Leaving With Common Ground

Barry Pearson
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At a time when so much public conversation rewards certainty and conflict, we ask thoughtful questions that invite people to listen to one another and discover ideas that matter. Through documentary storytelling, interviews, and live conversations, we explore the people, questions, and ordinary experiences that help us discover what we share. bnp9315.substack.com

  1. 5d ago

    Chapter 3, Doing It Wrong: Can Rural America Survive?

    In this final segment, we talk about policies and practices that, for Tristan, need to change if small, independent farmers are to survive. Through it all, the deeper question kept rattling around: What kind of country do we become if fewer and fewer people know how to make, repair, grow, or care for the things that sustain us? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  2. Aug 11

    Chapter 2, Doing It Wrong: The Things Worth Saving

    Tristan generously shares with us his approach to making a life that makes him a good neighbor, a citizen of the world, and a steward of the land. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  3. Aug 5

    Beyond Admissions, Part 2: You're in. Now Make It Count

    Every August, a new cohort of students—and their parents—asks essentially the same question: "What do I need to do to succeed in college?" My perspective is unusual because it combines my own experience as a first-generation student with three decades of watching thousands of students flourish, struggle, change direction, and ultimately find their way. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  4. Aug 2

    An early peek at our upcoming episode, What Failure Told Me.

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  5. Jul 26

    Part 1: Doing It Wrong, A Life in Farming

    In Part 1, we join Tristan Swartz during his evening milking session. You'll hear and feel the sights and sounds of his dairy barn while he explains his life as a doing-it-wrong farmer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  6. Jul 13

    Doing It Wrong: What Becomes a Story Worth Telling

    The question I’m interested in is this: even when the memory of a place is accompanied by sadness, why do so many stories remain happy and funny? And a larger question lies beneath that one: What makes each one worth telling? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  7. Jul 7

    Hope: The Most Important Emotion?

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

  8. Jun 8

    Doing It Wrong: It's What Grows Us

    Have we somewhere along the way traded doing things together for doing things separately? Have we traded shared work for convenience and dependence on one another for independence from one another? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bnp9315.substack.com

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At a time when so much public conversation rewards certainty and conflict, we ask thoughtful questions that invite people to listen to one another and discover ideas that matter. Through documentary storytelling, interviews, and live conversations, we explore the people, questions, and ordinary experiences that help us discover what we share. bnp9315.substack.com

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