The problems we have in the country are solvable, but not solvable the way we’re approaching them today, because of partisan politics. Richard Helppie, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist seeks to find a place in the middle where common sense discussions can bridge the current great divide.
This is the second part of the two-part interview with Investment Strategist Beata Kirr, who joined Rich in a conversation where they talk about the stocks, bonds, investing, and the societal drivers and are currently impacting the world of finance and personal wealth. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Political process blocks practical solutions to this preventable tragedy. Guest Justin Higgins says the GOP at fault. Rich and Justin try to work out what could be done. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Investment Strategist Beata Kirr joins Rich in the first of two episodes where they talk about the stocks, bonds, investing, and the societal drivers and are currently impacting the world of finance and personal wealth. This is a conversation broken up into two segments, with second part posting on March 31. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Legal scholar Anthony Colangelo returns to the Common Bridge to talk about the implications of what the overturning of Roe v. Wade would be at the state level. Rich and Professor Colangelo discuss the road bumps with various states having varying abortion laws and the legal issues that would be exposed. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich invites business developer, investor, consultant, and millennial, Sam Caudle to The Common Bridge. Sam talks about the challenges he faced building successful businesses during Covid, and during the current unpredictable economy. Caudle talks about his modest upbringing from a small town in Oklahoma how working hard, taking risks, and avoiding blame, have been the foundation of his success in business, and how those values work as well today as they did for his father and grandfather before...
Rich and former USA Today columnist Kevin Allen discuss the changes in reporting, journalism, and news coverage in that last 40 years. Their conversation compares and contrasts how newspaper reporting and delivery transitioned away from physical print to the internet. Kevin Allen is a 40-year newspaper veteran, and was elected into the journalist wing of NHL Hall of Fame. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!...
In this episode, the tables are turned as veteran CBS News journalist, Logan Crawford interviews Rich for his program, Spotlight TV. Rich and Logan talk about the origins of The Common Bridge, and the success of what started as a podcast and now includes, YouTube, Substack and the new digital magazine, "The Common Bridge." Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!...
Rich gives his take on questions and comments forwarded to him on issues of the day and opportunities of the moment. Living up to the brand promise of The Common Bridge, this episode has something for everyone to not like. You can’t get that any place else. Topics as broad as new members for NATO, recent court and crime cases, merit-based testing, Twitter & Musk, Brittney Griner, Big Tech, and commentary on the 2022 midterms. Also Jeopardy champ Amy Schneider. A fast-paced episode that will ...
Rich hosts legendary restaurateur, Craig Common, of the Common Grill, a five-star restaurant located in Chelsea Michigan, a tony small town in the heart of Michigan. They talk about entrepreneurship, civic pride, and what it means to build a strong business in a small town in today's business environment. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich invites Professor of History, and author, Jesse Kauffman from Eastern Michigan University to the Common Bridge, to talk about The Ukraine through history, and the geopolitical impact and implications ramifications today. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Dr. Owen Perlman comes to the show to discuss how Michigan's new auto insurance law; written by the insurance lobby, passed by legislators with no public hearing, and signed by the governor, is forcing long-term care providers to shut down, leaving the catastrophically injured, and their families, who paid for coverage over the years, with no place to go. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!...
Rich invites veteran attorney George Sinas to the Common Bridge to talk about Michigan's recent changes in its Catastrophic Health Care law. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich hosts Bill Michels, the Vice President of Operations Americas at CIPS, and authority of global supply chain issues, to talk about the current problems of getting products to market. Michels is a return guest from nearly exactly two years ago, on March 5, on Season 1, Episode 26. The differences in the global supply chain status from just 24 months ago and now, is startling. Rich and Bill discuss the issues causing the congestion, as well as some solutions going forward. Support the show Eng...
Rich welcomes Professor Emeritus of Texas Christian University to talk about society and civilization in history and how common forces or influences can affect stability today just as it did in antiquity. A fascinating conversation that involves reflections on Greece, Rome, Russia and the US. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich touches base with Robert Greenfield in Perth, Australia to talk about how Australia, and more specifically, Western Australia, imposed draconian pandemic laws that comparatively paled in comparison with what was going on in the US. Greenfield is a returning guest and we're excited to announce that he is now a contributor to The Common Bridge on Substack. Greenfield's columns will appear from time to time in our monthly newsletter, and most recently was featured as our first Guest Columnist,...
