What's Working in Washington

What's Working in Washington is an interview show about the capital region as a place where business, policy, technology, journalism, and civic life collide. It is interested in what people actually do with power. The show often starts from a local Washington question, then follows it toward broader stakes. A discussion of the Wizards and stadium movement becomes a conversation about public spending, downtown vitality, fans, and the responsibility of sports owners. A sales strategy episode becomes less about closing deals than about replacing spammy outreach with trust and relationship building. A workplace conversation about Gen Z and COVID-era careers turns into a case for empathy, human contact, and better management habits. Its AI episodes are especially pointed. They ask how human creativity survives in a world of automated sameness, why regulation is difficult, and why public understanding matters before technology outruns civic judgment. The show is not anti-technology. It is wary of easy answers. Guests are brought in for lived knowledge, professional judgment, or a sharp perspective on the systems around D.C. Journalists explain what they have seen. Consultants describe what they teach. Media founders talk through revenue models, field reporting, Zoom interviews, sponsorships, and the challenge of scaling local storytelling. The register is accessible and direct, with enough policy awareness to satisfy insiders but enough everyday framing for curious listeners outside the region. Its best moments come when a familiar topic is made concrete: a stadium move, a bad sales pitch, a workplace habit, a synthetic story that sounds right but feels thin. Across its run, the show presents Washington as more than government buildings. It is a network of entrepreneurs, writers, civic actors, sports fans, technologists, and local institutions trying to decide what progress should mean. The result is thoughtful regional public-affairs audio with a practical business pulse.