All Episodes
Restorative Justice On The Rise — 177 episodes
Episode 197: Restorative Justice Is Community Centered Work
Episode 196: LIFER: One Man. One Dog. Transformed
Episode 195: The Importance of Restorative Networks with Mika Dashman
Episode 194: Alchemy & Restoration with Shilpa Jain
Episode 193: The Youth Are Not The Problem. They Are the Solution.
Episode 192: Being Curious and Having Fear w/ Deborah Heifetz
Episode 191: Being Restorative w/ Leaf Seligman
Episode 190: Transforming Systems Broken by Design w/ Tema Okun
Episode 189: Community Held Restorative Justice
Episode 188: Our Wounds Are Our Gold w/ Shaylie Pickrell
Episode 187: Prosecute, or Restore? W/ Attorney & Public Defender Tristen Edwards
Episode 186: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Educator w/ Joe Brummer and Marg Thorsborne
Episode 185: Shifting Narratives: Building Trust and Visibility for the Trans Community w/ Logan Ward
Episode 184: Dr. Paul Mihailidis on Social Justice, Belonging, and Global Media
Episode 183: Art as Intervention w/ Pablo Martínez-Zárate
Episode 182: The Intersections of Restorative and Transformative Justice
Episode 181: Bahnhof Leisnig: Where Music Restores a Sense of Belonging
Episode 180: Building Restorative Cultures
Episode 179: Danielle Sered: Until We Reckon, Five Years In
Episode 178: RJ & Heart Coherence with Deborah Rozman of the Institute of HeartMath
Episode 177: A Conversation w/ Jabali Stewart on Being Restorative
Episode 176: Tim Chapman: Restorative Justice and Voice: a Return to Authentic Power
Episode 175: A Conversation w/ Petra Masopust Šachová
Episode 174: Returning to Circle w/ Dina Thompson, Director of ECRJC
Episode 173: Paws for Peace: Therapy Dogs in Restorative Justice w/ Author Patty LaTaille
Episode 172: A Conversation with Lucy Jaffe of WhyMe.org
Episode 171: Ongi Etorri: On Location at EFRJ Int'l Conference with Jorge Elias Ollero Peran
Episode 170: A Conversation with Howard Zehr Celebrating his New Book
Episode 169: The Redemption Project Discussion Series, Session 6: "Left for dead" w/ Thomas Morgan & Martina Lutz-Schneider
Episode 168: The Redemption Project Discussion Series, Session 5: "Small Town Redemption" w/ Michelle Walter & Jonathan Scherrer
Episode 167: The Redemption Project Discussion Series, Session 4: "A Mother's Justice" w/ Terria Walters
Episode 166: The Redemption Project Discussion Series, Session 3: w/ Donald Lacy & Karena Montag
Episode 165: The Redemption Project Discussion Series, Session 2: "Life Forever Altered" w/ Callan Gill & Gretchen Casey
Episode 164: The Redemption Project Discussion Series, Session 1: Inaugural Discussion w/ Mariah Lucas, Jason Clark, & Javier Stauring
Episode 163: Doing Us Justice, Opening Panel: Restorative Justice's Responsibilities
Episode 162: Doing Us Justice: RJ Alongside and with Traditional Systems
Episode 161: Restorative Teaching Tools for Learning Restorative Practices
Episode 159: The First Harm, Acknowledgment & RJ's Responsibility, a Panel and Discussion
Episode 158: Jeff Brown, from the Evolutionary Lawyers Series
Episode 157: Insights from Anthony, Youth Keeper from NY at NACRJ Oakland 2017
Episode 156: Acknowledging Ancestral Wisdom: Jerry Tello at NACRJ Oakland 2017
Episode 155: NACRJ Oakland Exclusive: Cornel West on Restorative Justice
Episode 154: Rangimarie Naida Glavish: Reflections from Maori Traditions of Restorative Justice
Episode 152: Evolving in Real Time: Crisis as Birth w/ Barbara Marx Hubbard
Episode 151: Listening From Essence, Dialogue or Death: James O'Dea
Episode 150: The Need for Restorative Justice w/ Eric Luecking
Episode 149: The Prison Within: w/ Troy Williams
Episode 148: On Nepal's Restorative Journey, Gender-Based Violence & RJ, the UN and US Efforts
Episode 147: A Conversation w/ Zach Norris
Episode 146: SaulPaul, a Musician with a Message
Episode 145: The Redemption Project with Van Jones
