Ground + Common is a podcast about navigating the messy, complicated middle ground of culture, creativity, and everyday life. Through audio essays, stories, and unscripted thoughts, host Nathan Tower explores the threads that connect us—socially, creatively, and personally. Sometimes searching, sometimes sharp, always honest. All content is written and read by Nathan Tower unless noted otherwise.
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Nathan Tower shares his written reflections on cars, phones, cheeseburgers, and grown-up medication, offering insights into modern life.
19 Feb 2025
006: The robot takeover can wait
In a world driven by conflict and digital chaos, Is It Cake? offers a refreshingly stupid escape. The Netflix series, where bakers craft hyper-realistic cakes to fool celebrity judges, isn’t just absurd entertainment—it’s a reminder of the simple joys that unite us.
With no political divisions or online outrage, just pure curiosity, the show proves that in an era of AI and deepfakes, we still marvel at handcrafted illusions made of sponge and fondant. Is It Cake? reassures us that, despite everything, we can still find joy in the most unexpected places… at least before the robots take over.
Written and read by Nathan Tower.
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7 Feb 2025
005: Lace-up the old cleats in an unfair world
Inspiration doesn’t always show up. Motivation is fickle, isn’t it? Resistance is constant. But here’s the thing—pushing through often matters more than waiting for the perfect moment. The weight of unfairness is real. The exhaustion, the frustration, the temptation to check out—it’s all there. But the only way out has always been through.
So, when everything feels impossible, what if we laced up anyway?
Written by Nathan Tower and read by Nicole Perri.
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5 Feb 2025
004: Welcome to the future. It’s the past
A century ago, technology brought us radio, Model T trucks, and the first traffic signals. Today, we have TikTok, Cybertrucks, and an AI race even experts can’t fully grasp. We live longer, but we’re sicker. We’re more connected, yet lonelier than ever. And while we celebrate ‘progress,’ we’re still drowning in debt, political chaos, and escalating crises—from climate disasters to mass shootings.
But is it really progress—or just escalation?
Written and read by Nathan Tower.
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31 Jan 2025
003: A masterclass on conviction: How the Telepathy Tapes draws you in
A well-crafted story can feel like a missing puzzle piece—satisfying, undeniable. Telepathy Tapes, hosted by filmmaker Ky Dickens, explores claims that non-verbal autistic children demonstrate telepathic abilities, blending compelling narratives, super sleek production, and controlled experiments. But here’s the catch: no skeptics are invited. It feels like Adnan Syed all over again.
But when belief takes hold, do we lose our ability to question?
Written and read by Nathan Tower.
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23 Jan 2025
002: Hello. Is this still available?
Facebook Marketplace is chaos—a grammar-less land of dead ends, trades, and questionable deals. But somewhere between the bots and the lowballers, there’s an unexpected thread of humanity.
In a world primed for division, what if we gave people the benefit of the doubt?
Written and read by Nathan Tower.
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22 Jan 2025
001: Winter in Maine
By the time you finish your coffee, the sun is already setting. Winter lingers in the bones, but warmth—the kind we actually need—feels further away than ever. We chase convenience, curate self-improvement, and scroll past meaning, mistaking movement for progress.
When did discomfort become the enemy? Maybe what we’re looking for isn’t something to buy but something to create.
Written and read by Nathan Tower.
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