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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.
Those with mental health issues are often defined by professionals, but radical mental health asks that those who are defined as mentally ill have voice and agency. Host Marlena Willis, who herself deals has mental diversity/disability, is in conversation with meditator, Emiko Yoshikami, and psychiatrist, Dr. Rahil Rojiani. Emiko yoshikami is a mixed-raced, mixed-Buddhist queer who … Continued
Join host Nancy Kahn to learn how to develop empathy in relationships and to hear how empathy impacts personal and work relationships. Empathy is a core practice in Nonviolent Communication and a skill that can be learned and improved the more we choose it! Nancy Kahn has more than 20 years of experience teaching empathy … Continued
Host Timothy Regan shares peacemaking wisdom in the form of “one-liners” from experts on empathy and healthy human relationships. In this lively episode, callers join in with their own one-liners of wisdom, and find advice for their own current conflicts.
Join host Nancy Kahn for an important discussion on the emotional journey and the differences that adoptees and members of the adoption triad and extended families face due to different state laws and restrictions. Nancy identifies as a BIPOC, biracial, transracial adoptee who went through a closed adoption and has reunited with her birth parents … 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.
Host Timothy Regan welcomes Amy Wilson, who just released her book, Empathy for Change. We discuss Amy’s vision for healthy social evolution, her own personal story, and we clear up a few things about empathy. Callers ask their own questions about setting up empathic systems where humans can collaborate and thrive together. More info: In … Continued
Today is International Women’s Day! Join host Nancy Kahn in a conversation to honor the incredible capacity of women to meet needs despite the challenges of this world. If you are a self identified woman, what gems, wisdom or stories can you share with the world to contribute to other women about how to effectively … Continued
Host Timothy Regan welcomes his friend Shawn to share a story about how he approached his landlords to ask for a break in his rent – a common experience in these times. As we hear the story, Timothy reminds us of the helpful tips that come from the world of Nonviolent Communication, so that you … 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.
Join host Nancy Kahn to discuss the power of love; love as a value; practices that connect us to love (self love and love of others); and the role love can play in social movements and in politics. This show explores the concept of love as a human need/ core value; what it means to … Continued
