Nonviolence Radio

The Beat of an Unstoppable Movement

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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

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Your show for the week of February 7!

  Peace Paradigm Radio:  All the nonviolence that’s not fit to print.   In this week’s episode, we explore some interesting nonviolence in the news with updates from activists nationwide. Michael is surprised by an electronic “Flashmob” from Sonoma County’s 1 Billion Rising Campaign organizer, Ronda Black, who talks to us about the Vagina Monologues, 1 Billion… read more

Peace Paradigm Radio

Peace Paradigm Radio has been reborn as Nonviolence Radio.  This page is here for historical purposes only.    We are constantly being astonished at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt-of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence. —Gandhi     In… read more

Full Show- January 24, 2014

Peace Paradigm Radio is always ready with inspiration, nonviolence in the news and meaningful conversations with people putting nonviolence principles into practice. This week includes a short talk with local Alternatives to Violence Project Trainer Sharon Beckman, followed by nonviolence in the news with Michael Nagler. Later in the show we talk with Kit Miller of the MK Gandhi Institute in Rochester,… read more

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb–January 10, 2014

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, author of  Trail Guide to the Torah of Nonviolence and She Who Dwells Within: A Feminist Vision of Renewed Judaism, is co-coordinator of the Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence. As of 2014, Lynn will enter her 42nd year in rabbinic service. Lynn is a storyteller, author, and peace activist who has received several human… read more

Peace Paradigm Radio, December 27–Full Show

A great nonviolent warrior of our world was Jesus, whose birthday was celebrated on the 25th of December. In this special episode of Peace Paradigm Radio, we explore the nonviolence of Jesus through the lens of the theory of scapegoating and mimetic desire, two key aspects of the work of Stanford theorist Rene Girard whose… read more

Then Dandelion Insurrection: talking nonviolence with Rivera Sun

Rivera Sun lives in an earthship in the high desert of New Mexico. She gets up before dawn (and the lizards) and starts her day by drinking pu’erh tea and baking bread in her outdoor adobe clay oven. Rivera has written eight theatrical plays, published two books of inspirational poetry, two breathtaking novels, and written/performed… read more

From Guns to Gardening: Stopping the Illegal Arms Trade–an interview

  Credit: World Policy Journal/Pedro Reyes. All rights reserved. ** Marguerite Ward is a New York based journalist and editorial assistant for World Policy Journal. Listen to her discuss her recent article, From Guns to Gardening: Stopping the Illegal Arms Trade, on Peace Paradigm Radio. Click here to listen or click the grey arrow below… read more

PPR Weekly Resistance Report, December 13, 2013

  Our friends at PopularResistance.org join us on Peace Paradigm Radio  with the Resistance Report: news, views and activisms happening all around the world– a Metta Center Exclusive! For more information, please visit www.popularresistance.org. Enjoy the segment! (Click here to listen or else click on the grey arrow below) [audio:http://archives.mettacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Resistance-Report-12-13-13.mp3] To listen to the entire show for… read more