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Join Kojo and resident analyst Tom Sherwood on Fridays at noon for our weekly review of the politics, policies and personalities in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Each week Kojo and Tom help ...

Diane Rehm’s weekly podcast features newsmakers, writers, artists and thinkers on the issues she cares about most: what’s going on in Washington, ideas that inform, and the latest on living well as we live long...

Dish City explores the iconic foods of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia to understand local history and how we live today. Join hosts Patrick Fort and Ruth Tam as they learn the origins of Old Bay in Maryland, expl...

When 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed. By the time authorities formally declared Relisha “missing,” 18 days had passed since she’d been spo...

The Kojo Nnamdi Show is a daily talk show — a meeting space for curious Washingtonians to make sense of the communities where they live and work. We'll introduce you to the people shaping the present and future...

What do you wonder about the Washington region and the people who call it home? As part of What's With Washington, you submit the questions that inform the stories that WAMU reporters go out and answer.

Unprecedented tells the raw and emotional stories of ordinary people who defined the limits of our First Amendment rights. Hosted by award-winning radio producers Michael Vuolo and Matthew Schwartz with special...

The Pod Shop is WAMU’s initiative to train and support aspiring podcasters in the Washington, D.C., region. The inaugural group of creators spent three months learning the ins and outs of podcast production and...

The ideology of Christian nationalism holds that the United States should be closer to and informed by Christian principles. It's been more present in American politics lately, being referenced openly by electe...

U.S. health care has a reputation for costing a pretty penny – and making one, too.So, when the country's largest for-profit health care system – Steward Health Care in Dallas, Texas – filed for bankruptcy in M...

When most people think of the a midlife crisis, they picture a man in his 50s dating a younger woman and buying a sports car.But what does this depiction of midlife get wrong and who gets left behind by this na...

2024 is the first presidential election with AI in play, and currently, there are few regulations about the use of AI in politics. Last month, the Federal Election Commission decided not to impose new rules on ...

Polling suggests the momentum Vice President Kamala Harris enjoyed in August has slowed somewhat.Walgreens is set to close 1,200 stores over the next 3 years and some 800 more are under evaluation.U.S. official...

For this installment of our Sound Bites series, we're thinking about why fall favorites are so beloved.Of course, there's the staples, like apples and pumpkins and yams. But what about other in-season offerings...

How do we really come to understand what it is we put in our bodies? Things like nutrition, expiration, and innovation?How long do leftovers really last? Why do certain food combinations work so well? How do co...

Men under 30 are more likely to support Donald Trump than women in their age group.The gender gap in terms of American voters' candidate preference has never been wider.We talk about the role young male voters ...

In this edition of Sound Bites, we're talking about the art of food preservation.Pickling, canning, pie fillings and jams. We ask master food preserver Christina Ward about the best ways to save the last of you...

A mission to study one of the solar system's most promising environments is underway.NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft was designed to explore its namesake, Jupiter's moon Europa, launched on Monday from NASA's ...