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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.
Often, to contribute in the world in the way we want, we must unburden ourselves from the weight of regret and shame over things we have done to harm others and the pain and resulting reactivity that comes when others have hurt us. Host Marlena Willis shares and explores ways that nonviolent communication and meditation … Continued
How to meet your Impact with dignity and healing: Using a live and intense example with guest Warren Hooley, indigenous activist, educator, and Nonviolent Communication trainer from British Columbia, we offer you a radical and healing way to respond if you are faced with anger and blame because something you said or did stimulated pain … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn talks with guest Jair Valley, a dynamic 21-year-old African American artist and full-time professional. Jair talks about a recent experience of implicit racial bias in his workplace and the process he is actively engaged in to reclaim his dearly held values for wholeness and compassion. Starbucks recently shared materials with the public on the nationwide training they provided … Continued
When we are unable to imagine solutions that can meet the needs of more people (and other beings), it can be due to a poverty of imagination. Poetry can spark our imagination. It can feed us with the inspiration in our journeys to awaken and in our efforts to make the world a place with … Continued
Are you holding the conversations you want to have in your intimate relationships? Do you have transparent dialogues that support connection, closeness, and clarity about the agreements you hold within these core relationships, or do you find yourself avoiding conversations about important issues out of fear of conflict? Are you satisfied with the agreements you … Continued
Are you feeling compelled to make some calls to your elected representatives? Are you wondering how to best “state your case” so that your language and passion combine to make a really effective statement? Host Timothy Regan shares how to make democracy work in 30 seconds of honesty, how to make your case in a … Continued
Host Marlena Willis interviews Ravi Chandra, M.D., psychiatrist, Buddhist and author of the book Facebuddha, Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks, which is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. Ravi Chandra values conversation, relationship and their ultimate goals: love and the feeling of society. He thinks social … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn interviews guest Randi Bryant, a corporate diversity trainer and author, about proven communication and diversity strategies she has found effective in the workplace. They examine how the principles of Nonviolent Communication Across Differences align or contrast with the strategies Randi has found effective in her corporate programs. In 2001, Randi founded and … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn interviews guest Randi Bryant, a corporate diversity trainer and author, about proven communication and diversity strategies she has found effective in the workplace. They examine how the principles of Nonviolent Communication Across Differences align or contrast with the strategies Randi has found effective in her corporate programs. In 2001, Randi founded and … Continued
Did you know that there are men who meet regularly to practice the art of deep compassionate presence with one another? Host Timothy Regan welcomes five men of a Berkeley NVC practice group. They show you what it’s like when men get together and extend compassionate understanding toward one another. They express the value of … Continued
