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‘Peace is only a thought away’ — what neuroscience tells us about nonviolence

Neuroanatomist and author Jill Bolte Taylor offers insights on the brain, nonviolence, the meaning of life and her latest book “Whole Brain Living.”

September 25, 2023

The power of contact in the rehumanization process

University of Ghent Professor Jasper Van Assche explains how meaningful contact with different kinds of people can build a more nonviolent world.

September 12, 2023

Meet the first (and only) conscientious objector from West Point

Former Army cadet Cary Donham discusses the struggle that led him to follow his conscience and leave West Point at the height of the Vietnam War.

August 28, 2023

Cutting the ties between higher education and the military

UK peace organization DeMilitarise Education is on an unstoppable mission to steer the power of universities away from the military and toward creating a more peaceful world.

August 2, 2023

Bridging union organizing with nonviolence principles

California Teachers Association union organizer Erik Olson Fernández discusses the power of unions when they are infused with the principles and strategies of nonviolence.

July 5, 2023

A new biography of Martin Luther King for a new generation

Jonathan Eig discusses his book “King: A Life,” which draws on newly recovered sources to paint a full and nuanced picture of a great revolutionary and the forces aligned against him.

June 9, 2023

Meet the Burundian pastor working to end domestic and electoral violence

Pastor Parfaite Ntahuba of the Quaker Peace Network in Burundi discusses her work creating an Early Warning Early Response team to prevent violence on many fronts.

May 22, 2023

Remembering Arun Gandhi and the lessons his grandfather taught him

In this special episode commemorating the life of Arun Gandhi, we revisit a 2017 interview where he reflects on what he learned from his grandfather about nonviolence.

May 10, 2023

Humanity is not doomed to war

Anthropologist Brian Ferguson of Rutgers-Newark University explains how research debunks the notion that war is embedded in human nature.

April 25, 2023

The transformative power of supporting each other through conflict

Gwen Olton of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence discusses her new book “From Conflict to Community.”

March 28, 2023
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