Nonviolent Austin
Learn about the principles and practice of nonviolence as an active force for personal, social, and political change.
Stacie Freasier, Robert Tyrone Lilly, Jim Crosby · Stacie Freasier
Show overview
Nonviolent Austin has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 24 episodes. That works out to roughly 25 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 59 min and 1h 4m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 6 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 12 episodes published. Published by Stacie Freasier.
From the publisher
Learn about the principles and practice of nonviolence as an active force for personal, social, and political change. Co-hosted by Stacie Freasier, Robert Tyrone Lilly, and Jim Crosby, the show covers current events, learning opportunities, and nonviolent direct action taking place locally. Airs 1st Thursdays of every month from 1-2 pm CT at KOOP Community Radio 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas, and streaming online at koop.org.
Latest Episodes
View all 24 episodesKingian Nonviolence Principle 4
Kingian Nonviolence Principle 3 (May 2026)
S2 Ep 11Guests: Robert Muhammad and Sheldon Lamey
S2 Ep 10Kingian Nonviolence Principle 2
S2 Ep 9Guest: Dr. Joyce James
Aired on February 5, 2026 on KOOP Community Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas.
S2 Ep 8Guest: Gena St. David - Nonviolent Brain (January 2026)
S2 Ep 7Inside Out: A Texas Prison Poetry Stories / My Grandmother's Hands - Guest: Lauren Oertel (December 2025)
Originally aired on December 4, 2025 on KOOP Community Radio - 91.7 FM in ATX and online at koop.org/listen-live. Guest Lauren Oertel.
S2 Ep 6Kingian Nonviolence Principle 1 (November 2025)
S2 Ep 5Book Discussion: The Power Worshipers & Democracy in Chains (October 2025)
Recap of Campaign Nonviolence action days (date of airing is the last day, also Gandhi’s birthday). Jim brought in two references for discussion: 'The Power Worshipers' by Katherine Stewart and 'Democracy In Chains: A Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America' by Nancy MacLean. These historical guides shed light on 'ALEC laws', American Legislative Exchange Council, and argue that there was a 70-year intentional movement, including privatization of schools, healthcare, etc, toward making Libertarian mainstream.
S2 Ep 4Texas Civil Rights Project Guest: Jim Harrington (September 2025)
S2 Ep 2Encampment for Citizenship (July 2025)
Originally aired on KOOP Community Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas. In this episode, host Jim Crosby was joined by guests Sol Praxis and Max Rodriguez from Encampment for Citizenship.
S2 Ep 3Voting Rights and Felony Disenfranchisement - Guest Bob Libal (August 2025)
Brother Rob Tyrone Lilly hosted Sentencing Project’s Bob Libal to discuss voting rights and felony disenfranchisement. Originally aired on August 7, 2025, on KOOP Community Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas.
S2 Ep 1Nonviolent Austin Radio Hour - Guest Jonathan Pinckney
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.
S1 Ep 11Nonviolent Austin Radio Hour - May Day 2025
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.
S1 Ep 10Nonviolent Austin Radio Hour - April 2025
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.
S1 Ep 9March 2025
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.
S1 Ep 8February 2025
Originally aired live on February 2, 2025 on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas, and online at koop.org.
S1 Ep 7Chas Moore - Austin Justice Coalition
S1 Ep 6Immigration Episode
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