The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Chris LaRue, the Director of The Hive , speaks with Kristen Barker. In addition to being a fellow at the Hive , Kristen Barker is a social entrepreneur and the President and Co-Founder of Co-op Cincy and is a Co-Founder of 1worker1vote. She designs and leads participatory education events with English- and Spanish-speaking co-op workers...
May 29, 2025•33 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Sarah Buffie speak with Prentis Hemphill . Sarah Buffie is the visionary founding director of Soul Bird Consulting ,which believes that nothing has the power to heal like supportive relationships. Specializing in trauma responsive care, Sarah helps organizations and individuals disrupt current models of thinking by building emp...
Jan 17, 2025•33 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Nov 19, 2024•9 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Nov 12, 2024•9 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Nov 05, 2024•11 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Oct 29, 2024•11 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Oct 22, 2024•11 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Oct 15, 2024•11 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. This 8 weeks series consists of mini episodes which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simple tools and practice...
Oct 08, 2024•11 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For the next 8 weeks we’re going to drop mini episodes on Tuesday which are being produced in partnership with The Hive , A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action, as a part of an ongoing class they’re offering locally called Election Brave Space: Compassionate Resilience For Our Shared Future . The intention of these episode is to introduce a variety of simpl...
Oct 01, 2024•6 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Sam Pressler speak with Kate Hanisian . Kate Hanisian is a strategist and social change advocate that is deeply driven by the question: How might we design a more connected, sustainable, and inclusive world? She co-founded Design Impact , a non-profit social innovation firm in 2009, building a small idea into a successful nonpr...
Sep 18, 2024•31 min
Joey Taylor & Sam Pressler speak with Pete Davis about Join or Die , which he directed with Rebecca Davis . The Lost Prophets Podcast Pete's Interview with Sam Dedicated by Pete Davis Bowling Alone by Putnam The Upswing by Putnam Sum of Us by McGhee Against Everyone with Conner Habib Podcast Weird Studies Podcast Lindy Effect - Nicholas Nassim Taleb The Maintainers Quest for Community by Nisbet February 2nd, 1968 by Wendell Berry Small is Beautiful by Schumacher The Creation of the American ...
Sep 05, 2024•39 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Sam Pressler speak with Dr. Ian Marcus Corbin about loneliness as a spiritual and material crisis, agency, world making, and Restoring the Common Good . Ian Marcus Corbin is a philosopher in Cambridge, MA, serving on the faculties of Neurology and Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, where he co-directs the Human Network Initia...
Jul 30, 2024•34 min
The Common Good podcast, a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This week's episode is with Sam Pressler . Sam is a community-builder, researcher, and writer focused on connecting people to the relationships and responsibilities that make life worth living. He was the founder and executive director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) , the nation's largest community arts organization serving veterans and their fami...
Jul 05, 2024•36 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Kay Lindahl about listening as a gift, art and choice before focusing on listening in groups and physical environments that make sacred listening possible. Kay Lindahl has been described as an inspired presence with passionate energy. For the past twenty-seven years the daily practice of Centering Prayer has tran...
May 30, 2024•23 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Dan Joyner about participatory leadership, pain, fear and hospitality. Dan Joyner is a change management consultant and facilitator in education, government and the civic sector. He has significant senior leadership and ground-level knowledge and experience. As a collaborative consultant, implementing social tech...
May 22, 2024•28 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. Brad Wise is the host for this episode. He was a Common Good Collective Fellowship participant and he runs an organization called Wolf House Fables . Today's episode is a live conversation, hosted by Bobby Slattery at Fifty West Brewing Company in Cincinnati, between Ari Weinzweig and Peter Block . They talked about Ari ’s new pamphlet A Revolution of Dignity in ...
May 15, 2024•28 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. On this episode, author Greg Jarrell joins host, Courtney Napier and a handful of friends from around the country to conclude the discussion about Greg's new book, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods . The songs were performed by Dawn Anthony and Troy Conn . Other contributors to this conversation were Daniel Hughes , Dwight Fr...
Apr 05, 2024•24 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. On this episode, author Greg Jarrell joins host, Courtney Napier and a handful of friends from around the country to discuss Greg's new book, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods . The songs performed by Dawn Anthony and Troy Conn were: Jesus Children of America Lonely House Other contributors to this conversation along with a l...
Mar 29, 2024•27 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this episode, we're returning to the the Abundant Community Conversation from October 26 where Amy Howton speaks with Parker Palmer and Peter Block . Checkout the first part of the conversation here. This event was produced in partnership with Designed Learning , Abundant Community , Faith Matters Network and Common Change . These conversations happen on Zoom...
Mar 01, 2024•16 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode we partner with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Tim Vogt about an article published on Abundant Community's website called The Five Valued Experiences. Tim is Executive Director of Starfire , a Cincinnati, Ohio, organization which offers programs that address the needs of teens and adults with disabilities. Other re...
Feb 23, 2024•44 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and Reverend Ben McBride speak with john a. powell . Greg Jarrell also jumps in to ask a couple questions. john a. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, structural racialization, racial identity, fair housing, poverty, and democracy. He is also the founding direct...
Feb 13, 2024•29 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and Reverend Ben McBride speak with john a. powell . john a. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, structural racialization, racial identity, fair housing, poverty, and democracy. He is also the founding director of the Othering & Belonging Institute , a UC Be...
Feb 06, 2024•31 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, we conclude a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change . The Hive is a grassroots mindfulness community curating multi-week classes, workshops and a Membership community. It has been formed by facilitators asking the question, "What are the resources that lie within our vast lineages, traditions, and modalities of healing...
Jan 18, 2024•47 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, Troy Bronsink and Joey Taylor speak with Amy Tuttle as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change . Amy Tuttle has supported local and international efforts in the field of Creative Arts Programming for the past 10 years. She is the Executive Director of WordPlay Cincy . Tuttle has an MA in “Community Arts: Arts...
Jan 10, 2024•55 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Devin Bustin speak with Yalie Saweda Kamara about her new book, Besaydoo . Yalie Saweda Kamara, Ph.D. is a Sierra Leonean-American writer, educator, professor and researcher from Oakland, California. She currently lives in Cincinnati and is the 2022-2023 Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate. Her new book of poetry, B...
Jan 05, 2024•37 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, La Shanda Sugg and Joey Taylor speak with Troy Bronsink as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change . Troy Bronsink founded the Hive in spring of 2016 with a desire to collaborate with facilitators from various traditions and backgrounds, making space for transformative individual and group encounters. He brin...
Dec 22, 2023•58 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, Daniel Hughes and Joey Taylor speak with La Shanda Sugg as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change . La Shanda says, "I am a translator and healer living in a fat, Black woman's body. My lived experiences in my numerous intersecting identities, along with my gifts and talents, have called me to create safe sp...
Dec 12, 2023•57 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Your host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp . In this episode, Joey Taylor and Miriam speak with Maggie Smith about her new book, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Maggie read the following poems or excerpts: Talisman Rose Has Hands Excerpt from Good Bones Excerpt from Keep Going: Notes on Loss, Creativity and Change Musical Excerpt was Harness Your Hopes - B-sid...
Nov 21, 2023•44 min
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging. For this week's episode, Leslie Hershberger and Joey Taylor speak with Daniel Hughes as a part of a live podcast series with The Hive about Collective Change . Join us for any or all of these conversations, either in person at The Hive in Cincinnati or online via Zoom. Daniel Hughes is a gifted speaker, poet, leadership coach, and community organizer. Holding a B...
Nov 16, 2023•53 min
