https://wamu.org/series/51st/ From the producers of What's With Washington, 51st is a series about Washingtonians’ fight for representation. D.C.'s 700,000 residents don't get to elect a voting representative to Congress, and the federal government can block their laws. 51st will trace how racism, party politics, and even an attempted mutiny in Pennsylvania have stood in the way of the city’s path to full representation. We’ll also try to figure out if D.C. has a real shot at achieving statehood today. Could D.C. ever be the 51st state? Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:06:45 +0000 en-US © 2021 WAMU From What's With Washington WAMU 88.5 WAMU 88.5 podcasts@wamu.org From the producers of What's With Washington, 51st is a series about Washingtonians’ fight for representation. D.C.'s 700,000 residents don't get to elect a voting representative to Congress, and the federal government can block their laws. 51st will trace how racism, party politics, and even an attempted mutiny in Pennsylvania have stood in the way of the city’s path to full representation. We’ll also try to figure out if D.C. has a real shot at achieving statehood today. Could D.C. ever be the 51st state? From the producers of What's With Washington, 51st is a series about Washingtonians’ fight for representation. D.C.'s 700,000 residents don't get to elect a voting representative to Congress, and the federal government can block their laws. 51st will trace how racism, party politics, and even an attempted mutiny in Pennsylvania have stood in the way of the city’s path to full representation. We’ll also try to figure out if D.C. has a real shot at achieving statehood today. Could D.C. ever be the 51st state? WAMU 88.5 podcasts@wamu.org 326324 clean No https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/51st_3000x3000.png https://wamu.org/series/51st/ https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 120991863 https://wamu.org/story/21/01/07/dc-statehood-democrats-in-charge/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:02:39 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/21/01/07/dc-statehood-democrats-in-charge/ wamu.org/supportwhatswith. ]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith. ]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith. ]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith. ]]> no no no 13:24 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/27/51st-greetings-from-douglass-commonwealth/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:01:59 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/27/51st-greetings-from-douglass-commonwealth/ no no no 29:27 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/20/51st-from-prisons-to-weed-how-district-life-is-different/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:01:22 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/20/51st-from-prisons-to-weed-how-district-life-is-different/ wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> no no no 29:00 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/13/51st-is-d-c-statehood-even-legal/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:01:21 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/13/51st-is-d-c-statehood-even-legal/ wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> no no no 35:52 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/06/51st-take-this-thing-to-the-streets/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:01:10 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/10/06/51st-take-this-thing-to-the-streets/ wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> wamu.org/supportwhatswith.]]> no no no 34:26 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/09/29/51st-what-hamilton-got-wrong-about-d-c/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 04:01:53 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/09/29/51st-what-hamilton-got-wrong-about-d-c/ no no no 25:56 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/09/22/51st-why-statehood-why-now/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:01:41 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/09/22/51st-why-statehood-why-now/ no no no 22:27 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/09/14/51st-our-new-season/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:53:47 +0000 Mikaela Lefrak https://wamu.org/story/20/09/14/51st-our-new-season/ no no no 2:56 Mikaela Lefrak