The Peacemakers Podcast

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Join us for courageous and generative conversations probing difficult and often divisive questions in an effort to build bridges of understanding across our differences. Along the way, we will tell the stories of practical peacemakers working collaborati

Randall Butler - Peacemaker, Trainer and Speaker


    • Aug 1, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 3m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    021: IMAGINE A NATION OF MENTORS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 35:13


    Our guest Rick Tocquigny's dream is to create a nation of mentors that unleash the full potential of humans.  He's doing that through multiple online radio shows...

    020: Reclaiming Disconnected Youth In The Juvenile Justice System – With Charles Rotramel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2018 49:47


    In this episode Charles Rotramel and I talk about the plight of disconnected youth, many of whom have been caught up in a school to...

    019: America's Polarization: Causes, Effects, Solutions – with Doug McAdam

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 73:37


    Prof. Doug McAdam traces the root causes of the deep polarization we are experiencing in the United States today. But we don't stop there.  We...

    018: Raise The Debate: Unsafe Thinking with Jonah Sachs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 90:50


    Jonah Sachs first displayed his creative genius in his best-selling book, Winning The Story Wars.  Listen as Jonah shares the story of how, after his...

    017: Part 2 – A Path Forward For Africa Today with Nii Armah Sowah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 33:21


    As my conversation with Nii Armah Sowah continues, we turn a critical eye on modern civilization.  Then, as a cultural insider, Nii Armah shares his...

    017: The Transformative Power Of The Arts with Nii Armah Sowah: PART 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 72:52


    Nii Armah Sowah tells his story of growing up in the Republic of Ghana, a country in West Africa, to become a celebrated performer and...

    016: Empowering Boys To Become Responsible Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018 78:28


    One way to think of building sustainable peace is fostering a society in which every person has the opportunity to contribute to, as well as...

    015: Developing Transformational Leaders In The Polarized Balkan Region

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2018 80:39


    Tihomir Kukolja talks about growing up in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He describes the shockingly sudden rise of ethnic nationalism after the death...

    014: Through My Neighbor's Eyes – with Will Forsythe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 75:34


    For a person to step into the shoes of another to see a different perspective on issues that really matter requires courage. Even more courage...

    013: Adventurous Convening – with Nick Forster

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 95:02


    In times of intense polarization across our country, we need people who have the courage and the ingenuity to get people to come into the...

    012: Lessons Being Learned In The Most Diverse City in America – with Stephen Klineberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017 55:54


    In a column earlier this year, David Brooks wrote:  “For the life of me, I can't figure out why so many Republicans prefer a dying...

    011: Activate Your Spiritual Imagination And Choose To Be A Peacemaker

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2017 60:40


    When so many around you are feeling highly anxious, how can you find a calm place from which you can choose to be a peacemaker?...

    010: Lessons From The Civil Rights Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 48:59


    In this turbulent time of increased polarization in the U.S., I feel there are lessons we can learn from the past about how to mend...

    009: Essential Leadership Qualities For An Epochal Paradigm Shift

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 64:37


    In our conversation, Jim Herrington offers deep insight into the tumultuous times in which we live and qualities of leadership essential to overcoming the challenges...

    008: Out Of Our Echo-Chambers And Into The Shoes Of The Other

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 46:48


    Mustafa Tameez and I talk about the genesis of media-echo chambers and the challenge of constructively engaging “the other” in this anxious age of extreme...

    007: The Church, Systemic Racism, And Social Justice – with Adam Bailon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2017 68:47


    Today, Adam Bailon, Pastor and self-described evangelical, talks about the complicity of the Church in the West in systemic racism and social-injustice over a period...

    006: WHAT IS PEACE… REALLY?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 62:01


    In our conversation today, Jack Butler and I talk about something that everyone says they want but all too many see as impossible to build....

    005: REIMAGINING POLITICS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 50:02


    Jack Butler and I have been talking about how to have conversations that set us free to move to the edge of the unknown and...

    004: Moving Together To The Edge Of The Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2017 74:07


    Jack Butler and I talk about having more courageous, generative conversations that have the potential to take us to the edge of the unknown and...

    003: Overcoming Threats To Our Democracy – with Radney Foster

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017 77:22


    Singer/Songwriter Radney Foster talks about his deep concerns about the fascist behaviors on both the Left and the Right that pose real threats to our...

    002: Seeking Post-Election Healing. Part II – with Jack Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 51:04


    Jack and I go even deeper into how to move beyond the extreme polarization in the USA.

    001: Seeking Post-Election Healing, Part I – with Jack Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2016 76:54


    A Cross-Generational and Cross-Cultural exploration of how we can mend the torn social fabric of our communities and come together as a people after the...

    000: The Back Story: How Randy Butler Came To Serve As A Peacemaker, by Host, Randy Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 28:24


    My story from transformation from Trial Lawyer to Peacemaker and the genesis of The Peacemakers Podcast

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