Episodios

  • The Constitution Center should take this fight on
    Feb 12 2026

    On this episode of Evening WURDs, Dr. James Peterson invites the Citizen's own Larry Platt onto the show to talk about his recent story about the Constitution Center and its moral responsibility. "The Constitution is under attack," Platt told Peterson, "and the non-partisan Constitution Center should take that on."

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    17 m
  • Lessons in resistance from Minneapolis
    Feb 11 2026

    In this special interview episode, Bradford Pearson, Executive Editor of Philadelphia magazine, comes onto the show to discuss his recent article about lessons Philly can learn from ICE's aggressive operations in Minneapolis.

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    16 m
  • Free food at the Free Library
    Feb 10 2026

    On this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, a longtime university president suggests the city's library system follow Chicago and Baltimore, and add food pantries to its community services

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    6 m
  • The surveillance tools ICE is using
    Feb 9 2026

    For darker-skinned women, face recognition tools employed by ICE have an error rate of 34.7%. Ali Velshi digs into the apps and tech ICE is using to create surveillance states in the cities they enter.

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    13 m
  • Snow is a mayor's kryptonite
    Feb 6 2026

    It's been 10 days since snowmageddon. Snow and ice are still everywhere. Let's have a chat about how Cherelle Parker is actually doing.

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    8 m
  • Overheard at Fitler | Val and Ott Lovell, the Laverne & Shirley of the 250th
    Feb 5 2026

    Preeminent Philadelphia boosters Angela Val of Visit Philadelphia, and Kathryn Ott Lovell of the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation, talk semiquincentennial with The Citizen Media Group's Roxanne Patel Shepelavy. Together, the "Laverne & Shirley" of 2026 have taken up the mantle of generating funds, ideas and excitement for a year to remember. They're creating a legacy to preserve, as Ott Lovell puts it, "democracy, democracy, democracy."

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    50 m
  • What happens when a school closes?
    Feb 4 2026

    On this episode of Guest Commentary, the head of one independent school in Southwest Philly says the fallout from the District's plan to transform the city's school buildings will be personal.

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    5 m
  • Before "game-day fits" there was Big Rube
    Feb 3 2026

    Way before the NFL and NBA started posting game-day fits, the iconic photographer, marketing guru and gourmet chef Reuben Harley snapped Philadelphia's most stylish athletes off the field and on the streets

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    12 m