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Philly on Fire

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Release Date: 05/08/2025

The Philly guitarist behind the blues in Sinners show art The Philly guitarist behind the blues in Sinners

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Grammy award-winning Philadelphia guitarist Randy Bowland shaped Hollywood’s next breakout star in his iconic Sinners role

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UArts' Celebration of Life show art UArts' Celebration of Life

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A memorial that’s part shiva, part reunion, part performance and part open house

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Ordinary people resisting is what creates change show art Ordinary people resisting is what creates change

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What can you do to preserve democracy? Ali Velshi draws on the history of resistance and civil disobedience to demonstrate the small things anyone can do to resist the backslide into authoritarianism. 

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Meet the Hair Nerds show art Meet the Hair Nerds

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On this episode of Citizen WURDs, James Peterson sits down with Jennifer Boisseau and Theresa Byrd, the Hair Nerds, who use their hairstylist skills to restore dignity and bring joy to patients at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

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Immigrant businesses in Philly fight to stay open show art Immigrant businesses in Philly fight to stay open

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Immigrant small businesses help power Philadelphia. But tariffs — and deportations — could devastate many of them

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The SEPTA crisis will impact more than just Philly show art The SEPTA crisis will impact more than just Philly

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The fallout from SEPTA's budget deficit will impact the entire state. On this episode of Guest Commentary, the CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust wants every Pennsylvanian to see that SETPTA doesn't just survive, it thrives.

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Overheard at Fitler: An Evening with Ambassador David Cohen | pt. 2 show art Overheard at Fitler: An Evening with Ambassador David Cohen | pt. 2

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Join us for part two of the fascinating conversation between Ambassador David Cohen, now back from Canada, and Citizen co-founder Larry Platt. They talk about real diplomacy on the world stage and why diversity is so important for our city, state and nation. 

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Pregnancy can be a death sentence show art Pregnancy can be a death sentence

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In a post-Roe world, Ali Velshi explains, choices around pregnancy in America can now be criminalized and life-threatening. 

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Revenge of the nerds? show art Revenge of the nerds?

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Political reform is bubbling up in other cities. Here? Maybe not so much. An election post-mortem

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Musical political satire for the TikTok age show art Musical political satire for the TikTok age

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Philly punk rocker Ron Gallo once avoided social media. Now he’s made it the stage for his most unseriously serious music yet, attracting both worldwide fans and MAGA haters

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This week the Citizen screened a powerful documentary featuring witnesses of the MOVE bombing, one of the darkest moments of Philadelphia’s racial history.