Peace Talks Radio

On a recent episode of our program, we explored the debate over violence in video games and asked what impact violent video gaming might have on our notions of conflict resolution and on levels of aggression in society. Some say it's a significant problem, that effects are real and anti social, and that violent video games should be more tightly regulated. Others think the concern over the negativ...

Almost 3 out of 4 Americans consider it a worthy goal to do something to temper the violence in our media, yet violent movies, television and video games are extremely popular. Do violent games, like the recently updated Grand Theft Auto series, along with other violent entertainment, chip away at our sensitivities about violence and impact our notions about conflict resolution? This time on Peace...

By awarding the prize to Gore and the IPCC, the Nobel committee seemed interested in promoting the link between climate change and the threat to peace. Could the unchecked effects of climate change lead to conflicts and civil war within nations, or war between nations? Could a collective effort to save the planet from the harmful consequences of climate change actually promote peaceful cooperation...

Host Suzanne Kryder talks with Lynne Twist, author of The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Life and financial advisor and author Brent Kessel who wrote It's Not About The Money: Unlock your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance. Lynne Twist has had a long career as a global activist, fundraiser, speaker, and mentor. She works to end world hunger, empow...

In his more recent public appearances, Tibetan Leader, the Dalai Lama, has been targeting his peace and compassion message to young people. To him, teaching compassion and peace to our young is the best hope for peace in the future. A look at efforts to teach peace in the schools, this time on Peace Talks Radio. First, a visit with Azim Khamisa, director of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, a non-prof...

Listeners will hear about three Nobel Peace Laureates. The peacemaking diplomacy of 1950 Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche is recalled. 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams talks about her campaign to ban landmines and speaks of personal repsonsibility in peacemaking. The microcredit work of 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus is explored. Also, a remarkable story of forgiveness leads to a p...

With election cycles in constant motion, this time on Peace Talks Radio, we offer a conversation about the possible impact of electing mediators to public office. We'll talk with Dr. Dan Dana, a mediator and former candidate for the US House of Representatives in Kansas. After his failed, non-adversarial bid for office, Dan created the "Elect Mediators to Public Office" project. He believes that h...

This time, what is religious tolerance and how can it be promoted? Many of the world’s religions believe they are the one true faith, and they encourage members to convert others to their faith. How, then, do people from different faiths find common ground and make peace? Our guests will discuss the definitions and limits of religious tolerance. Should we tolerate all religions, even those whose m...

This time, we check in with "9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows," an organization founded by family members of those killed on September 11th who have united to turn their grief into action for peace. By developing and advocating nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice, the organization hopes to break the cycles of violence engendered by war and terrorism. By acknowledging their...

This time on Peace Talks Radio, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with Marshall Rosenberg. NVC is a verbal technology for exchanging information and resolving differences peacefully. Marshall Rosenberg, who founded the NVC technique, is captured before a live Albuquerque audience talking about how this communication style helps to resolve conflict. He also helps members of the studio audience develop...

Taken Too Soon: The Cost of War is produced by Paul Ingles, who runs a non-profit media organization called Good Radio Shows, Inc. The program features some of the names and circumstances of the deaths of coalition forces, Iraqi and Afghan civilians, contractors and journalists killed since the fighting began in Afghanistan in October of 2001 and continuing up to the present day. "I don't think th...

Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution returns this time to maybe the most challenging conflict terrain of all, our inner selves. How can we calm the turmoil within ourselves about who we are, how we are and how we relate to the rest of the world? On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, a conversation with a woman who offers one approach. Her name is Byron Ka...

INFO: This time on Peace Talks, our host Carol Boss, talks with two former prison inmates who grew up in substance abusing families. Both began using at the age of 11 and progressed from alcohol to marijuana to cocaine to meth. We used first names only. Our first guest is Chris, who is now clean and about to start work as a matre dei in an Albuquerque restaurant. He was released from prison April...

In this Peace Talks Radio Episode, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls her peace work and talks with host Carol Boss about how the principles of nonviolence can be applied to conflicts around the world and in daily life. Info: Mairead Corrigan Maguire founded the Community of the Peace People in 1976 in war-torn Northern Ireland along with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown. Mairead...

Even if you only work the American average of 40 hours a week, that still means that almost 40% of your waking hours are spent at work. And we all know that workplaces can become workshops in conflict resolution. It's not always easy to get along with your boss, your fellow employees, your customers. Conflicts of all kinds can surface and frankly, a lot of us do our best to steer around them for a...

A conversational profile of Ralph Bunche - a sometimes overlooked African-American who excelled in the world of diplomacy. INFO: In the middle part of the 20th century, if there was a news story about a peacemaking mission around the globe, chances are it contained the name of African-American diplomat Ralph Bunche. A scholar of world affairs and race relations, Bunche was recruited from academia...

Compelling moments from the 2006 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes. Info: Listeners will hear -nonviolent communication expert Marshall Rosenberg; -Arun Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi's grandson; -1976 Nobel Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire; -plus highlights from programs on peaceful parenting, the Peace Corps, workplace peacemaking, prison inmates finding their own peace and more.

Compelling moments from the 2003 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes. Info: Seeking Peace on Earth: The PEACE TALKS 2003 Special, is a collection of some of the most compelling segments from the monthly series PEACE TALKS, broadcast on public radio KUNM, in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the year 2003. Host Suzanne Kryder talks with people whose life's work is to resolve conflict peacefully in a vari...

Compelling moments from the 2004 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes. PEACE TALKS: Making Peace Day To Day, is a 59 minute collection of some of the most compelling segments from the monthly series PEACE TALKS, broadcast on public radio KUNM, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hosts Suzanne Kryder and Paul Ingles talk with people whose life's work is to resolve conflict peacefully in a variety of enviro...

Compelling moments from the 2005 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes. Info: Listeners will hear from: - Yolanda King, daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., talking about the nonviolent legacy of her father. - Princeton University Professor Dr. Zia Mian on nuclear disarmament issues. - Parenting expert Ruth Beaglehole on how to raise children without resorting to physical or emotional v...