Nonviolence Radio

57:53

Weaving Lawyers and Judges into the Pro-Democracy...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/10/04

What happens when judges leave the courthouse to meet people in donut shops, community centers, and town squares? Danny Miller and Steve Silverman, organizers of Justice in Motion, share what they learned from taking judges on the road to connect with the communities they serve. Their conversation explores how public trust grows through personal encounters, how one person’s willingness to act can inspire others, and why protecting democracy requires participation beyond the courtroom. In the ...

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59:15

Two Students and an Experiment in Peace: The Svet...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/09/23

Amir Bergen and Kanstantsin Tsiarokhin met as students at St. John’s College and began asking what the kind of dialogue they practiced there might offer a world divided by war. The Svet Peace Project began by bringing young people from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus together through literature, conversation, and shared inquiry, and has since grown to bring people together from around the world. On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we hear the story of Svet and explore how education and dialogu...

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58:52

We Keep Us Safe: Meet Roz Lee, US Head of Mission for...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/09/08

What does it look like when communities become active participants in their own safety rather than waiting for someone else to protect them? In this episode, we speak with Roz Lee, Head of the U.S. Mission for Nonviolent Peaceforce, about the growth of unarmed civilian protection (UCP) in the United States. Although Nonviolent Peaceforce has long worked in places experiencing war and violent conflict, the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis—the city where the organization was founded—made i...

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58:07

“Real Revolution is a Change of Consciousness”: ...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/08/22

What does it mean for a revolution to transform not only political structures, but our understanding of ourselves? On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we speak with independent scholar and educator Safoora Arbab about the Khudai Khidmatgar, the remarkable nonviolent movement that emerged among the Pashtun people in the Northwest Frontier of British India. Arbab challenges familiar accounts that portray the movement as the achievement of a single leader, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, or as an example ...

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58:06

Insights, Lessons, and News

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/08/17

How does nonviolence work? Is it the opposite of violence? What is the purpose of an ideal in nonviolence? What about skepticism? How do we "change" someone? And more insights and lessons drawn from the theory and practice of nonviolence on this episode.

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56:20

Our Humanity vs. Nuclear Weapons: A Conversation with...

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2026/07/27

Technology doesn't develop in a vacuum. It reflects the values, assumptions, and stories of the societies that create it. Anna Ikeda of Soka Gakkai International joins us to explore how nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence, and other powerful technologies reveal deeper questions about human nature, security, and moral responsibility. We discuss Buddhism, grassroots movements, interfaith peacebuilding, and why humanity—not technology—will determine our future. Michael Nagler follows with h...

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57:37

AI, Human Dignity, and Nonviolence: Marie Dennis on...

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2026/07/13

Artificial intelligence is transforming our world, raising profound questions about technology, ethics, and what it means to be human. In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we’re joined by Marie Dennis—co-director of Pax Christi International's Catholic Institute for Nonviolence and a founder of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative—to explore Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Beginning with the Pope's reflections on artificial intelligence, the conversation expands into a t...

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57:49

There's Enough for Everyone: Robin Greenfield on a...

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2026/06/29

What does it mean to live simply in a culture built on excess? In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler speak with environmental activist Robin Greenfield, whose latest experiment is to forage 100% of his food and medicine while traveling the country to help people rediscover their relationship with the Earth. Together they explore simplicity as a practice of nonviolence, the illusion of separateness, and how reconnecting with nature, community, and ourselve...

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58:45

Taking Risks for Animals: Zoe Rosenberg on direct...

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2026/06/15

In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we speak with animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg about nonviolent direct action, open rescue, and the personal costs of standing up for animals. A recent graduate of UC Berkeley, where she designed her own major in social movement strategy, Zoe brings both practical experience and thoughtful analysis to the challenges facing today's animal rights movement. She shares her experience rescuing chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry facilities, the legal c...

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58:58

"What do you need for repair?" A Conversation with...

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2026/05/18

On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we continue our exploration of restorative justice with Jonathan Bradley, co-executive director of SEEDS Community Resolution Center. Drawing from years of experience in schools and communities, Bradley reflects on restorative justice not simply as a set of techniques, but as a practice that challenges the assumptions of punitive culture and invites people into accountability, repair, and human connection. The conversation explores what it means to move b...

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56:44

Restorative Justice as Relationship: A Conversation...

