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The Common Good Podcast
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The Common Good Podcast brings outstanding and knowledgeable personalities together with people from all walks of life to debate urgent issues - with passion, but always civility. We're convinced this seeking of common ground will be infectious, inspiring the free exchange of ideas, engaging our citizens to get involved in our democracy and uniting the country to do what is right to move forward again. Together, we will make a difference.
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Putin & Russia - What's Next? With Bill Browder
Dec 13, 202301:01:37Tap to summarizeThe Common Good welcomes Bill Browder, who was the largest foreign investor in Russia until he was denied entry into the country in 2005 and declared a threat to national security. His crime? Exposing corruption in Russian state owned companies. He has a lot of experience dealing with Russia and particularly with Vladimir Putin. He will discuss Putin’s place on the world stage, the invasion of Ukraine, and the threat that Putin poses to the Western world order as Ukrainian defenses languish at a stalemate.
Transcribe →"Conflict" with General (ret.) David Petraeus and CNN's John Berman
Dec 8, 202301:06:01Tap to summarizeA timely and urgent briefing with one of the foremost battle-tested and celebrated combat leaders alive today, former U.S. Army General and former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus, moderated by CNN's John Berman.
Transcribe →Israel-Hamas Conflict - What's Next? With Amb. Dennis Ross
Dec 1, 202301:01:35Tap to summarizeVenerated negotiator and diplomat Ambassador Dennis Ross gives his important insights in conversation with Harvard-trained lawyer and CEO Richard Salomon.
Transcribe →Hamas-Israel Conflict with Nahum Barnea and Judith Miller
Nov 21, 202301:02:46Tap to summarizeAn important discussion with ace Israeli and US journalists on the fallout of Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israeli citizens and Israel’s powerful response in Gaza. Nahum Barnea comes to us from Israel.
Transcribe →Solving the Riddle with Laurence Tribe
Oct 30, 202300:52:20Tap to summarizeThe ability of the U.S. to act to help nations who are our allies and friends at this time of their dire need should not require accepting the false choice of supporting Ukraine over Israel, or Israel over Ukraine. Happily, a legal path exists to aid both without burdening American taxpayers any more than meeting our obligations to Israel alone would entail: Seize the frozen $325 billion in Russian bank assets and transfer them to Ukraine.
Transcribe →The Existential Crisis: Climate Change is Here with Dr. Michael E. Mann, moderated by Ana Cabrera
Oct 24, 202301:03:15Tap to summarizeRenowned climate scientist and author of Our Fragile Moment and The New Climate War will dive into recent weather events and the latest science on predictions for climate change.
Transcribe →Conversation with Angelo Carusone
Oct 9, 202301:03:58Tap to summarizeCan the News Media be Trusted? A Conversation with Media Matters President Angelo Carusone Tucker Carlson suddenly ousted from his pinacle show at Fox. Fox News corporation fined nearly $800 million dollars for spreading falsehoods on the 2020 election. Artificial intelligence undermining trust and spreading misinformation. The public’s faith in media is at record lows. Can the news media still be trusted? Is there a remedy? We’re bringing in Angelo Carusone, president of the premiere media watchdog organization Media Matters, to tell us what we need to know in an exclusive, in-person discussion. As one of the top experts monitoring the increase in fake news and misinformation, he’ll be sharing his expertise and analysis of the impact this has on our politics and our social fabric. Angelo Carusone is an expert in not only the media and newspace but in the political realm.He has been president of Media Matters since 2016 after taking over from its founder David Brock. He has pushed the nonprofit media watchdog organization to bring attention to the disturbing rise of misinformation in the news media and alt-right news sources. He has led several campaigns for “brand safety” criticizing media figures like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, and is former Deputy CEO of the Finance and Administration of the Democratic National Convention.
Transcribe →Impact of the New Supreme Court: A Conversation with Laurence H. Tribe and J. Michael Luttig moderated by Kimberly Atkins Stohr
Oct 3, 202300:58:52Tap to summarizeWhat is the impact on our nation and society? Laurence H. Tribe, one of the nation’s most distinguished constitutional experts of our time, and Judge J. Michael Luttig, one of the most respected conservative voices in the justice system, discuss the profound implications of the Court’s rulings in a conversation moderated by political and legal commentator for the Boston Globe and MSNBC Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
Transcribe →Clash of Titans: US-China Relations with Stephen Roach and Robert Hormats
Oct 3, 202300:59:20Tap to summarizeHow does the United States and China, two of the world's most influential and powerful nations, navigate their complex relationship across economic ties, security dynamics and geopolitical competition? Join The Common Good and Stephen Roach, one of the nation’s esteemed economists, for a conversation moderated by Amb. Robert Hormats, former Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs as they unravel the complexities that define the interactions between these powerful nations at a crucial inflection point.
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Insurrection: The January 6th Final Report with Ari Melber
Jan 13, 202301:20:02Tap to summarizeYou’ve been watching history in the making. Now join us for a very special evening at the iconic New York Historical Society to discuss the first draft of that history, from the violent and deadly January 6th Capitol insurrection to the wider efforts to overthrow the 2020 election. We welcome Emmy Award-winning MSNBC anchor Ari Melber and former prosecutor and General Counsel to then FBI-Director Mueller Andrew Weissmann. Ari Melber expounds on the foreword he wrote for the Harper Collins edition of the January 6 Report, now a #1 New York Times bestseller, and talks with former prosecutor and Mueller General Counsel Andrew Weissmann about the findings, the case for future indictments, and the pending special counsel probe into Donald Trump. Both speakers also took audience questions during the evening.
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