On the ground in Ukraine with Black Diplomats' Terrell Starr
This podcast is a project of Making Peace Visible, is a small 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Somerville, Massachusetts. What we do is unique -- consistently analyzing how the media covers con...
8 Jul 202534min
Learning from Western news media's mistakes in Afghanistan
In hopes of learning from the past and In light of US missile strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and subsequent retaliation in an escalating regional conflict, we're revisiting one of our best episodes ...
24 Jun 202532min
Unmasking American myths about war and the military
In the United States, about one sixth of the federal budget goes to defense. Why are many Americans so passive in the face of the massive expenditures for defense that crowd out spending on human nee...
10 Jun 202533min
The hidden science of us vs. them
“Humans are not rational beings with emotions. In fact, we're just the opposite. We're emotionally based beings who can only think rationally when we feel that our identities, as we see them, are unde...
27 Mai 202534min
Can democracy take us into the future?
Support for Donald Trump is slipping lately, at least in part because of the President’s violations of democratic rules and norms. In a New York Times/ Sienna College poll, a majority of respondents d...
13 Mai 202531min
In the Brazilian Amazon, environmental reporting is dangerous business
Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory is a green island that spans more than 413,000 hectares (1.02 million acres) in a sea of deforestation. Though the territory is protected by law, it’s become th...
29 Apr 202526min
Disrupting Peace: How to be president if you don't have a military
What's it like to lead without a military? This episode, from our friends at Disrupting Peace, focuses on Costa Rica, and explores what happens when a country abolishes its military, Costa Rica’s appr...
15 Apr 202525min
Journalism under authoritarianism: An indie reporter persists in Venezuela
Venezuela is a tough place to be a journalist. Our guest this episode, Tony Frangie Mawad wrote last year about the possibility of an opposition victory that would upend the regime of President Nicolá...
1 Apr 202536min
