Guest Jonathan Pinckney joined Stacie Freasier, Robert Tyrone Lilly, and Jim Crosby (pictured with KOOP Austin Commons Hour collective comrades Michelle Manning-Scott and John Hoffner) to kick off Season 2 of Nonviolent Austin Radio Hour.

Jonathan is a scholar of nonviolent resistance, democracy, and peacebuilding. He was formerly Director of Applied Research at the Horizons Project, where his work focused on how to resist democratic backsliding, and he was a Senior Researcher on Nonviolent Action for the United States Institute of Peace. He has conducted trainings with activists around the world and has been widely published in leading academic and popular outlets including Waging Nonviolence and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.

Stacie Freasier and Jim Crosby were joined by guests Nevin Kamath of ResistTrump Campaign and ResistAustin and Dan Weber of 50501 and Student Nonviolent Action Union. Aired on May 1, 2025 on KOOP Community Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin and streaming online at www.koop.org/listen-live.

Co-hosts Jim Crosby and Stacie Freasier were joined by Lisa Rogers of the Therapy Sisters, Jill Henderson of Bakari Foundation, and Dana Brodsky of Indivisible.

Originally aired live on March 6, 2025 on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas, and online at koop.org. Co-host Jim Crosby was joined in studio with Guest Chas Moore and John Hoffner.

Originally aired live on February 2, 2025 on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas, and online at koop.org.

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