City Cast Las Vegas

City Cast Las Vegas is a daily podcast and newsletter created by and for locals (and locals-at-heart) that’ll challenge the easy narratives about our city … and, okay, maybe confirm a few of them, too. Las Vegas is a city of reinvention, bursting at the seams as it welcomes newcomers into its various incarnations as a service-worker union town, a military town, a college town, and, most recently, a sports town.


There’s a four-mile street testifying to our entrepreneurial genius, not far from pockets of staggering inequality. Great wealth runs through our city, but how much of that actually stays in Vegas? We’re independent in spirit, but also ruled by orange traffic cones. Our 2.5 million residents anchor an ever-changing city of 42 million visitors.


Join us every morning for the messy, delightful, complicated conversations that Las Vegans are having: You’ll hear us ask hard questions about where we’ll get our water when Lake Mead runs out, and how we’ll keep housing affordable. We’ll argue over our favorite Chinatown bars, and share insider tips on the best tacos in town. City Cast Las Vegas will show you how loving a city means celebrating it and also holding it accountable, while having some fun along the way—because Las Vegans know how to have a good time.

News
Daily News
Society & Culture
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The Latest on Monkeypox in Las Vegas
Addressing the stigma & how to stay safe
19 min
752
The Curious Test Case in NV’s “Black Book”
Some important news to talk about around the BBQ this Labor Day.
27 min
753
The Best Coffee Shops in Vegas
Forget tequila — coffee’s the true lifeblood of our 24-hour city
14 min
754
Go To Ely, Las Vegans! No, Seriously.
Get out of the Vegas bubble and go see the rurals.
13 min
755
Why Are So Many Retirees Coming to Vegas?
Plus, how to get your Medicare sorted for the big move.
16 min
756
Answering "Dumb" Questions About Living in Las ...
23 min
757
Is Vegas Really a “Cesspool of Crime”?
27 min
758
Yes! You Can Drink The Tap Water, Says Water Sm...
Even if you might not like how it tastes...
29 min
759
Revisiting the Lorax of Las Vegas
Looking to the trees to solve Vegas' urban heat problem.
18 min
760
Clean Air for East Las Vegas — And More Nevada ...
A special guest episode from our friends at IndyMatters!
33 min
761
Why is Clark County a Death Penalty Outlier?
Teen faces death penalty charges but writer Kim Foster asks how can someone so young be society's "worst of worst"?
26 min
762
Is Las Vegas Ready for A Million More People?!
...and more news from around the city.
26 min
763
Cold Drinks & Hot Takes With Food Writer Johnat...
There's a new food writer in town!
20 min
764
Did the Mob Dump Those Human Bodies in Lake Mead?
And why are we so quick to cry "mob?"
20 min
765
What’s Inside That “Melted” Building Downtown?
The one building that Frank Gehry agreed to build in Las Vegas.
21 min
766
The Jail Chaplain Who Changed Thousands of Lives
Remembering Clark County Detention Center’s Chaplain Pastor Bonnie Polley
13 min
767
To Hate or Not to Hate Monsoon Season
For this Friday's round up, the staff discusses Las Vegas' monsoon season, school starting, and the end of an affordable housing program.
21 min
768
Could This Be Nevada’s Next National Monument?
Oh give me a home, where the tortoises roam, where the sheep and the jackrabbits plaaaayyyy...
20 min
769
Why Are We Still Fighting Over Red Rock?
The legal battles over construction near the national conservation area continue.
21 min
770
Why Homelessness is Up in Southern Nevada
Nevada Current reporter and contributor Michael Lyle explains how rising rents and an increase in homelessness are connected.
21 min
771
Gambling Revenue is Booming — At What Cost?
Plus: How to spot problem gambling, and what to do about it
26 min
772
Attack of the 50-Foot Showgirls (and Other Vega...
All the news that's fit to rant (about)
25 min
773
Is New Orleans Square a Refuge for Artists Esca...
And is this haven in jeopardy, too?
16 min
774
What Tony Hsieh Got Wrong About Downtown
And maybe one or two things right
21 min
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Inside UNLV’s Nurse Camp for High Schoolers
UNLV’s Nurse Camp Tackles Nursing Shortage in Nevada
22 min