A monthly series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Stories that inform, inspire and improve the human condition.
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On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we hear how people are finding moments of peace and connection in the natural world, even in the middle of busy urban life. We also explore how climate change is shaping the conditions for conflict and peace around the world, revealing how closely our relationship to nature is tied to our ability to build and sustain peace.
On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we explore youth justice through the story of Jamie Silvonek, who was charged as an adult at 14 and is serving a 35-year sentence in Pennsylvania. We also hear from journalist Nell Bernstein about the growing movement to dismantle youth prisons and rethink how communities respond when young people cause harm.
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we explore how basketball is being used to bridge divides and prevent violence — from PeacePlayers’ work in Northern Ireland to Oakland’s Midnight Basketball program.
In this episode, we explore the hidden toll of activism and how we begin to build something more sustainable. Through conversations with peacebuilding chaplain and mediator Michaela Ledesma and artist-activist Jacob Lefton, this series examines how burnout shows up, why it happens, and what it might look like to recover, or prevent it entirely.
On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, journalist Brian Goldstone exposes the human cost of America’s working homelessness crisis — and what it reveals about how we define dignity and belonging. Then, therapist Whitney Goodman explores how healing fractured family relationships can restore peace closer to home. Together, these conversations ask what peace really costs — in housing, in love, and in…
Peace Talks Radio co-founder Paul Ingles talks with fine art landscape photographer Jan Bartelstone about his 2023 book An Ecstatic Gathering of Writers: Honoring Nature, Mankind, and Spirit. Bartelstone describes some of his large scale photographs in the book and the accompanying inspirational prose and poetry from top writers like N. Scott Momaday, John Muir, Pablo Neruda, Kahlil Gibran, e e…
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we revisit some of our past guests to ask: where are they now? More than a decade later, we catch up with peacebuilders who first shared their stories years ago, and hear how they’ve continued to strive for understanding, dialogue, and nonviolent change in their communities.
Peace Talks Radio explores efforts to rename and reclaim holidays like Thanksgiving, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day. Guests Mahtowin Munro and Rory Fanning discuss how these commemorations can conceal painful truths — and how reframing them can open space for justice, healing, and peace.
On today’s Peace Talks Radio episode, we explore the quiet crisis of adult loneliness and the small, brave steps people take to create new friendships later in life. We’ll hear personal stories from people reaching out across unfamiliar ground, and we’ll talk with experts about the science of connection and the design of spaces that invite strangers to become neighbors
In this edition of Peace Talks Radio, correspondent Anna Van Dine visits Seattle’s Peace Park, where a stolen statue of Sadako Sasaki — the Hiroshima girl who folded 1,000 paper cranes — is being recreated by artist Saya Moriyasu. The story reflects on Sadako’s legacy and the role of art in peacemaking.
