":"City Cast DC is the daily, local audio companion you knew DC needed.. Washingtonians are deeply passionate about our city, whose story is still being written, and City Cast DC is here to tell it. Every weekday morning, our hosts Michael Schaffer and Bridget Todd will engage people from all over the eight wards in conversation about DC’s crises and its beauty, both literal and figurative. It’ll have the feel of eavesdropping on an energetic and informative coffee shop chat, except that with City Cast DC, consider this your official invitation to listen in. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at dc.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T22:20:30.422746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992"},"episode":{"title":"Mayoral Race Showdown, What’s Happening at the Rock Creek Tennis Center, and Three Great New Bars","slug":"mayoral-race-showdown-what-s-happening-at-the-rock-creek-tennis-center-and-three-great-new-bars","published_at":"2026-06-05T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992/mayoral-race-showdown-what-s-happening-at-the-rock-creek-tennis-center-and-three-great-new-bars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC9861240440.mp3?updated=1780616964","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC9861240440.mp3?updated=1780616964","summary":"We’re going to get into the mayoral race as it heads into its final week, we’re going to talk about why you should pay attention to what’s happening at the Rock Creek Tennis Center, and we’re going to talk new bars. Plus, in a members-only fourth segment, the DC Council has done something weird to the city’s open-meetings law, and we want to look at the state of transparency in our city. Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter City Cast DC. You can text us or leave a voicemail at: (202) 642-2654. You can also become a member, with ad-free listening, for as little as $10 a month. Learn more about the sponsors of this June 5th episode: District Bridges DC Department of Behavioral Health DC Board of Elections Mosaic Theater Company Folger Shakespeare Library Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.","meta_description":"We’re going to get into the mayoral race as it heads into its final week, we’re going to talk about why you should pay attention to what’s happening at th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2344,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-dc-5592992/episodes/mayoral-race-showdown-what-s-happening-at-the-rock-creek-tennis-center-and-three-great-new-bars/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992/mayoral-race-showdown-what-s-happening-at-the-rock-creek-tennis-center-and-three-great-new-bars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}