{"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/0ae8636759e046ff7dcfa65d44f24512.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1057,"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":"2026-09-11T14:24:45.980119+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992"},"episode":{"title":"Robert White's Fight to Defend D.C.","slug":"robert-white-s-fight-to-defend-d-c","published_at":"2026-08-26T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992/robert-white-s-fight-to-defend-d-c","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6370358558.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6370358558.mp3","summary":"A new organization plans to fight for D.C.’s rights — by going into Congressional districts to unseat Republicans. Defend D.C. was announced this week by Robert White, D.C.’s all-but-certain next Congressional delegate. Ike Allen just profiled White in Washingtonian and is here to explain the PAC and its organizer. 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 August 26th episode: DC Department of Behavioral Health Tasti Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.","meta_description":"A new organization plans to fight for D.C.’s rights — by going into Congressional districts to unseat Republicans. Defend D.C. was announced this week by…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-dc-5592992/episodes/robert-white-s-fight-to-defend-d-c/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/robert-white-s-fight-to-defend-d-c.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}