Hosted by Ryan Cragun · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 97 episodes
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Finding Common Battle Grounds is an attempt by two brothers - one conservative, the other progressive - to have civil conversations about politics, with a little help from their friends.
Ryan Cragun hosts Finding Common Battle Grounds, a news show with 97 episodes published.
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle two recent news topics. The first is the resolution of the case in the UK against Vickrum Digwa , who killed Henry Nowak in December 2025 (FYI, Digwa was senten
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle two topics. First, we examine Donald Trump's efforts to brazenly and blatantly steal a few billion dollars from the federal government. Trump sued the IRS, clai
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle two topics. We start with the oil/energy shock that has resulted from the double blockade of the Straight of Hormuz. We talk about the consequences for American
The primary focus of this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds is the assertion by Josh and Tom that being labeled "racist" is so damaging in society that mainstream media outlets won't even note when someone is a di
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Tom, Josh, and Ryan discuss the war in Iran that the US has entered with Israel. We discuss the justification for the war, how it seems to be going, and, most importantly
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Ryan, Josh, and Tom are joined by Jake and Hunter. We discuss Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), Canada's program that allows people who meet specific criteria to have t
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we have two new panelists: Jake and Hunter. They are Millennials! We invited them on to give them an opportunity to talk about the challenges of trying to make it in the
We tackle two topics in this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds. First, the NYTimes recently published an article examining some of the social media posts of the Trump Administration. In the article, they detail th
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we start with a lengthy discussion of the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife from Venezuela. We tackle this from multiple perspectives. We start by noting this is not abou
It's been a while, but we're back with another episode. And this one is a doozy, in all the wrong/right ways. We start with a discussion of how Musk's DOGE initiative was a complete failure. Most of the claimed cuts were
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle three topics. We start with a discussion of Zohran Mamdani's election as Mayor of New York City. Josh and Tom are really disturbed that so many people were will
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle two topics. First, there was the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago by Border Patrol agents, which was in the news because her lawyer is suggesting that bo
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds we tackle free speech under Donald Trump. We start with Trump's quote that he wants major broadcasters to lose their licenses for criticizing him. We then turn to a discus
We tackle an often discussed topic on the podcast head-on: media bias. Ryan gets Tom and Josh to agree that bias is not an either/or but a continuum, ranging from completely neutral factual information (0 on a 10-point s
We start our discussion in this episode with a "quick" conversation about the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad in which she talks about her good "jeans/genes." Josh argues that this is why the left lost to Trump and cons
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle three topics. First, we discuss how the Trump Administration's failure to release any new information about the people who were involved with Jeffrey Epstein is
We tackle just a single topic in this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds - the recent riots in Los Angeles that started as a result of the ICE raids and deportations. We find a lot of common ground in this one. We
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Josh, Ryan, and Tom tackle four topics. We start with a discussion of Elon Musk leaving Washington DC, something Ryan partially predicted in November. We explore why and
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we start with a discussion of the new luxury plane the Qatari government has promised to Donald Trump . It takes a while, but eventually we all agree that if Donald Trump
In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Ryan and Tom talk about how Trump's tariff chaos tanked the stock market. Josh was supposed to join us, but he ended up bailing at the last minute (leading us to speculat
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Finding Common Battle Grounds is hosted by Ryan Cragun. The show is categorised under news (politics) and has published 97 episodes.
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