Janet Varney and John Hodgman celebrate the first non-state and non-commonwealth in the brief history of the podcast: The capital of the United States, Washington D.C.
And if there’s one problem with the perception of D.C., it’s a failure to understand that it’s a real city with a lot of cool people who call it home. We try to push beyond the monuments and motorcade and make sure to highlight that.
Plus we give a shoutout to everything from D.C.’s role in the straight-edge punk movement, the cryptids that (supposedly) roam its streets, and just what it means to be a mason. Plus, this place has a really cute official bird.
Cover Art Photos provided by:
Russell Burrell
Alejandrina Burrell
Shaadee Ahmadnia
Marissa Serafini
Produced by Julian Burrell.
Senior Producer at MaxFun is Laura Swisher.
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