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What Philly Can Learn from America's Fastest-Growing City
Season 1 Episode 19
Fort Worth, Texas mayor Mattie Parker won her second term with a whopping 70 percent of the vote. On this episode, our hosts--former Atlanta Mayor Ka…
2 years, 3 months ago
Show Me The Money! The Power of Investing in Black and Brown Entrepreneurs
Season 1 Episode 18
On this episode, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and The Philadelphia Citizen co-founder Larry Platt bring…
2 years, 4 months ago
Charles Blow on Reverse Racial Migration, Misogyny, and the Math of Democracy
Season 1 Episode 17
Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and The Philadelphia Citizen co-founder Larry Platt welcome Charles Blow, …
2 years, 4 months ago
The State — and Future — of Policing in Cities
Season 1 Episode 16
On the third and final installment of our conversation with legendary Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey, our co-hosts hit him with the questions …
2 years, 5 months ago
How Tree Trimming Fights Crime, and Other Secrets of Policing
Season 1 Episode 15
Legendary Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey -- who served in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, where he oversaw a 28 percent drop in h…
2 years, 6 months ago
How Leaders Got Sh*t Done in 2023
Season 1 Episode 14
We heard from the best of 'em this year. From thought-provoking policy proposals to gut-busting anecdotes, check out host Larry Platt's hand-selected…
2 years, 7 months ago
Tuxes, Blackberries and the Key to Effective Policing
Season 1 Episode 12
When former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey joined us at our most recent Ideas We Should Steal Festival for a live taping of The C…
2 years, 7 months ago
Training Public Sector Employees to Become Better Leaders with Brian Elms
Season 1 Episode 12
Toyota, Motorola, FedEx — as different as their products may be, they share at least one secret ingredient: an investment in training their employees…
2 years, 8 months ago
Business as Unusual
Season 1 Episode 11
In the latest installment of How to Really Run a City, Kathryn Wylde, CEO of Partnership for New York, shares the secrets to – and power of – harnes…
2 years, 9 months ago
It's the Implementation, Stupid!
Season 1 Episode 10
On this episode, Tech expert/author Jennifer Pahlka and Little Rock, AR, Mayor Frank Scott Jr., caution those in power that leadership is about more …
2 years, 9 months ago