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.
North Korea remains a mystery to much of the world, including those charged with creating foreign policy. Here, we conclude our two-part series on the people and politics of North Korea.
The first of a two-part series on the people and politics of North Korea. Part one focuses on responses to North Korea’s humanitarian crisis.
First, a report from Guyana on the Jonestown tragedy. Later, a look at the life of Muslims in the United States.
A major initiative to build connections between the US and Africa will culminate in 1999 with the National Summit on Africa. Here, we hear from the Summit’s leader.
Among Sudan’s Dinka people, men often have several wives. But none have come close to a tribal chief who had 200 wives. Here, one of that chief’s sons tells the story of growing up Dinka.
One of China’s most famous dissidents reflects on his two decades in prison and China’s future. Later, we talk with Palestinians who remain committed to the peace process.
The birth of the International Criminal Court treaty this summer was an historic achievement. And ordinary people around the world deserve much of the credit.
A report on Hezbollah. Later, we travel to southern Africa where Bushmen try to recover their lives after decades of war.
An estimated 20 million people died in Josef Stalin’s slave labor camps, known as the gulag. Here, we talk to a survivor of the gulag who has just published a memoir of that inhuman experience.