We’re approaching the end of 2025, and boy has it been a wild ride. We collected our top City Cast DC podcast episodes of the year, covering everything from cheap drinks to the federal takeover. Here’s what D.C. was talking about this year 👇
Bike lanes are one of the hottest subjects in D.C., and we fought about it! Washington Post columnist Marc Fischer told us why he is critical of them, or at least how the city has sold them. But surprise surprise, not everyone agrees.
Could D.C. ever get its own Zohran Mamdani? We dug into that with the 51st’s Martin Austermuhle. Plus, the Navy Yard brawl that led to another youth curfew, and the trial of Sandwich Guy.
In this news roundup style episode, we talked with NBC4’s Mark Segraves about the entry of a bona fide progressive into the D.C. mayor’s race, Donald Trump’s big plans for Dulles Airport, and the return of stars to the Post’s restaurant reviews.
Youth crime is front and center in Trump’s claims that D.C. is a dangerous hellscape. But he is not the first to raise the issue: All year Bowser has pushed for curfews to counter the alleged spike. But is it true? And what are the best ways to keep kids out of trouble? We talked to Georgetown crime expert Eduardo Ferrer.
Over the last few months, we’ve seen endless viral videos of ICE agents arresting people, dragging them into cars, and driving off. The Washington Post’s Teo Armus has been tracking those incidents and answers every question you might have about what we know about ICE in D.C.
WAMU's Alex Koma gives us an inside look at the first week Trump took over D.C.’s police force and sent in the National Guard, along with the chaos that followed.
Thanks in part to return-to-office mandates, Metro’s rider numbers skyrocketed in 2025. But it seems not everyone remembers the adjacent etiquette. (Looking at you, standing-on-the-left escalator raiders 👀) Co-host Bridget Todd brings the City Cast team together to talk about the essential unwritten rules and quirks of taking public transit in D.C.
Muriel Bowser is stepping down after 12 years in office. What happens now? Co-hosts Bridget Todd and Michael Schaffer talked with WAMU’s Alex Koma in a wide-ranging conversation about what we should make of the decade-plus that she’s spent dominating D.C. politics.
Drinks on a budget always hit in D.C., but especially in a year as tough as this one. Ann Limpert, food editor for the Washingtonian, gave us her best D.C. happy hours to knock back a few (responsibly of course).
A question as relevant now as when DOGE first showed up: How screwed is D.C.? A Brookings Institution program called DMV Monitor pulls together data to help answer the question and it's not a pretty picture. Brookings Fellow Tracy Hadden Loh breaks it down.
