News features from the Washington, DC Metro Area.

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...

“WTOP’s American Nightmare Series” is a podcast covering true crime stories in the Washington D.C. region.  Season 3, "Unknown Subject": For 9 years, he terrorized women across the DC region. Breaking into ho...

From iHeartRadio and TenderfootTV, ‘Monster: DC Sniper’ reinvestigates the beltway sniper attacks. This true crime podcast places the listener in Montgomery County, Maryland on October 2nd, 2002 when an unident...

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...

2000 DC is a satirical sitcom podcast. Follow Alex and Dimitri as they move into Washington DC and face issues of the modern world. #2kDC

POLITICO takes you behind the scenes with Washington's power players to uncover what's really driving politics and policy in the nation’s capital.

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.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Linda Lakhdhir of Human Rights Watch, about the significance of Myanmar's release of the two Reuters reporters who had been sentenced to 7 years in prison.

The Trump administration instructed Don McGahn, former White House counsel, to ignore a subpoena requested by the House Judiciary Committee, escalating the conflict between the president and Congress.

There is bipartisan concern about the Trump administration's efforts to assist Saudi Arabia in developing nuclear energy, and whether it could lead to a weapons program.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Soumaya Keynes, editor for The Economist and host of Trade Talks podcast, about how the ongoing trade battle between the U.S. and China is impacting consumers.

Over 6,000 bands and artists entered NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest. We're highlighting a handful of local entrants, starting with Oh He Dead, a D.C.-based group playing "rock 'n soul."

While eating limitations during Ramadan have allowed a unique culture to spring up in 24-hour restaurants like IHOP, one Washingtonian felt like these challenges also presented a business opportunity.

Domestic violence in the United States: why it’s so widespread and what can be done about it.

It's been 25 years since the African National Congress came to power, but it's failed to deliver on its promise to close the gulf between the haves and the largely black have-nots.

Authorities pulled over the truck and found frogs, snakes and turtles, according to the Miami Herald. When asked if she had anything else, a woman pulled a foot-long alligator out of her yoga pants.

"I have no misgivings," said the head of one Democratic group. "On election night 2018, I didn't hear anybody go, 'Jeez, we won! But gosh, wasn't all that stuff really bad that helped everybody win."