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2026/05/05

In this conversation, restorative justice practitioner Dominic Barter reflects on more than three decades of work at the intersection of community, justice, and nonviolence. Beginning with his early experiences in Rio de Janeiro, he describes how communities already hold a “dialogical” capacity to respond to harm—one rooted in listening, relationship, and shared needs. From grassroots work in favelas to collaborations with courts, prisons, and governments, Barter traces how restorative justic...

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56:48

Disagreement as Practice: Communication Across...

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2026/04/20

In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Stephanie Van Hook speaks with nonviolence educator and Metta Center board member Francesca Po about communication as a living practice of nonviolence. Moving beyond any single method or formula, they explore how curiosity, dignity, and self-awareness shape the way we engage across disagreement. Together, they reflect on what it means to stay in relationship without giving up truth, why curiosity can soften conflict before it escalates, and how communicat...

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59:58

The Discipline of Nonviolence: Emily Yellin on James...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/04/06

In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we speak with journalist Emily Yellin about her collaboration on Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love, offering a rare and deeply personal window into the life and thought of Reverend James Lawson—one of the most important yet often overlooked architects of the U.S. nonviolent movement. Drawing from years of conversations and archival research, Yellin illuminates Lawson’s spiritual grounding, strategic brilliance, and lifelong commitmen...

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58:48

Nonviolence and Revolutionary Love: A Conversation...

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2026/03/24

In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we speak with civil rights leader and Revolutionary Love Project founder Valarie Kaur about love as a force for transformation in our lives and movements. Kaur describes revolutionary love as “the choice to see no stranger… to risk ourselves for each other,” and shares stories from communities across the country where people are practicing courage, care, and solidarity in the face of violence and fear. These acts—whether on the front lines or in everyday ...

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59:03

Breaking the Spiral of Violence: Pietro Ameglio on...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/03/09

In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we speak with Latin American peace educator and activist Pietro Ameglio about civil resistance in Mexico and the deeper dynamics of nonviolent struggle. Drawing on decades of organizing with grassroots communities, families of the disappeared, and movements confronting cartel violence, Ameglio reflects on concepts such as the “spiral of violence,” the difference between fear and terror, and the practice of what he calls “putting the body inside the confli...

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59:20

Reclaiming Our Human Sanity: Anthropologist Doug Fry...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/02/24

We are living in a time when cruelty is normalized, war is justified as inevitable, and violence is often explained away as simply “human nature.” But what if that story is wrong? On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we speak with peace anthropologist Doug Fry about the evidence — archaeological, cross-cultural, and contemporary — that challenges the assumption that humans are wired for war. Drawing on decades of research, Fry explores peace systems, restraint, interdependence, and the ways ...

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57:26

What Neuroscience and Nonviolence Teach Us About...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/02/09

This episode of Nonviolence Radio opens with neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni on empathy, imitation, and the “dark side” of emotional contagion, followed by reflections on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Love Your Enemy” sermon and Michael’s Nonviolence Report. A thoughtful exploration of how understanding human behavior can strengthen the practice of nonviolence. Transcript available at nonviolenceradio.org

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57:53

From the West Bank to the Twin Cities: Active Hope in...

Nonviolence Radio ·

2026/01/26

On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we explore Active Hope—the practice of choosing a direction and moving toward it, even when the future feels uncertain. We begin with Chris Johnstone (co-author of Active Hope with Joanna Macy), who shares a grounded, non-sugarcoated view of hope as something we activate: by naming what we love, honoring our pain for the world, and building the emotional and communal skills that help us keep going. Johnstone’s “thrutopian” lens offers a way through ...

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58:19

Choosing Partnership: Riane Eisler and the Future of...

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2026/01/10

In this first episode of 2026, Nonviolence Radio welcomes visionary scholar Riane Eisler for a spacious and deeply human conversation about the cultural shift our world is being asked to make—from systems of domination toward cultures of partnership. Drawing on Eisler’s lifelong work, including The Chalice and the Blade and Nurturing Our Humanity, we move through memory, trauma, economics, education, and story, discovering how nonviolence is not just an ideal but a lived, relational practice....

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56:15

Two Nonviolent Moments for Year's End

Nonviolence Radio ·

2025/12/29

As we come to the close of the year, we’re offering two reflections from Michael Nagler’s Nonviolent Moment—previously aired pieces brought together as a single, contemplative year-end offering. We’ll return with new recordings in January. Until then, we invite you to pause, listen, and carry these moments gently into the turning year.

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