Peace Talks Radio

INFO: This time on Peace Talks, our host Carol Boss, talks with two former prison inmates who grew up in substance abusing families. Both began using at the age of 11 and progressed from alcohol to marijuana to cocaine to meth. We used first names only. Our first guest is Chris, who is now clean and about to start work as a matre dei in an Albuquerque restaurant. He was released from prison April 2006 after serving a 15 month sentence. Our second guest is Alisha who, like Chris, grew up in a home with drugs and alcohol. She started using at the age of 11. At 21, she was convicted of attempted first degree murder. She served a 5 year prison sentence, and is out now rearranging her life. She works at a Village Inn restaurant in Albuquerque and is back in college studying business communications. She has two young daughters who live with grandparents out of state.

In this Peace Talks Radio Episode, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls her peace work and talks with host Carol Boss about how the principles of nonviolence can be applied to conflicts around the world and in daily life.

Info: Mairead Corrigan Maguire founded the Community of the Peace People in 1976 in war-torn Northern Ireland along with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown. Mairead was the aunt of the three Maguire children who were hit by a runaway car after its driver was shot by a soldier. The deaths prompted a series of marches throughout Northern Ireland and further afield, all demanding an end to the violence plaguing her country at the time. Mairead and Betty went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.

Even if you only work the American average of 40 hours a week, that still means that almost 40% of your waking hours are spent at work. And we all know that workplaces can become workshops in conflict resolution. It's not always easy to get along with your boss, your fellow employees, your customers. Conflicts of all kinds can surface and frankly, a lot of us do our best to steer around them for as long as possible rather than face them head on. Suzanne Kryder, the original host of this program, Peace Talks, has been a leadership coach and trainer for many years and lately she's been focusing her attention on helping people stop putting off those dreaded conversations at work, make peace, and be more productive and happy in the workplace. She talked over the problem and potential solutions recently with Peace Talks host Carol Boss and some callers facing communication challenges at work.

A conversational profile of Ralph Bunche - a sometimes overlooked African-American who excelled in the world of diplomacy.

INFO: In the middle part of the 20th century, if there was a news story about a peacemaking mission around the globe, chances are it contained the name of African-American diplomat Ralph Bunche. A scholar of world affairs and race relations, Bunche was recruited from academia first into the U.S. State Department, then into the fledgling United Nations. He stepped boldly onto the world stage as a peace negotiator and advocate for the liberation of peoples of color from colonial rule. Along the way, he was targeted and cleared of communist allegations, criticized as a pawn of the white establishment, and ultimately heralded as a role model for all in human relations.

Today on Peace Talks, a profile in peace featuring Ralph Bunche. We'll highlight just a few chapters from this remarkable life, and try to take away some lessons about peacemaking as we talk with Bunche's UN colleague and biographer Sir Brian Urquhart, William Greaves, a filmmaker who produced a PBS documentary on Bunche, Tonya Covington, a diversity trainer inspired by Bunche, and with Ralph Bunche Jr., son of the late Ralph Bunche.

Compelling moments from the 2006 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes.

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Listeners will hear

-nonviolent communication expert Marshall Rosenberg;

-Arun Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi's grandson;

-1976 Nobel Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire;

-plus highlights from programs on peaceful parenting, the Peace Corps, workplace peacemaking, prison inmates finding their own peace and more.

Compelling moments from the 2003 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes.

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Seeking Peace on Earth: The PEACE TALKS 2003 Special, is a collection of some of the most compelling segments from the monthly series PEACE TALKS, broadcast on public radio KUNM, in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the year 2003.

Host Suzanne Kryder talks with people whose life's work is to resolve conflict peacefully in a variety of environments. Listeners will hear:

-tips on raising children who are skilled in handling conflict and their emotions,

-techniques that mediators use to help kids through those tough middle school years,

-ways to develop inner peace in especially troubling times,

-how language can transform a potential conflict into a resolution,

-ideas for handling conflict in the workplace,

-thoughts on improving race relations.

Compelling moments from the 2004 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes.

PEACE TALKS: Making Peace Day To Day, is a 59 minute collection of some of the most compelling segments from the monthly series PEACE TALKS, broadcast on public radio KUNM, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hosts Suzanne Kryder and Paul Ingles talk with people whose life's work is to resolve conflict peacefully in a variety of environments. Listeners will hear:

-tips on how to find a primary relationship that has less conflict and how to handle conflict when it arises,

-techniques for customer service reps to use to cool off angry customers,

-thoughts from two individuals who took their concern for peace to the heart of global conflicts - Iraq and North Korea,

-an analysis of how modern media might change to promote and reflect a more peaceful world,

-ideas for handling schoolyard bullies,

-a powerful story of forgiveness involving two fathers, one whose son killed the other's son. They are working together to improve the conditions for youth in their community,

- a discussion about how to bring civility back to our political discourse.

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Compelling moments from the 2005 season of Peace Talks Radio episodes.

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Listeners will hear from:

- Yolanda King, daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., talking about the nonviolent legacy of her father.

- Princeton University Professor Dr. Zia Mian on nuclear disarmament issues.

- Parenting expert Ruth Beaglehole on how to raise children without resorting to physical or emotional violence.

- Musician Steve Earle about his campaign to abolish the death penalty.

- Mel Duncan, executive director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce at work in Sri Lanka.

- Oren Lyons and John Mohawk on American Indian peacemaking traditions (this segment covered by stations running a newscast).

- Teenage girls from all sides of the conflict in the Middle East talking about their fears and hopes at a summer Peace Camp.

- And a bonus interview with President Jimmy Carter recorded in 2002.