CitizenCast

WURD host Charles Ellison interviews Katherine Epps Roberson about PropelPHL, a new app connecting employers and workers with the click of a button

As the founder and thought leader behind the design-strategy firm Humanature, Michael O'Bryan is creating more equitable, inclusive and better organizations by reframing everything through a humanitarian lens.

After the convictions of John Dougherty and Bobby Henon, Larry Platt interviews documentarian and three-time Republican mayoral candidate Sam Katz about the history of corruption in our city

Democrats' gigantic reconciliation bill invites Big Brother into local journalism. Why does no one see a problem with that?

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi takes you on a guided tour of the insane rabbit hole that is QAnon--including indications that this cult has become too crazy for its own leader.

Join our panel for an innovative discussion about University City as a blueprint for making Philadelphia a world class city. Moderated by Center City District's Prema Katari Gupta, panelists include John Fry (President, Drexel University), David Adelman (CEO, Campus Apartments), Jeff Marrazzo (CEO, Sparks Therapeutics) and Della Clark (CEO, Enterprise Center).

WURD host Charles Ellison chats with Jo Piazza and Christine Pride about their groundbreaking novel "We Are Not Like Them."

We love athletes speaking out on social issues. But what do you do when the athlete turns out to be...not so bright?

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains how paid family leave benefits the economy and asks why the U.S. is dead last for extending these rights. If our electeds in Congress get paid family leave, why can't you?

This Salvadoran immigrant is a "social worker without a title" to a community often invisible to city government. Zulma Guzman is our Citizen of the Week.

The city controller's new report on trash pickup during the pandemic finds that even our collection is uneven, declining and varies by neighborhood. Welcome to Filthadelphia...

Progressives got shellacked. Will Philly Dems double-down on democratic socialism—or finally embrace being a governing party?

The District's new magnet schools policy is putting the progressive push for equity under an uncomfortable lens. Does it even solve the real problems?

In this episode of Generation Change Philly we discover Tanya Morris and her nonprofit Mom Your Business coaching Black and Brown female entrepreneurs to be the city's next business leaders

WURD host Charles Ellison interviews Ya Fav Trashman (Terrill Haigler) and app developer Morgan Berman about using our phones to tackle filthy streets

Board member Ali Velshi explains what a billionaire tax is and how the country can be collectively lifted by it.

While Democrats tear down statues of Thomas Jefferson and deride parents' involvement in schools, can Josh Shapiro's campaign for governor point the way forward for his often bumbling party?

Ali Velshi, a Citizen board member, reminds us that ignoring the climate change crisis will have multi-generational impacts

As cities around the country work to protect residents from traffic accidents, a new bill passed by Council in the name of equity does exactly the opposite.

Less than 30 percent of Philadelphia residents have a bachelor's degree. This college president argues one way to change that is better access to high-quality childcare on campus.

Does a rape in front of silent witnesses on the El signify that, amid rampant disorder, citizens have given up on that which keeps us all together: citizenship itself?

This fight in South Philly is a proxy for the divide that threatens to engulf all of us. Have we lost all sense of nuance and complexity?

City Council's proposal for "inclusionary housing" will only make it harder to get affordable homes for the people who need them. But there is a simple solution: unlock public lands.

Ali Velshi takes us through a day in the life of a typical consumer and shows how supply chain issues are impacting us all. 

An interview with Independence Blue Cross CEO Greg Deavens on the benefits of diversity hiring—for business and otherwise—and the importance of tackling health inequality.