Rich invites former Republican and congressional advisor, Justin Higgins to The Common Bridge to talk about how both parties are failing Americans and instead are more concerned with promoting themselves on leading media outlets. Higgins talks about how he soured on the GOP and has since joined the Democratic Party. He, along with Geoff Browning, produce the podcast, "Politics + Media 101" which can be found on Apple Podcasts. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Br...
Rich sits down with the former chairman, president, and CEO of Washington Mutual Bank, Kerry Killinger, to talk about the spike in inflation, and the economic perils that may be lurking if the proper steps aren't taken by the Fed and on Capitol Hill. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich brings back Southern Methodist University legal scholar, Professor Anthony Colangelo to help explain the U.S. Foreign policy in the Ukraine, if there is one, and helps to untangle the political dynamics that have put NATO and the US on the brink with Russia. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich invites Henry Ford Health Systems CEO, Wright Lassiter, III to The Common Bridge to talk about healthcare, hospitals, and managed care during the last chapter of the Covid 19 Pandemic. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich invites legal scholar, Professor Anthony Colangelo from Southern Methodist University, to talk about how meticulously and deviously crafted Texas Senate Bill 8- , which "relates to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action." written by Republicans, and passed 90-1 by the party. Professor Colangelo breaks down how it cleverly it was written, and how ridiculous it could be to enforce, as well illustrating the insa...
Rich invites Fr. Thomas Reese, who recently authored a piece entitled "Someone is Killing Republican and Trump Voters" that explores the notion that conservative media's push to downplay Covid-19 vaccination efficacy are causing the death of their very own constituencies. Fr. Reese is a Jesuit priest and Senior Analyst at Religious News Service. He also has a doctorate in political science from the University of California Berkeley. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Com...
Rich talks about his expansion of The Common Bridge program to now include a space on Substack in addition to his successful podcast and YouTube channel. With this addition at richardhelppie.substack.com, Rich is further facilitating the growth of his popular fiercely non-partisan policy discussion as more and more people move away from the predictable divisive discussion on cable and network news. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!...
Rich invites U.S. Army veteran, and executive secretary of The A. Scott Foundation to the Common Bridge, to talk about his incredible efforts traveling around the world in search and recover of the remains of United States WWII missing in action, and prisoner of war soldiers. Since 2009, Mr. Schwimmer volunteers as part of the Florida-based archaeological team, History Flight, Inc., by taking numerous trips to remote islands including Tarawa, Palau and Wake Island. He's also been on search and d...
In a special return episode, we reprise an earlier episode with Harvard professor, and biostatistician, Martin Kulldorff. Dr. Kulldorff, along with colleagues, Dr. Sunetra Gupta, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya authored The Great Barrington Declaration in October of 2020 during the onset of the Covid pandemic. The Great Barrington Declaration advocated letting COVID-19 spread in lower-risk groups to promote herd immunity and concentrating on "focused protection" of older, high-risk groups. These views ...
Rich welcomes back University of Michigan Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, and Immunologist, Dr. James R. Baker, Jr., M.D., who brings words of both encouragement and warning as the world comes to what he feels is the beginning of the final throes of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Baker has been a valued guest on the Common Bridge since the beginnings of the coronavirus over a year ago, and brings thoughtful, scientific, data-driven analysis to the most significant health issue of our lifeti...
Rich brings back the Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. for a discussion on Mental Health, Jury Bias, and Judicial Reform. Judge Mack has been a leading voice on how mental health issues affect over half of the court cases in the US and how this needs to be addressed in judicial reform. He has also been on the forefront of bringing cutting edge technology into the courtroom. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!...
Rich brings back author, journalist, and political analyst, Matt Taibbi to talk about the circling of the drain of American journalism. What used to be news has now become affirmation and entertainment programming. What used to be the search for truth, has now been replaced with glamour talking heads with no journalism background who ignore stories that don't fit that show's narrative, or just revert to outright lies in order to gain ratings and feed their audience what they want to hear. While ...
Rich invites author Habi Zhang whose recent column in the Wall Street Journal regarding the ease of which children in the US are challenged at school compared to those in China, as caused some controversy. Rich and Habi discuss education, cultural differences, and social differences and how perhaps China is not only taking notice, but also will take advantage. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!...
Rich and Brian go through viewer mail and answer questions about the Infrastructure bill, congressional challenges, minimum wage, the Rittenhouse case and more. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
Rich talks with attorney Wolfgang Mueller about the accidental shooting on the movie set, "Rust" as well as an analysis of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial currently taking place in Kenosha, Wisconsin and how firearms rules were or were not taken into account. Support the show Engage the conversation on Substack at The Common Bridge!
