“Education is the root system underlying all other systems. Given the grave and potentially catastrophic problems we face, it is critical that we provide young people with the knowledge, tools and motivation to address our pressing challenges in order to transform unsustainable and unjust systems into ones that are humane, healthy and peaceful.” –Zoe Weil. … read more
Nonviolence Radio
The Beat of an Unstoppable Movement
Hosted by the Metta Center's Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler, Nonviolence Radio airs every other Friday at 9:00 am PST, broadcasting live from community radio station KWMR, at 90.5 Point Reyes and syndicated via the Pacifica Network, iTunes, Spotify, and beyond. Listeners tune in from around the world.
Nonviolence Radio is a 60-minute program featuring news about nonviolence culture and movements around the world. The show also includes inspiring discussions with nonviolence practitioners and movement-builders.
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Show Archives
Access our show archives below and find podcasts at iTunes, on Alexa, Spotify, Stitcher, and Audioport.Practical Idealism, Unarmed Peacekeeping-Podcast
This week we had the honor and distinct pleasure of interviewing TiffanyEasthom, whose experiences in Peace Brigades International (PBI) and Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), where she was country director for South Sudan (!) gave us invaluable insight into the way Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping (UCP) has matured over the last 12 years. Among other things, she shared dramatic… read more
Power of Two: Horizontal Movements – Podcast
Dennis Rivers joins us to speak about the power of working together as teams and growing horizontal movements through nonviolence. Dennis is the author of the freely available and open-source The Seven Challenges Workbook, and he’s the managing editor of The New Conversations Initiative website. Dennis thoughtfully offers two of his longer pieces of writing,… read more
Restorative Activism – Podcast
This week on Peace Paradigm Radio, we speak with Scott Brown (activist, author, scholar, and co-founder of Colorado Center for Restorative Practices) about Restorative Activism and why systemic change begins with ourselves. And on Nonviolence in the News we have positive updates about Campaign Nonviolence, Alliance for Peace, the struggles against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and… read more
Violence, it’s the P.I.T.S – Podcast
This week on Peace Paradigm Radio, we are joined by Rachel McNair – psychologist, sociologist and author of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing – about the effects of violence on it’s perpetrators, and why we must expand our compassion to both “victim” and “offender” if we are going to make progress in the betterment of… read more
Corporate Media vs Nonviolence – Podcast
Today’s shows starts out with a conversation with Stephanie, Michael and special guest Mickey Huff of Project Censored about the extent that the corporate media is used to confuse and pacify general public. Junk Food News, Bait and Switch, it’s all here. Then Michael and Stephanie continue the conversation, bringing it to a more personal… read more
Belonging and Relational Education – podcast
Explore nonviolence in the news with Michael and Stephanie, including even some analysis of violence in our news (well, from a nonviolent angle!). Then, we are joined by Lauren Dalberth Hage from Weaving Earth, an organization she co-founded in 2007 to restore relationships at all levels: within ourselves, between ourselves and with the environment. A… read more
Shell No! & Climate Justice – Podcast
In this episode of Peace Paradigm Radio, our guest is Eric Ross from the Backbone Campaign for artful activism. He talks to us about the problem with Shell’s plan to drill in the Arctic and what the Shell No! Campaign is up to in Seattle, from a giant blimp to kayaktivism. And of course Michael… read more
