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Celebrating the power of music
to bring Americans together.

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Luc de Clapiers

Ear to The Common Ground is a new series on public television that weaves intimate performances from world-class  artists with enlightening discussion. Here, everyone has a voice that is heard and a seat at the table.

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THE GOAL: to break some bread and talk about issues face to face, eyeball to eyeball with just one rule: replace contempt and conflict with

compassion and empathy.

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Each 1/2 hour episode features one artist, 8 of their fans, and one issue.

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Fans of each episode’s artist are chosen to

represent the full spectrum of diversity in America:

political, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation,

religious, spiritual, geography, age and most

importantly, diversity of thought.

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Wu Fei

IMMIGRATION

Frank Solivan

GUN RIGHTS/GUN CONTROL

Sister Sadie

URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE

Bill Miller

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

Gustavo Guerrero

RACE

Kyshona Armstrong

VOTING RIGHTS

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Season One will feature 12 artists and 12 topics.

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Wu Fei

IMMIGRATION

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Sister Sadie

URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE

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Frank Solivan

GUN RIGHTS/GUN CONTROL

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Bill Miller

SEPARATION OF

CHURCH AND STATE

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Kyshona

VOTING RIGHTS

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Minton Sparks

SEXUAL POLITICS/ME TOO

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Louis York

EDUCATION

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She Returns from War

SEXUAL/GENDER ORIENTATION

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SUSTO

ENVIROMENT

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Sam Lewis

MEDIA POLARIZATION

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Ear to the Common Ground is Presented by WNPT and was created by Todd Mayo and is produced by The Barn at Mayo Farm Productions in association with This Is Noteworthy and Brands and Content. Todd is the Emmy-winning creator and co-producer of the second longest-running musical series on American Television: Bluegrass Underground on PBS. Todd is the owner of The Caverns: the world-renowned subterranean PRODUCTIONS amphitheater and has produced several non-scripted specials for PBS via Todd Squared.

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