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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.

Ali Velshi | Is Walgreens anti-abortion?

5 mins; March 16, 2023

How To Really Run A City | Ep. 4: Oklahoma City Mayor & anti-Trump Republican David Holt

67 hours 25 mins; March 15, 2023

Philly needs better paying jobs and New Jersey might have the answer

7 mins; March 14, 2023

Ali Velshi | We are 300 years away from global gender equality

4 mins; March 13, 2023

Lessons from Lightfoot's defeat in Chicago

8 mins; March 10, 2023

How to solve a murder epidemic | Pt. 2+

19 mins; March 09, 2023

YEAH Philly changes the lives of neglected youth

8 mins; March 08, 2023

How to solve a murder epidemic | Pt. 1

22 mins; March 07, 2023

Ali Velshi | Can a book be banned just for having Asian protagonists?

9 mins; March 06, 2023

The REAL legacy of Darrell Clarke

8 mins; March 03, 2023

IWSS | How generosity can save Philadelphia

25 mins; March 02, 2023

Working with offending youths rather than just arresting them

7 mins; March 01, 2023

Recovering my car from that stupid Kia Boyz Challenge

7 mins; February 28, 2023

Ali Velshi | The Ukrainian writer on a Russian black list

6 mins; February 27, 2023

The next mayor of Philadelphia should be...

13 mins; February 24, 2023

5 steps for ending gun violence

6 mins; February 23, 2023

IWSS | How to really decarbonize a city

10 mins; February 22, 2023

Ali Velshi | Ukraine, Putin...and Trump

5 mins; February 21, 2023

Getting around Berlin is WAY easier than Philly

12 mins; February 20, 2023

Ideas our *mayoral candidates* should steal

10 mins; February 17, 2023

Ideas our *mayoral candidates* should steal

10 mins; February 17, 2023

Reality Check | Reducing violence through an app

22 mins; February 16, 2023

How To Really Run A City | Ep 3: David Muhammad, Executive Director of the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

48 mins; February 15, 2023

Columbus monument woes? Look to Franklin, Tennessee

14 mins; February 14, 2023

Banned Book Club Anniversary Edition

14 mins; February 13, 2023

Finally, someone's running for mayor against...Jim Kenney?

8 mins; February 10, 2023

ChatGPT did NOT write this article

7 mins; February 08, 2023

Special edition | “Help me! Mom, help me!”

9 mins; February 07, 2023

Illinois and housing reparations

17 mins; February 07, 2023

Ali Velshi | How police are shielded from accountability

5 mins; February 06, 2023

What is Philadelphia's Home Rule Charter?

7 mins; February 03, 2023

Toxic masculinity and the murder of Tyre Nichols

10 mins; February 02, 2023

$625 dirty sneakers aren't glamourous, they're insulting

8 mins; February 01, 2023

Reality Check | Real solutions to the eviction crisis

21 mins; January 31, 2023

Ali Velshi | The walking, talking banned book guy

6 mins; January 30, 2023

Now! we've got a mayors race

9 mins; January 27, 2023

Healing youth through video games

7 mins; January 26, 2023

IWSS 2022 | Faith, Jobs & Radical Kinship

29 mins; January 25, 2023

Jalen Hurts, unburdened

7 mins; January 23, 2023

Ali Velshi | We're still using too much fossil fuels

4 mins; January 23, 2023

What on earth happened to activism?

10 mins; January 20, 2023

Newsflash: Social media is not the news

7 mins; January 19, 2023

Fashion that can't be separated from activism

7 mins; January 18, 2023

Reality Check | We need a new way to reach at-risk youth

18 mins; January 17, 2023

Ali Velshi | The third most-banned book of 2020

8 mins; January 16, 2023

So you wanna be mayor?

7 mins; January 13, 2023

Interview | How secure are mail-in ballots? Pt.2

21 mins; January 12, 2023

Episode 2: Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego

48 mins; January 11, 2023

Interview | How secure are mail-in ballots? Pt.1

21 mins; January 10, 2023

Can Republicans make Congressional corruption great again?

5 mins; January 09, 2023

What should Josh Shapiro do now?

