On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about why it’s so hard to live well together. How can we use the conflicts that arise in everyday living situations to reflect on why we are the way we are, how we can better understand the other, and how conflict can be leveraged to enrich our relationships, rather than deteriorate them? To answer these questions, correspondent Sen Zhan speaks with four experts in the field of communities and conflict navigation: Laird Schaub, Maria Silvia,...
Aug 31, 2022•59 min
What do you think of when you think of abusive relationships? Probably adults, married, right? We often overlook the age group that is perhaps most susceptible and underprepared to handle domestic abuse—teens. According to iloverespect.org, only 33% of teens in abusive relationships tell someone about it. At an age when they are only beginning to find out about dating and about, really, themselves, teens can get caught like a deer in the headlight when faced with abuse. That is why taking this p...
Jul 29, 2022•59 min
The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet privately to consider nominees. They look for world leaders who advance the cause of peace. But in recent years, this process has come under scrutiny. Critics say the prize has lost its way by honoring leaders who later fueled wars and violence. On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, correspondent Avishay Artsy explores the Nobel Peace Prize’s shortcomings and ...
Jun 29, 2022•59 min
Every time a group of people line up along the external borders of a country, debates heat up among government leaders with respect to migration and asylum procedures. On this episode of PEACE TALKS RADIO, correspondent Priyanka Shankar explores why migration and asylum are contentious and how a country can make peace with migration and asylum. Focusing on how the European Union has been dealing with migration and asylum, we talk to Petra Molnar, a lawyer and anthropologist, who also gives the g...
May 24, 2022•59 min
On this PEACE TALKS RADIO episode, correspondent Sen Zhan explores three perspectives on the nature of intercultural conflict in transcultural Asian immigrants in western countries. When East meets West in the modern-day, it’s not only cultures that can clash, it’s also the past crashing into the present. Asians who have been formed by both cultures know this very well, and are one group among many who navigate the conflicts of transcultural existence. We’ll hear from Chinese-Canadian psychiatri...
May 24, 2022•59 min
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll dive into a deeper understanding of some terms we’re all now much more familiar with terms like misinformation, disinformation, and even “fake news”, then we’ll look at ways to block their negative impacts -sometimes deadly impact - in some parts of the world. Correspondent Danielle Preiss and her guests will help us learn that humans have been using what’s been called more recently “fake news” to win conflicts since we’ve been able to communicate – ov...
May 24, 2022•59 min
Perhaps, you’ve heard of “Pacifism” but have you heard of “Anarcho Pacifism.” What’s the difference between the two? On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll talk with a sociology professor and an activist/scholar who help us understand Anarcho Pacifists. They explain that Anarcho Pacifists hold that anarchism is a philosophy of non-violence, because it opposes all domination and power. This includes the strongest form of domination: violence upon another person. We hear that Anarcho Pacifist...
May 24, 2022•59 min
This time on PEACE TALKS RADIO, we talk with three guests about “Cities of Asylum” – also known as “Cities of Refuge” -- communities that put out the welcome mat for writers, artists, journalists, and human rights defenders whose work puts them at risk in their home countries.
May 24, 2022•59 min
It's a compendium of highlights from just one season in the long-running award-winning PEACE TALKS RADIO series. You'll hear clips from our series about "Healing a Country's Wounds", as well as from our programs, "Storytelling Solutions for Systemic Conflicts", "Musician/Activists", "Cities of Peace", "Confronting Suicide", and more.
May 24, 2022•59 min
PEACE TALKS RADIO host Paul Ingles postulates that advertising of all kinds crowds our brains with messages that may not help us to inner peace or peace among us. Many of us just let TV, radio and online ads wash over us in our homes, cars and through our devices. We talk with three media educators who think teaching young people and adults to critically analyze ad messages may help us build some immunity to the persuasive power the ads ply to our minds, and to our attitudes about ourselves or e...
May 24, 2022•59 min
On this edition, PEACE TALKS RADIO continues its series on Healing a Country's Wounds by talking about the strategy of Community Building. Past Peace Talks Radio programs in this series on how a Country can Heal its wounds were on Transitional Justice which uses legally mandated strategies, like Truth and Reconcilliation Commitions, or Reparations. Part 2 focused on Public Dialogues which see people willingly having conversations with each other to help communities heal. This third program in th...
Nov 04, 2021•59 min
Millions of people around the globe have participated in protests and demonstrations over the course of history. Have those actions actually brought about the changes they sought? We'll talk with author Brian Gruber who co-wrote the book. It explores the victories and setbacks of 10 movements in America and three international movements including the fight for civil rights, women's suffrage, the Arab Spring and anti-Vietnam War protests. We'll talk about how you measure success or failure and wh...
Nov 04, 2021•59 min
While a past Peace Talks Radio program on Transitional Justice included legal strategies such as a truth and reconciliation commission, this program deals with conversations that aren’t judicially mandated. Instead, Public Dialogues happen when people willingly listen to and talk with other citizens, develop understandings across differences, and collaborate on shared solutions. They discover a space between the two poles of ‘agree’ and ‘disagree’ about an issue. The need for Public Dialogue is ...
Nov 04, 2021•59 min
First up, we meet Fred Arment, . Since 2009, ICP has been building a network of communities great and small that prioritize peaceful coexistence. Fred has also been consulting with the United Nations Economic and Social Council for NGOs for the past four years. Then it's James Siguru Wahutu, a professor in NYUs Peace and Conflict Studies program. When a conflict reaches an acute level of violence, it can be difficult to communicate the gravity of the situation to people outside that communitys b...
