Podcast Episodes

#32 Former priest, author, organizer Terry Rynne: "It all started with Gandhi's salt march and I found two heroes in one day".

Season 1 Episode 32

*Note: Terry can sometimes be difficult to understand due to a medical condition: a written transcript of this episode is available for reading.

This week I welcome teacher, organizer and author, Ter…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

#31 John Dear: "This verse contains the most radical, political, revolutionary words in the Bible!"

Season 1 Episode 31

This week I share with you a Bible text that contains what I believe are the most profound spiritual teachings ever taught in human history.

They are the most radical, political, revolutionary words i…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

#30 Michele Dunne, director of the Franciscan Action Network: "I was a diplomat but I was also much part of the empire that approves of force, violence, oppression, and unjust policies "

Season 1 Episode 30

Episode #30 with Michele Dunne, on Monday, July 28th

This week I speak with Michele Dunne, director of the Franciscan Action Network. Michele is a professed Secular Franciscan (there are over 200,000 …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

#29 with Rev. Charles McCarthy: "Action not motivated by love is ineffective in countering evil and death, my enemy is not God's enemy."

Season 1 Episode 29

This week I speak with Rev. Charles McCarthy, one of the world’s great teachers of Christian nonviolence.

Rev. McCarthy is a priest of one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Byzantine-Melkite, in commu…

Published on 5 months ago

#28 Art Laffin, peaceactivist, author and Catholic Worker: "Miracles have occured during our protest actions".

Season 1 Episode 28

This week I speak with Art Laffin, long-time peace activist, author, and Catholic Worker.

Art was a member of the Covenant Peace community in Connecticut in the 1970s, then joined the Dorothy Day Cath…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

#27 Author of the national bestseller "Race Matters", Dr. Cornel West: “We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire in real time.”

Season 1 Episode 27

Author, actor, poet, musician, producer, philosopher, theologist and iconic thought leader Dr. Cornel West joins me on this episode; among the many things we discuss, he tells me:

“We are witnessing t…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

#26 with Kathy Kelly, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and peace activist: "Don't be afraid, seek ways to embrace the so-called enemy."

Season 1 Episode 26

As we recorded this episode, Kathy is participating in and coordinating a 40 day fast for an end to the US backed Israeli genocide in Israel, which began on May 22nd. When we spoke, she was placed on…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

#25 : Professor Michael Nagler on teaching nonviolence through meditation and spirituality and the destiny of the human race

Season 1 Episode 25

“Nonviolence is both the deepest core of our being and also the destiny of the human race,” Michael Nagler says on this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast.” “All human progress has been …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

24 "We are 89 seconds to nuclear midnight": Activist and author Frida Berrigan shares her experiences growing up in a household of full time resistance

Season 1 Episode 24

24: My guest today is Frida Berrigan, the daughter of legendary activists Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister, and niece of Daniel Berrigan. She offers us an intimate look into her childhood as …

Published on 6 months ago

23: "We're in the middle of a coup": with theologian, Episcopal priest and activist Matthew Fox.

Season 1 Episode 23

“We’re living through a dark night of our species, our society, and our souls,” my friend Matthew Fox tells me. A world-renowned theologian, Episcopal priest, and long-time activist, Matthew has writ…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago