The Commons
Conversations featuring researchers, innovators, artists, entrepreneurs, community builders, and thought leaders who are improving the human condition in their own backyard and across the globe.
Podcasting since 2020 • 66 episodes
The Commons
Latest Episodes
A Platform For Discovery AND Impact: A Conversation with John Swartley
What does it take to move ideas out of the laboratory and into the world, at meaningful scale, with purpose, and without losing the soul of academic discovery?In this episode of The Commons, host Thomas Osha sits down with John ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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49:05
Creating Impact from Innovation - The Evolving Role of the University City Science Center: A Conversation with CEO, Tiffany Wilson
In this episode, University City Science Center CEO, Tiffany Wilson joins host Thomas Osha, to explore the changing role of intermediary organizations; the importance of translational science in a moment of accelerating discovery; the challenge...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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31:30
Prototyping Place: How Experimentation Shapes University City: A Conversation with Nate Hommel
In this episode of The Commons, host Thomas Osha talks with Nate Hommel, Director of Planning and Design at University City District (UCD) in Philadelphia — a place where experimentation, partnership, and humility redefin...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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30:45
Rewriting the Script for Medicine: A Conversation with Dr. Charles Cairns
In this episode of The Commons, host Tom Osha sits down with Dr. Charles Cairns, the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean of the Drexel University College of Medicine, to explore how medicine is being reimagined — ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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25:50
From Dreaming to Doing: Making Work Worth Coming Back For. A Conversation with Matt Homann, President and CEO of Filament
Season 5 kicks off as host Tom Osha sits down with Matt Homann, President and CEO of Filament, to explore what really brings people back to the workplace—and how to make those interactions matter. Together they unpack the elements that drive me...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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37:26