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Peace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 62 Wolff Peace – Thomas Hobbes & Satish Kumar: Fear and flourishing. Authority and awe. Where does peace begin?In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the tension between Thomas Hobbes’s vision of human nature and Satish Kumar’s path of spiritual ecology. Hobbes believed that peace required submission to state power. Kumar believes it arises from harmony with one another—and the Earth.
Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man is available on Amazon (I’m not an affiliate)
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Music: Dalai Llama Ride...2025-07-2506 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 61 Wolff Peace – Aristotle & Malala Yousafzai: What does it mean to be political—and who gets to belong?In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek revisits Aristotle’s enduring vision of the political life: one rooted in virtue, participation, and civic education. But with that vision came exclusion—women, slaves, and foreigners were barred from the polis.
Enter Malala Yousafzai, who defied a Taliban bullet to fight for girls’ education and global citizenship. Through her story, we explore how access to learning becomes a form of political empowerment—and why it’s essential to building peaceful societies.
Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man is available on Amazon (I’m...2025-07-2306 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 60 Wolff Peace - Recap 2: The Limits of Political Authority Recap; Where Does Power Stop and You Begin?In this special recap episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek reflects on seven thinkers and seven peace warriors who challenge our assumptions about political loyalty. From Socrates to Thoreau, from Sophie Scholl to Desmond Tutu, we explore the personal, political, and moral tensions of obedience in a world that often demands conformity.
In this episode:
A guided overview of Wolff’s “Limits of Political Authority” section
Peace Pairings who refused to obey unjust power
Thought-provoking questions for your inner world
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Music...2025-07-2207 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 59 Wolff Peace - Robert Wolff & Pauli Murray: What is political loyalty and who gets to define it?In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores Robert Paul Wolff’s personal contribution to his 1966 anthology with the essay An Analysis of the Concept of Political Loyalty. Rather than obedience, Wolff suggests that loyalty is a kind of identification with the state—one that might even lead to principled resistance.
Paired with Wolff is Pauli Murray—civil rights lawyer, poet, priest, and powerful legal mind behind some of the greatest progress in racial and gender equality. Murray’s life exemplified a kind of loyalty that held America to its best ideals.
In thi...2025-07-2106 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 58 Wolff Peace - Paul Le Meur & Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: A teacher. A village. A refusal to betray.In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the story of Paul Le Meur, a French teacher who faced an impossible moral decision during Nazi occupation—and chose not to comply. His story is paired with the extraordinary resistance of the villagers of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, who sheltered thousands of Jews during the Holocaust without fanfare or credit.
Both remind us that peace often lives in quiet places—and in the brave hearts of ordinary people.
In this episode:
A reading of Le Meur’s wartime decision
The remarkable resistance of Le Cha...2025-07-1806 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 57 Wolff Peace - Robert Jackson & Desmond Tutu: Conscience Without CompromiseFrom the U.S. Supreme Court to the streets of Cape Town: this episode of Wolff Peace examines what it means to protect conscience in law and in life.
Host Avis Kalfsbeek explores Robert H. Jackson’s stirring opinion in Barnette, which rejected forced patriotism in favor of moral independence, and pairs it with the radical compassion of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who led a nation toward justice without vengeance.
In this episode:
The reversal of Gobitis in Barnette
Desmond Tutu’s legacy of truth, justice, and reconciliation
Two reflection questions to guide your personal and...2025-07-1606 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 56 Wolff Peace - Felix Frankfurter & Sari Nusseibeh: Dissent, Devotion, and the Right to RefuseIn this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines the tension between obedience and conscience by pairing Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter with Palestinian philosopher and peacebuilder Sari Nusseibeh.
Frankfurter’s ruling in Minersville v. Gobitis prioritized national unity over religious freedom, sparking backlash and violence. In contrast, Nusseibeh’s life work offers a model of nonviolent dignity and resistance under the weight of systemic oppression.
Together, their voices challenge us to rethink how peace interacts with the right to dissent.
In this episode:
The logic and consequences of Mine...2025-07-1406 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 55 Wolff Peace - Richard Schaar & Sophie Scholl: Loyalty and the LineWhen loyalty becomes betrayal—and betrayal becomes peace. In this episode of Wolff Peace, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines the quiet power of disobedience. Political theorist Richard Schaar challenges the psychology of loyalty—and Sophie Scholl, executed at 21 for resisting Hitler, shows what it means to shift allegiance from nation to conscience.
