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The CommonX Podcast is a Gen-X media platform built for listeners who are done with manufactured narratives and shallow debates. Hosted by Jared Mayzak and Ian Primmer , CommonX explores music, culture, identity, work, resilience, and the systems that shape everyday life—through long-form conversations with people who’ve actually lived it. Past guests include Ivan Doroschuk (Men Without Hats) , Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot) , veterans, creators, entrepreneurs, and small-town innovators —voices rarely heard but deeply felt. Balanced. Independent. Human. visit CommonX — A Gen-X Media Platform to learn more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe CommonX Podcast is a Gen-X media platform built for listeners who are done with manufactured narratives and shallow debates. Hosted by Jared Mayzak and Ian Primmer, CommonX explores music, culture, identity, work, resilience, and the systems that shape everyday life, through long-form conversations with people who’ve actually lived it.
CommonX Podcast is hosted by Ian Primmer & Jared Mayzak. The show has published 94 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 90: KC Returns" (22 July 2026, 51 minutes), "Save $1,000+ per year on groceries: The affordability crisis and how one founder is fighting back" (20 May 2026, 32 minutes), and "One Poem Stopped a Stranger from Ending His Life. He Never Quit After That. | Daniel Villegas" (13 May 2026, 43 minutes).
CommonX Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 94 episodes.
Booking probability for CommonX Podcast is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. CommonX Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. CommonX Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
Ian Primmer & Jared Mayzak hosts CommonX Podcast, a society podcast with 94 episodes published.
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Episode #90
Join us as KC returns to the show and talks about life after the Netflix Documentary and what he is taking on next. Watch his Documentary on NetFlix - The Kings of Tupelo Like and Subscribe The CommonX Podcast features...
Episode #89
Grocery prices are crushing American families. They're up 32% since the pandemic, and one entrepreneur is building a solution. Andy Ellwood, founder of Stretch (the Expedia for groceries), joins us to explain how his...
Episode #88
There are artists who perform. Then there's Daniel Villegas -- a Colombian-born slam poet, bilingual hip-hop emcee, and conga player who has spent over a decade making music that actually means something, without a...
You pull the lever, but who really decided what's on the ballot? Metin Pekin, author of Breaking Democracy's Chains, joins Jared and Ian to make the case that the real problem with democracy isn't the politicians - it's...
She didn't just write a book about wishing. She mapped the science behind it across over a dozen disciplines. And once she explains it, you'll never blow out birthday candles the same way again. Brownell Landrum is the...
Rob Rosen spent decades inside the machine. From KCBS Los Angeles to five seasons producing Reasonable Doubt on HBO Max, he has watched journalism drift from fact-gathering into something closer to activism -- and he...
In this episode of the Common-X Podcast, we sit down with Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley to break down the controversial decision to remove ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) from a county government...
What would it look like if everyday Americans could weigh in on actual legislation, not just every few years at the ballot box, but in real time, on every bill being debated in Washington or their state capitol? Ramon...
Raymond Lavine has spent 16 years helping families prepare for one of the most emotionally brutal — and financially devastating — things that can happen: a parent, spouse, or sibling needing long-term care. He's an...
Your congressman probably wasn't picked by you. Tom Joseph — founder of America's Main Street Party — breaks down the machinery that decides who even makes it onto your ballot, why gerrymandering is less about drawing...
Most of us are drowning in content but starving for actual facts. This week, Jared and Ian sit down with Kira Shishkin — 4-time entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of informed.now — to talk about why the news media stopped...
What if America isn't as divided as the news makes it look? Adam Mizel left a successful finance career to find out — hitting the road in a purple and white pickup truck, talking to thousands of everyday Americans from...
Episode #78
Most organizations are throwing millions at firewalls and security software — but the real vulnerability isn't the tech. It's the people using it. In this episode of CommonX, we sit down with Robert Siciliano —...
Barbara Banner didn't set out to become a medium. She spent over 35 years volunteering on crisis hotlines, in emergency rooms, and at police response scenes — showing up for people on the worst days of their lives...
Army veteran and public affairs expert Dr. Chase Spears joins Ian and Jared on the CommonX Podcast for a raw, no-filter conversation about the inner workings of the U.S. military — from how social media is reshaping...
Why does it take 4 months to get an 85-year-old grandmother on Medicaid when she has zero assets? In this episode of CommonX, Peter Justen, founder of Ameritrust Solutions, breaks down why government benefit systems are...
Traditional safes haven’t really evolved in decades — and Oscar Hedaya decided that was insane. In Episode 74 of the CommonX Podcast, we sit down with Oscar Hedaya (founder of SpaceSafe) to talk about why physical...
In Episode 73, we’re joined by the crazy minds behind Geezer Magazine Laura LeBleu and Paul Von Zielbauer — a publication built by and for Gen X — and let’s just say… we’ve got thoughts. The economy feels weird...
In Episode 72 of the Common-X Podcast, we sit down with Dame Claire Bertschinger — humanitarian nurse, global advocate, and a woman whose life has been defined by moral courage. From war zones and famine crises to the...
Episode #71
In Episode 71 of the Common-X Podcast, Jared and Ian sit down with researcher Jenny Chan to explore the overlooked history of World War II in the Pacific. We discuss: • The incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans...
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