City Paper is proud to present the Washington City Podcast. Every week we will be bringing you conversations with interesting Washingtonians. The episodes will be as varied as our print stories—our first guests will talk about jazz, local politics, harm reduction, and anti-racism—but every episode should help you better understand our town and the local news. Like our paper, these episodes will feature our characteristic curiosity and at-times irreverent tone.

To see what we mean, subscribe to Washington City Podcast and listen to our pilot episode. (Non-Apple users can use this link.)

And when you’re done with that, subscribe to our weekly podcast newsletter, which will provide additional information about the stories and topics mentioned in each week’s episode.

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Music for our trailer episode was by Lee Rosevere and Broke for Free, used under the creative commons license. We altered the end of Broke for Free’s “Caught in the Beat,” adding an echo to the end.