In this episode:
What makes us loyal—and what breaks the spell
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance
Two reflection questions for your internal compass
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Music: “Dalai Llama Rides a Bike” by J...2025-07-1106 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 54 Wolff Peace - Henry David Thoreau & Greta Thunberg: Disobedience for the EarthTwo centuries. Two refusals. One call to conscience. In this episode of Wolff Peace, host Avis Kalfsbeek reflects on the power of peaceful disobedience—from Thoreau’s refusal to fund slavery and war, to Greta Thunberg’s school strike for the climate. When systems harm the vulnerable, is breaking the law the most peaceful choice?
In this episode:
Thoreau’s legacy of moral refusal
Greta’s unapologetic activism for the planet
Two reflection questions for your everyday courage
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...2025-07-0905 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 53 Wolff Peace - Plato & Aung San Suu Kyi: The Cost of ConscienceObedience. Resistance. The inner cost of doing what’s right. In this episode of Wolff Peace, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the tension between obeying unjust laws and standing for justice. From Plato’s Crito, where Socrates chooses death over escape, to the early years of Aung San Suu Kyi’s nonviolent struggle in Myanmar, we reflect on what it means to remain true to your conscience—even when the consequences are great.
In this episode:
Plato’s argument for lawful obedience and moral integrity
Aung San Suu Kyi’s long house arrest and evolving legacy
Two reflection q...2025-07-0706 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 52 Wolff Peace Recap 1: From Locke to Engels - 7 Thinkers Who Shaped Power & 7 Peace Warriors
Missed an episode? This special recap journeys from John Locke to Friedrich Engels, linking each classic thinker to a peace warrior of our time. Perfect for catching up or diving in.
We take a reflective pause in our Wolff Peace series to look back on Part One of Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man: “The Individual and the State.”
Host Avis Kalfsbeek revisits the questions of political legitimacy, power, and moral resistance—and considers how the teachings of Hooker, Austin, Weber, Lenin, Locke, Hume, and Engels meet our present moment.
We also r...2025-07-0611 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 51 Wolff Peace - Friedrich Engels & Bayard Rustin: The Revolution Must Be PeacefulWhat if class struggle met nonviolence? In this bold pairing, Friedrich Engels goes head-to-head with civil rights strategist Bayard Rustin to ask: Can we build a just world without bloodshed?
What is the origin of the state, and can it be peaceful? In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines Friedrich Engels’ theory that the state was born from class antagonism and is inherently a tool of oppression. Paired with Engels is the visionary civil rights strategist Bayard Rustin, who dedicated his life to building a nonviolent, inclusive movement for justice in America....2025-07-0405 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 50 Wolff Peace - David Hume & Wangari Maathai: What's a Tree Worth to a Skeptic?Can philosophy plant a forest? This episode pairs Scottish skeptic David Hume with Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai to explore reason, action, and environmental peace.
Can we question the stories governments tell—and plant better ones ourselves? David Hume challenged the myth of the social contract and Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai’s reforestation movement helped grow peace from the ground up.
Together, they invite us to rethink power, legitimacy, and how we tend the world we inherit.
In this episode:
Hume’s critique of inherited government and imagined consent
Maathai’s Green Belt Movement...2025-07-0205 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 49 Wolff Peace - John Locke & Vandana Shiva: What If Property Rights Destroyed the Planet?What happens when Western property theory meets Indigenous eco-wisdom? This Wolff Peace episode pairs John Locke with Vandana Shiva in a radical rethink of ownership, land, and peace.
In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek contrasts the legacy of John Locke—whose ideas about liberty and property helped justify land enclosures and colonial expansion—with the work of Vandana Shiva, a scientist and activist who defends seeds, soil, and the commons.
Through the lens of Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man, we trace the roots of modern liberalism and it...2025-06-3005 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 48 Wolff Peace - V.I. Lenin & Leo TolstoyWolff Peace – V. I. Lenin & Leo Tolstoy
Two Russians. Two revolutions. Two visions of peace.
In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores a striking contrast between two towering Russian figures: Vladimir Lenin, revolutionary and architect of the Soviet state, and Leo Tolstoy, novelist turned pacifist who rejected all violence in the name of love and spiritual truth.
Through the lens of Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man, we examine Lenin’s call for the destruction of the capitalist state—and Tolstoy’s call for the moral rege...2025-06-2607 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 47 Wolff Peace - Max Weber and Abdul Ghaffar KhanWolff Peace – Max Weber & Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Power, legitimacy, and the courage of nonviolence.
In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores political philosopher Max Weber’s stark definition of the modern state as the “monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force,” and pairs it with the bold life of Abdul Ghaffar Khan—the Muslim pacifist known as the “Frontier Gandhi.”
