Moment of Truth with Ami Chen Mills

Something’s Happening Here! Minnesota and Iran with Janine Sieja and Stephen Zunes

UPDATES ON IRAN AND MINNESOTA: This show includes a conversation with an ordinary, working mom in Minnesota, Janine Sieja, about her experience with ICE chaos, abductions and even murders in her city … becoming an activist, her fears as a mother … and what is happening on the ground there now. Our conversation with Janine […]

The Power of Presence in Dark Times with the Reverend Elisha Christopher

Ami Chen Mills continues an ongoing conversation about resiliency, wisdom and right action with the Reverend Elisha Christopher of the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Cruz, with a focus on “the Power of Presence.” What happens when we become fully present in the midst of the chaos, fear, outrage, courage and amazing protests all […]

Kazu Haga on Fierce Vulnerabilty and Deep Nonviolence on MLK, Jr. Day

Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of the Fierce Vulnerability Network, a founding core member of the Ahimsa Collective, a Jam facilitator and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm and Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through Collapse. His work weaves together […]

How to Take Action from Spiritual Grounding

Ami Chen Mills hosts an in-depth conversation with two, beloved, local spiritual leaders, the Reverend Deborah Johnson, of Inner Light Ministries, and the Reverend Elisha Christopher, of the Center for Spiritual Living–both of whom lead congregations here in Santa Cruz County and beyond. How do we respond to outer chaos, violence and attacks on human […]

Oh, San Francisco, Where Art Thou? Part III

What do Silicon Valley Tech oligarchs want from the rest of us? San Francisco and the East Bay have become a learning laboratory for studying the designs of billionaire tech executives on the nation and even the rest of the world. In this Part III show on San Francisco and Bay Area politics, seasoned journalists, […]