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Week of December 14, 2025 – The Effort to "Cure" Violence
Today, Dr. Gary Slutkin's effort to treat violence like an infectious disease and a conversation with former U.S. intelligence officer Ray McGovern who talks about presidents and peacemaking during his three decades of preparing briefings for the White House, and about a 1928 effort to make war illegal - the Kellogg/Briand Pact.
PROMO: : https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PeaceTalksCureViolencePromo-needstag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/Podcast/PT-CureViolence59-podcast.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 on PRX : https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/161775-the-effort-to-cure-violence
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Week of December 21, 2025- Peace on the Battlefield
Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the early months of fighting in Europe in World War 1. Also the story of the National Jubilee of Peace – the first major gathering of Civil War veterans from the North and South in 1911 - 50 years after the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-ChristmasTruce30SecPromo-NeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-ChristmasTruce59.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/70966-peace-on-the-battlefield-the-christmas-truce-of-1
Week of December 28, 2025 – “Where are They Now?”
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.
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/WhereAreTheyNowPROMO1.mp3
59:00 MP3 : https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-WhereAreTheyNow59.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/598055-where-are-they-now
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Week January 4, 2026 – Empathy and Peace Behavior
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
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-Empathy-promoNeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-Empathy-59.mp3
59:00/54:00 on PRX : https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/252735-empathy-and-peace-behavior
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Week of January 11, 2026 – Addressing Economic and Class Conflict
On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we explore the growing divide between rich and poor in America — and what it means for peace.
Sociologist Dr. Tina Wright and entrepreneur Nick Hanauer, host of the podcast Pitchfork Economics, discuss how economic inequality fuels class conflict and what it would take to build a fairer, more stable society.
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-ClassConflict-PromoNeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-ClassConflict-59.mp3
59:00/ 54:00 Version on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/293095-addressing-economic-class-conflict
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Week of January 18, 2026 – MLK 3 Landmark Speeches
Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two leading King scholars.
PROMO https://www/goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-MLKSpeeches-30SecPromo-NeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-MLKSpeeches-59.mp3
59:00/54:00 on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/108860-mlk-three-landmark-speeches
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Week of January 25, 2026 – What Peace Costs: Housing, Dignity and Repair
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 the courage to repair what’s broken.
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/WorkingHomelessPromo.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-WhatPeaceCosts59.mp3
59:00/54:00 on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/598488-what-peace-costs-housing-dignity-and-repair
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Week of February 1, 2026 – Anarcho-Pacifism in Peace
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll talk with a sociology professor and an activist/scholar who help us understand Anarcho Pacifists. They explain that Anarcho Pacifists hold that anarchism is a philosophy of non-violence, because it opposes all domination and power.
PROMO Https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-AnarchoPacifism-Promo-30secNeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-AnarchoPacifism-59.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/409580-role-of-anarcho-pacifism-in-peace
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Week of February 8, 2026 – Learning Mediation
On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, host Suzanne Kryder explores how mediation training can transform everyday conflict.
She speaks with instructor Anne Lightsey and several participants from a 40-hour course in Albuquerque about what they learned — and how listening, curiosity, and empathy can turn disagreement into understanding.
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PTMediationPromo-NeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-MediationClass-59.mp3
PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/265920-learning-mediation
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Week of February 15, 2026 - Johnny Cash and Richard Nixon / plus Ndaba Mandela
This two-part program includes an exploration of the Netflix film, "Tricky Dick and the Man in Black" about a 1970 concert at the Nixon White House by Johnny Cash which exposed Cash's turn toward the youth and anti-war movements in the country at the time. The second part of the program features conversation with the grandson of Nelson Mandela, Ndaba Mandela, who speculates about his grandfather's legacy in both South Africa, and the world.
Promo: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-CashNixon-59promo.mp3
59:00 MP3 https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-CashNixonMandela-59.mp3
PRX: : https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/274212-johnny-cash-and-richard-nixon-plus-ndaba-mandela
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Week of Feb 22 - Dealing With Burn-Out
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.
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/BurnOutPromo1
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-BurnOut59.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 on PRX : https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/598407
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Week of March 1, 2026- Spoken Word, Poetry For Peace
Actors, storytellers and poets express their hope for peace with the spoken word.
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59:00 MP3: http://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PeaceTalksSpokenWord.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/16004-peace-talks-radio-spoken-word-for-peace-58-00
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Week of March 8, 2026- Songwriting to Heal Trauma
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.
PROMO: https://www.goodradioshows.org/PromoMP3s/PT-GauthierPromo30SecNeedsTag.mp3
59:00 MP3: https://www.goodradioshows.org/BroadcastMP3-59min/PT-Gauthier-59.mp3
59:00 / 54:00 Version on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/250038-songwriting-to-heal-soldiers-trauma