“We are Full and Complex People”: Heterogeneous Commonality, Creativity, and Collaboration in Podcasting

ABSTRACT Group membership under a shared identity marker has intragroup diversity, or ”heterogeneous commonality.” Thus, self-representations within identity groups can elicit different perspectives about, or approaches to, the same topics. This article textually analyzes episodes from Black Canadian Content Creators, My Blackness, My Truth, and Seat at the Table about Black creative collaboration and social justice to assess how podcasts function as heterogeneously common publics foregrounding podcaster identities to approach the same topics. This article also analyzes each podcast’s online presence for inviting audiences to participate as part of these publics.