More In Common
173 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWelcome to More In Common Podcast With Rodney Campbell and Keith Richardson. This podcast is our social experiment to examine our belief that we all have more in common than that which divides us. With each new guests we have open, honest, and insightful conversation about the things that matter to them.
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Shye Eaze /// Be Aware of Your Breath, Keep Your Chin Up, and Be Still /// E022
July 06, 2018 08:48 - 1 hour - 101 MBWe have the extreme pleasure of introducing Alex aka Shye Eaze. She is an artist, a doer, a creator. She tells us to: Be Aware of Your Breath, Keep Your Chin Up, and Be Still. She plays at least 4 instruments, in fact,
June 2018 Updates!! /// E021
June 29, 2018 03:49 - 14 minutes - 27.4 MBUpdates, Get your updates! In today's short episode we have June 2018 updates for the masses. We've hit the middle of our year and want to share a few things with you all. Chief among those, some of our learnings, challenges, and new release cycle. It's a short yet action packed 15 minutes that is geared to let you know where we're going. Listen in. Suppot our endeavor and grab a tshirt, click ---> here Expose/Evaluate/Evolve/ Music credits: I Dunno (Grapes of Wrath Mix) by spinningmerkab...
What’d We Learn /// The Stigma Around Mental Illness /// E020
June 22, 2018 11:08 - 13 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this brief follow up we talk about what we learned in "The Stigma Around Mental Illness" with Brescia. If you didnt get a chance to listen quite yet go back and check it out, it's Episode020. Transcript: Keith: All right welcome back or welcome to more in common this is our social experiment here we find and create unity we're doing it by exposing people their stories their mindsets and the reasons for them. It's our social experiment to find common ground and make this world a bette...
Brescia Dover /// The Stigma Around Mental Illness /// E019
June 07, 2018 02:39 - 1 hour - 152 MBThe stigma of mental illness is a real thing. Many struggles with admitting, accepting, or even talking about the challenges they face with mental illness because of this stigma. There are a lot of amazing organizations and individuals trying to change this culture. Giving people a safe place to open up about their experience. Today, we are graced with Brescia Dover who is one of these AMAZING individuals. Brescia has experienced more in the first quarter of her life than most. Join us in le...
What’d We Learn /// Fighting The Zombies Of Injustice /// E018
May 20, 2018 10:18 - 7 minutes - 14.7 MBThis follow up to our conversation with Vu about Fighting The Zombies Of Injustice is short and sweet. We contemplate what we learned and what we took away from the conversation personally. If you didn't have a chance go back to Episode017 and check out the original conversation with Vu. You can find Vu's work with non-profits on his website nonprofitAF, he's doing some great work to help non-profits change the way they see themselves and work with funders.
Vu Le /// Fighting The Zombies of Injustice /// E017
May 04, 2018 09:56 - 55 minutes - 98.3 MBVu Le (“voo lay”) joins us today. He is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Yes, we do talk about fighting the zombies of injustice. Vu’s passion is to make the world better. He believes that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. ...
What’d We Learn /// It’s Fun to Be Nice and Face Blindness /// E016
April 21, 2018 09:33 - 11 minutes - 20.6 MBWhat'd We Learn: It's Fun to Be Nice and Face Blindness In typical fashion, we follow up with our last episode with a short talk about what we've been thinking about. Specifically where our conversation with Ken forced us to consider new things. If you didn't get to hear you can find it here: It's Fun to Be Nice and Face Blindness. it This is the Evolve part of More In Common, in which we challenge what we think we know. Want to know more about face blindness? Click here. Expose.Evalu...
Ken Long /// It’s Fun To Be Nice and Face Blindness /// E015
April 07, 2018 11:14 - 1 hour - 115 MBProsopagnosia or face blindness: the inability to recognize faces. Face blindness is thought to be the result of abnormalities, damage, or impairment in the right fusiform gyrus, a fold in the brain that appears to coordinate the neural systems that control facial perception and memory. Remember kids, It's fun to be nice Today's conversation is with Ken, a Technical Sales Engineer, a good dude with a lot of interesting thoughts that will force you to think. He's got a charmingly sharp wit th...
A Sweet Remembrance /// Part 2 /// E014
March 17, 2018 07:39 - 59 minutes - 121 MBPart 2 - A Sweet Remembrance. School to Prison Pipeline: The disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated, because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. In an uncommon twist to our typical follow-ups, today we continue "A Sweet Remembrance" with Lloyd Wilkey. We do add a follow-up to the conversation in the spirit of our evolution but do carry the episode concluding our discussion with Lloyd. Part 2 takes us deeper...
A Sweet Remembrance /// E013
March 08, 2018 11:45 - 1 hour - 142 MBMoral Turpitude Noun * Conduct that is believed to be contrary to community standards of honesty, good morals, or justice. Origin 15th century Latin turpitudo (“vile” or “base”) A Sweet Remembrance. Today we are back with Lloyd Wilkey. Please go back to the first episode find it here, episode 4. You can find Lloyd on twitter @mindfulpolicing. Lloyd is an activist, human relations trainer focusing on law enforcement, education, business, non-profit. He's a mediator, self-defense coach ...
