Common Ground Archive

From 1980 to 2004 the Stanley Center produced Common Ground, an award-winning weekly radio program on world affairs.

About Common Ground

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.

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All Shows


Kosovo Pied Piper, Dalai Lama, Humanitarian Protection, Heifer International


Conflict Diamonds, Sudan Bishops, Editor of the Year, Germany’s Terror Ties, Adopting Diego (Part 3)


Berlin Bankruptcy, German Floods, Giandomenico Picco, Zimbabwe Land Swap, Adopting Diego (Part 2, Jiang Zemin’s Legacy


Border Killings Update, UK Census, North Korea, Propaganda Radio, Adoption Policy, Adopting Diego (Part 1), Broadway Hits Moscow


World Hunger, Britain’s Testing Trouble, Britain’s Tuition Trouble, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Afghanistan Voices-Rebuilding, Student Visa Troubles, INS Issues


Rebuilding Israel/Palestine, Art Gish, Michael Moore, Be Like Putin, Afghanistan Voices-Teacher, Holocaust Museum, Public Health Violence


Brazil AIDS, Cuba’s Democracy Movement, Cyber Terrorism, Afghanistan Voices-Student, Chris Moon, National Zoo


Afghan Child Weavers, Julia Taft, Remembering North Korea, American Backlash, Central Asia Chaos, Sealand


Memories of Afghanistan, View from Qatar, Iraqi Dissident, Iraqi Collection, Muslim FBI Recruitment, NEPAD, UN-NYC Relations, Y Tu Mama


NATO Prague Preview, Europe Leans Right, Austrian Racism, Beijing Talk Radio, US-India Relations, Security Council Reform, El Congresso