Ideas We Should Steal: The Posse Foundation
The 29-year-old organization sends promising high school grads in groups to 56 colleges across the nation. How about getting Philly in on that pipeline?
Apr 12, 2018•10 min•Season 1Ep. 31
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Episodes
Las Voces de María/Voices of Maria: The Cabrera Family
The Cabrera Family Settles in Philly After Hurricane Maria.
Apr 11, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Meet the Disruptor: Paige Price
Philadelphia Theater Company's new artistic director came in and did the unthinkable: Cancelled everything. Tonight, she launches a second act
Apr 09, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 30
City Council Cheat Sheet—Week 4
Laws are like bibles in another edition of CitizenCast's City Council Cheat Sheet.
Apr 06, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Your City Defined: Cash Bail
In a monumental move District Attorney Larry Krasner announces an end to cash bail in Philadelphia. Or has he?
Apr 05, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Las Voces de María/Voices of Maria: Melanie García
In the latest in a series about Puerto Rican evacuees, a young family braves a new world—but struggles to see a bright future
Apr 04, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Rage Against The Voting Machines
Officials will tell you Pennsylvania elections are secure because our machines aren’t connected to the internet. They’re wrong.
Mar 30, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Ideas We Should Steal: Threat Assessment Teams
The best way to stop a school shooting has nothing to do with guns, or locks, or school police. It’s to prevent them from happening beforehand
Mar 30, 2018•17 min•Season 1Ep. 28
IWSS: Children's Cabinet
Mayors around the country are launching city-wide efforts to get all stakeholders thinking about what’s best for kids. Can it work here?
Mar 23, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Lower Voting Age to 16
The Florida teen activists prove that young people are as politically savvy as any adult. We should let them vote earlier.
Mar 21, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 26
City Council Cheat Sheet Episode 2
This week, a "Very Special" prayer from Stefen Wisniewski and the Earned Income Tax Credit hit Room 400
Mar 20, 2018•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Ideas We Should Steal: Children's Cabinet
Mayors around the country are launching city-wide efforts to get all stakeholders thinking about what’s best for kids. Can it work here?
Mar 20, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Talking Gun Violence at the Rosenbach
Last Thursday, panelists discussed the recent coverage of gun violence after the Parkland, Fl., shooting and what real solutions look like for Philadelphia and the country.
Mar 19, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 24
What We Talk About When We Talk About Tax Collection
The city is owed hundreds of millions in delinquent real estate taxes. With the proposal of yet another tax hike, why are some on Council standing in the way of collection?
Mar 16, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Citizens of the Week: Student Gun Reform Activists
Thousands of high schoolers from around the region will walked out of class Wednesday to protest inaction on gun control. And we should thank them.
Mar 16, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Good Neighbors
A Citizen and Free Library event on Monday explored the perennial urban question: How do we make communities everyone can live in?
Mar 13, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 23
City Council Cheat Sheet
Listen to your tax dollars at work in our (brief) rundown of this week’s City Council meeting.
Mar 09, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 21
The Beast
La Colombe’s Todd Carmichael has become one of the nation’s most politically outspoken CEOs. A visit inside his world reveals he’s just getting started.
Mar 09, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Questions For The School Board
Mayor Kenney is set to choose his new school board from 27 candidates. Here are four things we need to know from them.
Mar 06, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Saving the Future One Kid At A Time
An innovative Juvenile Justice Hub proposed by two Philly cops is a finalist for a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant. It’s time, they say, for smarter policing
Mar 01, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Inside Philly Trump Country
Jim Kenney may have grown up in South Philly, but one ward there is all about the president
Feb 28, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Is This What Progress Looks Like
Partisans like civil rights icon Ryan Costello might disagree, but the PA Supreme Court’s redrawn congressional map may be a rarity: A solution.
Feb 26, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Welcome To Oz
Ed Rendell calls BS on the legend of NRA power.
Feb 23, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Trust and Citizenship in the Trump Era
A new program by the Welcoming Center teaches new immigrants to be civically-engaged—so they can become citizens who make a difference
Feb 23, 2018•10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Ideas We Should Steal: Extreme Risk Protection Orders
In the wake of the latest school shooting, there is a common measure on the books in four states that acts as a temporary restraining order, but for guns. Can we at least agree on that?
Feb 23, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Your City Defined: SEPTA Tokens
As the transit agency prepares to phase out the token, we look into the important questions. Like, why??
Feb 21, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The Real Amazon Conversation
Philly’s on the top 20 list for Amazon’s HQ2, but without the right preparation, could the results be disastrous?
Feb 20, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 11
TimesUp, Vince Fenerty
Vince Fenerty is an accused sexual harasser. So why is he still a ward leader?
Feb 19, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 10
A Temple Stadium Can Spur Growth
A former Wharton prof, now head of the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, says college stadiums can benefit communities—if done right
Feb 16, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The New Philadelphia Story
After the Amazon pitch and Super Bowl win, now's the time to tell a new story about who we are. Maybe Doug Pederson can help.
Feb 13, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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