What’d We Learn /// We Find Ourselves With More In Common /// E012
February 17, 2018 06:56 - 22 minutes - 40.8 MBEvolve In today's episode we take a moment to talk about what we learned from our conversation with Felicia. What's been on our mind and what about the conversation has spurred growth and evolution for each of us. Expose.Evaluate.Evolve.
Felecia Killings /// We Find Ourselves With More In Common Than Different /// E011
February 01, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBWell, here is the first guest episode of 2018! Additionally, this is our first conversation under the new name, MORE IN COMMON! We are excited to bring this discussion to you. In this episode, we have Felecia Killings. Felecia is a devoted mother, educator, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of FKMinistries, which seeks to help people walk in their calling. She is the Executive Director of LiyahAmore Publishing, which helps Christian Authors build their writing ministries. And s...
Name Change + Guns Follow Up /// E010
January 21, 2018 02:00 - 16 minutes - 32.4 MBName Change & Guns Follow Up Happy New Year and welcome back to More In Common. That's right, the name change is official. In this episode we talk about the change and what it means to us. We also include our "What'd we learn" segment regarding our last conversation about guns. We talk about what we've been chewing on since that conversation and how (or if) we've evolved. Join us in this, our first episode of 2018, a short and easy way to start the year off. Music (remix) credits: I Du...
Hey Friend, Let’s Talk About Guns /// E009
December 29, 2017 09:10 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBLet's Talk About Guns Welcome back as we took a small respite to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with our families and to build out a release docket for the next 6 months that we should all enjoy! Today, join us as we explore the topic of gun ownership, rights and use. This is actually a topic we have never discussed before and given the nature of sensitivity we wanted to see where the conversation went. This is a great foray into how we have discussions were we sincerely reach a point of di...
Update /// A Rambling Memoir /// E008
November 12, 2017 09:17 - 27 minutes - 27.8 MBThis social experiment we've embarked upon as already taught us a lot. We thank you for joining us and we look forward to bringing more and more as we continue to grow. - In today's episode we step back from interviewing guests and talk about where w...
What’d We Learn /// Oh, So I’m Black Now? I Wasn’t Black During The War /// E007
November 07, 2017 08:50 - 8 minutes - 6.48 MBJoin us as we discuss our last episode with Lloyd. If you've not listened to the episode with Lloyd yet, you're doing it wrong - do that first. - In these "What'd we learn" episodes we aim to both Evaluate out last conversation and discuss where we'v...
Lloyd Wilkey /// Oh, So I’m Black Now? I Wasn’t Black During The War /// E006
October 14, 2017 10:27 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBOh, So I'm Black Now? I Wasn't Black During The War Today we learn about Lloyd. Lloyd is gracious to share his story that led him to today where he lives in Los Angeles and is an Activist, a Human Relations Trainer doing work with Law Enforcement, businesses, non-profits, and educators. He is a Mediator, Youth worker, boxing/self-defense coach, and singer. After living his developmental years in Boston during the Civil Rights movement of the 60s and surviving some intense trauma during tho...
What’d We Learn /// Three Black Men On F-@king Scooters /// 005
September 27, 2017 05:09 - 18 minutes - 24.1 MBSit in as we explore our thoughts regarding the discussion with Speaks. As is with each episode, we always seek to evaluate our thoughts after a conversation in an effort to evolve our thinking and our mindset. -
Speaks /// Three Black Men On F-@king Scooters /// E004
September 08, 2017 02:55 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBDisclaimer: This episode has explicit language. Speaks has a lot to say so this is certainly a great listen, just be aware of the language. - gri·ot [ɡrēˈō, ˈɡrēō] - NOUN a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians,
John Speaks /// Three Black Men On F-@king Scooters /// E004
September 08, 2017 02:55 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBDisclaimer: This episode has explicit language. Speaks has a lot to say so this is certainly a great listen, just be aware of the language. - gri·ot [ɡrēˈō, ˈɡrēō] - NOUN a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians,
What’d We Learn /// Tell Peanut, he has to go /// E003
August 21, 2017 10:24 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this follow up to our 2nd episode and first interview we share what we took away from the conversation with Josh. We also touch, briefly, upon the events that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia just a week ago on August 12th. -
Josh B. /// Tell Peanut, he needs to go /// E002
August 07, 2017 05:07 - 51 minutes - 79.2 MBThis episode introduces our first guest, Josh. Josh is a white friend of ours who has an interesting background that is routed in Alabama with a family history going back 7 generations. We talk about what that means to his frame of reference relative...
Shoot Ninja /// E001
July 07, 2017 08:30 - 38 minutes - 27.2 MBIn Shoot Ninja, we introduce our framework and perspectives that have contributed to shaping our current mindset regarding race and race relations. We share stories and experiences from Rodney being the one person patted down at a hockey game in Chicago to Keith growing up in a predominantly white state. We look to provide context for others to understand what our intent is with More In Common, why we are here and ultimately the journey that brought us to this point. Under the Skin is a po...