Reporting from Iran with a bias towards peace
We want to learn more about our listeners. Take this 3-minute survey to help us improve the show! Reza Sayah is an Iranian-American journalist, currently based in Tehran. He’s reported on major events...
27 Feb 202436min
Refugees and immigration: what’s missing from the narrative
As of May 2023, there were an estimated 110 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Many are escaping wars, gang violence or repressive regimes...
13 Feb 202432min
Telling murder stories differently
On Making Peace Visible, we are always questioning the mantra, if it bleeds, it leads. Boston’s Charles Stuart murder case is a classic example of what can go horribly wrong when you follow that mantr...
30 Jan 202422min
Why we make this show: An interview with Jamil Simon
In this episode we’re featuring a recent interview with our host, documentary filmmaker and lifelong peace activist Jamil Simon on This is My Silver Lining, a podcast about ordinary people doing extra...
16 Jan 202432min
All the peace we cannot see
Making Peace Visible is a show about how the media covers peace and conflict. One of the major reasons we make it is because peace gets so little coverage in the news media. When we do hear news about...
2 Jan 202436min
Democracy Works: Between Democracy and Autocracy
Between democracy and autocracy is an anocracy, defined by political scientists as a country that has elements of both forms of government — usually one that’s on the way up to becoming a full democra...
19 Des 202331min
Unmasking American myths about war and the military
In the United States, about one sixth of the federal budget goes to defense. This year the country spent more on the military than any year since 2001 – over $816 billion. Why does spending continue t...
5 Des 202336min
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...
28 Nov 202334min
