HeyJaredPeace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek
Peace philosophy, literature, and musings by Avis Kalfsbeek, author of best friend activist short fiction and the environmental novella book series Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet.
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Ep 319 Peacewarts: Morphological Peace 101 – Orientation & The Architecture of Cruelty (Class 1) (opens the original)
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Ep 319 Peacewarts: Morphological Peace 101 – Orientation & The Architecture of Cruelty (Class 1) We enter the builder's studio to launch the Department of Morphological Peace, establishing how structural shape determines civic flow. Using London anti-homeless stud removals, the Camden bench, Seneca Village, Grants Pass v. Johnson, and local shelter litigation in Chico as historical anchors, we explore how to audit defensive urban design and convert hostile architecture into spaces of rest and co
Ep 318 Peacewarts: Social Chemistry 101 – From Reactant to Catalyst (Class 14) (opens the original)
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Ep 318 Peacewarts: Social Chemistry 101 – From Reactant to Catalyst (Class 14) Episode Summary: In our final session, we explore the transition from being a reactant to a catalyst. Using Václav Havel’s "living in truth," the Peace People of Northern Ireland, and JFK’s 1963 American University speech as anchors, we define the power of co-regulation and the final protocols of the Peace Scholar. Homework: Research Václav Havel’s "living in truth." Write down one question about any of this episode's
Ep 317 Peacewarts Lab: How Ayn Rand Is Fucking Us Over Again with AI Arbitrage (Bring On the Commons) (opens the original)
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Ep 317 Peacewarts Lab: How Ayn Rand Is Fucking Us Over Again with AI Arbitrage (Bring On the Commons) In Episode 317 of the Peacewarts Lab on the Peace is Here podcast, host Avis Kalfsbeek takes a sharp, satirical look at how modern Silicon Valley billionaires are resurrecting Ayn Rand's hyper-individualist playbook from Atlas Shrugged to justify AI-driven wealth extraction. Examining modern tech commentary—including discussions on podcasts like Peter Diamandis's Moonshots—Avis contrasts the tec
Ep 316 Peacewarts: Social Chemistry 101 – The Invisible Ingredient: Grief (Class 13) (opens the original)
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Ep 316 Peacewarts: Social Chemistry 101 – The Invisible Ingredient: Grief (Class 13) We examine the thermodynamics of emotion, identifying unexpressed grief as the primary fuel for reactive anger. Using the Weimar Republic's Dolchstoßlegende, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, and the TRC's witness containment models as anchors, we explore the clinical requirements for the expression of collective pain. Homework: Look up the Stab-in-the-back myth and find one specific piece of propaganda from the
Ep 315 Peacewarts: Social Chemistry 101 – Listening as a Solvent (Class 12) (opens the original)
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Ep 315 Peacewarts: Social Chemistry 101 – Listening as a Solvent (Class 12) Episode Summary: We examine the neurobiology of ideological positions and how active, non-judgmental listening acts as a solvent to dissolve the ego-shield. Using the Highlander Folk School, the Quaker Clearness Committee, and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission as anchors, we explore the clinical protocols of Silent Presence and Emotional Labeling. Homework: Look up Carl Rogers’ Active Listening resear
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