Guest appearances
Riane EislerEvery podcast appearance, updated as new ones drop
scientist
- Episodes
- 21
- Shows
- 19
- Hours
- ~16
Tracked from 4 Feb 2009 to 5 Feb 2026
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- The History the World Forgot — Power, Trauma & the Sacred Feminine with Riane Eisler & Heather Ensworth
When did we begin to believe that domination and hierarchy were inevitable? For much of recorded history, we’ve been taught that war, hierarchy, and domination are simply part of who we are — that humans are violent by nature and patriarchy is how civilisation naturally evolved. In this Synergy Sessions conversation, Sandie Sedgbeer is joined by Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade , and Heather Ensworth, clinical psychologist and cultural researcher, to explore compelling evidence of ancient partnership societies that valued cooperation, balance, andreverence for life. Drawing on archaeology, neuroscience, trauma psychology, mythology, and evolutionary science, they reflect on how early childhood experiences shape entire cultures, how trauma can perpetuate cycles of violence, and why theSacred Feminine was suppressed — and is now re-emerging. This conversation isn’t about answers or conclusions. It’s an invitation to reconsider what shaped our world — and what may still be possible. ▶️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/vaEfY6dAz3s Learn more about our guests: • Riane Eisler — https://rianeeisler.com/ | https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/riane-eisler/ • Heather Ensworth — https://risingmoonhealingcenter.com/
- Domination vs Partnership with Riane Eisler
You can also watch this conversation on YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts . I’m thrilled to announce that Riane Eisler will be a teacher on our online course New Ways of Knowing which begins on January 14. As a Christmas gift, we’re offering five 20% off vouchers with the code Chalice at checkout. If you’d like to buy attendance as a Christmas gift, order a ticket for yourself and write to us at info@studiokainos.com . We’ll switch it into the name of the recipient, and schedule an email to the recipient on Christmas Day …or Christmas Eve for our European readers. In 1938, seven-year-old Riane Eisler watched as Gestapo soldiers threw her father down a flight of stairs. It looked like her worst nightmares were about to come true, but then her mother stood up to the Nazis and saved her father. Miraculously, her family survived Kristallnacht and fled to Cuba. Much later, the two poles of the humanity she witnessed that night would lead to a career as a pioneering social scientist. How can it be, she wondered, that human beings can be such monsters and such angels? Is it inevitable for society to be controlled by the most violent and ruthless among us, or is there another paradigm at our fingertips? After training as systems theorist and an attorney, Eisler would go on to author nearly a dozen books, including The Chalice and the Blade in 1987, which became an international sensation and sold half a million copies. The book takes readers back into pre-history to argue that before the rise of ‘might is right’ dominator cultures, many groups of humans lived in what Eisler calls ‘partnership societies.’ Men and women worked together rather than against one another. Children were raised by communities instead of atomised family units. The gap between what we now call rich and poor was far smaller. Some lasted for 1000 years. These societies weren’t perfect, and Eisler doesn’t argue that we should fetishes them or try to return to them. Instead, she presents them as an example of an eternal truth that could well save humanity: It doesn’t have to be this way. I first read The Chalice and the Blade when I was in my early twenties, after coming across Eisler’s work through a series she recorded with Terence McKenna called Man and Woman at the End of History , which I listened to on repeat. Eisler expanded on the fundamental thesis of The Chalice and the Blade over the next three decades, particularly in her 2007 book The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy and 2019’s Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future co-authored with neuroscientist Douglas P. Fry, both of which we discuss in more detail in our interview. It’s a real honour to be publishing this, and it’s one of my favourite conversations in years. It reminded me of what I first felt reading The Chalice and the Blade , namely that Eisler’s work points to the same truth that psychedelic experiences so often remind us of: we’re creating much of our own experience. Our lives are contextual and changeable based on how we are socialised, how we think, and the choices we make. We are also, as I argued in <a target="_blank" href="https://beiner.substack.com/p/listen-to-the-land-how-to-t
