The Common Good Podcast

The Common Good welcomes Bill Browder, who was the largest foreign investor in Russia until he was denied entry into the country in 2005 and declared a threat to national security. His crime? Exposing corruption in Russian state owned companies. He has a lot of experience dealing with Russia and particularly with Vladimir Putin. He will discuss Putin’s place on the world stage, the invasion of Ukraine, and the threat that Putin poses to the Western world order as Ukrainian defenses languish at a stalemate. 

A timely and urgent briefing with one of the foremost battle-tested and celebrated combat leaders alive today, former U.S. Army General and former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus, moderated by CNN's John Berman.

Venerated negotiator and diplomat Ambassador Dennis Ross gives his important insights in conversation with Harvard-trained lawyer and CEO Richard Salomon.

An important discussion with ace Israeli and US journalists on the fallout of Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israeli citizens and Israel’s powerful response in Gaza. Nahum Barnea comes to us from Israel.

The ability of the U.S. to act to help nations who are our allies and friends at this time of their dire need should not require accepting the false choice of supporting Ukraine over Israel, or Israel over Ukraine.

Happily, a legal path exists to aid both without burdening American taxpayers any more than meeting our obligations to Israel alone would entail: Seize the frozen $325 billion in Russian bank assets and transfer them to Ukraine.

Renowned climate scientist and author of Our Fragile Moment and The New Climate War will dive into recent weather events and the latest science on predictions for climate change.

Can the News Media be Trusted?

What is the impact on our nation and society? Laurence H. Tribe, one of the nation’s most distinguished constitutional experts of our time, and Judge J. Michael Luttig, one of the most respected conservative voices in the justice system, discuss the profound implications of the Court’s rulings in a conversation moderated by political and legal commentator for the Boston Globe and MSNBC Kimberly Atkins Stohr.

How does the United States and China, two of the world's most influential and powerful nations, navigate their complex relationship across economic ties, security dynamics and geopolitical competition? Join The Common Good and Stephen Roach, one of the nation’s esteemed economists, for a conversation moderated by Amb. Robert Hormats, former Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs as they unravel the complexities that define the interactions between these powerful nations at a crucial inflection point.

You’ve been watching history in the making.  Now join us for a very special evening at the iconic New York Historical Society to discuss the first draft of that history, from the violent and deadly January 6th Capitol insurrection to the wider efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.  We welcome  Emmy Award-winning MSNBC anchor Ari Melber and former prosecutor and General Counsel to then FBI-Director Mueller Andrew Weissmann.

Ari Melber expounds on the foreword he wrote for the Harper Collins edition of the January 6 Report, now a #1 New York Times bestseller, and talks with former prosecutor and Mueller General Counsel Andrew Weissmann about the findings, the case for future indictments, and the pending special counsel probe into Donald Trump. Both speakers also took audience questions during the evening.