Nonviolence Radio

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FM Radio Program out of our Mother Station KWMR, Point Reyes Station; syndicated; transcribed; and podcast across the usual suspects of podcast channels.

Hosted by Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler

Editing and transcripts by Matthew Watrous

Nonviolence Radio is a 60-minute program featuring news about nonviolence culture and movements around the world. The show typically includes inspiring discussions with nonviolence practitioners and movement-builders and The Nonviolence Report with Michael Nagler, an analysis of nonviolence in the news from the week.

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Bonus Content:

The Nonviolence Report and The Nonviolent Moment

God and Money
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God and Money

This week, we have two interviews from Nonviolence Radio, the first with peace activist, religious scholar and author, Francesca Po; the second with Jared Spears and David Fix from the E.F. Schumacher Center for New Economics.

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‘We are all Mahsa’
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‘We are all Mahsa’

In Part 2 of this two-part episode, we continue our discussion around the protest movement currently underway in Iran by speaking with Iranian-born Leila Zand, who now lives in the US and focuses on Track 2 Diplomacy in Iran/U.S. relations, as well as Citizen Diplomacy with CodePink.

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‘Each time it gets bigger’
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‘Each time it gets bigger’

On Sept. 13, 22 year old Mahsa Amini was detained by the Iranian morality police and died in their custody three days later, allegedly at their hands. Protests have erupted across Iran and with solidarity actions taking place among the diasporic community across the world.

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The Culture of Peace and Nonviolence
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The Culture of Peace and Nonviolence

In this week's episode of Nonviolence Radio, Stephanie and Michael speak with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury about the UN Culture of Peace and Nonviolence, its history, and the challenges that it faces within the UN system.

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Building a Nonviolent World
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Building a Nonviolent World

In this week's episode of Nonviolence Radio, Michael and Stephanie speak with members of the Nonviolent Global Liberation community (NGL) about their collective and individual experiments in nonviolence, including the process of building and working within the NGL community.

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Nonviolence training can change the world
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Nonviolence training can change the world

In this episode, we hear from Kazu Haga from the East Point Peace Academy and Robin Wildman from Nonviolent Schools RI, exploring different aspects of nonviolent trainings to diminish the violence in our cultures.

In the Nonviolence Report, Michael Nagler begins with the importance of “Thou Shall Not Kill” in the cultures of the world, and how that message is critical to counter America’s rising violent gun culture.

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Do This in Memory of Me
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Do This in Memory of Me

This week, Nonviolence Radio broadcasts a talk by peace researcher and award-winning author, Maria Stephan. Maria is chief organizer and co-lead at the Horizons Project and collaborated with Erica Chenoweth on the book, Why Civil Resistance Works. In this episode, she explores how nonviolence might be effectively used in Ukraine – and the ways it already is.

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War is a Crime Against Humanity
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War is a Crime Against Humanity

A Conversation about the War in Ukraine and the Power of Revolutionary Nonviolence with Joanne Sheehan of the War Resisters League. 

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The Art of Being Peace
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The Art of Being Peace

We are pleased to be able to share with you, thanks to receiving permission from his monastery, Plum Village, this dharma talk by Thay, entitled The Art of Being Peace from May 13, 2008 at the 5th International Buddhist Conference. The talk includes chanting and a meditation at the end. 

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