Episode 144: Writing As Restorative Vehicle: Restoring Voice, Restoring Balance w/ Diane Raptosh
Episode 143: Lorenn Walker, Restorative Lawyer & Director of Hawai'i Friends for Restorative Justice
Episode 142: Advocacy, Organizing and Restorative Justice w/ Justice Matters of Lawrence, Kansas
Episode 141: Hip Hop and Restorative Justice: Youth Leadership from Circles & Ciphers of Chicago
Episode 140: Elevating Justice Within Courts, Schools & The Criminal Justice System From a Prosecutor's Perspective
Episode 139: Elevating Youth Voices & Oakland's Recent Budget Cuts: An interview with Youth Leadership
Episode 138: Restorative Justice Growing Strong in DC
Episode 136: David Hooker on Race, Implicit Bias & Restorative Practice
Episode 134: Waking Up White: An Interview & Conversation w/ Author Debby Irving
Episode 133: Conflict In the Comments with Dominic Barter & Rivera Sun
Episode 132: Humanizing Education & Reconnecting People: The Potential of Restorative Justice in Education
Episode 131: Restorative Cities w/ Teiahsha Bankhead, Ph.D and Tyreece Sherrills
Episode 130: The Neuroscientific A-ha of Empathy & How We Do Justice w/ Sarah Peyton
Episode 129: William Bledsoe, Ph.D "From Suppression to Expression"
Episode 128: Michael Nagler of the Metta Center for Nonviolence
Episode 127: Restorative Justice on Campus: A Conversation w/ Dr. David Karp
Episode 126: A Conversation w/ Sheryl R. Wilson
Episode 125: Award Winning Documentary CIRCLES
Episode 124: Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices w/ Joe Brummer
Episode 123: Life Comes From It – Panel Discussion
Episode 122: Rita Marie Johnson: From Confusion to Connection, and from Conflict to Mutually Met Needs
Episode 121: Adding a restorative element to schools and how it adds value instead of being seen as taking away from time available to teach
Episode 120: Working with the power dyanmic: Insights on shared power, facilitation, and circle processes w/ Kay Pranis
Episode 119: Building Restorative School Communities: Public dialogue w/ Kay Pranis & Carolyn Boyes Watson
Episode 118: Jared Seide, Director of Center for Council
Episode 117: Ian Marder, Founder of Community of Restorative Researchers
Episode 116: Dr. David Ragland
Episode 115: Maya Schenwar
Episode 113: RJ Center of the NW — Nicholas Bradford
Episode 112: Change of Heart w/ Jeanne Bishop
Episode 110: Lisa Rea, President of Restorative Justice International
Episode 109: Van Jones State of American Justice
Episode 108: On Food Justice: Colorado Prop 105 GMO Labeling interview w/ Tammi DeVille
Episode 107: Taking Our Places: Transforming our relationship with parenting and life w/ Ana Joanes
Episode 106: On Empathy with the founders of Empathy App
Episode 105: Food Justice: Right to Know Colorado-GMO Labeling
Episode 104: Justice as Healing with James O'Dea
Episode 103: Full Circle Restorative Justice
Episode 102: James O'Dea
Episode 101: Velcrow Ripper
Episode 100: Sarah Van Gelder
Episode 99: Belvie Rooks & Dedan Gills
Episode 96: Rep. Pete Lee
Episode 95: Sunny Schwartz
Episode 94: Carolyn Boyes-Watson
Episode 93: Johan Galtung
Episode 92: Fania Davis
Episode 91: Bryan Stevenson
Episode 90: Michelle Alexander
Episode 89: Katy Hutchinson, International RJ Advocate, Author, and Speaker
Episode 88: On the Ground in Juvenile Corrections w/ Melinda Sonnen, CDAC
Episode 87: Police Chief Bob Richardson
Episode 86: Erin Freeborn & Jennifer Larson-Sawin, Two leaders in the Massachusetts RJ Movement
Episode 84: Creating Restorative Spaces w/ Barb Toews & Deanna Van Buren
Episode 82: Glenn Aparicio-Parry on "Original Justice"
Episode 81: Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative
Episode 80: Restorative Justice and Schools: A Ground-Level View
Episode 79: Restorative Justice and Schools
Episode 78: Heart of Hope with Carolyn Boyes-Watson
Episode 76: Restorative and Transformative Justice
Episode 75: Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth & A National Movement Builds
Episode 74: Tapping a Rising Movement & An Overview of Stats and Legislation, plus What's Ahead
Episode 73: Building Bridges: Restorative Circles and Existing Systems
Episode 72: Summer of Peace Restorative Justice on the Rise and The Story of What Inspired It
Episode 71: Jason Tashea, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Youth Courts International
Episode 70: Unlikely Friends with Internationally renowned Filmmaker/Documentarian Leslie Neale
Episode 69: Restorative Justice and the Fresh Start & Harvest of Potential Program
Episode 68: Restorative Justice, Law Enforcement & Community Programs
Episode 67: Restorative Justice: A New Paradigm for Social Transformation w/ Azim Khamisa
Episode 66: Integrating Restorative Justice w/ Mathew Hartman
Episode 65: Sebastian Junger — Director of Which Way is the Front Line from Her
Episode 64: Fred Van Liew Director for the Center for Restorative Justice Practices in Des Moines, Iowa
Episode 63: Dancing with the Energy of Conflict & Trauma with Mark Umbreit
Episode 62: Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz
Episode 61: Alan Huffman — Author of HERE I AM
Episode 60: Kathy Kelly, Nobel Nominee and Founder, Voices for Creative NonViolence
Episode 59: Sunny Schwartz
Episode 58: Diane Pendola of the LITUPP Prison Project (CA)
Episode 57: Rep. Pete Lee (D-CO)
Episode 56: Dr. Howard Zehr, Grandfather of the Modern Field of Restorative Justice
Episode 55: Evelyn Zellerer, Ph.D of Peace of The Circle and RJ4All
Episode 54: Officer Greg Ruprecht
Episode 53: Jesse Lava, Campaign Director – Beyond Bars
Episode 52: Sequoyah Trueblood
Episode 51: Therese Bartholomew
Episode 50: Pat McCabe
Episode 49: Grandmother Mona Polacca
Episode 48: Kim Workman
Episode 47: Johan Galtung
Episode 46: Steve Korr of IIRP
Episode 45: Margot Van Sluytman
Episode 44: Lynette Parker of Prison Fellowship International and Restorative Justice Online
Episode 43: Deb Witzel
Episode 41: Kris Miner, Executive Director at St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program (SCVRJP)
Episode 39: Fleet Maull, Director of The Prison Mindfulness Institute
Episode 38: Sujatha Baliga, Director of the Restorative Justice Project
Episode 37: Restorative practices and bridgebuilding on an individual and community level
Episode 36: Community Conferencing: Restorative Practices and the power of our grassroots action
Episode 35: Dr. Carl Stauffer of Eastern Mennonite University
Episode 34: Prof. Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D
Episode 33: Michelle Alexander
Episode 32: Michael Nagler
Episode 31: Demeria Parry: w/ James O'Dea & Molly Leach
Episode 30: Kenny Johnson: Growing Up Spiritually
Episode 29: Dominic Barter: How Restorative Systems can Bring the Justice Scales to True Balance
Episode 28: Understanding Nonviolence w/ Arun Gandhi
Episode 26: The River of Peace and Justice
Episode 25: Kay Pranis of Circle Processes and long-time Restorative Justice academic and advocate
Episode 24: Linda Alvarez of Discovering Agreement
Episode 23: Sylvia Clute, Attorney, Author of Beyond Vengeance, Beyond Duality
Episode 22: Kenny Johnson Author of The Last Hustle and Founder, This Sacred Space
Episode 21: Dominic Barter of Restorative Circles
Episode 20: Saul Arbess & Penny Joy
Episode 19: Special Guest Anael Harpaz
Episode 18: The Phenomenal Susan Partnow and the Power of Compassionate Listening
Episode 17: Tribute to MLK, Jr: OCCUPY THE DREAM AND THE POWER OF LOVE
Episode 16: James O'Dea
Episode 15: Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr. Don Beck
Episode 14: Sarah Van Gelder, Editor of YES! MAGAZINE
Episode 13: LEONARD SCHEFF
Episode 11: Lessons for Occupy From Sri Lanka
Episode 10: Restorative Justice & Social Healing in the US and Beyond w/ James O'Dea
Episode 5: Lois DeMott
Episode 3: Mathew Albracht
Episode 2: Katy Gilbert of Stories of Our City
Episode 1: Robin Casarjian of the Lionheart Foundation