CitizenCast

Andrea "Philly" Walls' photos of Black joy can be seen as a visual act of ongoing resistance. They're also the exact antidote to the time we live in.

Since 2014, Food Connect has tackled the problems of rampant food waste and hunger with a logistical solution: connecting people in need of food with people who have excess food

In this Ideas We Should Steal episode, Ali Velshi chats with Peter Georgescu, former CEO of Young & Rubicam, about rethinking capitalism and how businesses were created to make life better for everyone in society

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi has been watching the recent book bans and is worried this trend will make for a stupider society that reverses the social progress we've made

Invest. Illegal dumping sites like the one Ya Fav Trashman tried to clean up last month are a product of longtime disinvestment in Black neighborhoods. WURD's mid-day host challenges the city to match Ya Fav's commitment.

Could a new behavioral health model from Girard College and CHOP be the solution our children need in these overwhelming times?

In this episode from our Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Russ Stark, St. Paul's Chief Resilience Officer, lays out a path to combat the climate crisis through car sharing.

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, we spotlight Michelle Freeman, Founder of event management company Witty Gritty. To both locals and those outside our city, she is one of the region's biggest cheerleaders.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi soberly assesses the "tsunami of hunger" now breaking over Afghanistan. Their desperation is appalling. America must act.

For progressives, it's the ultimate inconvenient truth: We need better, smarter policing and prosecution to combat gun violence. Eric Adams is saying that in NY. Anyone here care to agree?

Author Piper Kerman joins Reform Alliance CEO Robert Rooks to discuss achieving what is achievable: safety and reform in our prison system

Katherine catches up with Dr. David Rubin, director of PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), who has been blanketing the airwaves arguing that it's time to rethink our Covid risk management strategies

In the Age of Self-Care, a Stanford psychologist suggests a better antidote to what ails us right now is focusing on other people

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi discusses new intervention requirements for police officers in the wake of George Floyd's murder--including one disturbing case from Florida caught on tape.

Amid a tsunami of crises, Jim Kenney should become a quality-of-life mayor. It's how he'd bring the city back.

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal: the benefits of trees. They go beyond health, heat and raised property values. Here, a few ways other cities are increasing their tree canopies, and how we can follow suit.

What's the long game to breaking the cycle of generational poverty in Philly? We invited Terri Sorenson of Friends of the Children, THRIVE CEO Omalara Fatiregun and Bill Golderer, President of United Way of Greater Philadelphia to outline the steps we need to be taking. Join us for this important brainstorming.

In the eight years since co-founding the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine have helped dozens of young people stay out of adult prisons—and get the support they need to lead productive lives

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi breaks down the meaning and history behind seditious conspiracy, and why the recent charges by the Justice Department are so important

Carpetbaggers, 2020 election result deniers, candidates—including a celebrity TV doc—spending personal fortunes, and connections to Communist China and the Turkish army. Welcome to democracy, PA-style.

In this Ideas We Should Steal episode, we look to Vienna, ranked the most livable city in the world for 10 years. This is in part due to rethinking urban design with women and children in mind. Could a similar approach in Philly make our city more livable for all?

WURD host Charles Ellison speaks with Melissa Ostroff, Pennsylvania Field Advocate at Earthworks, about PGA and its gas leak failures.

Online beefs are behind an increasing amount of violence in Philly. A local resident and teacher wonders what police can do to stop it—and what responsibility social media giants should face

During our Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Ali Velshi moderated a conversation about American writer and activist James Baldwin. Professor Eddie Glaude and musician / playwright Stew joined Ali on stage. "It's weird how relevant [Baldwin] is now. He was writing about an America in which there were truths and there were lies. And the lies were prevalent."

Mayor Kenney ended 2021 complaining that he's responsible for things that are out of his control. Council President Darrell Clarke, however, ended the year seeing a power vacuum.