- Season Finale: Partnership in Action with Riane Eisler and Eli Ingraham
In our season finale, Dr. Riane Eisler and Eli Ingraham reflect on 42 episodes of the Power of Partnership Podcast and spotlight where partnership is thriving today. They highlight lessons from across the globe, showing how partnership values are reshaping families, education, economics, and community life. From rethinking early childhood and schooling, to advancing regenerative economics and bioregional networks, to honoring the sacred feminine and spiritual traditions, this closing conversation weaves together stories of hope, resilience, and practical pathways toward a more caring and connected world. 🌍 Key topics : Peace begins at home · Education for liberation · Caring economics · Regenerative design · Interconnection & spirituality 🔗 Resources: CPS: https://centerforpartnership.org Summit: https://peacebeginsathomesummit.org Partnerism: https://partnerism.org Riane Eisler: https://rianeeisler.com Doughnut Economics: https://doughnuteconomics.org Capital Institute: https://capitalinstitute.org 🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/uZlPtPIb8f0 💖 Support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2207697/support 📬 Connect: center@partnershipway.org 🎵 Music: Resilience by Rising Appalachia Support the show
- 68. Creating a Culture of Partnership, in Conversation with Riane Eisler, PhD
“Why, when we humans have such a great capacity for caring, consciousness, and creativity, has there been so much cruelty, insensitivity, and destructiveness? Has it ever been different, and can it be different again?” These are the questions that fueled Riane Eisler passion for her work and for her vision of a world where we could return to a more equitable partnership society. Riane is one of the mothers of feminism and she has a life time’s worth of incredible work behind her. We are so honored to have had this insightful, heartfelt conversation with her. Please consider visiting https://centerforpartnership.org/ to learn more and donate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and leave us some stars over on Spotify. You can email us at littlegiftspodcast@gmail.com or find us on isntagram @littlegiftspodcast. Find Sue Ellens artwork at www.sueellenparkinson.com or connect with her on instagram @sue.ellen.parkinson. And the same goes for Savanna! Find more about her practice at www.savannawonderwheel.com or connect on instagram @savannabeing.
- Transforming a Paradigm of Domination with Riane Eisler
On the latest episode, I'm joined by legendary systems scientist, futurist and cultural historian Dr. Riane Eisler. Riane is the recipient of many honors, such as the Distinguished Peace Leadership Award earlier given to the Dalai Lama, and is the author of many books, including The Chalice and the Blad e , now in its 57th US printing and 27 foreign editions, The Real Wealth of Nations , hailed by Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking," and Nurturing Our Humanity , Oxford University Press, 2019, co-authored with Douglas P. Fry. Riane’s innovative whole-systems research offers new perspectives and practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and sustainable future. She is the President of the Center for Partnership Systems, which provides practical applications of her work, and Editor in Chief of the online Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies published at the University of Minnesota. On this episode, we discuss: Riane's early childhood experience as a Jewish refugee whose family fled Austria to escape the Nazis, and how that experience, as well as the loss of many family members during the Holocaust, caused her to question her understanding of God The difference between cultures of domination and partnership cultures, which she outlines in her groundbreaking work The Chalice and the Blade, and the shifts she's seen in culture since the book was first published The subtle pervasiveness of dominator culture, and how we can find it rooted in our language, as well as all the underpinnings of society Riane's focus on violence in the home, and how it directly correlates to violence in other aspects of society Plus, we riff on the magic of snakes and their ancient connections to the Divine Feminine (always a favorite topic of mine!) Notes related to this episode: You can learn more about Riane, her many books and her extense work at her website: https://rianeeisler.com/ You can learn more about the Center for Partnership Systems at https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/riane-eisler/ During this episode, Riane mentioned parapsychologist Thelma Moss, as well as the ancient Anatolian civilization Catal Huyuk. She also mentioned the evangelical Christian organization Promise Keepers. And here are a few more details about this show and my work: If you’d like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/ You can also visit the Coalition of Natives and Allies for more helpful educational resources about Indigenous rights and history. Please – if you love this podcast and/or have read my book, please consider leaving me a review, and thank you for supporting my work! You can also access video episodes on the Home to Her YouTube channel For more Sacred Feminine goodness and to stay up to date on all episodes, please follow me on Instagram: @hometoher. To dive into conversation about the Sacred Feminine, join the Facebook group: / hometoher And to read about the Sacred Feminine, check out my award-winning bo
- Fog Busters: The Eyes of Care with Riane Eisler and Victoria Friedman
In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , the fog isn’t just weather—it’s the “domination fog” that hides kindness, devalues care, and keeps our world from seeing clearly. Host Cherri Jacobs Pruitt talks with Riane Eisler and author-illustrator Victoria Friedman about their new children’s book, Fog Busters: The Eyes of Care . The story follows four children from the far corners of the Earth, called together by a tree spirit to clear the fog and restore color, connection, and compassion to the planet. Eisler and Friedman reveal how the book’s magical quest is rooted in real-world principles—the “four cornerstones” of cultural transformation—and why giving children stories that celebrate care might be one of the most powerful tools we have for changing the future. SUPPORT THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP PODCAST ( https://www.buzzsprout.com/2207697/support ) Prefer to watch? You can also view all episodes of The Power of Partnership Podcast on the Center for Partnership Systems YouTube channel CHILDREN'S BOOKS SPECIAL PROJECT - Light on Light Fog Busters: Eyes of Care: Friedman, Victoria, Mann, Ellen, Eisler, Riane: 9781958921555: Amazon.com: Books Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brain, Lives, and Futur e, Riane Eisler The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future , Riane Eisler The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that will Change Your Life , Riane Eisler Center for Partnership Systems center@partnershipway.org Resilience , Rising Appalachia Support the show
- The Partnership Way with Riane Eisler
What if there was a way to transform society into a more caring, equitable, and connected world? In this episode of The Power of Partnership Podcast , Cherri Jacobs Pruitt sits down with Dr. Riane Eisler — social scientist, attorney, author, and founder of the Center for Partnership Systems — to explore her pioneering work on the Partnership-Domination continuum. Drawing from her own story as a refugee fleeing the Nazis, Eisler shares how domination systems have shaped families, gender, and economies for millennia — and how we can shift toward partnership cultures that value care, nature, and shared prosperity. From family dynamics to economic systems, Eisler offers a roadmap for cultural transformation that empowers us to build a kinder, safer, and more sustainable future. Key Themes The domination vs. partnership social scale as a tool for transformation. How early life experiences and family structures ripple into society. Why valuing care, nature, and equity is key to building just economies. The Center for Partnership Systems as a hub for resources and tools. About the Guest Dr. Riane Eisler – Renowned social scientist, attorney, and author of landmark works including The Chalice and the Blade , Sacred Pleasure , Tomorrow’s Children , The Power of Partnership , The Real Wealth of Nations , and Nurturing Our Humanity . She is president of the Center for Partnership Systems and a leading voice for cultural transformation worldwide. Resources & Links 🌐 Center for Partnership Systems 📘 The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future – Riane Eisler 📘 Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body – Riane Eisler 📘 Tomorrow’s Children: A Blueprint to Partnership Education in the 21st Century – Riane Eisler 📘 The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships That Will Change Your Life – Riane Eisler 📘 The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy – Riane Eisler 📘 Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future – Riane Eisler 📖 CPS Tools: Changing Our Story, Changing Our Lives course, The Technology Toolkit , The Social Wealth Indicators , Caring and Connected Parenting Guide Support & Subscribe 🎧 Support The Power of Partnership Podcast : Buzzsprout Support Page 📺 Watch episodes on the Center for Partnership Systems YouTube channel 📬 Connect: center@partnershipway.org Music Credit Resilience by Rising Appalachia. Support the show
- The Needed Shift from Domination to Partnership Systems (ft. Riane Eisler)
Riane Eisler and Nancy Giordano discuss the needed shift from power over to power with... In our Femme Futurists Video Podcast with extraordinary women, showcases 60+ years of Riane Eisler tirelessly championing a more caring economics. RIANE EISLER is a cultural historian, systems scientist and president of the Center for Partnership Systems, often compared to Marx + Smith for her more than 60+ years tirelessly championing a new system of economics centered on caring Learn more at femmefuturists.com Learn more about Nancy at nancygiordano.com Learn more about our guest Riane at rianeeisler.com
- 018: Embracing Futures Of Partnerism with Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler, JD, PhD(h) (she/her) is internationally known for her groundbreaking contributions as a systems scientist, futurist, and cultural historian. Her innovative whole-systems research offers new perspectives and practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and sustainable future. Dr. Eisler is President of the Center for Partnership Systems, which provides practical applications of her work. In this episode, Emily and Riane discuss a paradigm beyond the binary matriarchy-patriarchy model, what it means to live in a domination system versus a partnership system, and how hierarchies can move from power over towards power to and power with . You can learn more about Dr. Eisler’s work on her website as well as on the Center for Partnership Systems website . You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
- Partnerism with Riane Eisler
Partnerism is both a social and economic system. Based on the principles of equitable partnership, it reaches across the spectrum of society — gender studies, family systems, organizations, cultures, and political systems — as a movement towards a more just and caring society. Overall, it shifts paradigms from hierarchies of domination to hierarchies of actualization . This has been the life's work of our guest for this episode, Riane Eisler. She is a social scientist, cultural historian, attorney, and Holocaust survivor whose transciplinary exploration is making a lasting impact in the social sciences and society-at-large. This episode also features the contributions of three Denizens who are building on Riane's work in distinct ways - movement-building, storytelling, and economic change. In this episode, our deep dive on partnerism includes: Introducing Riane and her story [2:39] Introducing partnerism [4:29] The domination-partnership scale [10:32] Four cornerstones of transitioning from domination to partnership cultures [16:55] Quantifying the economic value of care [22:51] Shifting narratives from domination to partnership [27:10, 39:28] Introducing The Chalice and the Blade [28:21] Nations modeling the shift to partnerism [29:31] Introducing Rosie von Lila [32:36] Introducing Catherine Connors [39:28] Introducing Donnie Maclurcan [49:25] To stay connected to all things Denizen, you can sign up for our newsletter at www.becomingdenizen.com . There we share our latest content alongside community events, educational opportunities, and announcements from our many partner organizations.
- Amory 69 | The Power of Partnership with Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler is a systems thinking, author and speaker who is passionate about construct a more equitable, sustainable, and less violent world based on Partnership rather than Domination. She is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Futur e. Dr. Eisler is president of the Center for Partnership Systems (CPS) , and has created a framework around 4 pillars: Childhood/Family relations, Gender relations, economic relations and narratives that will support us in shifting towards a parternship society. If you'd like to talk more about about the Domination/Parternship spectrum, join a free Amory call on July 12th from 11am-noon! Links to learn about Riane Eisler and the Center for Parternship Systems . Please consider becoming a monthly donor ! www.amorypodcast.com @amorypodcast
- Being a partnership agent for change with Riane Eisler
In this episode I speak with Riane Eilser, an internationally renowned author historian and futurist. Her pioneering work on the theory of domination and partnership offers a new perspective for constructing less violent, and more egalitarian gender based, sustainable societies. Where survival is not of the fittest, but of those with the greatest capacity for change, joy, love and mutual care. Riane Eisler website: https://rianeeisler.com/ Center for Partnership Systems: https://centerforpartnership.org/ To subscribe to the BAREFOOT MEDIATOR PODCAST series – please visit JaneGunn.co.uk/podcasts If you would like to download a COPY OF MY BOOK together with a series of FREE VIDEOS for managing in times of Change, Challenge and Crisis – please go to JaneGunn.co.uk/Video
- Face to Face with Riane Eisler
Face to Face with Riane Eisler Live on OMTimes Radio Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 10:30 PST / 1:30 PM EST Watch the Livestream on the No BS Spiritual Book Club on Facebook, OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook, or OMTimesTV Youtube This week on the No BS Spiritual Book Club’s Face to Face With… Video interview series…Futurist, cultural historian, social systems scientist, attorney and bestselling author Riane Eisler. Everywhere we turn, from the news to books and movies, we are bombarded with the same message – Human nature is inherently bad… just look at all the senseless violence, greed, murder, rape, and war. We humans, it is claimed, are genetically wired for selfish, cruel behavior. But is that true? Are violence, greed, domination and control really a fundamental and ineradicable part of “human nature?” Absolutely not! Says futurist, cultural historian, social systems scientist, and attorney, Dr. Riane Eisler whose international bestseller The Chalice and the Blade, was hailed as the most important book since Darwin’s Origin of Species. Her other books include Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body – New Paths to Power and Love, Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future, The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living and Learning, Healing Our Families, and Our World. Join us this Thursday and discover which books influenced Dr. Riane Eisler on her life journey. https://www.facebook.com/sandiesedgbeer | https://www.facebook.com/groups/nobsspiritualbookclub https://www.thenobsspiritualbookclub.com Visit the NO BS Spiritual Book Club Page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/the-no-bs-spiritual-book-club/ Join the No BS Spiritual Book Club mailing list https://forms.aweber.com/form/93/758545393.htm Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.com #RianeEisler #SandieSedgbeer #NoBSSpiritualBookClub Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/ Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/
- Oppression of Women and Oppression of Mother Earth - With Riane Eisler
Why is our Society so obsessed with domination? In this episode, Riane Eisler explores the link between the oppression of women and the oppression of nature. 2020/2021 showed us that oppression is still rife in today’s world and is a major barrier to the protection of our planet. See Riane’s work here: https://centerforpartnership.org/ , https://rianeeisler.com/ , https://www.partnerism.org/
- The Key to Change for Humanity? - with Riane Eisler
In this interview Riane Eisler talks about a variety of topics ranging from the Domination/Partnership Social Scale, current challenges, gender and equality, the true story of our past, our current economic system and caring economics, what productivity is and more. About Riane Eisler, JD, PhD (hon), is a systems scientist, futurist, attorney, and macro-historian whose work has transformed the lives of women and men worldwide. She is president of the Center for Partnership Systems (CPS), Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies at the University of Minnesota, and author of Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (co-authored with anthropologist Douglas Fry; Oxford University Press, 2019), showing how the social and biological sciences, specially neuroscience, support the findings from her research. Her other books include The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future (now in 57 U.S printings), Sacred Pleasure, Tomorrow’s Children, The Power of Partnership, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, hailed by Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking." Eisler authored over 500 articles for outlets from The Christian Science