Rich kicks off Season 4 of The Common Bridge, with a two-part interview with the President and CEO of FairChoice, Rob Richie.   Richie has been involved in helping to develop, win, and implement ranked-choice voting in states and cities across the US.   This is the first of a two-part interview.

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Rich wraps up a successful season three with an analysis of the media landscape and how The Common Bridge is playing its part in providing a fair, fiercely non-partisan platform for intelligent discussion of policy and solutions.

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The second of a two-part interview where Rich welcomes back Robert Greenfield, who again dropped into The Common Bridge Studios all the way from Perth,  Australia to trade stories and opinions on politics, policies, and news of the day.  

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Rich welcomes back Robert Greenfield, who again dropped into The Common Bridge Studios all the way from Perth,  Australia to trade stories and opinions on politics, policies, and news of the day.  This is the first of two parts.

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In this repeat episode from 2021, Rich sits down with Thomas Frank, the prophetic author of the now-classic What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal, to talk about his book, The People, No, which explores the idea that everything we think we know about populism, is wrong.

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Renowned physician, health researcher, and first to codify benefits of aerobic exercise, Dr. Kenneth Cooper visits The Common Bridge. Dr. Cooper sets out simple guidelines for improving health status and shares lessons and data from his  50-year journey on helping people stay well. 

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Tax accountants Rachel Keller and Brett Bissonnette join Rich on The Common Bridge to discuss the IRS.

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Rich welcomes Eli Zupnick of advocacy group Fix Our House for this fiercely non-partisan talk about the idea of shifting from winner-take-all elections for House of Representatives to proportional representation. Mr. Zupnick explains the concept of multi-representative districts. This episode touches on how more political parties may be the way to break the two party doom loop and other ideas to unite voters and the country. 

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In this fiercely non-partisan episode, Rich brings back energy expert Fred Gallagher, the CEO and Managing Director of Canadian Vitality Pathway to talk about Hydrogen Energy and its use to strive for zero emission.

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On this weeks fiercely nonpartisan discussion, Rich takes down the notion that the 2024 presidential election will be a rematch of Joe Biden versus Donald Trump. January 6th prosecution decisions aren’t a factor, but pose other risks. 

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