About

A pig pile is a terrible place to get any real thinking done—unless, of course, you don’t mind the noise. Ground & Common is a podcast and blog about navigating the messy, complicated middle ground in a world that prefers extremes.

I’m Nathan Tower—writer, producer, and lead strategist at Lower Street. After years spent shaping narratives, coaching hosts, and crafting podcasts that resonate, I’ve seen firsthand the power of authentic conversation. Ground & Common is where I go deeper—a space for raw ideas, unfiltered exploration, and the questions that don’t fit neatly into a show brief.

Signals in the noise

This project is an ongoing dialogue—sometimes with myself. Through essays, interviews, and unscripted thoughts, Ground & Common explores the tensions that define us: progress and regression, connection and isolation, certainty and doubt. We aren’t here to argue sides; we’re here to sit with complexity. In a world designed to pull us apart, Ground & Common is an attempt to make sense of nothing and everything—without turning each other into the other.