Shared Ground
Shared Ground is a podcast that explores resilience & grit, generosity & kindness. We start with true stories of kindness and support during and after the 2025 LA wildfires.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 22
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 21: Quick Hits - Bridging Technology Gaps with Chris Anthony
Chris Anthony spent his career with CAL FIRE, finishing as Chief Deputy Director. Now he’s focused on a critical question: how do we connect innovation with the needs of firefighters an…
Episode 20: Rebuilding Using an Open Hand with Tyler Pew
🔥 From Wildfire to Renewal: Greenville’s Reimagined Future
In 2021, the Dixie Fire wiped out Greenville, CA in under an hour, destroying nearly a million acres. Among those left standing…
Episode 19: Quick Hits - Grace, Grief, and Megafires with Jennifer Grey Thompson
How do communities recover after disaster? And what happens when leaders try to move forward quickly, speeding past a process that would honor what has been lost?
In this episode, Sean s…
Episode 18: Navigating the Aftermath with Gavin Blair
What happens when the systems meant to protect us fall short? How might we rebuild them with compassion, insight, and integrity?
In this episode of Shared Ground, we talk with Gavin Bla…
Episode 17: Quick Hits - From Firestorms to Community Strength with Matt Gonser and Jonathan Parfrey
How do we turn overwhelming climate risk into actionable hope?
In this Quick Hits episode, Sean caught up with Matt Gonser, Climate Resilience Officer for LA County, and Jonathan Parfrey…
Episode 16: Quick Hits - Stop Defending the Past and Start Imagining the Future with Nuin-Tara Key
What if resilience is not a finish line, but a way of moving through the world?
In this episode, Nuin-Tara Key, Executive Director of Programs at California Forward, shares a sharp refra…
Episode 15: Quick Hits - 21 years working on disasters with Justin Hoellerich
How Do You Rebuild After Losing Everything?
In this episode, we sit down with disaster recovery expert Justin Hollerich from Bright Harbor to talk about what really helps after catastro…
Episode 14: Quick Hits - Defining Resilience, Finding Hope with Drew, Anuj and Lisa
What does resilience actually mean - and where do we find it?
We recorded a series of special episodes at a recent gathering focused on rebuilding to insurable standards in Altadena and …
Episode 13: Coffee, Kindness, and the Long Haul with Jon Seidman
When disaster strikes, who shows up? And who keeps showing up after the headlines fade?
In this episode of Shared Ground, Venice resident Jon Seidman joins Allan and Sean to talk about t…
Episode 12: Finding Strength, Together, with Andrew King
What does it take to rebuild - not just homes, but a whole community - after disaster?
When 90-mile-per-hour winds swept through Los Angeles County this January, fires devastated neighbo…
Episode 11: Quick Hits - Being Inspired By and With Lori Gay
What happens when you've spent years helping communities increase home ownership only to see everything burn down? Beyond the ashes of wildfire devastation, communities face the dual ch…
Episode 10: Rebuilding LA While Healing the Bay with Tracy Quinn
What happens when fire meets ocean? In the aftermath of January's devastating fires that swept through Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas, the impacts stretched far beyond charred …
Episode 9: Quick Hits - Grabbing Hope from Others' Stories with Abhishek Motayed
How do we maintain hope while facing growing environmental threats? Abhishek Motayed, founder and CEO of N5 Sensors, offers compelling insights into this question during our candid conv…
Episode 8: Quick Hits - Rising from the Ashes with Caroline Paules
What happens when everything around you burns to the ground, but your home miraculously survives? For Caroline Paules, this wasn't just a hypothetical question but her lived reality in …
Episode 7 - abandoned cars, solid partners and supporting your community with Kate Jerkens
The moment disaster strikes, our truest selves emerge. When the LA wildfires swept through communities in January 2025, Kate Jerkens didn't hesitate. Before the flames had even crested …
Episode 6: Cycling Through Crisis with Tara Kriese
From the tenth floor of her Marina del Rey apartment, Tara watched as a small puff of smoke appeared in the Palisades hills. Within hours, this wisp would transform into a devastating w…
Episode 5: Prepare, Perform, Recover & Evolve with Dan Dworkis
“You don’t get smarter in the crisis. We use what was built beforehand.”
In this episode of Shared Ground, Sean and Allan talk with Dr. Dan Dworkis -emergency physician, performance coa…
Episode 4: Quick Hits - on applying positivity, whiteboards and plasma-producing rail guns with Amit Singh
Sean spends a few minutes reflecting on resilience with Amit Singh.
CEO of startup fusion company, NearStar Fusion, Amit talks about childhood through fatherhood, learning the ropes thro…
Episode 3: Safety blankets and showing up for others with Joy Gruver
Today Allan and Sean talk with Joy Gruver about her response to the January fires in the LA region, and more broadly about responding when others are struggling.
We weave between perso…
Episode 0: Shared Ground Trailer - Stories of Resilience that Emerge in Challenging Times
What happens when everyday life collides with catastrophe? When a food delivery arrives at your doorstep just as wildfire races down the hillside toward your home? These surreal moments…