Monitor, the International Journal of Women's Studies, and Business Insider to Quartz, The Human Rights Quarterly, and numerous presses. She keynotes conferences internationally and consults for governments on the partnership model; pioneered the expansion of human rights to include women and children; and received many awards for her work for human rights, peace, the environment, and the foundations for a sustainable and better future. Websites www.centerforpartnership.org www.rianeeisler.com Books https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/ https://global.oup.com/academic/product/nurturing-our-humanity-9780190935726?cc=at&lang=en&promocode=ASPROMP8 Social Media Twitter www.twitter.com/RianeEisler/ Instagram www.instagram.com/partnerism/ Facebook www.facebook.com/RianeEisler/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmIcyO7M_dalSOxCsLN6Cew
- Humanizing our System: Economics of Partnerism with Riane Eisler
"These movements primarily focus on dismantling the top of the domination pyramid, politics and economics, as conventionally defined. And what happened? This left in place the foundations on which this pyramid keeps rebuilding itself in regression after regression."—Riane Eisler This special episode of the SheEO.World podcast was recorded at the SheEO Summit March 2021, titled "Humanizing our System: Economics of Partnerism", with Riane Eisler, PhD and President for the Center for Partnership Systems. Riane discusses: Understanding the systems of oppression that permeate traditional social categories The Partnership-Domination Social Scale, from the Center for Partnerships, which centralizes the status of women and children in the world The recent invention of warfare and domination societies How we need to dismantle social structures from their foundations And three steps to shift towards a caring economics of partnership Take action & engage with Riane Eisler: https://www.facebook.com/RianeEisler/ https://www.instagram.com/rianeeislercenter4partnership https://www.twitter.com/RianeEisler https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-partnership-studies https://centerforpartnership.org/
- "Creating Cultural Transformation" feat. Riane Eisler
"Creating Cultural Transformation" feat. Riane Eisler Riane Eisler is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking has transformed the lives of people worldwide. Dr. Eisler pioneered the expansion of human rights theory and action to include the majority of humanity: women and children. Her research provides a new perspective on our past, present, and possibilities for the future, including a new social and political agenda for building a more humane and environmentally sustainable world. Her book, "The Chalice & the Blade: Our History, Our Future," had a big influence on my own perspective on human culture in general and patriarchy specifically, as did her 1988 lecture with Terence McKenna, "Man & Woman At The End Of History." Eisler's latest book, Nurturing Our Humanity, offers a new perspective on our personal and social options in today’s world, showing how to structure our environments – from family and gender relations to politics and economics – to support our great capacities for consciousness, caring, and creativity. This is a special edition of Voices for Nature & Peace, in which I team up with Patrick Farnsworth of the "Last Born in the Wilderness" podcast. Thank you to Patrick for the invitation to collaborate and for handling the recording. Riane Eisler: https://rianeeisler.com/ Last Born in the Wilderness podcast: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com Last Born in the Wilderness Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness RADIO FREE SUNROOT: Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume https://radiofreesunroot.com KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP: https://macskamoksha.com/ KOLLIBRI'S PATREON: Get access to members-only content https://www.patreon.com/kollibri Support Voices for Nature & Peace by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/voices-for-nature-and-peace This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a50345 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Voices for Nature & Peace.
- A Conversation with Riane Eisler
A half-hour with my extraordinary mentor Dr. Riane Eisler, a voice of wisdom whose infamous work The Chalice and the Blade is in 56 US editions and 26 foreign languages. Youth are rising and every protest is a symptom of the larger domination system unfolding. Riane teaches us how to not only deconstruct, but reconstruct a new partnership-based social order with ancient roots.
