{"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":"We're Betting Big on D.C. News, the Underwhelming Great American State Fair, and JLG's Finance Charges Keep Spreading","slug":"we-re-betting-big-on-d-c-news-the-underwhelming-great-american-state-fair-and-jlg-s-finance-charges-keep-spreading","published_at":"2026-06-29T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992/we-re-betting-big-on-d-c-news-the-underwhelming-great-american-state-fair-and-jlg-s-finance-charges-keep-spreading","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6008083975.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6008083975.mp3","summary":"We’re chatting with City Cast CEO David Plotz and Executive Producer Annie Rees about the news organization we’re building within City Cast. Then, City Cast reporters Ben Brasch and Alyssa Fowers join to talk about the Great American State Fair and Alyssa’s deep dive into mayoral campaign numbers. Plus, in a members-only fourth segment, Ben’s going to walk us through his reporting on the ongoing fallout over the campaign-finance charges against Janeese Lewis George that dropped right before election day. 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 29th episode: ⁠DC Department of Behavioral Health⁠ ⁠Spur Local⁠ ⁠Library of Congress⁠ Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info⁠ HERE⁠.","meta_description":"We’re chatting with City Cast CEO David Plotz and Executive Producer Annie Rees about the news organization we’re building within City Cast. Then, City Ca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1730,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-dc-5592992/episodes/we-re-betting-big-on-d-c-news-the-underwhelming-great-american-state-fair-and-jlg-s-finance-charges-keep-spreading/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/we-re-betting-big-on-d-c-news-the-underwhelming-great-american-state-fair-and-jlg-s-finance-charges-keep-spreading.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}