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CitizenCast

Nov 28, 2025

Philadelphia has the country's second-highest rate of package theft. Kristen Demilio joins Dr. James Peterson for an episode of Citizen WURD that looks at whose fault porch piracy is, as well as potential solutions.


Nov 27, 2025

On this episode of Velshi Banned Book Club, YA author Kim Johnson joins the show to talk about her novel, "This Is My America," which explores themes of racism, equality and the prison industrial complex. "Media is so powerful," Johnson said, "because it can be a voice to the voiceless and also a beacon to...


Nov 26, 2025

This special episode of How To Really Run a City was recorded live at The Philadelphia Citizen’s eighth annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival presented by Comcast NBCUniversal. Our hosts were joined on stage by a return guest, five-term Rochester Hills, Michigan Mayor Bryan Barnett, a Republican.

Barnett is a...


Nov 25, 2025

It’s hard to serve others these days. That’s why the United Way’s Bill Golderer, along with former Big Brothers CEO Marcus Allen, is giving thanks this week to Philly’s nonprofit leaders.


Nov 24, 2025

"This is, in a sentence, the authoritarian mindset," Ali Velshi says, addressing inflammatory statements made by Trump that critical members of Congress should be arrested, tried, and even executed.