- WLRN extended interview with Riane Eisler
WLRN's Thistle Pettersen got to sit down with Riane Eisler, a prominent scholar who influenced Ms. Pettersen's thinking greatly in her youth. Dr. Eisler contributes much to conversations past and present about the status of women and how radical and lesbian feminists are on the cutting edge of the movement for a more humanitarian and just society. Riane Eisler is an eminent social scientist, attorney, and women’s human rights activist who pioneered the recognition of women’s rights as human rights. She is best known for her writings, including the international bestseller, The Chalice and The Blade, translated into 26 languages and now in its 57th US printing, with a new epilogue. She founded the first center on women and the law in the United States, wrote the Equal Rights Handbook on the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, and is the author of other award winning books as well as hundreds of articles and book chapters. Dr. Eisler is president of the Center for Partnership Studies (www.centerforpartnership.org) and editor in chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies housed at the University of Minnesota. Her book The Real Wealth of Nations was hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking,” by Gloria Steinem as “revolutionary,” and inspired the Center for Partnership Studies’ Caring Economy Campaign (www.caringeconomy.org) which offers online leadership training and has developed new Social Wealth Economic Indicators that demonstrate the enormous economic value of the work of care still largely performed by women worldwide. She consults to business and government about the partnership model introduced by her work, keynotes conferences worldwide, and teaches online courses about cultural and economic transformation. She shows that the women’s movement is the leading edge of the partnership movement, and, as summarized in the title of talks she gave at platforms such as the US Department of State, that what’s good for women is good for the world. She has received many honors for her work for women’s and children’s rights and peace, and is the only woman among 20 great thinkers, including Hegel, Adam Smith, and Marx, included in Macrohistory and Macrohistorians in recognition of the lasting importance of her work. Contacts: www.centerforpartnership.org; www.rianeeisler.com; center@partnershipway.org Some of her pertinent works include: Riane Eisler. (2015). “Preventing Violence against Women: Four Strategies.” In Women, War, and Violence: Typography, Resistance, and Hope, Volume 1. Mariam Kurtz and Lester Kurtz, editors. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. Riane Eisler. (2015). Nurturing Children’s Humanity: Partnership Education.” Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 2 (2) Fall, Article 5. http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=ijps Riane Eisler. (2015). “Can International Law Protect Half of Humanity? A New Strategy to Stop Violence against Women.” Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 7(2), 88 - 100.
- Riane Eisler - Interview - SF, 2008
Social activist, systems scientist and cultural historian, best known for writing the Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler proposes a new approach to economics. Discussing her latest book, The Real Wealth of Nations, Eisler describes an economic paradigm that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and planet.
- Riane Eisler - Interview - SF, 2008
Social activist, systems scientist and cultural historian, best known for writing the Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler proposes a new approach to economics. Discussing her latest book, The Real Wealth of Nations, Eisler describes an economic paradigm that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and planet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GreenFestivalTV/~4/W_92pmc6Gps" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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GuestVine has tracked 21 guest episodes from Riane Eisler across 19 shows — about 16 hours of listening, going back to February 2009. Every episode links straight to the original publisher's audio.
Riane Eisler shows up most often on The Power of Partnership (3 episodes), with visits to The Synergy Sessions with Sandie Sedgbeer and The Kainos Podcast.
Most recent: “The History the World Forgot — Power, Trauma & the Sacred Feminine with Riane Eisler & Heather Ensworth” on The Synergy Sessions with Sandie Sedgbeer, 5 Feb 2026.
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- The Power of PartnershipLatest appearance: 14 Sept 20253 episodes
- The Synergy Sessions with Sandie SedgbeerLatest appearance: 5 Feb 20261 episode
- The Kainos PodcastLatest appearance: 17 Dec 20251 episode
- Little GiftsLatest appearance: 11 Mar 20251 episode
- Home to HerLatest appearance: 18 Nov 20241 episode
- The Femme Futurists Society PodcastLatest appearance: 3 Apr 20231 episode
- This Is How We CareLatest appearance: 12 Dec 20221 episode
- DenizenLatest appearance: 6 Dec 20221 episode
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- Riane Eisler has appeared on 21 recent podcast episodes across 19 shows, including The Power of Partnership, The Synergy Sessions with Sandie Sedgbeer, The Kainos Podcast.
- What is Riane Eisler's latest podcast appearance?
- The latest detected appearance is “The History the World Forgot — Power, Trauma & the Sacred Feminine with Riane Eisler & Heather Ensworth” on The Synergy Sessions with Sandie Sedgbeer, published 5 Feb 2026.
- How many hours of Riane Eisler podcast interviews are there?
- GuestVine has tracked about 16 hours of Riane Eisler guest appearances across 21 episodes, going back to 4 Feb 2009.
- How does GuestVine keep this list updated?
- GuestVine tracks delivered guest appearances, excludes own-show episodes where possible, and links back to the original publisher audio. New appearances are added automatically as they are detected.
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