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
A Window of Hope
Nonviolence is happening all over, even if we don’t often or always read about it in the mass media. Rivera Sun joins Nonviolence Radio to share a recap of hope and energy from Campaign Nonviolence’s Action Days which ran from the International Day of Peace to the International Day of Nonviolence.
Finding ways to live — even when surrounded by death
In this episode, we speak with Zeiad Shamrouch. He’s the Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance and he speaks to us about the work out they’re doing in Gaza, about the humanitarian and conflict crisis taking place within Gaza, as well as within Israel-Palestine and how people can get involved and support their work in Gaza.
An Israeli Knesset member's vow to 'never give up' on a peaceful solution
In this episode we turn to the conflict in Israel-Palestine and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We're joined by Dr. Ofer Cassif, a member of the Israeli Knesset with the Hadash-Ta’al coalition. He calls for an end to the occupation through peaceful means because he believes that the security of Israelis and Palestinians is interconnected and mutually dependent.
‘Peace is only a thought away’ — what neuroscience tells us about nonviolence
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s insights on neuroscience, nonviolence, the meaning of life, and the motivations for her latest book, Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life
Making Contact: The Power of Contact in the Rehumanization Process
Jasper Van Assche, a professor at the University of Gantt in Belgium, comes to Nonviolence Radio to talk to Michael and Stephanie about his research on the power of contact – direct and indirect – to decrease prejudice and cultivate tolerance and social cohesion within diverse and potentially antagonized groups. ‘Contact theory’ has been shown to lead to harmony and an enlarged sense of a common good, even when there are limited resources and competing interests.
Meet the First (and Only) Conscientious Objector from West Point
On this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Stephanie and Michael welcome Cary Donham, the first and to date, only student to leave West Point as a conscientious objector. Cory speaks about his experience in his memoir, A Wrinkle in the Long Grey Line: When Conscience and Convention Collided, and here shares more about why he came to this decision, how it led him to diverge from a path that initially seemed right, and what some of the repercussions have been.
Cutting the ties between higher education and the military
This episode of Nonviolence Radio welcomes @hellaJinsella from the UK peace organization, DeMilitarize Education (dED/ ). Jinsella has been actively working to raise awareness about the ties between higher education and the military.
A More Perfect Union
"In hallowing him, we have hollowed him."
This week, journalist and biographer, Jonathan Eig, joins Stephanie and Michael on Nonviolence Radio to talk about his new book, King: A Life. His new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. draws on sources that have only now been recovered (perhaps most notably, transcriptions of conversations recorded by the FBI). Jonathan speaks candidly about how important it is to remember King all his human complexity: his personal doubts and struggles, his admiration for figures he’s often remembered in contrast to (like Malcom X and Stokely Carmichael), and perhaps most importantly, for the depth and force of his moral vision, which, in some real sense, was revolutionary.
Ending Violence with Tools of Nonviolence
Lessons from my Grandfather
"Humanity is not doomed to war."
An Episode with News and Your Questions for Us!
A focus this week on the Nonviolence Report followed by questions from some of our listeners from around the world.
From Conflict to Community
In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Gwen Olton, co-director of the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, talks to Stephanie and Michael about her effort to shift the way we understand and engage in conflict. Gwen encourages us to see conflict as normal. Given our varied backgrounds, needs and aims, we will inevitably find ourselves in conflict with others and we need not avoid this or dream of eradicating conflict entirely. Conflicts become problematic when they are entwined with fear, and this can happen when the authorities called upon to help lack the tools needed to de-escalate them.
“We are keeping the spirit of the revolution alive”
This week, Nonviolence Radio welcomes Sarah Eskandari, Iranian activist and PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Sarah speaks with Stephanie and Michael about the ongoing nonviolent protests in Iran and the brutal actions taken by the current regime in response to them.
Waging a Good War
Thomas Ricks, author of Waging A Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Regional Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolent and Strategic Action in the Americas
In addition to the Nonviolence Report (covering nonviolence in the world which is often overlooked by mainstream media), Stephanie and Michael welcome two inspiring guests on this episode of Nonviolence Radio: director of the Regional Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolent and Strategic Action in the Americas, Maria Belén Garrido, and the executive director at the Center for Mediation, Peace, and the Resolution of Conflicts based in the US and Ecuador, Jeff Pugh. Together they explore effective ways to expand the scope of nonviolent action through local, grassroots education initiatives.
Nonviolence Through the Ages
This week, Nonviolence Radio brings together four voices, each one exploring a different aspect of nonviolence. We hear from religion scholar, activist and writer, Francesca Po; advisor to the Secretary General of Pax Christi International, Marie Dennis; pastor at Clackamas United Church of Christ, Adam Ericksen; and senior lecturer in the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program at DePaul University, Ken Butigan.
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.
