CitizenCast

The work of Temple researcher Dr. Anjali Rajadhyaksha is on track to radically change pain management and the opioid crisis. Citizen writer Malcolm Burnley sits down with her for a special interview.

Philadelphia gunfire has taken grandfathers, brothers, cousins, children. Intergenerational loss reflects the roots of the shooting epidemic. In collaboration with The Trace, CitizenCast brings Mensah Dean's examination of race and gun violence to listeners as a three-part audio series.

Part 2 considers the traumatic cases of former State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell.

Black Philadelphians have died at disproportionately high rates for more than a century. In collaboration with The Trace, CitizenCast brings Mensah Dean's examination of race and gun violence to listeners as a three-part audio series. Part 1 looks at the origins of the crisis through the heartbreaking story of ten-year-old Faheem Thomas-Childs.

Becky Albertalli's YA novel has been challenged and banned in several conservative states, including Florida, Texas and Utah. Ali Velshi invites Albertalli onto the Velshi Banned Book Club to talk about why her book was banned, and how so many LGBTQ stories are being target right now.

On this episode of The Fix, Larry looks at Mayor Parker's City Hall and asks, is anything being done to clean up the city's corruption problem?

Chicago's late, legendary first African-American mayor, Harold Washington propelled his charisma and grassroots support to topple his city's legendary machine and remake its government — a story brilliantly told in Punch 9 For Harold Washington, which The Citizen screened on the opening night of the Ideas We Should Steal Festival last month.

What can Philadelphia today take away from Washington's political courage in decades past?

On this episode of How to Really Run A City, hosts former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter, along with The Citizen's Larry Platt, spoke with filmmaker Joe Winston and New Yorker writer/Macarthur "genius" Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor explored that question in a live taping of the podcast.

"Fairer is harder," Reed told the audience, "if you want a bold, inclusive form of politics, it's just harder…all of us have got to show up."

As cities go, so goes the nation!

On this Citizen edition of Evening WURDs with Dr. James Peterson, Cait Garozzo sits down with Peterson to discuss job placement strategies for both job seekers and employers in the city. Garozzo is the executive director of The Skills Initiative at University City District.

MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi highlights efforts by Christian Nationalists to break down the protective barriers of church and state separation, including in Oklahoma public schools.

Listen to the epic second part of this song-by-song review of "A Philly Special Christmas Party" by resident seasonal grinch Olivia Kram.

Can the Philly Specials' third holiday record — featuring Stevie Nicks and Mt. Joy — sway a seasonal music grinch? Listen to the first part of this song-by-song review of "A Philly Special Christmas Party."