What if the real crisis isn’t a lack of money—but where we choose to spend it?

In this episode, Kellan sits down with jazz musician and global peace advocate Rick Della Ratta, founder of Jazz for Peace, to expose a truth few people are willing to confront: world peace receives effectively 0% funding, while trillions are poured into war.

Rick shares how a poem written on 9/11 turned into a 25-year global movement, how over 850 causes have been supported at zero cost, and why music may be one of humanity’s most underutilized tools for raising consciousness and creating real change.

This is not theory.

This is a working model.

And it challenges everything we think we know about power, money, and impact.

Key Takeaways

1. What “0% funding for world peace” actually means
2. The difference between funding war and funding healing
3. How Jazz for Peace supports causes without upfront money
4. The “empowerment tree” fundraising model
5. Music as a tool for raising human consciousness
6. Why humanity is “living way below its potential”
7. Legacy, elders, and passing truth across generations
8. Why peace doesn’t need permission to begin

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