From 1980 to 2004 the Stanley Center produced Common Ground, an award-winning weekly radio program on world affairs.
Common Ground, a weekly radio program on world affairs, ran from 1980 to 2004. Hundreds of public and noncommerical radio stations across the United States and Canada depended on Common Ground for news and in-depth analysis of critical international issues.
During its tenure, Common Ground earned a reputation for excellence in broadcast journalism and was honored by the Robert F. Kennedy Awards, the Clarion Awards, the New York Festivals, the National Headliner Awards, the American Women in Radio and Television, and other recognitions.
Over the years, Common Ground was produced and hosted by Jeff Martin, Jim Berard, Mary Gray-Davidson, Keith Porter, and Kristin McHugh. This archive contains the audio and transcript files of the show.
Bill Seimering is using his public radio skills to help foster democracy worldwide. This week, Common Ground, profiles Seimering and his radio projects in South Africa, Mongolia and Macedonia.
A growing number of organizations in the Midwest are making the connection between grassroots activism and the international human rights movement. In this broadcast, we look at how four of these groups have created award winning programs.
While the world focuses on the tragic plight of refugees from Kosovo, refugees from earlier conflicts still suffer. This week on Common Ground we’ll hear from Bosnian refugees still living in Serbia. And later, we’ll look at a thriving friendship between cities in Nicaragua and the US.
Hanan Ashrawi gives us an inside look at life in what would be Palestine. And later, a new effort to more effectively target economic assistance to poor countries has reined in the UN’s sprawling bureaucracy.
Academy Award winning actress Vanessa Redgrave discusses her work on behalf of Kosovo Albanians and other voiceless peoples.
Long-term peace in Northern Ireland is finally a realistic possibility. This week, former Senator George Mitchell discusses his role in the historic peace agreement.
This week we report on the prospects for Vietnam’s efforts to emerge from desperate poverty.
War and disease have left 20 million people in the developing world in need of something as simple as a wheelchair. This week on Common Ground, we’ll see how one man’s vision is providing better wheelchairs—and much better lives—to people around the world.
Nelson Mandela’s term as president of South Africa will soon end, and the nation will enter yet another phase of post-apartheid life. Here we see how heavy industry, agriculture, tourism and health care are being rebuilt in South Africa.
It’s been a quarter century since the war between the United States and Vietnam ended. But, despite efforts to put it to rest, the conflict lives on in the cultures of both countries. This week, a Common Ground look at the legacy of the Vietnam War.