NSR promotes world healing by broadcasting inspirational and educational voices of peace and social justice using the language of personal story, music, and spirituality.

In this special Spirit in Action episode, guest-host Nicole Diroff welcomes a new Climate Changed host, Autumn Brown, and the focus is on learning to create stories leading us into a better future, nurturing our wholeness as we find our path forward. Guests & topics include Tory Stephens, Imagine 2200, Thrutopia, & more, and they'll entool you to make a better version of our Climate Changed world.

Chuck Collins, longtime activist with inequality.org, is a devoted worker for the good, and with his latest book, Altar to an Erupting Sun, he has become an amazing novelist.

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We have an amazingly creative, thoughtful, and passionate guest with us today. Jamie Logan produces media to move our consciousness toward veganism and animal liberation. The wide diversity of video productions Jamie has created is truly impressive, both in the videos she created with Jordan Ehrlich, as part of Cavelight Films, and in the separate work she has done as Jamie's Corner and available on her website itsjamiescorner.com.

After 18 years we welcome back David Rovics today to share his 2nd Song of the Soul. David has made an expansive career in writing and sharing music of protest, providing energy for & insight into the issues & mechanics of making a better life for those in the US & around the world. His many dozens of albums cover the gamut, with genres especially of folk, and folk-punk, but also touches of children's music, metal, & rock. With inspiration from & parallels to activist folks like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, & Phil Ochs, nothing stops David. With lots of songs to share, today is part one of a 2-part song of the soul with David.

Cheryl Prashker is a talented musician with wide and deep skills, particularly on the drums, but she especially has a heart of gold and bestows endless blessings on all around her. Besides performing decades ago with a back called CC RailRoad, she performs currently with a Celtic-based band called Runa.

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We welcome back David Wilcox to share his second Song of the Soul, following up on his 2013 interview. David has a hearty laugh even while digging deep in the challenges and pains of our lives, managing to keep grace and gratitude percolating without rose-colored glasses. His gift is sharing the full story, without inundating us with all the words, thereby calling them out of us as well. He joins us from Asheville, NC.

In this month’s Citizens’ Climate Radio episode, host Peterson Toscano and the CCR teams introduce a fresh approach to climate change storytelling by exploring personal stories as metaphors. While these stories are not explicitly about climate change, they reveal truths and perspectives that resonate with our climate work. Join us to discover how personal narratives can enhance and diversify our stories about climate change. You will also learn expert storytelling tips to apply when telling stories about climate change. 

In this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, hosts Horace Mo and Erica Valdez bring together diverse voices to discuss current efforts to address climate change. Horace Mo speaks with Ann E. Burg, a celebrated author known for compelling historical novels for young readers, about her newly published novel, “Force of Nature–A Novel of Rachel Carson,“ which opens a new door for readers to experience the life of Carson, a well-known environmental pioneer in the U.S., by reading her field notes and Ann’s innovative writing.

In this month’s Citizens’ Climate Radio episode, Rob Hopkins, one of the founders of the Transition Town movement, shows us how playful imagination can lead to real-world solutions, and you will discover how a life-sized whale made of plastic bags brought a community together to pass groundbreaking legislation. Artist Carrie Ziegler shares her extraordinary project that mobilized hundreds of schoolchildren to make a powerful statement about plastic pollution. In the Nerd Corner, Dana Nuccitelli tackles the big question: is a carbon price still effective in a post-Inflation Reduction Act world?