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The Philadelphia Citizen present former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and Citizen co-founder Larry Platt who talk about what it really takes to get sh*t done in cities on The Citizen’s newest podcast, How to Really Run a City. Enjoy new episodes with a special guest joining each month. To learn more, read Larry Platt’s article on the birth of the podcast.

Dec 18, 2025

As mayor of Baltimore and then governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley used transparency and statistics to drive his city and state forward into the Information Age. And then he  — literally — wrote the book on the subject. 

His conclusion after more than a decade in public office? “We live in a time of enormous...