Judicial Vacancies, Zoo Opinions, and Books to Gift

It’s our first ever live taping! We’re at Politics and Prose Union Market, but we’re still talking about the news in D.C. — like the far too many judicial vacancies, some National Zoo news, and holiday book suggestions. City Cast CEO David Plotz and Anton Bogomazov, who is the Chief Adult Book Buyer at Politics and Prose, join host Michael Schaffer to chat about it all.

Here are some of the other episodes we called back to in this one:

-Our team breaks down D.C.'s new criminal code

-Jamie Kirchick tells us about the secret history of gay Washington

-Shahan Mufti tells us about the biggest hostage crisis on U.S. soil, and why no one remembers it

As always, our Friday roundup is powered by some great local journalism:

-Check out The Washington Post’s coverage of the judicial vacancies.

-DCist was all over the new Andean bear cubs that arrived at the zoo.

-And buy local this holiday season! Politics and Prose released their holiday newsletter with their picks this season.

And if you hadn’t heard about the bears at all yet, you should sign up for our sister newsletter Hey DC. Our editor Kaela got to that news fast. Subscribe here. 

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And we’d love to feature you on the show! We’re collecting New Year’s Resolutions for D.C. Share yours with us in a voicemail by calling 2026422654.