Disrupting Peace: What leads people to (and away from) violent white supremacy?
The MPV team is currently hard at work on Beyond Polarization, a limited series where we talk to people who are finding solutions to the increasing polarization we face in the United States. In the me...
2 Kesä 45min
Why US democracy needs 'futures' thinking
Suzette Brooks Masters is a thought leader, political strategist and Senior Fellow at the Democracy Funders Network. She says that for American democracy to thrive, it's not enough to defend the exist...
28 Huhti 31min
A negotiator's perspective on the Iran war
The world is missing the perspective of peacebuilders at a critical moment, as we live through this time of one war after another. We need skilled negotiators and mediators who know how to listen to b...
31 Maalis 36min
How one Iranian content creator is fighting the information war
For her whole life, Iranian-American actor and activist Nazanin Nour has been calling attention to the distinction between the Islamic Republic – the face of Iran in the news – and the Iranian people....
24 Helmi 33min
A mediator's story of making peace against the odds in Mozambique
"I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."This aphorism from political philosopher and journalist Antonio Gramsci is one of our guest Neha Sanghrajka’s favorite quotes...
10 Helmi 37min
AI diplomacy: Can 'peace tech' make the world less violent?
Public funding for peace efforts took a massive hit with the gutting of USAID last year, and other donor countries have ramped down aid as well, in a world that feels increasingly less safe for many. ...
27 Tammi 36min
Venezuela: Where's human rights in the narrative?
It’s hard to keep up with the number of unprecedented actions the second Trump administration has taken, but what happened on January 3 – when the US military extracted Venezuela’s president and first...
13 Tammi 30min
Making Peace “Possible” with William Ury
William Ury is one of the world’s most influential peacebuilders and experts on negotiation. He advised Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos in the lead up to that country's historic 2016 peace agre...
23 Joulu 202544min
