CitizenCast
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.
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- 65
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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35 years after the last measles outbreak, what have we learned? (opens the original)
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Philly saw an outbreak of measles in 1991 centered around certain religious communities. What have we learned since? Not much. In fact, things have gotten worse.
Trump is the gift to China that keeps on giving (opens the original)
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In the wake of a high-stakes state visit by the Chinese president, Ali Veshi breaks down the many gifts to China that are Donald Trump's foreign bungles.
Philly's homegrown robot dogs (opens the original)
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Meet the next generation of man's best friend (some with lasers some with thermal sensors, some with machine guns). Brought to you by Philly's brightest tech minds.
How To Really Run A City goes to college (opens the original)
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On a special live episode of How To Really Run A City, former Mayor Michael Nutter takes us inside his new Impact Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania. His co-host, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, as well as former Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum are this year's inaugural scholars. "The idea is to match young people who want to go into public service with those who have served but are not yet finished," Nutter told the crowd. "We should not leave that knowledge and expertise on the bench." J
Like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park, RFK Jr. is learning (opens the original)
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Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services seems to have stopped pushing vitamin A to treat measles. Paul Offit, CHOP's renowned immunologist, wonders if this reversal will come in time to save PA from an even more massive outbreak?
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