While Weber wrestled with the ethics of power and governance, Khan led a movement of over 100,000 nonviolent Pashtun activists against British colonialism, grounded in faith, discipline, and love. Together...2025-06-2307 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 46 Wolff Peace - John Austin & Audre LordeWolff Peace – John Austin & Audre Lorde
Power, obedience, and the poetry of resistance.
In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the tension between legal authority and moral justice through the lens of 19th-century legal theorist John Austin and radical poet and activist Audre Lorde.
Austin’s theory of legal positivism defines law as the command of a sovereign backed by force—regardless of whether it is just. His focus on structure and obedience set the stage for modern legal systems but left little space for resistance or morality.
...2025-06-1906 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekEp 45 Wolff Peace - Richard Hooker & Dorothy DayWolff Peace – Richard Hooker & Dorothy Day
A new series on political philosophy, power, and the pursuit of peace.
In this opening episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek introduces the legacy of political philosopher Robert Paul Wolff and his influential book Political Man and Social Man. Each episode in this special series pairs a classic thinker from Wolff’s anthology with a modern or historical peacemaker, exploring how ideas about law, authority, and society shape the world we live in—and the peace we hope to build.
We begin with Richard Hooker...2025-06-1509 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekThe Birth of the Khalsa by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Introduction excerpt)In this episode of Peace Is Here, host Avis Kalfsbeek reflects on The Birth of the Khalsa by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh—a groundbreaking work that reimagines Sikh identity through a feminist, peace-centered lens. Drawing from her own journey through compassionate Kundalini yoga and a growing curiosity about women’s roles in spiritual traditions, Avis explores how Singh’s writing invites us to see the divine as nurturing, liberating, and powerfully maternal.
You’ll hear a narrated reading of a portion of the book’s Introduction and a reflection on why the spiritual wisdom of the Khalsa—often told through...2025-06-1429 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 10 Social Reform and Am I a Vegan (the best and worst pepperoni pizza of my life)Avis Kalfsbeek discusses falling off the vegan wagon with a pepperoni pizza and finishes reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 10 Vegetarianism and Social Reform. In this chapter, Henry is bold as usual. He states that vegetarianism can’t save the nation without a societal redistribution of wealth, but that doesn’t make it any less important. “In the first place, I think we shall do wisely in not claiming too much. The unhappy condition of the lower classes is brought about by many complex causes, which can scarcely be remedied by any single reform. The evil lies in t...2025-05-2519 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 9 The Philosophy of Cannibalism (and the Carnivore)Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 9 The Philosophy of Cannibilism (and the Carnivore) “It is indisputable that there have been, and indeed are, savage tribes who deliberately prefer human flesh to other food ; and it should not escape our notice that these people, in defence of their dietetic peculiarities might use, and probably have used, arguments similar to those now-a-days brought forward by flesh-eaters in justification of their system of diet—'It has always been so;’ ‘it is the regular rule of our society ;’ ‘ our medical men approve of it ;’ ‘we are strong and healthy on this diet...2025-04-0916 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 8 Sport (killing animals for fun)Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 8 Sport (killing animals for fun) “The essence of so-called sport " consists in the excitement derived from the pursuit and killing of animals. It seems that there are two warring instincts in men's minds—one, the brutal passion, which prompts them to pursue and slaughter innocent and helpless creatures, a passion which, unfortunately, has been so strengthened by centuries of habit, that in some persons it is engrafted like a second nature ; the other, the gentler, and surely not less natural feeling, which bids us pity, sympathise, and save. I...2025-03-2418 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 7 On Certain Fallacies (myth-busting carnivore attacks on vegetarianism)Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 7 On Certain Fallacies (Myth-busing carnivore attacks on vegetarianism) “The absurd assertion so often made, that animals were ‘sent' us as food may be classed under this same head. The mere fact that we have been accustomed to eat flesh-food, no more proves that animals were created for this purpose than the existence of cannibalism proves that missionaries are “sent” to the South Sea Islands solely as an article of food, or the existence of slavery that black men were “sent” to be the slaves of white. In barbarous times cruel p...2025-03-0830 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 6 Sir Henry Thompson on Diet (Surgeon Sir Henry Thompson: "It is a vulgar error to regard meat in any form as necessary to life.")Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 6 Sir Henry Thompson on “Diet” (Surgeon Sir Henry Thompson: “It is a vulgar error to regard meat in any form as necessary to life.” Thompson also wrote (1879) “…it is a fair computation that every acre of land devoted to the production of meat is capable of becoming the source at three or four times the amount of produce of equivalent value of food, if devoted to the production of grain. In other words, a given area of land cropped with cereals and legumes will support a population more than three time...2025-02-2028 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 5 Medical Men and Food Reform (Doctors' prejudice against vegetarians)Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 5 Medical Men and Food Reform (Are Doctors prejudiced against vegetarians?)
