City Cast Seattle

i’ve been subscribed less than a week and every. single. day. i’ve been fed a “bonus” episode about something entirely irrelevant. look, i’m not naive about a media company needing to make ends meet by doing internal promotion. but this is downright spam, it isn’t thoughtful, and it’s cost the pod a subscriber.

I appreciate how the podcast features independent journalists, who generally provide better insight into news topics compared to legacy corporate media. For hyper local news, city cast is pretty good. Negative reviews probably come from chronic Seattle Times readers looking for centrist news.

Huge fan of city cast and their modernization of a daily local newspaper. Great, informative listen!

I’ve been listening to City Cast daily for the last 10-ish months and, generally, am a huge fan of the format and idea behind it. I even became a paid “neighbor” for some time. Finally though, I just couldn’t take more of some of these contributors, namely Hannah Kreig, who come in with very strong takes that go 90% unchecked without any pushback or discourse. I’m fine with having people like her on—and I, personally, often agree with Kreig’s sentiments—but, too often these opinion writers use this podcast as a soapbox to continuously air their rants on politics, etc. Considering how divided we are as a country in 2026, I think it’s more important than ever to gain perspective—but by respecting and involving both sides. Getting into the habit of listening to podcasts like this—with such a homogenous world view, continuously only reflecting one ideology—just keeps us in our echo chambers as a country (and city). I hope this production will invite more contributors to offer more diverse perspectives to more accurately reflect Seattle itself. Until then I’m switching back to the national radio alternative on my morning commute.