Nonviolence Radio

Mar 05 2025 155 ep. 48 mins 129
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Exploring what makes nonviolence, as Gandhi said, "the greatest power at the disposal of humankind." Interviews with activists, scholars, and news-makers, and a regular feature of nonviolence in the news from around the movement in our Nonviolence Report segment.

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"There Is Another Way"

Mar 05 2025 58 mins  
In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we talk with Sulaiman Khatib and Chen Alon from Combatants for Peace, along with filmmaker Stephen Apkon, director of There Is Another Way, a powerful new documentary about their movement currently touring the world to spark new conversations about a lasting peace in Israel-Palestine. Former fighters from opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestini

Crossing Borders with Nonviolence

Feb 24 2025 55 mins  
On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Stephanie and Michael welcome Leandro Uochas, founder and director of Shanti Brazil, an organization dedicated to education in nonviolence and nonviolent action. Leandro spent time studying nonviolence in India at the university set up by Gandhi and was so inspired that he returned to Brazil to further Gandhian principles on the ground there. T

Preparing Ourselves for Our Nonviolent Moment

Feb 19 2025 20 mins  
"We should be thinking about our individual preparation. And if you are familiar with the Roadmap model, that we have on Metta Center’s website, it will kind of display this in a clear way. There's plenty of room and time for us to strengthen ourselves individually by learning, by spiritual practice, by bracing ourselves for self-sacrifice and suffering. That's one thing we shoul

“Sing People Sing”

Feb 10 2025 57 mins  
Pat Humphries and Sandy O. from the band, Emma’s Revolution, come to Nonviolence Radio to talk to Michael and Stephanie about music and its central role in nonviolent activism – and to perform the radio debut of their song, “You Are Not God”. Recognizing that current politics are leading many into a paralyzing sense of powerlessness and despair, Pat and Sandy remind us that

The White Rose

Feb 05 2025 25 mins  
Given the inexplicable and distressing rise of authoritarianism happening around the world today, including conspicuously here in these United States, I thought it would be a good idea to look at some of the movements of resistance that took place against the rise of the iconic authoritarian movement of our era, which was, of course, the rise of the Nazis.

How Nonviolence Can Transform Teaching

Jan 27 2025 57 mins  
During this episode of Nonviolence Radio, we hear from Mike Tinoco, public school teacher, author and committed nonviolence educator. Stephanie, Michael and Mike discuss some of the key themes of Mike’s new book, Heart at the Center: An Educator's Guide to Sustaining Love, Hope, and Community Through Nonviolence Pedagogy. Mike explores a radically holistic approach to education,

Rehumanization and the Purpose of Life

Jan 22 2025 20 mins  
When we want to restore peace and nonviolence and sanity, we're talking about re-humanization.

What would happen if we sent doctors instead of weapons to other countries?

Jan 13 2025 56 mins  
This week, Stephanie and Michael talk with Dr. John Kirk, professor at Dalhousie University and expert on Cuba’s innovative and inspirational approach to public health and its dedication to ‘medical internationalism’. Medical internationalism – the practice of offering healthcare to those in need, wherever they might be – embodies Cuba’s commitment to healthcare as a hu

Building on Positive Forces

Jan 09 2025 22 mins  
"One of my favorite authors from the ancient world – that I used to be a classic scholar – is Saint Augustine, who had a sentence, a very portentous, what we used to call in the field a gnomic sentence in his great work, “The City of God.” Two different loves, as he calls them, result in two different world orders. He calls the city of man, which is a city of selfishness an

The Gandhian Roots of the Sermon on the Mount - Full Interview

Dec 16 2024 62 mins  
During this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Michael and Stephanie welcome Reverend John Dear: activist, author, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and passionate advocate for nonviolence for over 45 years. This rich conversation covers a lot of ground, with a focus on one of the most significant roots of active nonviolence: The Sermon on the Mount. Noting the way this profound text influenced