CitizenCast

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, Roxanne Patel Shepelavy hosts a discussion with the movers and shakers of Chester, PA, which saw a dramatic drop in its gun violence. Panelists include Jack Stollsteimer (Delaware County DA), Steven Gretsky (Chester Police Commissioner) and Thaddeus Kirkland (Mayor of Chester).

In this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi speaks with Grace Lin, who is as surprised as anyone that her children's book, "A Big Mooncake For Little Star," landed her on banned lists.

Is retiring City Council President Darrell Clarke a statesman … or has he been a guardian of the status quo?

In this panel from our Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Kenneth Shropshire (Senior Advisor to the Dean at Wharton's Coalition for Equity and Opportunity) interviews author and co-host of The Big Brunch, Will Guidara, about his novel approach to business and solving the social ills in our city: unreasonable hospitality

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, we look at Philadelphia schools' diversion program. It's a national model for youth restorative justice, but doesn't go quite far enough. San Francisco's Make It Right program is the next step.

On this episode of Mystery Shopper, an East Kensington resident was a victim of the new car theft trend. Here's what happened when they tried to get their car back

On this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi speaks with Andrey Kurkov, a Ukrainian writer who publishes prolifically in Russian. When Russia invaded his country, Kurkov was placed on a black list for his writings. Velshi and Kurkov discuss the echoes of war found in his satirical novel, Grey Bees. 

The Citizen's Ultimate Job Interview series has crystallized just what the qualities of the next Mayor of Philadelphia need to be

LuQman Abdullah has seen loss, prison, and promise in our youth. Here is his prescription for ending Philadelphia's gun violence culture

In this presentation from our annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Ian Harris, business development lead at BlocPower, takes us through the practical steps to creating a healthier and greener city.

Donald Trump bears some direct responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine. He tried to manipulate President Zelensky into manufacturing dirt on his political opponent, and in the process made Zelensky look weak and isolated on the international stage.

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, we look to Berlin, where thanks to a convenient transportation app, travel is a comparative breeze. Can we do the same here in Philly?

13 weeks from Philadelphia's Election Day, where are the mayoral candidates' innovative plans that could alter the direction of the city?

13 weeks from Philadelphia's Election Day, where are the mayoral candidates' innovative plans that could alter the direction of the city?

Citizens of the Week Mazzie Casher and Steven Pickens, are the creators of the Philly Truce App. They joined WURD host and Citizen contributor Charles Ellison to discuss what the app is and their efforts to reduce violence in Philadelphia. 

With a focus on gun violence reduction strategies,  hosts Michael Nutter, Kasim Reed, and Larry Platt welcome David Muhammad, Executive Director of the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, for an alternately heart-wrenching and heartwarming episode.

Is there a better, healthier way to grapple with our monument issues? They did it in Franklin, Tennessee.

In this special one-year anniversary edition of #VelshiBannedBookClub, MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi reviews a year in banned books and sits down for a followup interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones of The 1619 Project.

In a new commercial, former Philadelphia City Councilmember Allan Domb becomes the first mayoral candidate to take on sitting Mayor Kenney.

Elaine Maimon advises against banning the AI language bot ChatGPT — and instead, use it to teach more effective thinking that is purely human

What happened to Tyre Nichols echoes the 1977 Philadelphia police beating of a Black driver. Journalist Bill Marimow on how it was different

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, former Mayor Michael Nutter sits down with current Illinois Mayor Daniel Biss to talk about the case for novel housing reparations in his city of Evanston. Join us for an enlightening discussion about creating equity in America. 

MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi explains "qualified immunity," which has shielded police from unlawful and dubious actions for decades.

It's our City constitution, the framework for how Philly is run. But it's also ... complicated.

On this special episode of CitizenCast, author James Peterson explains that Tyre Nichols's murder is another blotch on America's history of racist policing, and a troubling symptom of our toxic masculinity