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 steps are needed to cause people to leave white supremacist and other hate groups of their own volition? In this deeply personal podcast episode,...
We learn about two brave and successful attempts to get Americans of differing backgrounds and political convictions to engage in personal face-to-fac...
American democracy is being challenged by hyper-polarization, widespread distrust of competing parties, and extremists who seek to weaken democratic v...
Young Americans, aged 18-29, believe that the threat from climate change is real regardless of their ideological leanings, compared to older Americans...
Banks & businesses are betting big on sustainable investments. Can they help politicians bridge the gap on climate change? When Joe Biden talks about...
Growing numbers of voters are fed up with politics as usual. In a recent survey, 62% of Americans say a third party is needed — up 5% from September o...
She lived in liberal Seattle and covered science, climate change and the environment for NPR for more than a decade. Then in 2018, journalist Ashley A...
When Joe Biden became president he wanted to bring Americans together, to forge unity. But maybe unity isn’t what we should aim for. Our guest this we...
With American democracy in crisis, can students save the day? For college students it can be frightening to consider the prospects for a better tomor...
By almost any measure, Congress is much more rigidly divided along partisan lines than it was 30 years ago. Politicians run nationalized campaigns, no...
"All lives will matter when Black lives matter," says our guest, Hawk Newsome, in this passionate, challenging, and fascinating podcast episode. The...
Kelly Johnston and Rob Fersh disagree strongly on many issues and voted differently in the 2020 election. But they are friends and wrote recently that...
The vital task of finding common ground in American politics became much more difficult in the traumatic days after the violence and mayhem at the U.S...
James Baker was at the center of American political power for three decades. His resume is exceedingly impressive— Secretary of State, Secretary of th...
From tragedy and disruption caused by COVID-19, to impassioned pleas for racial justice heard across the country, and the deep divisions in our politi...
For decades, environmental activists have cast themselves as defenders of the planet against greedy, profit-hungry corporations. At the same time, man...
In a time of deep and sometimes bitter political division, what are the most effective ways to have conversations with family members who vote for a d...
Voters sent decidedly mixed messages in the 2020 election. This episode looks at what we can learn from then about how divided the country is — or isn...
With just days to go before the 2020 election, we invited a Trump supporter and a Biden backer to join us in the same (virtual) room, and share the pe...
With just days to go before a bitterly contested election, we speak with two Members of Congress, one Republican and one Democrat, who are reaching ac...
