The Common Good
Puerto Ricans through our incredible and diverse music
Puerto Ricans through our incredible and diverse music
September 20th marks one year since hurricane María hit the island of Puerto Rico (Boríken) and many other islands in the Antilles. Today we commemorate the thousands of lives lost in the wake of Maria and celebrate the resilience, creativity and perseverance of Puerto Ricans through our incredible and diverse music.
Labor Day
Labor Day
Today we have a little fun and listen to a diversity of songs about work in honor of all those who struggled for the rights of working people.
The National Prison Strike and prison reform with Darren Mack
The National Prison Strike and prison reform with Darren Mack
The National Prisoners Strike began to fight for the human rights of incarcerated workers. I talk with Darren Mack about the strike, the Close Rikers and Build Community campaign and how we all can and need to fight mass incarceration.
We think about parenting
We think about parenting
the challenges of perfection in an Instagram world and raising successful, happy kids. Along with our guest Kate Heidecker and baby Indy, we discuss Kingston and why it's a great place to raise kids.
Hudson Valley Currents and local economies
Hudson Valley Currents and local economies
Today we talk with Chris Hewitt, a driving force behind the local economies movement in Kingston. We talk about the upcoming participatory budgeting process, local currency and how, through keeping investment local, resilient communities can be cultivated.
Interview with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason of the Ashokan Center
Interview with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason of the Ashokan Center
Host Ariana Gonzales interviews Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, and we are treated to a live performance.
Working for Justice in Today's Immigration Crisis
Working for Justice in Today's Immigration Crisis
Examining the current immigration crisis surrounding the separation of families, and the challenging system that surrounds reunification with guests Emma Kreyche of the Worker Justice Center and Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia.
On the goodness of death and dying
On the goodness of death and dying
On this show we talk with Gai Galitzine about Circle of Friends for the Dying, an organization that provides compassionate, competent end of life care to the dying and their families by providing a Home and a circle of support. We talk about the importance of dignified and supportive death to community well-being.
Interview with KayCee Wimbish of the YMCA Farm Project
Interview with KayCee Wimbish of the YMCA Farm Project
Host Ariana Gonzales interviews KayCee Wimbish, the Project Director and Farmer of the Kingston YMCA Farm Project.
About the Show
Ariana González is the host of The Common Good, a show that is a collection of conversations to engage people, places and ideas that help create, or in some cases, prevent our collective well-being. The show investigates what we share, why we need to care about the public, what pulls us apart and what we can achieve through collective, radically imaginative public action. In a time when the common good, or what is beneficial for the greatest number of us, is threatened by the increased power of the few, the show aims to clear space to think commonly, be well and activate the many.
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Made in Kingston, NY
