As the tone of public discourse becomes increasingly angry and divisive, Common Ground Committee offers a healing path to reaching agreement and moving forward. We talk with top leaders in public policy, finance, academe and more to encourage the seeking and finding of points of agreement, and to demonstrate how combating incivility can lead us forward.
115 episodes transcribedWhat a time to try and fix Congress. But that’s what our guests on this episode are determined to do. This show features two politicians from the newl...
When we consider the meaning of citizenship, most Americans usually think about individual rights. In this episode, we hear a bold call for change. Ou...
Until recently most of us outside of state government didn’t know much about the role of Secretary of State, the state’s top election official. We sim...
The United States has one of the highest news avoidance rates in the world. Tens of millions of Americans don’t read, watch or listen to the news each...
Are Americans really as divided as we think we are? One liberal and one conservative jumped in an old Volvo and drove along nearly 20,000 miles of roa...
Love is a central force in mitigating conflict, says writer and entrepreneur Chloé Valdary. She founded the diversity and inclusion training company,...
Moderate Republican Will Hurd insists that across the country "there is more that unites us than divides us." The former GOP Congressman threw his hat...
Working across party divides is the best way to bring people together and make progress, says our guest, Tulsa Mayor, G.T. Bynum. But he also points o...
Veteran journalist Judy Woodruff has been covering US politics for more than 50 years. She moved to Washington DC in 1977 and has been there ever sinc...
Memorial Day honors the men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. In our next podcast episode, we discuss different ways to...
We speak with two women from opposing sides of the bitter and often toxic debate over abortion. Frances Hogan and The Rev. Anne Fowler were involved i...
It’s often said that America is as politically divided as it has ever been. In this week’s show we dive into the data from two different groups that s...
Every day we are bombarded with negative news and polarizing opinions from politicians, pundits, and others who seek attention, power, and money by es...
Our last show focused on finding common ground when talking to strangers. In this show we explore friendship and empathy with two guests who are frien...
Most of us live comfortably in our bubbles, interacting with people who think and often look like us. We may sift out others who don’t fit our mold. ...
In the first eight weeks of this year, America’s epidemic of mass shootings and gun crimes showed no signs of reprieve. In fact, the crisis may be get...
Almost 70 percent of Generation Z voted for Democrats in November’s midterm elections. As the years go by, Republicans are getting an ever smaller sli...
Why do the two main political parties do so poorly with some large groups of voters? In this episode, we look at how in recent decades Democrats have...
Independent voters make up more than 40 percent of the voting public. But you wouldn’t know that from media coverage, which focuses almost exclusively...
Want to know one of the most exciting and innovative ways to find common ground? Get people out of their political bunkers and move them beyond rigid...
