{"podcast":{"title":"Dream City Podcast","slug":"dream-city-podcast-7576772","podcast_index_feed_id":7576772,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/KaYlSIJy.rss","website_url":"www.dreamcity.news","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/a5a48299-c394-4125-ad69-c6658465c391/logos/4b311be4-9363-4e12-ae2c-08d761a59fc5.png","author":"Dream City Podcast","episode_count":30,"summary":"A new conversation about the politics and business of hometown Washington. Longtime journalists Cuneyt Dil and Tom Sherwood bring exclusive reporting, sharp analysis and real curiosity to the forces shaping D.C.’s political and business scene. It’s the stories everyone’s talking about — and the ones they aren’t.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T22:17:08.210359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-city-podcast-7576772"},"episode":{"title":"D.C. Mayoral Candidate Janeese Lewis George on Trump, ICE, and Affordability","slug":"d-c-mayoral-candidate-janeese-lewis-george-on-trump-ice-and-affordability","published_at":"2026-02-23T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-city-podcast-7576772/d-c-mayoral-candidate-janeese-lewis-george-on-trump-ice-and-affordability","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-city-podcast-7576772","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/436a815b3a69586b3620f8dc2884ad86f75fb994bb3c09ce7796f0e4850cb0b1/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIxM2JkZDYwMC04M2M2LTQ1ZGItODI4MS01OWRlZjJjM2U5NzUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhNWE0ODI5OS1jMzk0LTQxMjUtYWQ2OS1jNjY1ODQ2NWMzOTEiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTAxYWI3OWJjMTI5MDBhYTU3MzFmY2QiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjk5NzdjYzY5YjJjMjFkMDcwMTIyN2EzL2N1bmV5dHMtc3R1ZGlvLVRScWtILWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtMi0xOV9fMjItMTItMzcubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/436a815b3a69586b3620f8dc2884ad86f75fb994bb3c09ce7796f0e4850cb0b1/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIxM2JkZDYwMC04M2M2LTQ1ZGItODI4MS01OWRlZjJjM2U5NzUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhNWE0ODI5OS1jMzk0LTQxMjUtYWQ2OS1jNjY1ODQ2NWMzOTEiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTAxYWI3OWJjMTI5MDBhYTU3MzFmY2QiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjk5NzdjYzY5YjJjMjFkMDcwMTIyN2EzL2N1bmV5dHMtc3R1ZGlvLVRScWtILWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtMi0xOV9fMjItMTItMzcubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"Council member Janeese Lewis George is running for D.C. mayor — and she joined to talk about how she'd handle President Trump, how she'd pay for a child care expansion, and her vision for the future of Washington. Cuneyt and Tom covered a lot of ground, from her stance on zero cooperation with ICE to ways JLG would try to find areas of agreement with the Trump administration (see: downtown development). This is the first in what we hope will be a 2026 mayoral race interview series. 00:00 Introduction to the Dream City Podcast 01:06 Growing up in D.C. 06:57 How Will You Fund Child Care For All? 10:55 Addressing Education and Truancy Issues 15:28 Are There Wasted Dollars In Big Education Budget? 19:04 JLG's Management Style 21:14 D.C. Police Staffing + Public Safety 26:09 D.C.'s Youth Curfew + Crime 27:46 JLG's Stance On ICE 30:12 Exploring Areas of Common Ground With Trump Admin 32:34 Vision For Downtown D.C.'s Future 36:06 Democratic Socialism 37:21 Addressing Affordability 39:29 JLG Defends Her Record 41:27 Artificial Intelligence 42:33 Robotaxis and Waymo 43:17 RFK Stadium development 45:47 Being Mayor The Dream City Podcast is supported by launch partner SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism . The Dream City Podcast will hold the powerful accountable and take you inside D.C.’s business and political worlds. Along the way: Revelatory conversations with city officials, business leaders, and the best-sourced journalists in town. The Dream City Podcast is a product of COSMOS Media LLC.","meta_description":"Council member Janeese Lewis George is running for D.C. mayor — and she joined to talk about how she'd handle President Trump, how she'd pay for a child c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2910,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dream-city-podcast-7576772/episodes/d-c-mayoral-candidate-janeese-lewis-george-on-trump-ice-and-affordability/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-city-podcast-7576772/d-c-mayoral-candidate-janeese-lewis-george-on-trump-ice-and-affordability.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}