Storytelling with equal-opportunity empathy
Trey Kay knows both sides of America's partisan divide intimately. He was born and raised in a conservative family in Charleston, West Virginia. As a young man he moved to New York City, where he lat...
30 Touko 202334min
How news media shortchanges nonviolent resistance
The right to peaceful protest is considered fundamental in democracies around the world. Nonviolent protest movements, like the Gandhian movement for independence in India or The Civil Rights Movemen...
16 Touko 202332min
Against the tide: tech for social cohesion
It’s no secret that digital technology, in particular social media, stokes division in society and sometimes provokes violent conflict. Toxic polarization prevents us from solving problems, from makin...
2 Touko 202329min
Iraq 20 years later – what was the media’s role?
Today, most agree that the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the war that followed was a major misstep. But in the leadup to the invasion and early months of the conflict, a majority of Americans, as well as ...
19 Huhti 202333min
REPLAY: Building peace on a walk through the Middle East
Herds of goats, pomegranate trees in bloom, and ancient architecture are just some of the things you might witness while walking The Abraham Path, a collection of walking trails established in the pas...
4 Huhti 202334min
Peace has a PR problem. How do we fix it?
This episode gets to the heart of what our project, War Stories Peace Stories, is all about: How do you talk about peacebuilding in a way where people will pay attention and feel compelled to take act...
21 Maalis 202331min
Podcasting for a free Ukraine
What does it mean to be Ukrainian? What is Ukraine’s significance to Europe? What is the war with Russia really about? Why should the world pay attention? These are the kind of big-picture questions j...
7 Maalis 202333min
From Ukraine, war reporting that feels personal
Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and writer Alisa Sopova create intimate, accessible portraits of Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines of the Russian invasion. Sometimes their subjects...
21 Helmi 202332min
