Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Candidates across the country like to make a punching bag out of the national politics that shape Washington, D.C. But those attempts to use “Washington” as a symbol don’t always square with the local reality in the D.C. region – like when a congressman from Iowa recently tweeted that local D.C. needs a recession because the area’s economy is “being built on the backs of U.S. taxpayers.” We take a clear-eyed look at the region’s economy and see how it compares to the region’s caricatures this political season.
Guests
- Stephen Fuller Professor of Public Policy and Director, The Center for Regional Analysis, George Mason University
- John Stanton Buzzfeed D.C. Bureau Chief
- Eleanor Holmes Norton Delegate, U.S. House of Representatives (D-DC)
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