Peace Talks Radio

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 2019 programs about Mediation training programs, refugee asylum efforts, Johnny Cash playing the Nixon White House in 1970, peacemaking in the LGBTQ community, Catholic peacemaking icons Dorothy Day and Oscar Romero, eco...

Long before the United States became a nation and implemented American democracy as we know it today, there were town meetings. Nearly 400 years later, the town meeting tradition has endured in New England, though with each passing decade, towns are seeing a steady decline in participation. On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, correspondent Sarah Holtz brings us a conversation about conflict reso...

It's easy to be fearful in the world today. But how much of our fear is based on things that are not actual threats? Today, 3 takes. One says fear is unequally distributed in the U.S.- onto people of color. Another guest says, in general there's less to be afraid of than we're led to believe. And our other guest says, we're misdirecting our fear when it comes to the major threats to our national s...

While some organizations and individuals believe there is multidimensional inequality in the U.S., this PEACE TALKS RADIO program is only about economic class conflict - not social, political, or cultural inequality. We talk with two good thinkers on the topic: Dr. Tina Wright, a sociologist, who teaches at LA Southwest College and Nick Hanauer, a self-described "proud and unapologetic capitalist"...

At the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland, a quote on the wall of one of the cell blocks reads, "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." These words are attributed to George Santayana, and they help explain why the former death camp is still open for public viewing 74 years after it was shut down. Historical amnesia was a real danger after the Holocaust, and with so many...

We offer two stories this time. In Part One, a story of restorative justice and reconciliation between a woman, who was a victim of a non-consensual sexual assault during a casual date in college, and the man who assaulted her. We'll hear about an all-too-rare resolution where the perpetrator becomes inspired to make things more right by admitting his guilt first to his victim, then publicly and t...

Despite the Catholic Church being mired in its sexual abuse scandal which has tarnished the faith's reputation globally, Catholic history also holds many courageous stories of people working for peace, social justice and economic equity. We’re going to spend some time on those stories on this program. Today Megan Kamerick talks with three guests. The episode leads off with Megan’s conversation wit...

This time on PEACE TALKS RADIO, a three-part program about peacemaking in LGBTQ communities. Coming out can lead to a sense of personal peace that many people spend their whole lives seeking. But coming out can sometimes bring about conflict with family, friends, and the larger society in which we live. On this month’s episode of Peace Talks Radio, correspondent Sarah Holtz speaks with three indiv...

This time on Peace Talks Radio, a conversation with Sara Dosa, who co-directed the Netflix film "Tricky Dick and The Man in Black." In the late 1960's and early 1970's, the divisions in the United States over the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement brought the youth of America in conflict with longstanding social and political norms. The Richard Nixon administration sought to ingratiate itse...

This time on Peace Talks Radio, a two-part program. In Part One, we'll meet the founders of the New Mexico Peace Choir, which was formed in 2015 to promote peace and joy and also raise awareness of important issues like the environment. It has grown into a movement and last year represented the United States last at the World Peace Choir conference in Vienna. Members were also part of a world prem...

This time on Peace Talks Radio, a two-part program. Part one is a focus on outreach efforts that intend to bring some peace and safety to immigrants whose futures have become tangled up in the United States’ evolving immigration stance. First we’ll hear the story of Jose Torres who, in the fall of 2017, became the first person in New Orleans to take sanctuary in a church to avoid deportation. Jose...

Twenty-one people including PEACE TALKS RADIO host, Suzanne Kryder, took a 40-hour mediation course in Albuqueruqe, NM to improve their communication skills and to someday mediate professionally. Suzanne talks with Anne Lightsey, a professional mediator and the course instructor, about what each of us can do during conflict to make peace rather than simply conclude the other person is wrong. She a...

PEACE TALKS RADIO, the radio series and podcast on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution strategies offers up another compilation show based on a single season of its programs. You’ll hear compelling excerpts from programs released in 2018. Included are conversations about reducing sexual assault by understanding consent, promoting the development of empathy in young people, improving emp...

In public discussions of racial violence, the focus is often on people of color and the way they experience racism. In this episode of Peace Talks Radio, our guests turn the lens on Whiteness, asking how the notion of Whiteness came to be, how it has shaped American history and how it perpetuates injustice in interpersonal interactions and systems in American society today. We talk with John Biewe...

Back in 2010, Peace Talks Radio did a program of an especially creative joining of music and peace. An outfit called Playing For Change was flying around the globe to record an eclectic collection of musicians playing together on some popular songs to promote the power of music to bring us together. In fact the Playing for Change motto was Peace Through Music. In the years since the first big Play...

How do we find peace and how do we make peace last? It's easy to become cynical and lose hope when faced with conflicts that seem intractable and have lasted for so long. But there are people working on solutions, even reaching across divides that seemed insurmountable in the past. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with Noga Harpaz, an Israeli, and Raed al-Hadar, a Palestinian, who are...

What are the pros and cons of empathy? Does having empathy lead to peace-inspired action for you, your community, and the world? We'll speak with several experts about empathy and how it impacts our behavior such as relationships with others. Our guests include Courtney Custer at Albuquerque's Southwest Family Guidance Center. She'll explain the "Roots of Empathy" program in which babies successfu...

On her 2018 album project, "Rifles & Rosary Beads", singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier shares the stories of American veterans by writing the songs with them. Gauthier collaborated with the nonprofit "Songwriting With: Soldiers" to co-write the album's 11 tracks with veterans and their families. Paul Ingles hosts.

When some talk about music that promotes peacemaking, hip hop and rap often get left out of the conversation. Some critics speculate about that genre’s negative influence - from hypersexual music videos to glamorizing guns and drugs. A recent Washington Post headline quotes jazz musician Wynton Marsalis calling popular hip hop “more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee.” In this episode of Peac...

The evolution of medical discoveries and advanced technologies have brought wonderful cures and increased longevity. But what have we lost? How often have you been a patient, or an advocate for a loved one in the hospital, and faced doctors who seem curt or who aren't fully present and listening? Today on Peace Talks Radio, we'll talk about empathy and compassion in medicine. There's an increasing...

Conversation with both Darron Spencer, a former Colorado Sheriff's deputy and author of the book "Humane Policing" and Albuquerque Police officer Simon Drobik who participated in a 13-hour effort to stop a troubled man from jumping off a highway overpass into traffic. Both men discuss infusing more empathy toward the public and suspects in police work.

Trauma can make a person feel unsafe in their own body. At that point, the enemy that was living outside is now living inside. This time on Peace Talks Radio, we'll talk about how trauma can hurt not only the survivor who experiences it, but sometimes also the people and society interacting with the survivor. There are many traumas such as childhood and adult abuse, car accidents, surgeries, and w...

At the end of 2017 PEACE TALKS RADIO completed its 15th season. This program includes highlights from the 5 seasons that bridged the series from 10 to 15 years on the air. Listeners will hear excerpts from programs in those seasons that touched on conflict scenarios that are still challenges for us today, including gun violence, political polarization, and moderating police use of force, as well a...

Our annual compendium of highlights from a season of PEACE TALKS RADIO, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. This time listeners will hear highlights from programs about handling political stress, understanding and challenging hate speech, over population as a threat to peace, how to find peace jobs, an author's visits to former U.S. military incursions, a CIA analyst's tu...

Peace Talks Radio host Paul Ingles talks with two therapists - Kathryn Stamoulis, from Hunter College in New York City and Jennifer Weeks, director of Sexual Addiction Treatment Services in Pennsylvania about how to talk to youngsters about sexual harassment and unwanted sexual behavior. The conversation aims at setting a framework early on, so when our young people are adults, there may be less o...