Soul Force Podcast
Celebrating the creative, redemptive, and transforming power of radical love, the Soul Force Podcast explores the relationship between art and nonviolence. Hosted by Paul Livingstone and friends of the Soul Force Project, each episode discusses historical and contemporary connections between creativity and change-making. We have a range of guests from scholars, clergy, and community activists to musicians, artists, and writers who are stirring positive change-making in the world.
Episodes
10 episodes
Bobby Bradford, 'Jazz and the new Black man' (part one)
Master improvisor, composer, educator and legendary cornetist Bobby Bradford now 90 years old unpacks his stories and first hand experiences on the arc of jazz history from the perspectives of the musicians themselves. In part one,...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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58:29
Rev James Lawson, a nonviolent revolutionary - Holman Interviews (part two)
Enjoy these enlightening interviews with a living legend of American history and architect of the nonviolent movement in America. Reverend James Lawson at age 93 sharp as a tack, breaks down his personal experience, American history...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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54:58
Diné teachings from Arnold Clifford (part two)
So happy to release part two of this extraordinary talk by Arnold Clifford, Diné elder from Shiprock, the Four Corners region of New Mexico. A Navajo renaissance man, Arnold's knowledge spans botany, geology, myth, spirituality. As a t...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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58:33
The music and message of Guru Rewben, King of Naga Folk Blues
Enjoy this Interview with Padmashri Guru Rewben, an extraordinary artist from a mountainous region of Manipur (Northeast India, bordering Myanmar). His music is a compelling blend of the tribal Naga songs and instruments with guitar and raw sou...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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49:44
Diné teachings from Arnold Clifford (part one)
Arnold Clifford is an extraordinary Diné elder from Shiprock, the Four Corners region of New Mexico. A Navajo renaissance man, Arnold's knowledge spans botany, geology, myth, spirituality. As a teacher, he is a true culture bearer of t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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33:02
Rev James Lawson, a nonviolent revolutionary - Holman Interviews (part one)
Enjoy these enlightening interviews with a living legend of American history and architect of the nonviolent movement in America. Reverend James Lawson at age 92 sharp as a tack, breaks down his personal experience, American history...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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57:51
The Gathering: Jesse Sharps & Fundi Legohn, a 60 year legacy of healing music in Los Angeles
Enjoy the Soul Force interview with musicians Jesse Sharps & Fundi Legohn discussing the historic spiritual lineage of creative black music in Los Angeles. Jesse and Fundi unpack this inter-generational legacy, the healing power of th...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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29:13
'It's all about love' an LA legacy of activism with Father Richard Estrada
Paul Livingstone interviews Richard Estrada who just turned 78 years young and speaks about his role working with immigrants, refugees and the nature of power in organizing in the Chicano movement. Father Richard was instrumental in the ear...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:47
Bacha Khan and the ecstasy and anarchy of nonviolence
Pakistani scholar Safoora Arbab, discusses with Paul Livingstone the extraordinary legacy of Abdul Ghaffār Khān, also known as 'Bacha Khan' and the Pushtun 'Khudai Khidmatgar'. Under Bacha Khan's leadership, this movement encouraged creat...
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47:27
Martin Luther King as a Change-making Artist
Martin King was truly a visionary artist, his mastery of the word was soaked in a musical delivery. Exploring the idea of a change-making artist that pushes culture forward, Martin was a personality who utilized traditional elements in provo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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