Inside The Wash
By Rebekah Alvey
Inside The WashDec 08, 2021
Inside the Wash: Breaking news and raising minimum wage for D.C. tipped workers
On this season’s final episode of Inside the Wash, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher sit down with reporters Nick Trombola and Muhammed Al Refai to discuss local initiatives to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers and a breaking news story about Alexandria appointing a new mayor. Rebekah and Kayla also discuss a few of their own stories they have produced throughout the semester. Thank you to all who are listening and have listened to this podcast.
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Inside the Wash: Labor shortages, Baha'i youth services and the return of holiday traditions
On this week’s episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher sit down with reporters Grace Nardei, Kahindo Musungria, Keely Bastow and Heather Macneil to discuss how labor shortages and pricing are impacting D.C. businesses, youth service opportunities in the Baha'i community and the return of holiday traditions.
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Inside the Wash: Tidal Basin Repairs, Alley's as Affordable Housing and the Return of the Washington National Opera
On this week's episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher sit down with reporters Hayley Murphy, Hanna Holthaus and Megan Ruggles to discuss upcoming repairs to the Tidal Basin, how alley's are a potential source of affordable housing and the return of the Washington National Opera to the Kennedy Center.
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Inside the Wash: Dave Chapelle's controversial ties to a D.C. school, indoor mask mandates in MoCo and expanding Uptown Main Street in Petworth
On this week’s episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher sit down with reporters Mike Pesoli, Gianna Gronowski and Carley Welch to discuss the controversy with Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special and how it has localized to right here in DC, an update with indoor mask mandates in Montgomery County and the expansion of Uptown Main Street in Petworth.
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Inside the Wash: Redistricting in NoMa, difficulties hiring new police officers and the return of the retro-metro
On this week’s episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher sit down with Wash reporters Alice Berry, M Colkitt and Alec D’Angelo to discuss the effects of redistricting in NoMa, difficulties the Montgomery County Police Department are having hiring new police officers and a temporary solution to city-wide metro delays.
Inside the Wash: Postal delivery issues in NoMa and how increasing gun violence is impacting D.C. youth
Warning: This episode discusses violent content which may be disturbing to some listeners.
On this week’s episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher spoke with reporters Shelby Fishman and Elise Kline from the Wash about the rise of gun violence in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park, and delays in postal delivery in NoMa.
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Inside the Wash: Aid for small businesses and lead pipes in Shaw
On this week’s episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher spoke with reporters Rachel Looker and Caroline Cliona Boyle from the Wash about Arlington's second round of grants to aid small businesses and the impact of lead pipes on clean drinking water in Shaw.
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Inside the Wash: Sports betting in D.C. and the growth of urban farming in Dupont Circle
On this week’s episode, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher spoke with reporters Sophie Austin and McKenzie Beard from the Wash about the first bar in D.C., Grand Central in Adams Morgan, to be licensed for sports betting and the impacts and benefits of urban farming in Dupont Circle.
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Inside the Wash: Franklin Park renovations, living kidney donations in the DMV and bike lane controversy
This week, hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher spoke with reporters Vanessa Montalbano, Lauren Berryman and Heidi Kirk from the Wash about renovations for Franklin park that could have a large affect on unhoused people in the area, the lack of living kidney donors in the DMV and the people affected by it, and finally, some bike lane controversy in Dupont Circle.
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Inside the Wash: Expanding the Blue Line and the Return of the H Street Festival
Hosts Rebekah Alvey and Kayla Gallagher talk with The Wash reporters Aneeta Mathur-Ashton and Rosie Hughes about a possible expansion for the WMATA Blue Line and a lack of COVID-19 precautions at D.C.'s largest festival.
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