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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El Salvador: Ten Years Later, Guerilla Peace Transition, Salvador Dance Troupe, Foreign Policy Morality, Princeton Lyman, Unilateralism


L.K. Advani, Pan American Health, Russian Beer, GM Corn, Chinese Dissident Art, Foreign Affairs in US Elections


Brazil’s Challenges, The Internally Displaced, World Population, Tea Trademark Tussle, Foreign Service, Fly Europe Cheap, German Economy


Myanmar (Burma), Scottish Independence, Climate Change Study, Islamic Charities, Lee Hamilton, USAID Health


Moscow Skinheads, World Biodiversity, India-Pakistan Journey, Telluride AIDS Project, Uganda AIDS Worker, Unmanned Aircraft, Herbal Cure, Afghan Buddhas


Chinatown, Europe-US Relations, Robert Fisk Remembers, Afghan Musicians, Pakistan’s New Role, Tracking Terrorism, Russia’s War on Terror


US on Iraq, Europe on Iraq, Persian Gulf Update, Pakistan Economy, Swiss Neutrality, Seeds of Peace, Russian Mob


British Neo-Fascism, Arab Stereotypes, Pest Radar, China Learns English, Globalization of Baseball, Spy Museum


Brazil Economy, Bernard Aronson, Temeline Revisited, Islamic Charity, Zimbabwe Torture, Whale Woes


Russian Oil, Takalani Street, Michela Wrong, Dracula World, Folk Life Festival