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Congressmembers Chrissy Houlahan, Brendan Boyle and Brian Fitzpatrick all recently exhibited something voters rarely reward: Integrity

A new nonprofit called Live Work Philadelphia thinks that by diversifying our middle-income earners, we can create a path to prosperity for all Philadelphians. Hear Malcolm's conversation with executive director Javier Suarez.

Michelle Angela Ortiz doubles down on Our Market — a public art project honoring the diverse stories of the S. 9th Street Market. The sense of community Ortiz's art inspires is helping residents and businesses stand against the twin threats of gentrification and anti-immigrant sentiment.

Louis King, the CEO of OIC of America, ran a successful program to open high-paying construction jobs to more people in Minnesota. Now, he's doing the same in Pennsylvania.

Larry recently sat down with teacher and author Kimberly McGlonn to talk about her upbringing, her struggles against racial injustice and about her new book, Build It Boldly: How Daring Business Leaders Can Gain Influence and Create Impact. McGlonn's message was an inspirational clarion call to the citizen leaders in our midst. 

The Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission just released a new report. What are they proposing? Is this plan something even a progressive could get behind?

Mical Jeanlys-White, creator of the app WealthMore, is the latest Citizen guest on Evening WURDs. Dr. James Peterson explores the reasoning behind the app and how it helps people build their financial futures.

Main Line OB-GYN Karen Tang has almost 700,000 followers for her science-based and hilarious TikToks and IG posts on reproductive health. Roxanne sat down with Tang to discuss her social media rise and what it means.

David Dylan Thomas explores what would happen if enslaved people in Washington Square rose from the dead in the upcoming zombie film, White Meat

Governor Josh Shapiro introduced Superbowl MVP Jalen Hurts to receive his 2025 Citizen of the Year award. Hear what Shapiro and Hurts had to say.

Jeff Bezos may own the Washington Post, but attacks on Enlightenment values know no borders. This is how we can stand against media surrender.

Years of acrimony and conflict in our national politics has unfortunately trickled down to cities, where disdain for civil servants — and each other — has had a chilling effect on the work needed to get things done. So what can we do about it? On this episode of How To Really Run A City , former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter sat down with Diane Kalen-Sukra, a form...

Atlanta, Georgia recently turned 40 giant steel boxes into temporary studio apartments. Could this be a solution to our affordability crisis?

Leon King, former commissioner of the Philadelphia prison system, is seeking a seat on the Court of Common Pleas — for a fifth time. Empathy is what he's campaigning on. Hear this special audio edition with a reading by Malcolm Burnley.

Volodymyr Vakulenko hid his journal beneath a tree in his yard. The pages detailed the Russian invasion of his home country, Ukraine. Vakulenko was afraid he would not live to see the manuscript published -- a fear that tragically came true. On this week's Velshi Banned Book Club, Ali Velshi speaks with Ukrainian author and journalist Yaruslov Trofimov, who wrote No Country For Love, which explore...

While DOGE slashes and burns the federal government, what's the way forward for local Democrats? Larry Platt suggests let's make government really work efficiently.

Panelists Patrick Murphy (former congressman and Army Under-Secretary) and Batya Ungar Sargon (author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women) are joined by moderator Ali Velshi for an insightful conversation into how things went so wrong with working class voters in 2024. Part 2

Let's clap for each other. Because the country is on fire and the bucket brigade needs to start somewhere, right? Why not random applause?

Panelists Patrick Murphy (former congressman and Army Under-Secretary) and Batya Ungar Sargon (author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women) are joined by moderator Ali Velshi for an insightful conversation into how things went so wrong with working class voters in 2024.

Unhurried and authentic, Tio Pepe Portuguese restaurant has gotten more popular even as Portuguese folks leave Northeast Philly. One Portuguese Philadelphian recorded what she loves most about this authentic slice of home.

District Attorney Krasner has a shifting zeitgeist and a credible challenger in former Judge Pat Dugan. On this interview special, Larry and Dugan chat about what he sees wrong in the city, and what he would do to change things as Philly's new DA.

IWSS Festival panelist Piper Stege Nelson accomplished just such a feat for local nonprofits during Amplify Austin Day. And she thinks it's an idea that Philly really should steal. 

Wharton's new foray into studying Artificial Intelligence is Accountability AI Lab. Malcolm sits down with Kevin Werbach, a Wharton professor (and fellow podcaster) who leads the lab, to ask exactly what is accountable AI?

The financial planning app WealthMore aims to advise non-affluent investors — especially women and people of color. "This is the one area of our lives, where we ask the average American to be both the 'patient' and the 'doctor,'" its founder says. WealthMore is trying to change that.

Donald "The Conqueror" Trump has set his eyes on land expansions that nobody asked for and nobody wants. Canadian-born Ali Velshi breaks down what it would actually mean for Canada to join the United States. "Canada wouldn't be the 51st state, it would be states 51 through 60, at the very least." And if you think those states would be conservative-leaning, you don't know Canada.