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The Philadelphia Citizen podcast offers spoken versions of articles, deeper dives into the political, social and cultural workings of our city, explainers on the issues of our day, interviews, conversations and solutions. Lots of solutions. All to help you become a better citizen of your city.

Welcome, Camericans!

6 mins; February 10, 2025

Cities under siege

54 mins; February 07, 2025

Diving into the Roundhouse

17 mins; February 06, 2025

Is America a failed democracy?

6 mins; February 05, 2025

Black history in the headwinds of hate

8 mins; February 04, 2025

This is how Trump's new tariffs will cost you

5 mins; February 03, 2025

Would RFK vote to confirm RFK, Jr?

10 mins; January 31, 2025

Breaking into the fashion industry ... one scarf at a time

13 mins; January 30, 2025

The first interracial civil rights protest

6 mins; January 29, 2025

Using restaurants to fight food insecurity

5 mins; January 28, 2025

Sending active troops to the border becomes illegal when ...

7 mins; January 27, 2025

City, save thyself

7 mins; January 24, 2025

Let's talk about this second trash day

18 mins; January 23, 2025

Where art thou, ReBuild?

7 mins; January 22, 2025

Journalism, billionaires and "preemptive obedience"

9 mins; January 21, 2025

How to be the MLK of American democracy

11 mins; January 20, 2025

Why Jalen Hurts is our Citizen of the Year

7 mins; January 16, 2025

Baby Qs and BBQs

52 mins; January 16, 2025

Halal Fitness

11 mins; January 15, 2025

Can we talk about the Roundhouse?

5 mins; January 14, 2025

Can Meta ever be trusted now?

9 mins; January 13, 2025

What really happened when Bob Dylan went electric?

12 mins; January 10, 2025

Let all the fans into the Linc!

5 mins; January 09, 2025

158,000 socks for those experiencing homelessness

5 mins; January 08, 2025

Forget DEI ...

6 mins; January 07, 2025

This is why we have birthright citizenship

4 mins; January 06, 2025

The arena concession on ... concessions?

6 mins; January 03, 2025

Quieting our politics | 2

13 mins; January 02, 2025

Quieting our politics in the age of Trump | 1

13 mins; January 01, 2025

The Danger Of A Single Story

17 mins; December 31, 2024

Florida banned bestselling novel The Girl On The Train

11 mins; December 30, 2024

What This World Needs Now Is ... laughter

29 mins; December 27, 2024

This Kwanzaa, define thyself

10 mins; December 26, 2024

What if the 4-day work week was every week?

13 mins; December 25, 2024

Why we're still on X

5 mins; December 24, 2024

What "It's A Wonderful Life" could teach the next Trump administration

4 mins; December 23, 2024

Civility in politics? Now?

8 mins; December 20, 2024

Meet our Citizens of the Year

5 mins; December 19, 2024

Is another trash day really the best way to clean Philly?

7 mins; December 18, 2024

Life in poverty, punctuated by gun violence

8 mins; December 17, 2024

Journalists will face epic battles in a second Trump term

11 mins; December 16, 2024

What is corruption, anyway?

6 mins; December 13, 2024

Keep the opioids, lose the addiction?

13 mins; December 12, 2024

The intergenerational fallout of gun violence

10 mins; December 11, 2024

Defined and diminished by gun violence

9 mins; December 10, 2024

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

12 mins; December 09, 2024

Has Philly corruption gotten worse?

8 mins; December 06, 2024

Topple the machine, make fairer the city

43 mins; December 05, 2024

How to make job placement more effective in Philly

19 mins; December 04, 2024

What is the Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism?

7 mins; December 03, 2024

The specialest Philly Specials record pt. 2

6 mins; December 01, 2024

The specialest Philly Specials record ever?

6 mins; November 29, 2024

Discussing What The F Just Happened

23 mins; November 28, 2024

A fresh 24

28 mins; November 27, 2024

Hold the line against dictatorship

8 mins; November 26, 2024

Burning wood and painting dogs

15 mins; November 25, 2024

Raging against the machine

7 mins; November 22, 2024

The key to fighting college elitism

5 mins; November 20, 2024

A fitting rebuke to Rizzo?

6 mins; November 20, 2024

Say it ain't so, Bob Casey

6 mins; November 18, 2024

Let's talk about tariffs

4 mins; November 18, 2024

You can't nice your way to victory

30 mins; November 15, 2024

Black men weren't the issue in this election

17 mins; November 14, 2024

The solution to homelessness is simple ...

5 mins; November 13, 2024

Even Shapiro couldn't have saved the Democrats

5 mins; November 12, 2024

The path forward

9 mins; November 11, 2024

WTF just happened?

8 mins; November 08, 2024

Using AI to fix...potholes?

5 mins; November 07, 2024

Get in front of the beef

58 mins; November 06, 2024

Are Black men really the problem?

6 mins; November 04, 2024

Everything you need to know about the AG candidates

84 hours 16 mins; November 03, 2024

These first time voter stories are a breath of fresh air

8 mins; November 01, 2024

Impatience--one dead tree at a time

38 mins; October 31, 2024

Whose economic plan is best for Latinos?

19 mins; October 30, 2024

"As an immigrant, I never felt I could be my true me"

12 mins; October 29, 2024

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

9 mins; October 28, 2024

Jewish stereotyping comes to ... Hymie's?

7 mins; October 25, 2024

The immigrant who became a beacon in Philly real estate

18 mins; October 24, 2024

The economy is ... an elephant?

11 mins; October 23, 2024

Harris, Trump and the economy: Just the facts

7 mins; October 22, 2024

Trump vs. Harris: Closing the deal

8 mins; October 20, 2024

The other epidemic

36 mins; October 18, 2024

Black men and Kamala Harris

8 mins; October 16, 2024

Convincing voters with ... love

5 mins; October 16, 2024

The real secret to business success

12 mins; October 15, 2024

Forget Project 2025. Remember Trump's child separation.

4 mins; October 14, 2024

Mr. Bashaw goes to Washington?

16 mins; October 11, 2024

The key to an economy that works? ... Workers

39 mins; October 10, 2024

A jobs program that actually works

4 mins; October 09, 2024

Roadmap to nowhere

31 mins; October 08, 2024

Project 2025 & ... Hurricane Helene?

5 mins; October 07, 2024

VP remorse?

8 mins; October 04, 2024

It's always January 6 ...

28 mins; October 03, 2024

And what does a State Treasurer do?

10 mins; October 02, 2024

Jurassic Park on the Schuylkill

6 mins; October 01, 2024

Abortion bans and Black women

7 mins; September 30, 2024

How's Cherelle doing?

9 mins; September 27, 2024

How we can reverse the "human doom loop"

5 mins; September 25, 2024

We are the political center of the world

9 mins; September 25, 2024

Peeking through the curtain at Kamala

8 mins; September 24, 2024

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