“The commonest obstacle to Food Reform, as indeed to every other Reform, is prejudice…The influence of medical men, both on public and private opinion, is unquestionably very great, and at present nearly the whole weight of this influence is thrown into the scale against us. What answer are we to make to the question, so often asked—'Why are so few doctors Vegetarians ?’” (H.S. Salt 1886)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke”...2025-02-0418 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 4 Some Results in Food Reform (or does vegetarianism keep you sober?)Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 4 Some Results in Food Reform (or does vegetarianism keep you sober? “…of most pressing interest at the present day, is the remarkable fact that abstinence from animal food almost invariably brings with it abstinence from all alcoholic drinks.” (H.S. Salt 1886)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com o...2025-01-2515 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 3 Good Taste in DietAvis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 3 Good Taste in Diet. “How foolish and inconsistent it is to be vastly fastidious about the manner in which one's food is served up, and at the same time to be totally indifferent as regards the quality, from an aesthetic view, of the food itself! ” (H.S. Salt 1886)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet bo...2025-01-1718 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 2 Morality in DietAvis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 2 Morality in Diet. “If, then, it be a degrading occupation to kill animals, how can the habit of eating them be other than degrading? If we condemn the ignorant and brutal butcher who supplies the flesh, how can we acquit the refined ladies and gentlemen who demand it? The thoughtlessness alone enables people to endure such a system. From infancy they are taught to ignore what "meat" really is ; until they hardly think of oxen and sheep in connection with beef and mutton.” (H.S. Salt 1886)
Music: Da...2025-01-0918 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekHenry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 1Avis reads Chapter 1 of Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism. In the first chapter of this collection of essays, Salt advocates for the adoption of a vegetarian lifestyle based on ethical, health, and environmental considerations. A fervent advocate for animal rights, Salt co-founded the Humanitarian League in 1891, promoting kindness to animals and opposing blood sports. He is considered a pioneer of animal rights.
Digital book Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism: https://archive.org/details/pleaforvegetaria1886salt/page/n1/mode/2up
Another link to the digital book version OF Henry Stephen Salt’s A P...2025-01-0427 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekKaur of Peace: 10 Bad Ass Sikh Women in HistoryIn this episode, the Avis Kalfsbeek returns after a hiatus which includes a journey of overcoming alcohol addiction. She shares her insights on peace and the compelling interplay between peace and strength, with extraordinary depth drawn from her personal experiences in recovery. Avis explores the strength derived from women and the feminine force that permeates all beings. She further delves into history, examining the contribution of women to the Sikh tradition and their influence on peace by reading a 2015 Ms. Magazine article, "10 Badass Women in Sikh History," written by Lakpreet Kaur, to appreciate and highlight the unseen historical contribution...2024-02-2021 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 35 - 41 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 36 through 41 (THE END) of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1 and a bonus, Pedro’s Primer. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.2022-10-1228 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 31 - 35 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 31 through 35 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 36 - 41 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez...2022-10-0826 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 26 - 30 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 26 through 30 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 31 - 35 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez...2022-10-0524 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 21 - 25 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 21 through 25 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 26 - 30 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez...2022-10-0145 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 16 - 20 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 16 through 20 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 21 - 25 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez...2022-09-2836 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 11 - 15 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 11 through 15 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 16 - 20 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez...2022-09-2427 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 6 - 10 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio chapters 6 through 10 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 11 - 15 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez...2022-09-2119 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekOne More Year Audio Book Chapters 1 - 5 (Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1)Please enjoy audio book chapters 1 through 5 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 6 - 10 are coming in the next episode.)
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Ro...2022-09-1823 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekPeace Beats: Ms Magoo’s Magnificent Meat-Free Sexagenarian to Centenarian RideI’d like to share a birthday note I wrote to my friends and a recording I made on my birthday with a prayer of peace. “Closer than my varicose veins, nearer than my sagging turkey neck.” Peace is here now, my dear friends.
Music: Una Manana and Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/
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Sylvia Earle’s Ted Talk Mission Blue: https://mission-blue.org/about/
Studs Terkel’s 1970 Interview of Shantidas (Lanza Del Vasto...2022-09-1212 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekKeep Stuff That Matters - Kira Rodenbush Interview“Everybody in the modern day and age wants to live like there house is its own tiny Target…” Join me to hear master spiritual clutter cutter, Kira Rodenbush talk about how we relate to our “stuff.” Her podcast is titled, “What’s Up With Your Stuff?” and in this light-hearted interview she talks about a family “Bob-Ross-on-acid” painting that she has carried from home to home, how to approach those doom boxes in storage, and how our children are the hope for the future to curb unbridled consumerism. Enjoy!
Kira Rodenbush: Please check out Kira Rodenbush’s podcast What’s Up With...2022-07-2451 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekPeace Heroes: Rob Bell on GunsAvis Kalfsbeek’s narration of philosopher, truth-seeker, dad-next-door-surfer Rob Bell’s superb synthesis of the change we need now in gun policy, with music by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Link to Rob Bell Politics and Guns Episode 59: https://robbell.podbean.com/e/episode-59-politics-and-guns-part-6-we-can-do-this/
Pew Research – Americans and Guns: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/
The Brookings Essay “The Promise: The Families of Sandy Hook and the Long Road to Gun Safety” by Matt Bennett: http://csweb.brookings.edu/content/research/essays/2013/sandy-hook-promise-gun-safety.html
The Most Powerful Story The Onion Every Wrote: https...2022-06-2239 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekPeace Scholars: American University’s School“Why peace? Why now?” American University’s International Peace and Conflict Resolution leaders ask. Learn more about the women faculty in this top-tier peace think tank. Study peace.
Peace Studies: American University School of International Services – Masters in International Peace and Conflict Resolution https://www.american.edu/sis/ipcr/
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.Av...2022-05-2221 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant Perpetual Peace First Section Article 6 - No State Shall Allow Such HostilitiesImmanuel Kant’s essay "Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 6 “No state shall allow itself such hostilities in wartime as would make mutual trust in a future period of peace impossible.”
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike and The Red Kite by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
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Immanuel Kant: The version of Immanuel Kant’s writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with e...2022-05-0906 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant Perpetual Peace First Section Article 5 - No State Shall Forcibly InterfereImmanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 5 “No state shall forcibly interfere in the constitution and government of another state.”
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Immanuel Kant: The version of Immanuel Kant’s writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbee...2022-05-0605 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant Perpetual Peace First Section Article 4 - The State Shall Not Contract DebtsImmanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 4 “The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.”
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Immanuel Kant: The version of Immanuel Kant’s writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek’s Ama...2022-05-0206 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant Perpetual Peace First Section Article 3 - Standing Armies Shall Gradually Be AbolishedImmanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 3 “Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall be gradually abolished entirely.”
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Immanuel Kant: The version of Immanuel Kant’s writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek’s Amazon affiliate link...2022-04-2706 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant Perpetual Peace First Section Article 2 - No State Shall Be AcquiredImmanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 2 “No independently existing state (irrespective if it is large or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase, or gift.”
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Immanuel Kant: The version of Immanuel Kant’s writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with...2022-04-2506 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant Perpetual Peace First Section Article 1 - No Reservations for Future WarImmanuel Kant’s essay Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch First Section Article 1.
“No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.”
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Immanuel Kant: The version of Immanuel Kant’s writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W...2022-04-1410 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekPeace Scholars: University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for Peace StudiesLet’s learn more about scholars, institutions, programs, classes, and individuals dedicated to peace. In this Peace Scholars episode, I read about the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, including a description of the programs and a few course descriptions. Go Leprechauns!
Peace Studies: Read more about the academic peace programs and thought leaders at the Kroc Institute of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame by searching up Kroc Institute of Peace Studies. https://kroc.nd.edu
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Bandcamp...2022-04-0313 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: John Muir Studies in the Sierra CH 2 Origins of the Yosemite Valleys Part 2A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 2 Origins of the Yosemite Valley, Part 2.
“The Half Dome is usually regarded as being the most mysterious and unique rock form in the valley, or, indeed, in the world, yet when closely approached and studied, its history becomes plain.” John Muir
You can read the full book, Studies in the Sierra by John Muir at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez....2022-03-2916 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: John Muir Studies in the Sierra CH 2 Origins of the Yosemite Valleys Part 1A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 2 Origins of the Yosemite Valley, Part 1.
