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Rebecca McKean and I started this program asking why so many U.S. Americans call Mayor Mamdani a “communist” and then explore the humanist idea that we all live in individual “landscapes” that form our perspectives and emotions — and that…

A conversation with three men who recently traveled to Palestine to witness the state of Palestinian Christian communities living in Israel-occupied West Bank. What they experienced was horrific and hopeful. Horrendous in the brutality of the young Israeli settler gangs…

William Hartung — senior researcher at The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft — reads from his new book “The Trillion Dollar War Machine” and talks about The Big Five — the U.S. military industrial complex using American tax dollars to arm the world and make…

Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the “seven summits” to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In the first part of this two-part BCR program, we…

Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the “seven summits” to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In this first part of a two-part BCR program, we…

At BCR we’re sharing conversations with positive-thinking people talking about respectful ways of living with our neighbors. Anecdotes to Trumpist hate/fear-mongering.   “Surviving Trump” is a new BCR series: One program a week that features hope and growth — realizing…

This will be the final of the “Fast for Gaza” conversations with peacemaker Kathy Kelly.  It was the beginning of a brutal heat wave in NYC; we found a shady spot on the UN side of 1st Avenue.  On the…

Monday – June 9, 2025 — 19th day of the VFP Fast for Gaza — talking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly and friends, as they consume no more than 250 calories a day for 40 days in solidarity with the citizens of Gaza…

This is Day 16 of the Veterans for Peace “40-Day Fast for Gaza.” https://embed.acast.com/$/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/fasting-for-gazans-kathy-kelly-brian-terrell-day-16? Since May 22, 2025, I’ve been speaking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly, who has been fasting to raise awareness about the starvation of the citizens of Gaza. It…

I am talking with peace activist and Nobel Peace nominee Kathy Kelly as she fasts for 40 days in solidarity with the Palestinian people starving in Gaza. This is the sixth day of her fast. I first spoke with Catholic…