City Cast Las Vegas

City Cast Las Vegas is an an award-winning 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. 

Join us every weekday 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. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at lasvegas.citycast.fm.

Named Best Podcast by The Las Vegas Weekly 2025

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951
The Best Coffee Shops in Vegas
Forget tequila — coffee’s the true lifeblood of our 24-hour city
14 min
952
Go To Ely, Las Vegans! No, Seriously.
Get out of the Vegas bubble and go see the rurals.
13 min
953
Why Are So Many Retirees Coming to Vegas?
Plus, how to get your Medicare sorted for the big move.
16 min
954
Answering "Dumb" Questions About Living in Las ...
23 min
955
Is Vegas Really a “Cesspool of Crime”?
27 min
956
Yes! You Can Drink The Tap Water, Says Water Sm...
Even if you might not like how it tastes...
29 min
957
Revisiting the Lorax of Las Vegas
Looking to the trees to solve Vegas' urban heat problem.
18 min
958
Clean Air for East Las Vegas — And More Nevada ...
A special guest episode from our friends at IndyMatters!
33 min
959
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
960
Is Las Vegas Ready for A Million More People?!
...and more news from around the city.
26 min
961
Cold Drinks & Hot Takes With Food Writer Johnat...
There's a new food writer in town!
20 min
962
Did the Mob Dump Those Human Bodies in Lake Mead?
And why are we so quick to cry "mob?"
20 min
963
What’s Inside That “Melted” Building Downtown?
The one building that Frank Gehry agreed to build in Las Vegas.
21 min
964
The Jail Chaplain Who Changed Thousands of Lives
Remembering Clark County Detention Center’s Chaplain Pastor Bonnie Polley
13 min
965
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
966
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
967
Why Are We Still Fighting Over Red Rock?
The legal battles over construction near the national conservation area continue.
21 min
968
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
969
Gambling Revenue is Booming — At What Cost?
Plus: How to spot problem gambling, and what to do about it
26 min
970
Attack of the 50-Foot Showgirls (and Other Vega...
All the news that's fit to rant (about)
25 min
971
Is New Orleans Square a Refuge for Artists Esca...
And is this haven in jeopardy, too?
16 min
972
What Tony Hsieh Got Wrong About Downtown
And maybe one or two things right
21 min
973
Inside UNLV’s Nurse Camp for High Schoolers
UNLV’s Nurse Camp Tackles Nursing Shortage in Nevada
22 min
974
What Dayvid Thinks You Should Know About NV's B...
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Nevada's ballot initiative process and what's on the ballot this November.
18 min
975
We Review Vice's Guide to Las Vegas
27 min