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People in Common
by Jama Adams
People in Common brings together extraordinary voices to help us understand what the heck is happening - and more importantly, discover the specific, powerful ways WE can make a difference. Through intimate conversations with remarkable changemakers like Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Father Greg Boyle, we transform insight into impact, offering practical, actionable steps. Together, we're building a community where shared values meet real action. Join host Jama Adams, a coalition builder with 25 years experience, as we discover how to do hard things together, joyfully.
Episodes
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'Whatever You Can Give Is Enough' with Victoria Vrana
As CEO of GlobalGiving, the world's first and largest nonprofit crowdfunding platform, Victoria Vrana connects donors with vetted local changemakers in 175 countries. Jama serves on GlobalGiving's Tech and Innovation Council. The people powering that generosity at scale: a man who made a mosaic…
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'Minnesota Showed Us How' with Steve and Mary Grove | "Rise up peacefully, lovingly, loudly, relentlessly"
“That threat of fear permeating the community, it really gave Minnesota and I think the community an opportunity to rise up peacefully, lovingly, loudly, relentlessly.“ -Mary Grove In January 2026, the Department of Homeland Security deployed thousands of federal agents to Minnesota as part of...
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'Coding Belonging' with Justin Steele
Key Themes Early in his career, a future boss at Google.org gave Justin Steele one piece of advice: take a bet on yourself. He took it, and spent a decade directing $700 million in philanthropic grants. Even credentialed at Harvard and trained at Bain, he still got treated like an outsider inside...
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'If You Ran the World' with Soman Chainani
Soman Chainani wrapped up a three-week, 40-school national tour and sat down with Jama to talk about the Young World playbook. The New York Times bestselling author wrote a thriller about a teenager who accidentally becomes president. This conversation covers the four things every young person...
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'Joy Is the Strategy' with Brad Newsham
Overview Brad Newsham is a travel writer and self-taught organizer who has spent 20 years staging human banner events on Ocean Beach, where thousands of people lie in the sand to spell out a political message, photographed from above, with music instead of speeches and dancing instead of…
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'From Isolation to Community' with Shaka Senghor
Key Takeaways The Isolation Trap We're stuck. Millions of us share the same concerns. We even agree on most goals. But isolation prevents action. Shaka Senghor understands isolation better than most. Nineteen years in prison. Seven and a half in solitary confinement. During the pandemic…
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'Start Something Local' with Jama
Action Opportunities Start something local this week: You don't need a budget, a board, a brand. Just one or two people who know good people, a room with good coffee, and the discipline to show up. Jama's playbook is available -- email her at [email protected] to request it. Try the...
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'Chaos to Clarity' with Tiana Epps-Johnson
"We spend the same amount on maintaining our parking facilities as we do on running elections." Elections are "the load-bearing beam of democracy and the civil rights issue of our time." Tiana Epps-Johnson, CEO of the Center for Tech and Civic Life, uses technology to prevent that beam from...
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'Protecting Elections Together' with Carolina Lopez
Carolina Lopez leads the Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions (PLEJ), a national network supporting the officials who run elections for more than 123 million Americans. When election officials face threats, natural disasters threaten polling places, or misinformation spreads, Carolina and...
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Baron Davis: Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Picking up where they left off dancing on stage, Baron tells Jama: "I think that's what dance has taught me is just like sports, be comfortable being uncomfortable." Baron Davis is a two-time NBA All-Star who led the league in steals twice and now invests in 26+ companies. He founded Business...
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Open Door, Open Heart: How Mel Allbright Shows Up for Democracy
Mel Allbright opened her Arizona home to Jama Adams for five weeks before the 2024 election, not because she's a professional organizer, but because she believes in showing up for people. A retired Kyrene School District professional and baseball coach, she and her husband Al, an Air Force…
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'Military Service, Spiritual Calling, and Political Courage' with Col. Pam Stevenson
Col. Pam Stevenson is Kentucky's House Minority Floor Leader and U.S. Senate candidate. She founded the Stevenson Law Center providing pro bono legal services, serves as an ordained minister, and is the first Black woman to lead a legislative caucus in Kentucky. Col. Pam brings 27 years of Air...
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'From Values to Action: The Craft of Democratic Organizing' with Marshall Ganz
'From Values to Action: The Craft of Democratic Organizing' with Marshall Ganz Marshall diagnoses our democratic crisis through hard-won wisdom from decades of organizing—from the Civil Rights Movement to the Obama campaign. "We look for hope in the wrong place—out there in the great hero," he...
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Trailer
Welcome to People in Common, where we break down what's really happening – and what WE can do about it. Together, we're building a community where we turn insights and shared values into action for the common good. Our Mission: 1. Be A Beacon - Highlight meaningful action opportunities 2.…
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'Fabulously Fighting Fascism' with Anat Shenker-Osorio
Anat Shenker-Osorio examines why certain messages falter where others deliver. We talk about why fabulously fighting fascism - together - is the thing that matters most right now. We begin with Anat's motivations and her journey in political activism, starting in kindergarten. She emphasizes the...
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'From Activism to Spiritual Healing' with Reggie Hubbard
Reggie Hubbard is a political activist turned yogi turned activist yogi. We explore how our spiritual problems are at the root of our political problems. He shares his personal transformation journey, triggered by professional setbacks, leading him to adopt yoga and meditation as life-changing...
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'Welcome to People In Common' with Jama Adams
This trailer introduces the People in Common podcast, where we speak with inspiring leaders about what we can do about the urgent and overwhelming problems of the world. With powerful stories and recommendations for action, we bridge the gap between movement leaders and those of us who care but...
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‘How to Win With Love’ with Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade is Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. He led the historic 2018 victory of Florida Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to more than 1.4 million Floridians with previous felony convictions, the largest expansion of voting rights in a half-century.…
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'We Belong to Each Other' with Father Greg Boyle
Father Greg Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. Homeboy received a $20M from MacKenzie Scott the week we spoke. Father Boyle is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of...
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'Do Democracy to Save Democracy' with Kelly Ward Burton
Kelly Ward Burton is the founding President of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) and its affiliates, the National Redistricting Foundation and All On The Line. Under the leadership of NDRC's Chairman Eric Holder, Kelly has led NDRC and affiliates to become the first-ever...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
People in Common brings together extraordinary voices to help us understand what the heck is happening - and more importantly, discover the specific, powerful ways WE can make a difference. Through intimate conversations with remarkable changemakers like Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Father Greg Boyle, we transform insight into impact, offering practical, actionable steps. Together, we're building a community where shared values meet real action. Join host Jama Adams, a coalition builder with 25 years experience, as we discover how to do hard things together, joyfully.
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