Peacemakers Podcast

About Peacemakers Podcast

Rooted in the Three Tenets—Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action - the Peacemakers Podcast brings together activists, spiritual leaders, and changemakers who embody these principles in their work and lives. Through diverse podcast series, we share stories of compassion, justice, and transformation, offering insight and inspiration for those committed to making a difference in the world. voice.zenpeacemakers.org (https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/s/podcast?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Zen Peacemakers

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2025

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jul 2026

   Listening Creates Belonging

   In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, we shares the story of Jennifer Dohrn — midwife, activist, longtime student of Zen, and a person whose life has been shaped by the simple, radical practice of listening. At the heart of this episode is the birthing center she helped build in the South Bronx of New York. Created for women and families who had often been pushed to the edges of healthcare, the center became more than a medical facility. It became a living response to the community around it. This is an episode about what becomes possible when we truly listen to the people around us — and allow that listening to guide our action. If this conversation moves you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll get access to all of our content—podcasts, articles, event recordings, and more—and help sustain the work of Zen Peacemakers.Learn more at www.zenpeacemakers.org (http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/) We invite you to support this work. Become a paying subscriber to the Peacemakers Podcast or join the Zen Peacemakers community as a member. Show Credits: * Speaker: Jennifer Dohrn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dohrn-364b1914a/) * Interview Conducted by: Ewa Orczykowska (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewaorczykowska/) * Recording Date: January 17, 2025 * Hosts: Jim Hōden Fricker * Audio Editing/Engineering: Jim Hōden Fricker This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voice.zenpeacemakers.org/subscribe (https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

2. 

   10 Jun 2026

   Bearing Witness at Auschwitz-Birkenau

   There is a difference between knowing a thing and being changed by it. In this episode of The Peacemakers Podcast, we enter the heart of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat, held each November by Zen Peacemakers. Through the voices of Barbara Wegmüller, Bernie Glassman, Fleet Maull, Genro Gauntt, Tani, and Jishu Holmes, this episode explores what it means to sit at the selection site, read the names of those who were killed, and allow the place itself to become the teacher. This is not simply an episode about history, memory, or the past. It is about what happens when we stop holding suffering at a distance and allow it to change us. Again and again, the voices in this episode point toward the same realization: Auschwitz is not only about what happened then. It is about what lives in us now. Bernie Glassman reminds us that to remember is “to make whole again,” and this conversation becomes an invitation into that difficult and necessary work of remembrance. Not as an idea, not as blame, and not as despair, but as a practice of presence. If this conversation moves you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll get access to all of our content—podcasts, articles, event recordings, and more—and help sustain the work of Zen Peacemakers.Learn more at www.zenpeacemakers.org (http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/) We invite you to support this work. Become a paying subscriber to the Peacemakers Podcast or join the Zen Peacemakers community as a member. Show Credits: * Speakers: Barbara Wegmüller, Bernie Glassman, Fleet Maull, Genro Gauntt, Tani, and Jishu Holmes * Publication Date: June 10, 2026 * Host: Jim Hōden Fricker * Audio & Video Editing/Engineering: Jim Hōden Fricker This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voice.zenpeacemakers.org/subscribe (https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   16 Apr 2026

   The Right of Remembrance - 1864 Sand Creek Massacre

   There are stories that history books only partially hold—and others that live on in families, in land, in memory carried across generations. In this episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, we listen to Southern Cheyenne leader Chris Tall Bear as he shares the story of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre—not as distant history, but as something still present. His ancestors survived Sand Creek. What he offers here is a continuation of memory: held in place, in lineage, and in the responsibility to remember. Chris walks us through the broken treaties, the political ambitions, and the violence that led to Sand Creek. He speaks to what remains unresolved. A question of how we live with histories that have not been fully recognized.A question of what remembrance asks of us now.And a quiet, ongoing possibility—that through acknowledgment, conversation, and presence, something can begin. Listen in to this heartfelt and necessary conversation. If this conversation moves you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll get access to all of our content—podcasts, articles, event recordings, and more—and help sustain the work of Zen Peacemakers.Learn more at www.zenpeacemakers.org (http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/) We invite you to support this work. Become a paying subscriber to the Peacemakers Podcast or join the Zen Peacemakers community as a member. Show Credits: * Speaker: Chris Tall Bear * Recording Date: April 01, 2026 * Hosts: Jim Hōden Fricker * Audio & Video Editing/Engineering: Jim Hōden Fricker * Event Coordinators: Geoff Shōun O’Keeffe & Chloe Wright * Related Video: HERE (https://zenpeacemakers.org/zpi-publishing/sand-creek-massacre/) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voice.zenpeacemakers.org/subscribe (https://voice.zenpeacemakers.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

Who has been a guest on Peacemakers Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• John Brehm
• Reverend Trent Thornley
• Jeff Bridges
• Krishna Das
• Jared Seide

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,958,868

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

32

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