The Moral Anguish of Privilege - Miki Kashtan, NGL

The Moral Anguish of Privilege - Miki Kashtan, NGL

June 10, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

Miki Kashtan discusses the moral anguish of privilege and offers insights on navigating shame within the context of capitalism.

This podcast is part of a series called Confronting Complicity in Capitalism . As Elena and I come toward the end of this phase of confronting our complicity in capitalism, there is one loop we keep getting stuck in - shame, specifically the shame of privilege. And there is one person we wanted to speak to, a mentor of ours: Miki Kashtan. Miki is the seed founder of the Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) community where Elena and I met, the author of many books, and importantly she walks the talk of nonviolence - including offering her entire body of work entirely on the gift economy. And in this conversation - the longest and most vulnerable podcast I’ve ever published - she helps me and Elena make sense of what she calls the ‘moral anguish’ of privilege, and move through it in a way that’s soft, practical, transformative. THE IMPACT. Miki Kashtan : is a practical visionary pursuing a world that works for all applies the principles and tools of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to social transformation is the seed founder of the Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) Community is the author of The Highest Common Denominator and Reweaving Our Human Fabric, and The Little Book of…

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Host: Julia S

Guest: Miki Kashtan

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Organizations: Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL)

Books & works: The Highest Common Denominator, Reweaving Our Human Fabric, The Little Book of Courageous Living

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