CitizenCast

The seven principles of this weeklong celebration, which starts today, are good guides for how to live all year round. Citizen contributor and WURD host Dr. James Peterson reflects on the ideal that means the most to him.

On this collaboration with Evening WURDs, Dr. James Peterson chats with Julian Plotnick of 4 Day Philly who explains why we should actually be working less.

The Citizen is not abandoning X despite — actually, because of — the divisiveness and disinformation that abounds. Olivia Kram explains why.

"The FDIC has a perfect record of protecting insured bank deposits for over ninety years." Ali Velshi breaks down the role of the FDIC and explains why the Trump transition team asking if it can be eliminated is a really bad idea.

Can 5-term Congressman Brendan Boyle offer an object lesson in getting back to common purpose? Or is he the last of a dying breed? Larry chats with him to find out.

We are proud to introduce our annual group of all-stars who are making Philadelphia better — and inspiring us all to do the same.

A former Parks and Recreation Sustainability Manager argues the $11 million dollars being spent on a second trash day for parts of South Philly and Center City could be better spent.

Philadelphia's status as the nation's poorest big city is a major cause of its gunfire. In collaboration with The Trace, CitizenCast brings Mensah M. Dean's examination of race and gun violence to listeners as a three-part audio series.

Part 3 unearths the stories of two Philadelphians who were trapped in the devastating cycle of poverty and violence, but found their way out.

The first Trump administration has a "history of attacking journalists, of calling for violence against journalists, of suing and surveilling journalists, and trying to legislate against [them]." Ali Velshi's guest host, Charles Coleman Jr. invites onto the show Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-prize-winning author and founder of the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University. They discuss some of the most vital battles journalists will face in the next four years.

Last week's musings about corruption in City Hall raises a lot of questions, including: What's illegal, and what's just … kinda gross?