Oct 25, 202659 minS5
In this rapid-fire episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we cover four topics quickly. We start with the mid-term elections. We generally agree Republicans will lose the House and/or the Senate, but we don't think...
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Finding Common Battle Grounds
Hosted by Ryan Cragun · news · EN
About this Podcast:
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.
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What is Finding Common Battle Grounds about?
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.
Who hosts Finding Common Battle Grounds?
Finding Common Battle Grounds is hosted by Ryan Cragun. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
What has Finding Common Battle Grounds covered recently?
Recent episodes include "S05E19 - Mid-Terms, Daylight Savings, France, and Ilhan Omar" (25 October 2026, 59 minutes), "S05E17 - Vote By Mail and Canada Trade War" (12 September 2026, 69 minutes), and "S05E17 - Peak Anti-Woke and Democratic Socialists" (18 August 2026, 95 minutes).
How often does Finding Common Battle Grounds publish?
Finding Common Battle Grounds publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 79 minutes across 100 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Finding Common Battle Grounds?
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Ryan Cragun hosts Finding Common Battle Grounds, a news podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #18
S05E17 - Vote By Mail and Canada Trade War
Sep 12, 20261h 9mS5In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle two topics. We start with the Trump Administration's efforts to restrict voting by mail. We note that elections are governed by the states, and we all agree...
Aug 18, 20261h 35mS5In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, we tackle two topics. First, we discuss the decision by Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, to label bike lanes "DEI bike lanes" and remove them from the Department...
Jun 10, 20261h 12mS5In 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...
May 27, 20261h 23mS5In 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...
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Episode #13
S05E13 - Oil Shock and Inside Informants
Apr 29, 20261h 18mS5In 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...
Mar 17, 20261h 28mS5The 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...
Mar 6, 20261h 25mS5In 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...
Episode #10
S05E10 - You've Got It MAiD in Canada
Mar 2, 202638 minS5In 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...
Feb 26, 20261h 11mS5In 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...
Feb 7, 20261h 38mS5We 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...
Jan 9, 20261h 35mS5In 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...
Dec 30, 20251h 22mS5It'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...
Nov 14, 20251h 46mS5In 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...
Oct 14, 20251h 12mS5In 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...
Sep 24, 20251h 11mS5In 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...
Aug 20, 20251h 36mS5We 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...
Aug 7, 20251h 10mS5We 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...
Jul 18, 20251h 33mS4In 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...
Episode #19
S04E19 - LA Riots Over ICE Deportations
Jun 12, 20251h 3mS4We 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...
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