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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Dec 202544min
American UnExceptionalism: Resisting religious nationalism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar
This week we’re featuring an episode from American UnExceptionalism, a limited podcast series that examines the intersection of authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism around the world – looking...
9 Dec 20251h 4min
The antidote to polarization may be hiding in plain sight
In the last decade, the field of peace-building has turned its eye toward the United States, as polarization has gotten worse, and political violence has increased. Our guest Peter T. Coleman is a par...
25 Nov 202535min
Shining a light on veterans and their children
“ Military children serve alongside their parents, except they're invisible.” – Harold Kudler, M.D. Millions of American children have had parents serve in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other wars following ...
11 Nov 202534min
