In episode one of Making Common Ground, journalist Catherine Neilan talks to Stanford professor James Fishkin about how deliberative democracy has helped people with widely varying opinions reach agreements on policy issues and even find a way to compromise on their most entrenched views. 

Making Common Ground seeks to kick-start better dialogue between different groups of individuals. Instead of dismissing people with lazy labels, people across the political spectrum will be brought together to discuss the big topics of the week, and encouraged to read news more broadly, as well as more in depth.