Nov 04, 2021•59 min
Host Paul Ingles profiles 3 musicians whose music turned the attention of their fans to issues of peacemaking, social justice and ending hunger & poverty. From his first single in 1972 ("Doctor My Eyes") to his latest 2021 album DOWNHILL FROM EVERYWHERE, musician Jackson Browne has used many of his songs to raise consciousness over the environment, the cost of war, social justice and the wealth gap around the world. Paul offers highlights from his exclusive interview with Jackson. Paul also ...
Jul 08, 2021•59 min
Producer Megan Kamerick explores the dynamics of anger with three guests who offer insights on how one can avoid fights that don’t change anything, and also how to use our anger effectively. Guests include Dr. Harriet Lerner, author of the book "The Dance of Anger". Also authors Todd Kashdan and Aaron Balick.
Jul 08, 2021•59 min
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we’ll talk about ways that countries have addressed systematic human rights violations after they emerge from periods of conflict and repression. While there’s no one magic solution, transitional justice is a collection of strategies for creating sustainable approaches and avoiding destructive outcomes when a country has been in extreme conflict. Transitional Justice includes international criminal courts, truth and justice commissions, and reparations....
Jul 08, 2021•59 min
On this episode of PEACE TALKS RADIO, three conversations about community storytelling. If listening is an act of love, then storytelling could be the first step to resolving many conflicts. Correspondent Sarah Holtz speaks to storytellers who lift up the voices of individuals seeking peace in their communities.
Jul 08, 2021•59 min
Highlights of the program's coverage of the environment and climate crisis issues over the years.
Jul 08, 2021•2 hr
On this episode of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we consider a 2020 film documentary made in response to the times we are living in. THE ANTIDOTE is a feature documentary that weaves together stories of kindness, decency, and the power of community in America. It's about everyday people who make the intentional choice to lift others up, despite the fundamentally unkind ways of our society, which are at once facts of life in America and yet deeply antithetical to our founding ideals. Host Paul Ingles talks ...
Mar 02, 2021•59 min
Each year about a million people in the United States attempt to take their own lives. Another ten million people seriously consider suicide. Those rates have been rising in the coronavirus pandemic. These statistics became very real for us at PEACE TALKS RADIO recently when a talented young producer named Hannah Colton, who did several episodes for us, took her own life in November of 2020. On this episode we talk with psychologist Dr. Ursula Whiteside about her efforts to stop suicide. We also...
Mar 02, 2021•59 min
Our annual compendium of highlights from the programs of one season of PEACE TALKS RADIO - the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. You'll hear excerpts from 2020 programs about The Peace Work of Jimmy Carter, Meeting Conflict around Mental Illness, Confronting White Supremacy & Extremism, Dealing with Climate Anxiety, Confronting Hate Crimes & Learning Media Literacy, Public Art's Response to Conflict, Improving Political Civility, John Lewis' Work for Peace, Native...
Jan 06, 2021•59 min
When most election seasons end, there's a lot of talk from winning candidates about opposing political sides trying to "talk" and "listen" to each other and stop demonizing each other. One commentator recently said that can't be up to the politicians, "that's up to us!" This PEACE TALKS RADIO program is about how to move from disgust of another's belief to a more engaged alliance. Host Suzanne Kryder leads a panel discussion about how, when we disagree, what more can we do other than the extreme...
Jan 06, 2021•59 min
We explore peacemaking strategies for law enforcement officers who are trying to respond to persistent calls from citizens to address repeated high profile examples of excessive force. Sarah Holtz speaks with crisis intervention trainer Scott Sharot. Then we spotlight a documentary that tells the tale of American Quakers expatriating to non-military Costa Rica in the 1950's and setting up a community there that still is thriving today.
Jan 06, 2021•59 min
A two-part edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO this time. First, host Megan Kamerick visits with Glenn Aparicio Parry, author of "Original Politics: Making America Sacred Again, which explores how the best aspects of the United States -- ideas like liberty, equality and justice -- were inspired by Native American cultures. Megan also talks with Oren Lyons, who is a faith-keeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs, with the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. In part two of our program, Megan t...
Jan 06, 2021•59 min
The late 17-term Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is remembered in a special that includes the memorial ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol when his body laid in state in the Rotunda, a week after his death July 17, 2020. Also included are other tributes, and archival tapes of John Lewis speeches and interviews.
Jan 06, 2021•59 min
National polling in recent years has consistently reported that 2/3rds of those polled feel that there’s a major problem with civility in our nation, while 75% agree that it’s certainly worse than it was just a few years ago. Since 2004, PEACE TALKS RADIO has been tracking the conversation about the declining civility in our political discourse. This time on the program we present another panel of guests with their takes on it with Suzanne Kryder hosting the conversations....
Jan 06, 2021•59 min
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we discuss the relationship between public art and conflict resolution. First, we meet Heidi Schmalbach, an arts advocate who studies creative placemaking as a means to strengthen community. Next, we speak with Tsungwei Moo, a visual artist who recently contributed to the Art of Peace Project, which transforms gun parts into artwork. Finally, graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez describes how his superhero series, "La Borinqueña", has helped to support...
Jul 13, 2020•59 min
Two topics on this program. First, Judy Goldberg visits with Arjun Singh Sethi who tells us about his book, American Hate - Survivors Speak Out. Also in the show Paul Ingles talks with media literacy scholar and teacher Rob Williams about ways to filter our experience with mass media to minimize the disruption to our inner peace and ability to make peace with others in our world.
Jul 13, 2020•59 min
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we hear three perspectives on climate anxiety. We hear from Frances Roberts-Gregory, an environmental sociologist; Peter Fimrite, who covers the environment for the San Francisco Chronicle; and Monique Verdin, an artist and storyteller who has documented environmental damages to her ancestral land in coastal Louisiana. Sarah Holtz hosts.
Jul 13, 2020•59 min
