The Common Good Podcast

Doug, Robb and our guest Michael Owens discuss the wave of proposed laws that would make it harder for people - especially people of color - to vote. Michael worked alongside Stacy Abrams to help turn out black voters in Georgia, an effort that arguably won back the senate for Democrats and made the recent stimulus bill possible.

Dr. Michael C. Owens is a third-generation veteran, a father, and a progressive Democrat who ran for Congress in Georgia’s 13th District. Michael served on the Georgia Advisory Committee with the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and served as Chair of the Cobb County Democratic Party.  @owensforga13

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist.  @pagitt

Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a Progressive Republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives  @RobbRyerse

The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich

Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic

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Today on Common Good News, Doug and Dan cover daylight savings, the George Floyd murder trial, vaccines, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis at our southern border. 

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich

Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic

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Doug and Dan sit down with complex systems scientist and pandemic expert Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam to talk about the path to #zerocovid. We have the knowledge and tools to virtually eliminate this virus within 5-6 weeks, but do we have the collective willpower as a society?

Go to zerocovid.us to see how you can help make a difference in the fight against Covid.

Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam is a complex systems scientist and pandemic expert with his PhD in physics from MIT. He is also the president of the New England Complex Systems Institute and founder of the End Coronavirus Coalition. @yaneerbaryam

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich

Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic

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A year ago today the World Health Organization declared that Covid-19 had reached global pandemic status. Doug and Dan look back at a year of shutdowns and mask mandates and discuss how getting "back to normal" might not be the best goal when "normal" wasn't working for so many Americans. Can we imagine a better way forward post-Covid?

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

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It's Women's History Month and so Doug and Stephany discuss women of faith, Beth Moore leaving the Southern Baptist Convention, and the pervasive plague of fragile, toxic masculinity within the church.

Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).

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Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

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A growing number of Americans consider themselves politically homeless. Doug and Robb discuss a possible way forward - not a new political party, but a new way of approaching politics with the common good as the guiding principle.

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a progressive republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives  @RobbRyerse

The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

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Doug and Dan chat with Nick Laparra, host of the Let's Give a Damn podcast, a show for “people who want to leave the planet better than we found it.”

Nick has spent over 15 years living or spending time in over 30 countries around the world. He has led non-profit organizations, coached CEO’s, consulted with Fortune 500 companies, and spoken at award-winning events. Guests on Let's Give a Damn include Matthew McConaughey, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Chelsea Clinton, Rainn Wilson, and 180+ other damn good humans. 

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The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

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Astrophysicist Paul Wallace and Doug Pagitt are joined by Biologist Michael Zimmerman of The Clergy Letter Project. The Clergy Letter Project is an endeavor designed to demonstrate that religion and science can be compatible and to elevate the quality of the debate of this issue.

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Paul Wallace writes and speaks at the intersection of faith and science and holds a PhD in physics from Duke University and an MDiv from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director of Vote Common Good and is a pastor, author, and social activist.    

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The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

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Doug Pagitt sits down with Abraham Bonowitz of Death Penalty Action to talk about how it might be possible to abolish the federal death penalty in the next 55 days.

Abe Bonowitz is the Executive Director of Death Penalty Action and has been one of the leading organizers in the death penalty abolition movement since changing his mind on the issue in the late 1980's.

Find more info and watch the new call to action video at DeathPenaltyAction.org

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

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Today on Common Good Faith, Stephany, Laura and Doug discuss the Parable of the Two Sons found in Matthew 21:28-32 and why Jesus used stories, rather than lectures, to teach his followers a new way.

Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians. 

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Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).

@drstephanyrose     //      facebook.com/stephanyrose 

Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt

The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. 

www.votecommongood.com/podcast

Facebook.com/votecommongood

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