Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

Ep 260 “The CottageCore AR-15” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost deconstructs a truly bizarre update from the suburban backyard...

Ep 259 “Farm-to-Table Assault Aesthetics” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost breaks down a leaked corporate rebranding strategy t...

Ep 258 “Long-Range Emotional Avoidance Systems” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost deconstructs a leaked corporate marketing stra...

Ep 257 “The Neighborhood Dad Patrol Edition” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost shines a spotlight on the ridiculous intersection...

Ep 256 “The 'As Tough as Your Toughest Casserole' Campaign” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost deconstructs a leaked advertising...

Ep 255 “High-Capacity Soccer Practice” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost tackles the absurd intrusion of paramilitary culture in...

Ep 254 “The Law-Enforcement Inspired Yogurt Retrieval System” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost tears apart a leaked corporate b...

Ep 253 “The Hotlines for Insecurity” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost breaks down a leaked corporate white paper that exposes t...

Ep 252 “The Platinum Tier Potluck” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost takes aim at the absurd hyper-security culture invading eve...

Ep 251 “The Threat of the Bicycle” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost breaks down a leaked corporate data science report that exp...

Ep 250 “A Cease and Desist in the In-Box” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost deconstructs a leaked compliance warning from the ex...

Ep 249 “The Great Man Card Inflation Crisis” – National Gun Violence Awareness Month (Bullet Poof Bulletins) Celebrating the launch of eco-fiction anti-gun novella Bullet Poof and National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Avis Kalfsbeek brings back beloved Kitty O’Compost with the Bullet Poof Bulletins. Tonight on the Spoke-Easy stage, Kitty O’Compost takes aim at the toxic marketing engine of Bush-M...

Ep 248 Peacewarts Summer Break & Bullet Poof Launch In this personal riffing episode, Avis shares an update on the Peacewarts curriculum, reflects on the first three departments of the series, and introduces the upcoming Resonant Charms classes beginning later this summer. He also discusses the launch of his new novella, Bullet Poof, releasing during National Gun Violence Awareness Month. The...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Future as History, The Year 2126 (Class 14) Episode Summary: In our final session for the Department of Chronicled Courage, we reframe our current actions as the historical record for the next century. We explore the "Normalization Trap," the shift toward ancestral responsibility, and the importance of creating legible systems of peace that outlast their cr...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Truth and Reconciliation (Class 13) Episode Summary: We explore the history and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. We examine how restorative justice breaks the cycle of revenge and why public truth-telling is a technical requirement for a durable peace. Homework Look up the Family Group Conferencing model in New Zealand and find one detail abou...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Realism vs. Moral Imagination (Class 12) Episode Summary: We deconstruct the cultural addiction to dystopia and reclaim the word Realism. We explore the psychological pros and cons of dystopian media and introduce Kevin Kelly's concept of Protopia as a tactical alternative to hopelessness. Homework Look up Kevin Kelly’s definition of Protopia and find one examp...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact (Class 11) Episode Summary: We re-examine the 1928 attempt to outlaw war. We deconstruct how this pact shifted the legal architecture of the world from "Might makes Right" to "War as a Crime," using the 2026 abduction of Nicolás Maduro and the proposed purchase of Greenland as modern case studies in legal friction. Homework Look up the S...

In this impromptu episode, with kitty Edward Abbey "Eddy" beat boxin' her litter box in the background, Avis reads three questions she posed to Claude AI about violence, peace cultures, and indigenous governance, and shares Claude's responses. The conversation explores how humans might return to a core belief that killing sentient beings is simply not something we do, examines countries that trans...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Near-Misses (Class 10) Episode Summary: We explore moments where war was politically and militarily cued, only to be refused through deliberate human agency. We study the "ethics of stopping" in the U.S., South Africa, Costa Rica, and Northern Europe. Homework Research the “Cuartelazo” attempt of April 1949. Even after Figueres Ferrer took the sledgehammer...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Bayard Rustin: The Invisible Professor (Class 9) We recover the history of Bayard Rustin, the master strategist of the Civil Rights Movement. We explore non-violence not as a sentiment, but as a logistical and technical science that requires immense discipline and preparation.  Homework Look up the Nashville Sit-in workshops or Bayard Rustin's "Manual for Organ...

Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8)  We explore a case study in horizontal peace. By examining the 1914 Christmas Truce, we see how proximity, shared ritual, and the refusal of abstraction can temporarily dismantle the machinery of war.  Homework Look up the letters of soldiers from the 1914 Christmas Truce and find one description of a conversation between a...

Peacewarts: Dept. of Chronicled Courage - Indigenous Peace Traditions (Class 7) Episode Summary: We deconstruct the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace as a masterclass in constitutional design. We examine the 1142 CE founding, the role of Jigonhsasee, and how the Seven Generations principle created a system where peace was the operational norm. Homework: Look upthe Women's Nomination Belt (part of t...

Ep 238 How AI Helped Me Make ZERO: A Field Guide to a Weaponless World (Part 3)  Avis Kalfsbeeks continue a review of the publications from the past that advocate for a weaponless word. Guterres (2018) vs. The 1960s Blueprints We examine whether Antonio Guterres’s 2018 disarmament agenda is a "rich" update or a "light" compromise compared to the 1960s plans by Clark, Sohn, and McCloy. We discuss w...

Peacewarts: Dept. of Chronicled Courage – The Architecture of the Headline (Class 6) We examine the role of modern media in the erasure of peace initiatives. By analyzing underreported crises in Sudan and Chad, and "invisible" protocols like the WHO’s Health for Peace, we learn how to spot the biases that frame our "reality." Homework: Look upone of the following: The "Health for Peace" initiative...

Ep 236 How AI Helped Me Make ZERO: A Field Guide to a Weaponless World (Part 2) In this episode, I continue the story behind my book ZERO: An Every Person’s Field Guide to a Weaponless World. In Part 2, I explore the people behind the plans—the diplomats, lawyers, and scholars who worked on proposals for global disarmament. Through a continued research conversation with AI, I look more closely at...