Should Mayor Kenney resign?
A prominent pastor has called for Mayor Kenney to step down. The Citizen's co-founder doesn't think that's the right move.
Jun 25, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 606
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Do you suffer from migraines? There's an app for that.
Philly tech startup Ctrl M Health is on a mission to bring migraine relief to everyone through a handy app and digital resources.
Jun 24, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 605
Philadelphia should think of its residents as partners—not problems
Residents should be able to expect the highest quality public spaces and services from their government. Here's how the city can offer that.
Jun 22, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 604
Citizen Speaks | Giving a Face to Gun Violence
Alex Kotlowitz, bestselling author of An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago , joins Citizen co-founder Larry Platt along with journalist Jo Piazza, producer of Philly Under Fire , for a recent virtual conversation to explore the book, and what it means for the gun violence epidemic today.
Jun 21, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 603
What could help the Sixers win? Charles Barkley and Lao Tzu?
Sports teams can make or break a city’s soul. There’s one way the Sixers can save us from our angst tonight in Atlanta.
Jun 18, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 602
On Juneteenth, let's celebrate these storytellers sharing Black history
As we honor Juneteenth in 2021, let’s also remember the storytellers who are local heroes of the Black experience in America.
Jun 17, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 601
Let's talk about the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
The Parkway was a bold idea a century ago. As the city embarks on a redesign, a local urbanist has ideas for making it grand again.
Jun 14, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 599
The $100M gamble to bring down our gun violence
City Council is pushing the mayor to spend $100 million on gun violence prevention programs. Is that bold policy-making or just the appearance of it?
Jun 11, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 598
Ideas We Should Steal | Arts Everywhere
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is embedding the arts right into many city agencies. They have a goal Philly should be emulating: supporting art in every neighborhood in the city.
Jun 09, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 597
What is Philly's next big challenge? Growth. Managing it.
A former city official wonders if Philadelphia leaders can rise to the occasion and capitalize on city growth in the wake of Covid.
Jun 08, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 596
Citizen Speaks | Infrastructure Is The New Black
Legendary urbanist and Citizen columnist Bruce Katz chats with two infrastructure trailblazers—Oklahoma City mayor David Holt and Shalini Vajjhala, founder/CEO of re:Focus, a California social venture—about how best to use the trillions of dollars from the American Relief Plan.
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 595
What do you do with $2.7 billion? Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Here's how we should use our American Rescue Plan windfall to grow jobs in Philly. Do our leaders understand this?
Jun 04, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 594
What's next for North Broad?
The North Broad Street corridor will never be the Avenue of the Arts—and that's a good thing. It's redeveloping to the beat of its own drum.
Jun 03, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 593
Opinion | After Tulsa, building back the Black economy takes all of us
It's been a hundred years since the Black Wall Street massacre. Philly’s African American Chamber head says we must all help Black-owned businesses thrive
Jun 01, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 592
Reality Check | The Vax and Lotteries
WURD host Charles Ellison talks with Citizen writer Christine Speer Lejeune about vaccination rates in Philly and some creative ways of boosting our numbers.
May 31, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 591
In this Guest Commentary, Ed Rendell has a message of hope for Philadelphians
The former mayor, troubled by the problems tearing Philly apart, urges all of us to work together to revive the city he’s loved for 55 years.
May 28, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 590
Ohio is doing a vaccine lottery. We should do the same!
States and cities across the U.S. are giving away big prizes for people who get vaccinated. It would be a great way to boost the rates in Philly, too.
May 26, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 589
This running program gives a mental health boost to incarcerated women
Reason to Run is helping incarcerated women with their mental and physical health, while giving them the tools that discourage recidivism.
May 24, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 588
The forgotten victim of the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia
The modern-day retelling of MOVE has ignored a particular group that has been victimized time and again by both MOVE and the city.
May 21, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 587
Philly Under Fire | Ep. 7 "Detective Mode"
Less than half of the murderers who committed crimes in Philadelphia in 2020 were brought to justice. There are Instagram and YouTube accounts dedicated to unsolved murders in Philadelphia. The mothers of the victims are fed the hell up and they have taken to the streets to solve the murders on their own. They’ve had no choice but to switch into detective mode.
May 20, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7
West Philly man wins $1,000 just for voting in the PA primary. You could be next.
Hassan Abdellah scored a check for $1,000 just for casting a ballot in West Philly. Hear what he had to say.
May 20, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 586
Philly made these bold moves during Covid. Why stop now?
We saw an unprecedented push to make living, working and participating in our civic life easier for Philly residents during the pandemic. Let's not slide backwards.
May 19, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 585
Citizen Interview | Ali Velshi on Biden's first 100
MSNBC anchor and Citizen board member Ali Velshi chats with Larry Platt and Roxanne Shepelavy about trillion-dollar deals, the broken Republican party and a new hope for bipartisanship.
May 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 584
Michael Rubin’s REFORM Alliance takes on our broken parole system
Robert Rooks, CEO of Michael Rubin and Meek Mill’s REFORM Alliance, explains his new campaign to fix our failing parole and probation system.
May 14, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 583
Philly Under Fire | Ep. 6 "The Golden Hour"
The hours and days after a shooting are often called the golden hour for survivors of gun violence and for their families. This is a time when support, outreach and services can redirect anger and potentially stop a retaliatory shooting. In this podcast we have talked a lot about the number of homicides caused by gun violence. The number of people murdered by guns makes headlines. What isn’t talked about nearly as often are the survivors of violent crime and what happens to them.
May 13, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6
One group devised a simple way to protect their Asian communities: a chaperone
In this Idea We Should Steal, a volunteer chaperone service called Compassion in Oakland is helping to fight anti-Asian hate crimes. Philly should follow suit.
May 12, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 582
We know what would reduce our shocking murder rate. Can we channel Camden?
In this "Ideas We Should Steal" we look to New Jersey and the two cities that have made real progress in reducing gun violence by adopting smart policing techniques.
May 10, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 581
Citizen Interview | Millennials are not the problem here
Larry Platt chats with author Jill Filopovic ( Ok Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind ) about Millennials not being a bunch of avocado-toast eating snowflakes, but rather America's most educated, most engaged yet least wealthy generation. City Councilmember-at-large Katherine Gilmore Richardson stops by.
May 07, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 580
Where's the inspiration in Mayor Kenney's new budget proposal?
Philadelphia is the nation’s first startup. So, in this budget season, why not put old talking points behind us…and pivot?
May 07, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 579
Philly Under Fire | Ep. 5 "Killadelphia"
One of the quotes that stayed with us the most while reporting Philly Under Fire came from Melany Nelson of Northwest Victim Services: “I've spoken to many youth and they said to me, ‘Ms. Nelson, either you're going to be the predator or the prey. So you have to pick one.’ So nine times out of 10, they're going to be the predator. They told me that they expect to die young.” But as we'll hear in this episode, Philadelphia’s youth are also choosing to fight back against the violence....
May 06, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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