guest appearances

This section gathers the conversations John Paul has had as a guest on different podcasts across the years. These are podcast formatted conversations where John Paul serves a moderator, guest, or where a conversation or lecture has been recorded and released as a podcast. These conversations touch into a variety of topics, the most prominent of which are conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and facing toxic polarization.

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Varela Symposium: Transforming Conflict – From Science to Real World Applications

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."

2018

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Peace Podcast Episode 163: John Paul Lederach

A conversation about pocket imagination, conflict transformation, and the moral imagination in the context of peacebuilding in the United States.

2025

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John Paul Lederach on Facing Down a Civil War

A conversation between John Paul by David Swanson about dynamics of conflict and polarization, and pathways to resist these dynamics in the United States.

2025

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How to Stop a Civil War

John Paul and John Avlon discuss dangerous polarization and the rising risk of political violence in the United States.

2025

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Want to be Resilient? Build Local, Build Now

An episode of the “Reimagining Us” podcast exploring the challenges of isolation and division facing communities in the U.S., and the power rebuilding of trusting relationships to build individual and collective resilience to crisis.

2024