This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night, we've some truly smoking live big band performances from vibraphonist Terry Gibbs in 1959, some rarely heard transcription recordings by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars made for a children's radio show in 1950, and Blossom Seeley breathes fire on "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby" from a record made 101 years ago!

Building a new monument in Washington, D.C. is usually a painstaking process involving layers of review by federal commissions and often requiring congressional approval. The President  is trying to speed that up for the construction of a 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle. But the changes his administration is proposing could reach far beyond this project.

D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson on House Republicans' latest attempt to limit the city's ability to self-govern. Plus, Virginia Congress James Walkinshaw defends Smithsonian's museums and WAMU's Jenny Abamu on Maryland communities looking to limit data center development .

This week on Get Out There, we're on the hunt for great ice cream.

The new system has set up a complex process for determining the winners of two citywide council races, prompting accusations of voter disenfranchisement. The council is weighing a major change just a few months before the November general election.