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CitizenCast The Philadelphia Citizen
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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.
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How is Josh Shapiro getting MAGA support?
A confluence of factors and political talents explains the governor's astounding popularity in the polls, even among the MAGA crowd
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Mayor Parker's favorite housing program
The City's Turn The Key program is building homes affordable to middle income families. Can it be the centerpiece of Philly's housing plan?
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Let's save democracy ... again!
It’s not enough to cast your own ballot in 2024. To get all eligible Philadelphians to vote, we need to engage in deep canvassing. Here, a sample of that deep canvassing with Roxanne and Adam Barbanel-Fried.
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Banned Book Club | I don't understand why they're afraid of knowledge
MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi sits down with "one of the greatest threats to the Republic" -- a history teacher. Randi Weingarten is now the President of the American Federation of Teachers and she is accused of spreading "filth" to American children in the form of banned books.
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The watermelon and the flag
On this episode of Guest Commentary, James Peterson of "Evening WURDs" on WURD highlights the watermelon flag and what it says about symbols, extreme national distress and the regressive swing of the pendulum
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"I was too stupid to be scared"
One of the 120,000 living members of the Greatest Generation turns 99 this year. For Memorial Day, he talks to Larry Platt about saving America then and now.