CitizenCast

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.

Something as simple as walking every day can help lessen one of the biggest risk factors for severe illness or death from Covid-19: obesity. That's why we need to encourage more of it in Philly.

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, we highlight Raheem "King" Saladeen who has unlocked opportunities around the world with his artwork—including his ubiquitous "JP The Money Bear." But his heart belongs to the city that raised him and the late friend who believed in him.

In this Ideas We Should Steal: Canada. Eight years ago, Edmonton, started a citywide effort to celebrate its intense cold, rather than hide from it. Would doing the same here make winter more bearable?

Democracy is crumbling, murder is on the rise, and Philly corruption reigns supreme. But there are still examples of hope all around us.

This year was another marked by tragedy and hardship—but also hope and resilience. In other words: It was Philly.

From the 2021 Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Larry Platt invites former Philly mayor Michael Nutter to take the stage with former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed to discuss real-world problem solving sans all the political tribalism 

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, we look at fixing Philly's abysmal potholes. Maybe planting flowers in them will help.

Some big city mayors are saying enough is enough and are—finally—doubling down on smart policing and prosecution. Here in Philly? Not so much.

As we end a year with almost 550 homicides, an expert on the future of work offers five ways Philadelphia can help survivors move forward and live healthy, prosperous lives

How Terrill Haigler, a former Philly sanitation worker with a gift for organizing—and for social media—became one of Filthadelphia's most beloved and recognizable change-makers 

In this episode of Business for Good, a lab accident inspired one entrepreneur to create a line of women-friendly protective equipment. Covid-19 pushed the idea further--into eco-friendly sustainability.

No, says Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi. If we did that, we'd go to jail.

A transgender swimmer at Penn is setting NCAA records. So why haven't we read about it in the Inquirer?

Last month's SEPTA attack on Asian-American high school students was another symptom of the broken systems in our city. In this Ideas We Should Steal we ask if restorative justice holds the key to healing our collective pain?

In the next installment of our Development For Good series, Larry Platt invites Matt Pestronk of Post Brothers Apartments; Bruce Crawley (former communications director for Mayor John Street); Laura Slutsky from the Urban Land Institute; and Charles Lomax of Lomax Real Estate Partners to discuss how Philly can leverage a booming economy against historic inequality to make our city a better place f...

Ideas We Should Steal | Pittsburgh is seeing stars by mandating dimmer, warmer and more environmentally-friendly light fixtures in public streets and buildings. Don't we want to see stars, too?

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains why abortion is not a constitutionally protected right. And how we can change that.

D.A. Larry Krasner is in denial, the mayor has thrown up his hands, and the police commissioner is MIA. But maybe the ultimate solution to our historic scourge of violence lies beyond them--in the way we tell our stories.

Last year, Seer Interactive founder Wil Reynolds turned down a $50 million offer for his internet search firm. Instead, he's investing his company's wealth in his employees and his community

"Rewilding" Philadelphia would improve our environment, and re-ignite a sense of wildness that many of us urban creatures have lost. Also, goats. We will need goats.