How To Really Run A City

A Special Episode on Citizenship

In the latest episode our podcast, former mayors Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and Kasim Reed of Atlanta revisit past guests for a reminder about what really matters in America today

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Ali Velshi Lays Out the Stakes of the 2024 Election

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member says it's OK to be concerned about Biden's age. But the larger concern is democracy itself

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Compares the Supreme Court to Tinkerbell

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member warns that SCOTUS's failure to maintain public trust is an enormous threat to a functioning government and the very survival of our nation

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Reminds Us of Draconian Restrictions to Immigration a Hundred Years Ago

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member reminds us that we've been here before, restricting immigration and deporting immigrants is dangerous to our future and economy

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Erasing Immigrant Stories

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with Laurence Yep about the immigrant experience in America and how important those stories are to our history

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Reads The Glass Castle

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Jeannette Walls to talk about her provocative memoir and the complications and ugliness of real life

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Sits Down with Randi Weingarten

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews the new president of the American Federation of Teachers about her efforts to take on book bans

By Ali Velshi
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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 the Citizen’s co-founder about his secret to longevity (hint: martinis) and about saving America … then and now

By Larry Platt
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Ali Velshi on Women, Life, Freedom … In Iran.

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member discusses the renewed morality crackdown on women in Iran, where Mahsa Amini's tragic death inspired the Women, Life, Freedom movement

By Ali Velshi
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Leadership In A Time of Protest

On the latest episode of How To Really Run A City, former mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed catch up with Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney. NEW this episode: Watch the conversation

By Larry Platt