Calming an Active Mind
Host Nancy Kahn reminds us of our many human capacities to regulate and balance our minds and hearts.

3:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: FRIDAYS
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.
Host Nancy Kahn reminds us of our many human capacities to regulate and balance our minds and hearts.
All 3 hosts of Talk It Out – Lev, Nancy, and Timothy – hang out and look deeply at our human nature. We each savor one or two of or most cherished human needs, for the purpose of reconnecting ourselves to life again and renewing ourselves to bring strength and vitality to our actions and … Continued
Host Timothy Regan welcomes James Fishkin PhD of the Stanford Center for Deliberative Democracy to tell stories of success in bringing different people together to talk and make decisions together in true inclusive democracy.
Host Fresh Lev White welcomes Ace Morgan, fitness trainer, health advocate and parent, who coaches people of all ages toward fitness of body and mind. Check his podcast: “Move Better, Feel Great.” Ace shares his coming out stories and wisdom about fitness and success.
Host Nancy Kahn welcomes callers to explore the nature of freedom within the meaning of Juneteenth.
Host Timothy Regan explores the nature of the human need for pace with callers in this episode. Exactly what is this human requirement for pace? What is it’s nature, it’s flavor and sensations, and how do we honor our own and others’ pace? What is possible when we honor pace in ourselves and others and nature? … Continued
Timothy Regan hosts and facilitates the second congressional candidate empathy circle ever, for our US House of Representatives, CA District 11, San Francisco, currently represented by Nancy Pelosi. Mike Zonta, a citizen from District 11, invited all candidates and Nancy Pelosi to participate. 2 candidates accepted this bold and courageous invitation: Shahid Buttar and Bianca … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn explores the nature of change and social evolution by asking, “How do we change without mirroring the patterns of thinking and behavior that can hinder real growth?” and “How can we explore root causes so we can support change in ways that don’t reinforce current systems and patterns that keep us where … Continued
And for this episode, Mika Maniwa and host Timothy Regan (and you listener) get to desconstruct procrastination as a serious individual and collective challenge for living fully and taking care of ourselves and eachother and our Earth. Not only do we come to a refreshing understanding, but we bring deep compassion to the experience of … Continued
A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.