Sports: At Capacity
Digitized faux-cheers went silent and choruses of human roars reclaimed their sonic dominance at D.C. stadiums this June as COVID-19 capacity restrictions phased out. This week, WTOP Sports Director G...
28 Jun 202112min
The New Value of Space
The pandemic shifted priorities and changed people’s relationship with space. People fled the dense populations of apartment-living and wanted office-space at home. In turn, the house prices soared, a...
21 Jun 202115min
Lockdown Health Trends
Symptoms of the coronavirus are well known: loss of smell, tightness in the chest, trouble breathing, high temperature and general fatigue. But the pandemic also caused other, subtler, more indirect s...
14 Jun 202115min
Pomp & Extenuating Circumstance
High school graduates are returning to stages and tossing mortarboards again, as the D.C.-area’s eased health restrictions allow for in-person commencement ceremonies. But the effects of the pandemic ...
7 Jun 202113min
Rush Hour’s Return
Traffic jargon such as bottleneck, bumper-to-bumper and gridlock went mum during the pandemic as people stayed home and streets emptied. But those open roads are no more, as traffic rages back in the ...
1 Jun 202116min
Law and Disorder
The pandemic upended local court systems across the D.C.-region, which had to scramble and find a way to hold trials while also maintaining COVID-19 health restrictions. This week, WTOP investigative ...
24 Mai 202114min
Once Upon A Crime
Our area saw a surge in homicides and carjackings during the pandemic. COVID-19 forced changes on human behavior across the spectrum — including illicit misconduct. This week, WTOP investigative repor...
17 Mai 202110min
Year of tear gas
A once-in-a-century pandemic and a historic wave of protests dominated the headlines this past year. But how did the two affect each other? This week we talk to WTOP reporter Alejandro Alvarez who has...
10 Mai 202114min
