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…
City Cast Las Vegas delivers a three-part local news roundup hosted by Jesse Merrick with guests Yvette Fernandez (NPR Mountain West News Bureau) and Michael Lyle (Nevada Current). The episode opens with analysis of mayoral runoffs in Henderson and North Las Vegas, explaining how these smaller cities' leadership…
Worth it if you're a Las Vegas resident interested in local politics, upcoming municipal elections, and weekend events in the metro area.
City Cast Las Vegas covers three main stories in this 43-minute episode. The lead segment examines a lawsuit against The Nerd bar in Fremont after a tourist was injured on their mechanical novelty attraction, using this headline-grabbing incident as a lens to discuss the broader state of Fremont's nightlife scene and…
Worth it if you live in or closely follow Las Vegas culture and want local news with personality and insider artist commentary.
City Cast Las Vegas addresses a tragic incident at the 24th anniversary First Friday event in the Arts District, where a shooting left a 15-year-old dead and two others injured. Host Jesse Merrick is joined by Executive Producer Layla Muhammad and Elle Hope, founder of Spotlight Poetry, to process the event and…
Worth it if you live in or care about Las Vegas, want to understand community response to the shooting, or are interested in how cultural events navigate safety concerns.