Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Celebrating Integrity
Accountability Lab's Cheri-Leigh Erasmus talked about the contests in developing countries that are turning honest public officials into celebrities
Dec 05, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 101
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Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: The Secret to Keeping Youth out of Prison? Art
Bartram's High School students spoke of how they plan to use the power of art to keep youth out of prison
Dec 05, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: The Problem is US: Income Inequality and the Elite
MSNBC's Ali Velshi moderated Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and author Anand Giridharadas in a talk about leveling the economic playing field. Listen for their idea
Dec 05, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Can Tech Solve the Opioid Crisis?
New America's Afua Bruce on using technology and data to combat the country's opioid epidemic
Dec 04, 2018•18 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: Tackling Gentrification With Bikes and Stories
Detroit's Cornetta Lane, Executive Director of Pedal to Porch, on bridging new and old communities. Vote to bring her idea here
Dec 04, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018: The Lost Art of Compromise
In a discussion moderated by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman talked about compromise and unity in times of extreme partisanship
Dec 04, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 95
"The City That Holds No One Accountable"
How’s that for a new Philly marketing slogan? The latest example: All the high-fiving over our Amazon participation trophy
Dec 03, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Ideas We Should Steal: Barbershop Confessions
Black men are among the most traumatized people in the country, and also the least likely to seek help. That’s why an Arkansas man is bringing mental health help to where they are: barbershops
Nov 30, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Reality Check with Nathan Benefield
WURD Host Charles D. Ellison speaks with the Commonwealth Foundation Vice-President about corporate welfare and Philly's failed Amazon HQ2 pitch
Nov 29, 2018•18 min•Season 1Ep. 93
What’s in a Wiki page?
A team at Penn is trying to balance the scales of gender representation in urban planning—through Wikipedia
Nov 17, 2018•5 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Reality Check with Lorene Cary
WURD host Charles Ellison speaks with bestselling novelist and SafeKids Stories founder Lorene Cary about the power of youth and Vote that Jawn, a citywide effort to get young people to the polls
Nov 09, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Ideas We Should Steal: Make Voting Easy
In Oregon and 12 other states, voters are automatically registered to vote. In 16, they can register on election day. In several counties and states, voting is done by mail. All have higher turnouts than in PA
Nov 08, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Ideas We Should Steal: Political Compromise
In an excerpt from his memoir, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper writes of working with politicians on both sides of the aisle. He’ll talk about bringing reason to politics at our Ideas We Should Steal Festival on the 30th
Nov 07, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 92
My First Vote
Philly retirees reflect on their “first time”
Nov 02, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 91
A New Twist on Salvation
A design project seeks to save threatened religious spaces by reimagining their use as community hubs—for neighbors new and old
Oct 26, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Ideas We Should Steal: Teaching Curiosity
At next month’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival, the CEO of Brooklyn’s Ascend Charter Schools will talk about turning away from “No Excuses” and toward what may be the key to education: Joy
Oct 25, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Reality Check with James Meadows
Our own James Meadows and WURD host Charles Ellison discuss a local design project that seeks to save threatened religious spaces by reimagining their use as community hubs—for neighbors new and old
Oct 25, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Meet the Disruptor: Roy Rosin
Penn Medicine’s guru of innovation may be the smartest person in Philly you haven’t heard of
Oct 19, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Not a Tale of Two Cities
As the president of Center City District notes, poverty is not fate. But it will remain stubborn as long as the city still lags in jobs and housing
Oct 18, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Reality Check with Dawn Holden
Turning Points CEO Dawn Holden and WURD's afternoon host Charles Ellison discuss the local child welfare agency,which is proving that youths who struggle after foster care can lead stable lives.
Oct 18, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Hey, Big Spender
The mayor has increased the spending of your taxpayer dollars by a whopping 17 percent since taking office. What is our return on that investment?
Oct 15, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Fixing the Problems We Can Fix
A local child welfare agency is proving that youths who struggle after foster care can lead stable lives. And you won't believe how little its intervention costs
Oct 13, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Reality Check with Alex Braden
WURD's afternoon host and Philadelphia lawyer Alex Braden discuss Braden's latest column on ending ending our expensive culture of incarceration—and instead spending money to help prevent many crimes in the first place
Oct 12, 2018•19 min•Season 1Ep. 86
The Fix: “Integrity Idol”
Nationwide contests in developing countries turn honest public officials into celebrities. Let’s convince the DC-based group behind the project to bring it here
Oct 08, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Water is Wet
And trash cans reduce litter, according to a new city report. So when, Philly 3.0’s Engagement Director wonders, is Mayor Kenney going to do something about it?
Oct 06, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Reality Check: "Integrity Idol"
Reality Check host Charles D. Ellison talks with an Integrity Idol officer about the nationwide contests in developing countries which turn honest public officials into celebrities.
Oct 04, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 84
A Safe Place to Grow
Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden teaches teens to grow the food they eat. But the lesson is really about so much more
Sep 28, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Can there be Capitalism for Good?
Hear what you missed at the sold out Citizen event with author Anand Giridharadas and B Lab’s Jay Coen Gilbert
Sep 28, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Reality Check with Larry Platt
Charles Ellison and Larry Platt talk about poverty in Philadelphia -- and what Kenney and City Hall should do about it.
Sep 26, 2018•18 min•Season 1Ep. 83
A Tree Ought to Grow in Philly
Trees increase health, safety, and air quality. So why doesn’t the city insist on planting more of them?
Sep 25, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 83
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