9 mins; January 06, 2023

Without better collaboration, innovation in Philly will stall

5 mins; January 05, 2023

We need fact over fiction in education

4 mins; January 04, 2023

IWSS 2022 | How finding your voice can change the world

32 mins; January 03, 2023

Ali Velshi | Books about poverty are being banned

9 mins; January 02, 2023

Would a Speaker Fitzpatrick heal the nation's divides?

6 mins; December 30, 2022

The Philadelphia Mummers Parade

10 mins; December 29, 2022

IWSS 2022 | Can Local Journalism Save Democracy? Pt. 2

23 mins; December 28, 2022

2023 is the Year of the Local

6 mins; December 26, 2022

Ali Velshi | America's pivotal Christmas battle in 1944

5 mins; December 26, 2022

Thank you for the gaffe, Amen Brown

8 mins; December 23, 2022

Will A.I. put humans out of business?

9 mins; December 21, 2022

IWSS 2022 | Can Local Journalism Save Democracy? Pt. 1

33 mins; December 21, 2022

Journalists must tell the truth about who we are

6 mins; December 20, 2022

Ali Velshi | One of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the 21st c.

8 mins; December 19, 2022

Reality Check | This is what we can do for Kensington

23 mins; December 16, 2022

Ali Velshi | Paul Whelan is still being held in Russia

6 mins; December 15, 2022

We're calling this Philadelphian: The Millennial Door Opener

6 mins; December 14, 2022

The ins and outs of the Philadelphia mayor’s race (so far)

6 mins; December 13, 2022

Ali Velshi | The Girls Who Code book series was banned here in Pennsylvania

9 mins; December 12, 2022

A bold gun violence program...in Philly?

8 mins; December 09, 2022

Color of Law | Ep. 2 The Legacy of A. Leon Higginbotham

11 mins; December 08, 2022

Holding leaders to account through Every Voice Every Vote

6 mins; December 07, 2022

The Thinker Makers Society in Old City

7 mins; December 06, 2022

Ali Velshi | Involuntarily removing the mentally ill is a complicated issue

6 mins; December 05, 2022

How To Really Run A City | Episode 1: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf

45 mins; December 02, 2022

Larry Platt explains our newest podcast: How To Really Run A City

7 mins; December 02, 2022

How do we increase teacher retention in urban areas?

7 mins; December 01, 2022

Color of Law | Ep. 1 The Life of A. Leon Higginbotham

19 mins; November 30, 2022

Now is the time to protect our DREAMers

7 mins; November 29, 2022

Ali Velshi | A fond farewell to Anthony Fauci

5 mins; November 28, 2022

Reality Check | Women in the construction industry

20 mins; November 25, 2022

On Dec 2 our newest podcast: How To Really Run A City

44 secs; November 24, 2022

Meet PA's first woman House Speaker

6 mins; November 22, 2022

The brutality and beauty of a post-pandemic world

6 mins; November 22, 2022

Ali Velshi | Trump is running. What does that mean?

7 mins; November 21, 2022

What is the impact of seeing Black excellence?

7 mins; November 18, 2022

6 lessons Republicans should learn from their losses

6 mins; November 17, 2022

Get cash for reporting trash

14 mins; November 16, 2022

Reality Check | Can you choose which charity will receive your supermarket change?

20 mins; November 15, 2022

Ali Velshi | Roe and the midterms

8 mins; November 14, 2022

Jewish Obama wins! And other midterm revelations.

11 mins; November 10, 2022

Make. Voting. Easier.

7 mins; November 09, 2022

Interview Special | Judge Leon Higginbotham's nephew speaks to his uncle's legacy

15 mins; November 09, 2022

Questlove and pizza will help you vote!

7 mins; November 08, 2022

Ali Velshi | Let's talk about gaslighting

5 mins; November 07, 2022

What's worse than Larry Krasner? Impeaching him.

7 mins; November 04, 2022

Chris Cera is making Philly a better place to do business

7 mins; November 03, 2022

A more comprehensive approach to mental health care

6 mins; November 02, 2022

Interview Special | Sports superstitions on WHYY

17 mins; November 01, 2022

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