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Welcome to Talk it Out Radio, your local, live, community call-in, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Mindfulness, and Social Justice Radio Show here on KPFA, 94.1 FM .
We believe that the best place to create a more equitable and compassionate world is to practice being the world we envision right here inside ourselves and with the people in front of us. We are dedicated to sharing practices and skills for effective and meaningful communication which includes deep listening, compassion, and collaboration. We are passionate about supporting dialogues across sensitive and important topics without doing harm to one another in the process. We integrate NVC with anti-racist and anti-oppression practices.
Our hosts Nancy Kahn, Timothy Regan and Fresh Lev White are NVC facilitators, Buddhist practitioners, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Justice (DEIBJ) coaches, consultants, strategists and/or mediators.
We welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, awareness, and effective communication with us. Our intention is to share tools, knowledge, and resources that empower all of us to effectively connect across differences and create understanding, so that we can all work together to create a more just experience for our own lives, our communities, and for the planet.
Language can hurt, and it can save lives. Language that serves life is language that reconnects us to nature, to each other, and to ourselves, because it is infused with meaning and awareness and care. Host Marlena Willis and co-host Timothy Regan offer words and language spoken in poetry that can inspire us in our … Continued
This edition of Talk It Out Radio is devoted to you if you are a man who does violence—if you are a man who hurts your family, your intimate partner, your children, and yourself. We are talking about Domestic Violence, or Intimate Partner Violence, from the perspective of you, the man behind the hurtful actions. … Continued
In spiritual circles, one often hears people say that they don’t see color or gender, but this ignores what many of us in marginalized communities face in each present moment of our lives. Larry Yang, a queer, gay man, Asian-American teacher of Buddhism, says “The path toward freedom does not go around the experience of … Continued
How do we embody the principles and practices of nonviolence with youth who connect through hiphop culture? Host Nancy Kahn interviews Leo Mercer, a co-founder of the Mercer Brotherhood and an AmeriCorps member working with underserved youth in Oakland. Leo Is a dynamic emcee and independent artist from Oakland, who is passionate about music and where it … Continued
This edition of Talk It Out Radio is for you if you have power and influence in your life, and if you care about your impact on other people. We all have power – to speak, to act, to create, and to destroy. And yet, some of us have more freedom than others to exercise … Continued
In a world where we can experience deep joy, wrenching grief, and mourning that can feel exhausting, how do we actually tend to our grief and mourning? Host Nancy Kahn offers practices that support us in recognizing grief and mourning. Why do we often hear people tell us not to feel sad, to be strong … Continued
This edition of Talk It Out Radio is Part 2 of “Repairing Relationships when you Care.” Part 1 (“How to Forgive for Real”) aired on Sept. 24, 2017, and addressed how to dissolve the enemy images we carry around of other people. You can hear that episode in our archives, or on iTunes. This show, … Continued
How can we cease being caught in shame and awaken self-love within us so that we can be both happy and more effective in our lives and our work for social justice? Host Marlena Willis is in dialogue with Nonviolent Communications teacher and coach, Marina Smerling, about shifting from shame and blame to love and … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn discussed practices of self compassion and exploring needs behind the actions of others we may view as “the enemy.” This show highlights the value in taking empowered action from a place of connection to our deepest values, and not from the thoughts stimulated by enemy images. This show can support listeners in … Continued
Host Timothy Regan explores authentic Forgiveness. Do you have enemies in your life? How does that feel to you? If you are like most people, you might say it’s uncomfortable. Do you know anyone who is having this experience and is tired of it and might want a way out? Might that person be you? It … Continued
