May 7, 2026

When Republican Stephen Goldsmith was Mayor of Indianapolis, IN, he ran his city by “devolving” decisions down to the grassroots level. He created partnerships with the movers and shakers of local areas – community-based organizations, small businesses, faith leaders — to decide together how best to spend money...

Mar 26, 2026

One of our favorite sayings here at How to Really Run a City is that there are really three political parties in the U.S.: Democrats, Republicans and Mayors — and only one of them have no choice but to be practical problem solvers. We believe if more politicians acted like mayors, there’d be much less bickering in...

Mar 13, 2026

Michael Smerconish is a Sirius XM and CNN host, a prolific political commentator, a nationally recognized author — and leader of the fight for a political center in the U.S., which means having a robust media.

“I think the press is being hollowed out,” said former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Local outlets are...

Mar 5, 2026

On this episode, our hosts, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt, invite onto the show a guest well-known to our mayors.  

Jannet Walker-Ford is a nationally recognized transportation expert who worked on the recently released Special Event...

Feb 13, 2026

Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt convened podcast co-hosts former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter for a special episode about recent crises plaguing the leaders of prominent cities.

“We are in a constitutional crisis,” Platt said. “You have federal troops — masked law...