{"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":"Mayoral Sprint, a 250 Mess, and D.C.'s Crazy Expensive Fire Alarm","slug":"mayoral-sprint-a-250-mess-and-d-c-s-crazy-expensive-fire-alarm","published_at":"2026-06-01T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-city-podcast-7576772/mayoral-sprint-a-250-mess-and-d-c-s-crazy-expensive-fire-alarm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-city-podcast-7576772","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/72af9f1a7728afe577fc2822f9a8d70c3924fed09e014ccc2e688ed89e0b50fc/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJlOTM1ZjRiMS05MTcxLTRmYjgtYjQ5ZC0yYmExN2NhZWJjNzkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhNWE0ODI5OS1jMzk0LTQxMjUtYWQ2OS1jNjY1ODQ2NWMzOTEiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTAxYWI3OWJjMTI5MDBhYTU3MzFmY2QiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmExY2YzMzgxNjA3MjlmZjdiMWIzOWZiL2N1bmV5dHMtc3R1ZGlvLVRScWtILWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNi0xX180LTQ5LTI4Lm1wMyJ9.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/72af9f1a7728afe577fc2822f9a8d70c3924fed09e014ccc2e688ed89e0b50fc/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJlOTM1ZjRiMS05MTcxLTRmYjgtYjQ5ZC0yYmExN2NhZWJjNzkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhNWE0ODI5OS1jMzk0LTQxMjUtYWQ2OS1jNjY1ODQ2NWMzOTEiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTAxYWI3OWJjMTI5MDBhYTU3MzFmY2QiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmExY2YzMzgxNjA3MjlmZjdiMWIzOWZiL2N1bmV5dHMtc3R1ZGlvLVRScWtILWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNi0xX180LTQ5LTI4Lm1wMyJ9.mp3","summary":"Will Sommer, senior reporter at the Bulwark and former Loose Lips columnist at Washington City Paper, joined the Dream City Podcast as guest co-host this week. Cuneyt and Will broke down the Kenyan McDuffie vs. Janeese Lewis George sprint to the finish — the ground game, the prediction markets, the Chipotle moment, and what ranked choice voting could mean for the outcome. Plus: DC somehow spent a million dollars on human fire alarms, Freedom 250 is a mess, and the mayoral candidates reveal their favorite DC restaurants. 00:00 Intro— Will Sommer Guest Co-Hosts 03:26 DC Spent $1 Million on Human Fire Alarms 07:09 The Mayor's Race Final Sprint 15:36 Mayoral Polls, Prediction Markets, and McDuffie's Chipotle Bump 23:18 Freedom 250 Turmoil in DC 30:50 Speed Round: Capital Weather Gang Goes Independent 32:13 Speed Round: Mayoral Candidates' Favorite DC Restaurants 34:28 Speed Round: Snake Experts Rate RFK Jr. 35:29 Speed Round: Kangaroo Boxing Club Throwback 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. Music credit: Highway 430 by Blue Dot Sessions The Dream City Podcast is a product of COSMOS Media LLC.","meta_description":"Will Sommer, senior reporter at the Bulwark and former Loose Lips columnist at Washington City Paper, joined the Dream City Podcast as guest co-host this…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2217,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dream-city-podcast-7576772/episodes/mayoral-sprint-a-250-mess-and-d-c-s-crazy-expensive-fire-alarm/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/mayoral-sprint-a-250-mess-and-d-c-s-crazy-expensive-fire-alarm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}