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Peace Is Here explores the deep architecture of a life unweaponed with a light-hearted touch and a scholar’s heart. Join Avis Kalfsbeek, writer of feisty fiction, for a daily curriculum of peace. We explore historic treaties, nature’s quiet wisdom, and the creative art-vision required for #TheGreatDisarmament. From deep-dive series on peace heroes to fiction stories and personal riffs, we look beneath the surface to see the peace that is already here.
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Friday Nov 07, 2025
Friday Nov 07, 2025
Bea Johnson: Waste Not, Want More
The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues. In this episode, we meet Bea Johnson—mother, minimalist, and pioneer of the zero waste lifestyle. We explore her 5R philosophy, the in-home challenges, and how refusing can become a spiritual act that challenges consumer systems.
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
José Andrés: Building the Longer Table
The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! Chef and humanitarian José Andrés has redefined how we feed people in crisis. But at the heart of his mission is something simple: building longer tables, not higher walls.
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: We Fed an Island by José Andrés
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Toni Cade Bambara: Story as Resistance
The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! In this episode, we honor Toni Cade Bambara, whose writing, activism, and teaching insisted that stories matter. We reflect on her commitment to language as a tool of justice, and on what it means for us to speak when silence feels safer.
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays & Conversations by Toni Cade Bambara
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Arundhati Roy: Voice Against Silence
The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! In this episode, we explore how Arundhati Roy has used literature and activism to speak truths often ignored. We reflect on how her small acts of witness challenge power, and how we might find our own voice of moral alignment.
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt: Quiet Power, Public Heart
Theme 3: The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! In this episode, we explore how Eleanor Roosevelt expanded the role of public service through consistent advocacy, principled presence, and moral imagination. We consider how she kept her convictions alive and used her influence for universal dignity.
Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt
Music: "Dalai Llama Rides a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Sojourner Truth: Walking Toward Freedom
Theme 3: The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) escaped slavery, recovered her child through the courts, and became a traveling preacher and abolitionist who challenged both racism and sexism. This episode looks at the power of her conviction and the importance of leaving no one behind.
Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850)
Music: "Dalai Llama Rides a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Maya Angelou: A Life That Didn’t Need Much
Theme 3: The Social & Systemic "Enough" begins! In this episode, we honor Maya Angelou, whose writing practice, poetic clarity, and pared-down rituals remind us that beauty doesn’t come from abundance—it comes from presence. We explore the quiet power of a woman who kept what mattered and let the rest go.
Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Charles Darwin: The Sandwalk Thinker
This episode concludes our theme: Stewards of the Earth. We honor Charles Darwin, whose life of patient observation and scientific humility offers lessons far beyond biology. We reflect on how his walks, notebooks, and quiet persistence helped reframe humanity’s place in the world.
Get the Book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Resource: Darwin: A Life in Science by John Gribbin & Michael White
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Yvon Chouinard: Climbing Light
In this episode, we honor Yvon Chouinard—climber, craftsman, environmental innovator, and founder of Patagonia—who asked the question: how light can a life be? We trace his path from forging pitons to founding Patagonia and explore how choosing durability, repair, and purpose can reshape how we live, continuing our theme: Stewards of the Earth.
Get the Book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard (Book) and here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79e7fvfrMJ0
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Greta Thunberg: The Voice of Tomorrow
In this episode, we meet Greta Thunberg—young climate activist, moral clarion, and living challenge to complacency. We explore her school strikes, her public voice, and how urgency and care can coexist, continuing our theme: Stewards of the Earth.
Get the Book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez