Episodios

  • Surviving Trump pt. 3
    Apr 10 2026

    In the final episode of this award-nominated essay, Tom McGrath asks what it would take to set Philly on the right path and protect the city from the whims of Washington D.C.

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    10 m
  • Isolating ourselves in bourgeois bunkers
    Apr 10 2026

    People aren't leaving cities. They're pulling into their own remote work spaces and eschewing the civic reasons they chose urban living in the first place.

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    5 m
  • Surviving Trump pt. 2
    Apr 9 2026

    The effects of Trump's cuts are broad and deep. In this essay, nominated for an NCRM award, Tom McGrath explains how Philadelphia got so hooked on federal assistance and what it means for our future.

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    10 m
  • Diversity is Democratic
    Apr 8 2026

    One of the 2025 Erinda Sheno Memorial Prize winners, a junior at the Academy at Palumbo makes a beautiful argument for a multi-lingual, multicultural city and nation. Our differences don't just make us stronger — they're also worth fighting for.

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    9 m
  • Surviving Trump
    Apr 8 2026

    Trump's cuts are hitting Philly hard. In this story, nominated for an NCRM award, Tom McGrath explains why the city is uniquely vulnerable to the president's economic rampage ... and how Philadelphia can (maybe) fortify itself for the future.

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    11 m
  • We rise together -- or not at all
    Apr 7 2026

    On this episode of Guest Commentary, Philadelphia is last in economic mobility among the 50 largest U.S. metros and stagnant in job creation. A chamber of commerce chair and a former U.S. ambassador, unite to say there's a better way.

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    5 m
  • Iran, war and the many, many contradictions of Donald Trump
    Apr 6 2026

    "Trump's off-the-cuff musings of the war perplexes even his own advisors," Ali Velshi reports. Even our allies are being left confused. As French President Emmanuel Macron declared, "When you want to be serious, you don't say everyday the opposite of what you said the day before."

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    9 m
  • Citizen of the Year: Dr. Paul Offit
    Apr 3 2026

    The CHOP physician and voice of the pro-vaccine, pro-health science movement stands in stark opposition to RFK Jr. Hear his story and why he was chosen as the 2026 Citizen of the Year.

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    15 m