Common Good

Common Good Podcast

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This Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation, and the structure of belonging. It's about leaving a culture of scarcity for a community of abundance. This first season is a series of interviews with Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block, and John McKnight. The subsequent episodes is where change agents, community facilitators, and faith and service leaders meet at the intersections of belonging, story, and local gifts. The Common Good Podcast is a coproduction of commongood.cc, bespokenlive.org and commonchange.com 

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Common Good

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Society

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Latest episode

Apr 22, 2026

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Episodes

Dr. Martin Accad: Apicultural Theology of Hope 25.04.2023

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  For this episode we speak with Dr. Martin Accad about a theology of staying , how it's developed into a theology of hope and resistance and the ways in which it has manifested in his work as an urban beekeeper. Martin Accad has a DPhil from the University...

Yuki Jackson: Power is Bond 31.03.2023

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 Yuki Jackson. Yuki Jackson is a Black and Japanese poet, text-based artist and educator. She focuses on empowerment and enlightenment,  specifically seeking to sha...

Part 2 - John McKnight & Cormac Russell: The Connected Community 28.03.2023

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell discuss their new book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power of Neighborhoods , as a part of the ABCD Book talk on January 19. This week's episode is part 2 of the previous...

John McKnight & Cormac Russell: The Connected Community 07.02.2023

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell discuss their new book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power of Neighborhoods , as a part of the ABCD Book talk on January 19. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (AB...

Ross Gay: Pedagogy of Love, Precarity & Survival 23.12.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, Devin Bustin and Joey Taylor speak with Ross Gay about his books Inciting Joy, The Book of Delights, Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude and Be Holding.  "Ross Gay is interested in joy. Ross Gay wants to understand joy. Ross Gay is curious ab...

Walter Brueggemann: Emancipation Myth 09.12.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, Brad Wise, Darin Petersen and Joey Taylor speak with Walter Brueggemann about myth, Exodus and how it relates to the work of the Common Good. The recited poem was Moses by Luis Alberto de Cuenca. Walter Brueggemann is one of the most influentia...

Jenn Hoos Rothberg: Crisis of Connection 01.12.2022

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. This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from November 15 where Peter Block spoke with Jenn Hoos Rothberg, the Executive Director of the Einhorn Collaborative, about "A Call to Connection." Abundant Co...

Dr. Gary Mangiofico: Head, Heart & Freedom 11.11.2022

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here. The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, we speak with Dr. Gary Ma...

Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson: What will be different because we gathered? 19.10.2022

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here. The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, Brad Wise & Joey Tayl...

Ife Bell: Why is that important to you? 13.10.2022

You can register for the next Abundant Community Conversation on November 15 at 1pm with Jenn Hoos Rothberg here. The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, Brad Wise & Joey Tayl...

David Whyte: Phenomenology of Conversation 27.09.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  The host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from September 15 where Rabbi Miriam spoke with David Whyte and Peter Block. Abundant Community conversations happen every couple of months on zoom and they always contain...

Maegan Scott: Do You Want to Experience True Liberation? 06.09.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation & the structure of belonging. The previous series explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block. Now we're speaking with practitioners and today, Brad Wise & Joey Taylor speaks with Maegan Scott & Courtney Ng. You can find more about the conversations in Community: Structure o...

Dr. Rama Naidu: Confrontation & Support 25.08.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. The previous episodes explored the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We journeyed through invitation, possibility, ownership, dissent, commitment and gifts. For the next five episodes, we’ll speak to practitioners who are using these conversations in the...

Peter Block: The Gifts Conversation 29.07.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This is the final episode in the series focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We’ve journeyed through invitation, possibility, ownership, dissent and commitment. Now, we land the plane with the gifts conversation. These conversations are desig...

Peter Block: The Commitment Conversation 25.07.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  This is the fifth episode in a series of six episodes focusing on the six conversations from Peter Block’s work. Beginning with invitation, possibility, ownership and dissent, we now turn to the commitment conversation .   The final conversation for the next ep...

Peter Block: The Dissent Conversation 15.07.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  This is the fourth episode in a series of six episodes focusing on the six conversations from Peter Block’s work. Beginning with invitation, possibility, and ownership, we will now focus on the dissent conversation .   The final two conversations for the next t...

Peter Block: The Ownership Conversation 28.06.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  This is the third episode in a series of 6 episodes focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We began with the invitation conversation and the possibility conversation and today we will focus on the ownership conversation.  The final three conve...

Peter Block: The Possibility Conversation 18.06.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  Last episode we started a series of 6 episodes focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We began with the invitation conversation and today we will focus on the possibility conversation. The final four conversations for the next four episodes ar...

Peter Block: The Invitation Conversation 13.06.2022

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  Today’s conversation is between Peter, Rama Naidu and Louise van Rhyn. For the next 6 episodes we will be focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. This was recorded at the outset of the pandemic and you’ll hear that moment in history referenced...

Pauline Hassan Burkey & Mayra Martinez: Belong Circles & Belong Theology 27.05.2022

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  Today’s conversation between Pauline Hassan Burkey, Mayra Martinez and three people from the Common Good Team - Courtney Napier, Greg Jarrell and, our producer, Joey Taylor. We talk to Pauline and Mayra about Belong Circles and the concept of Belong Theology. P...

Dr. Olivia Saunders: Sovereignty & Abundance 03.03.2022

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  Today’s conversation is between Dr. Olivia Saunders, Peter Block, Greg Jarrell and our producer, Joey Taylor. We talk to Olivia about her book. You can find the transcript here.     https://commongoodpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1735634/10178787-dr-olivia-saunders-so...

Tom Kent: Sanctuary & Acceptance 10.02.2022

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  This is the Abundant Community Conversation between Peter Block , Tom Kent, Courtney Napier, Greg Jarrell and Darin Petersen. Now retired, Tom Kent was the Executive Director of Elementz for 12 years. Elementz is Cincinnati’s premier Hip Hop Cultural Art Center...

David Cayley: Ivan Illich, Freedom & Friendship 08.11.2021

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, we’ll hear the Abundant Community Conversation between David Cayley, Peter Block and John McKnight. Every couple of months the Common Good Collective helps to produce these interactive conversations on Zoom and they always contain music or poet...

Shirley Leung interviewed by Robin Young: The American Dream 30.07.2021

The Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Since it’s founding over 30 years ago, the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts ’s mission has been to create local, green, and fair economies. Every year SBN hosts an annual conference to promote this mission and on June 4th, with the help of the Commo...

Casper ter Kuile: Ritual & Possibility 02.07.2021

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. This week’s episode is the Abundant Community Conversation between Casper ter Kuile and Peter Block, which happened on June 22nd. Every couple of months the Common Good Collective helps to produce these interactive conversations on Zoom and they always contain p...

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