“It would require years of enthusiastic study to master the English alphabet if it were carved upon the flank of the Sierra in letters sixty or seventy miles long, their bases set in the foothills, their tops leaning back among the glaciers and shattered peaks of the summit, often veiled with forests and thickets, and their continuity often broken by cross-gorges and hills.” John Muir
You can read the full book, Studies in the Sierra by John Muir at...2022-03-1924 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Flow Peace: Self Sabotage and Delusions of GrandeurWhat do we know of “delusions of grandeur”? Do we self sabotage when we identify with this phrase? And an excerpt preview of upcoming book 6.
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More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the...2022-03-0911 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man Chapter 1 Part 3W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 3. This first chapter ends with the sentiment that our life’s memories of nature we experienced may be our greatest peace. It is an exuberant and proud accounting of the over 200 bird descriptions and bird songs W.H. Hudson can remember from his distant homeland of Argentina and his reasons why. He also answers the question: “What is the charm which you find or say you find in nature?” and imagines how wonderful it would be to be able to magically transport his mind’s beautiful visions of all t...2022-03-0423 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekPillars of Peace: Lucy Thoumaian’s Manifesto of PeaceA reading of Lucy Thoumaian’s 1914 manifesto of peace, A Manifesto to Women of Every Land, a Pillars of Peace episode.
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Read Lucy Thoumaian’s A Manifesto to Women of Every Land in the book Documenting First Wave Feminisms edited by Maureen Moynagh, Nancy Forestell. https://www.amazon.com/Documenting-First-Wave-Feminisms-Collaborations-ebook/dp/B007O0UQB2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DCSSQ4OIHPOP&keywords=documenting+first+wave+feminism&qid=1645832913&s=books&spr...2022-02-2609 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: WH Hudson Birds and Man Chapter 1Part 2W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 2. Can we recall bird images and birdsongs from memory like it was yesterday? W.H. Hudson says yes.
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Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org.
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead y...2022-02-2128 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: W.H. Hudson Birds and Man Chapter 1 Part 1W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 1. Birds are best viewed in nature, not stuffed in a museum.
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Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org.
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you mig...2022-02-1920 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekImmanuel Kant: Why Kant There Be Peace?Why Kant There Be Peace? Excerpts from Immanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch.” Comforting, practical, brave, and clear.
First Section, Which Contains the Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among States:
“No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.”
“No independently existing state (irrespective of whether it is larger or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase or gift.”
“Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall gradually be abolished entirely.”
“The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.”
“No state s...2022-02-1413 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: John Muir Studies in the Sierra CH 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 3A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 3. Glaciers, flexible as the wind, yet hard-tempered as steel, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology.
The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/.
Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores.
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2022-02-1114 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: John Muir Studies in the Sierra CH 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 2A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 2. Cleavage, glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology.
The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/.
Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores.
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More Peace anyone? If you eve...2022-02-0617 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: John Muir, Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 1A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 1. Glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology.
The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/.
Or find the the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores.
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Get the Books: The Pedro...2022-02-0412 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekA Nature Peace: Confederation of Native Peoples 1786A reading on peace: “A confederation of Native peoples seek peace with the United States, 1786.”
The full writing can be found at The American Yawp, A Massively Collaborate Open U.S. Textbook, www.americanyawp.com.
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Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contr...2022-01-3014 minPeace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekStray with Me with Jessie LeonardEnjoy this planet-inspired mother-daughter interview with van-life adventurer-poet, Jessie Leonard with topics of solo female travel, van building, small vans, remote work, living a small footprint, minimalism, ethical consumerism, fast fashion, traveling with a dog and more.
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Turn Downtime Into Storytime With Full AudiobookOne More Year Audiobook by Avis KalfsbeekListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 562701
Title: One More Year
Author: Avis Kalfsbeek
Narrator: Avis Kalfsbeek
Format: Unabridged
Length: 03:18:33
Language: English
Release date: 11-20-21
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Action & Adventure
Summary:
One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people is Tillys mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting...2021-11-213h 18Peace Is Here with Avis KalfsbeekIntroducing the Peace is Here PodcastDo you ever dream of a world with no war? What if peace isn’t something far away—but something already waiting for us to notice and unwrap?
Welcome to Peace Is Here, a podcast about everyday peace, bold ideas, and the people who carry light in dark times.
Hosted by author Avis Kalfsbeek, this slow-listening series explores what peace really means—through the eyes of philosophers, mystics, nature writers, poets, political thinkers, and ordinary humans (and dogs) doing extraordinary things.
In this new trailer, you’ll hear what to expect from the podcast, f...2021-10-2103 min