The Common Good Podcast

The Common Good Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 32 :: Veteran for Peace: "Peace on Earth" Is Better Economics Too
December 13, 2012

Barry Ladendorf is a veteran of the VietNam War. But by the time he was into his third tour of duty, on a naval ship stationed off the coast, he no longer believed that the war was succeeding nor that it was making the world safe for democracy. The U.S. g

Episode 31 :: How Actions for the Common Good Equal Spiritual Practice
December 03, 2012

This podcast features some of our thoughts about learning to live in the Presence of the sacred. JEM followers have urged us to talk about how we link the Common Good practices that we talk about on this show to our spirituality; to do it explicitly, not

Episode 30 :: Finding Common Cause with Bob Edgar to Resist Dollar Take-Over of Governments
October 15, 2012

The 2012 elections accentuate explicitly the overwhelming dollars pouring into government in the U.S., whithering democracy in the hot sun of their influence. This is what Bob Edgar actively resists in his work as President and CEO of Common Cause.

Episode 29 :: Countering Advertising with Alternative Holiday Celebrations
September 24, 2012

Advertising is designed to keep us dissatisfied. How can we resist it’s pressure? How do we help children? Also, will Jubilee Economics or simple living make any real difference? What does the Future look like? And, Lee and Jerry give Tips for Simpl

Episode 28 :: Simple Living — Practical Implications
August 08, 2012

Change continues at The Common Good Podcast - new software and a new collaborator in Gerald “Jerry” Iversen. Jerry gives mostly serious insights about how jubilee economics and voluntary simple living come together in practical ways.

Episode 27 :: Gerald Iversen, Simple Living, and The Common Good Podcast developments
July 01, 2012

Change is in the wind at The Common Good Podcast. We’ve got a new studio environment, a new software program, a new opportunity to employ Skype to conduct conversations, and most of all, a new collaborator in Gerald Iversen, our feature conversatio

Episode 26 :: Doug Clegg, JEM, and Music's Prophetic Power
June 01, 2012

Doug Clegg wields a mean guitar. And a mean fiddle. And a mean mandolin. And a mean piano. And a mean resonator guitar. And … well, just about any instrument in the folk music tool box. But even a bit more dangerously, he sports a formidable pen too

Episode 25 :: Rev. Deb Mitchell, Shifting to a Paradigm of Service
May 01, 2012

Deb Mitchell was quite like millions of her time and place, comfortable in a middle class life with a good job at a major corporation. Without meaning to, she held advantage that she didn’t even know she had over others. Eventually as her world gre

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April 30, 2012

Episode 24 :: Jubilee Economics for the Uninitiated
April 01, 2012

Okay, we have to admit it. Jubilee Economics Ministries has a big idea that not everyone gets. When you’re trying (like we are) to take on a world class issue that encompasses a vast swath of history and attempts to deal with the microcosmic and mac