Move the Navy Yard North
It’s unlikely we’ll get a subway extension to the Navy Yard soon. Philly 3.0’s engagement director suggests instead focusing development at the current end of the line
Feb 21, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 118
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Mayor Pete Could Be Your Next President
In a series on potential presidential candidates who served as mayors, The Citizen hosted South Bend’s Pete Buttigieg. Listen here for his vision of America’s future
Feb 20, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Foodizen: Satay in the City
The series on the nexus of food and culture looks at satay, a window into Philly’s substantial Indonesian community
Feb 15, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Reality Check with Citizen Executive Editor Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and Roxanne Patel Shepelavy talk about how to keep kids safe in the wake of an Instagram violence threat against 10 Philly schools
Feb 14, 2019•6 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Reality Check with Philly 3.0's Jon Geeting
Philly 3.0's Engagement Director talks Philly corruption and the recent Local 98 scandal with WURD host Charles D. Ellison
Feb 14, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Ideas We Should Steal: Feeding Your Neighbors
Philly is facing a hunger crisis. An idea from three North Carolina moms could offer a solution we can all take part in
Feb 07, 2019•6 min•Season 1Ep. 119
The Biggest Local 98 Indictment Scandal Is Totally Legal
John Dougherty and Bobby Henon may go to jail for embezzlement and other crimes. But as Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes, it’s the rest that should really worry us
Feb 07, 2019•7 min•Season 1Ep. 118
The Dougherty Fallout
The reaction to the federal indictment of the union leader and his acolyte, Councilman Bobby Henon, raises two questions: Where’s the outrage? And: Is corruption now on the ballot?
Feb 07, 2019•14 min
Business for Good: A pillbox with heart
Philly-based startup Fellow may have created the solution to one of healthcare’s biggest crises
Jan 31, 2019•7 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Reality Check with Christine Cotton
Christine Cotton, from hunger-fighting nonprofit PORCH, talks with WURD host Charles D. Ellison about how PORCH's model could work to combat food insecurity in Philadelphia
Jan 31, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Business for Good: Choose to be Great
The co-founder of Berwyn-based B Lab interviews Australian B Corps Small Giants on why empathy and understanding are vital to business success
Jan 27, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Reality Check: Is this a Philly Jim Crow moment?
After Controller Rebecca Rhynhart’s report showing that properties in poor areas are the most unfairly taxed in the city, WURD’s afternoon host calls for a political reckoning
Jan 24, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 115
The Fix: Term Limits For City Council?
In Arlington, Texas and across the nation, term limits are gaining steam. Would they make Council more responsive…to us?
Jan 19, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Reality Check with Sara Goldrick-Rab
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and Temple sociologist Sara Goldbrick-Rab talk about the financial struggles many college students face that leave them food and housing insecure
Jan 18, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Threading a Future
Could a Baltimore nonprofit hold the answer to turning around the lives of Philly’s most at-risk teens—and our city at-large?
Jan 16, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Reality Check with Larry Platt
The Citizen's own Larry Platt and WURD host Charles D. Ellison talk about the closing of a West Philadelphia grocery in what will now be a food desert due to the soda tax and Mayor Kenney’s response to the situation
Jan 11, 2019•20 min
Think Locally, Invest Locally
The Nowak Metro Finance Lab Director introduces his big idea for 2019: Using local wealth to grow local wealth in cities like Philadelphia
Jan 09, 2019•7 min•Season 1Ep. 115
The Things We Cared About
2018 was quite a year. Can we make 2019 the best one ever in Philly?
Dec 31, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Reality Check on Ideas to Steal
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and the Citizen's own Jordan Schwartz talk about the top three ideas from the Ideas We Should Steal Festival that we are looking to bring to Philadelphia
Dec 28, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 114
“It’s Not Just About Housing”
This podcast is sponsored by Houwzer. Stephanie Sena’s latest project to help the homeless would create villages of small houses on lots around the city. Is community the solution to one of our biggest ills?
Dec 21, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 114
The Real Problem With Corrupt Land Sales? City Council
As Philly 3.0's engagement director notes, reform is hampered by Council's refusal to grapple with its own worst impulses
Dec 20, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 113
The Fix: Shifting the Blame
In the wake of a land sale scandal, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has tried to take attention off himself. As Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes, that’s part of the problem
Dec 18, 2018•5 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Don’t Silence Marc Lamont Hill. Debate Him.
The controversy over the Temple professor’s comments about Israel raises the question: Why is banishment from the public square so often the first choice of the offended?
Dec 15, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Reality Check with Brett Mandel
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and good government advocate Brett Mandel talk on how putting an end to the Councilmanic Prerogative requires electing new Councilmembers
Dec 13, 2018•20 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Reality Check with Jeff Hornstein
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and Economy League Executive Director Jeff Hornstein talk about the organizations plan to keep millions of dollars in purchases from Penn and other institutions from leaving the city every year
Dec 11, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Public Spaces, Civic Health
NYU professor Eric Klinenberg on how public spaces can keep communities healthy. Hear about his homegrown idea
Dec 05, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Mitigating Gentrification: A Public Health Approach
Oregon Native and founder of Right 2 Root Cat Goughnour talked about her work combating gentrification in Portland
Dec 05, 2018•15 min
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Faith, The Racial Divide, and Building Community
Moderated by United Way's Rev. Bill Golderer, Professor and author Rev. Michael Eric Dyson and Cincinnati-based Pastor Rev. Chuck Mingo about repairing the role of church, faith, and community in repairing race relations
Dec 05, 2018•54 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Mayor as Conveners
Moderated by Philadelphia 3.0's Ali Perelman, Kansas City Mayor Sly James and Director of Nowak Metro Finance Lab Bruce Kats discuss the role of local politicians
Dec 05, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: A Novel Approach to Urban Education: Joyful Learning!
CEO of Brooklyn's Ascend Charter Schools Steven Wilson talked about the space and place of joy in education, and what it's doing for his schools
Dec 05, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 101
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