In America, a braver way to talk about politics
In the 2024 election, it was clearer than ever that Americans are “watching different movies,” as political analyst Van Jones put it. Essentially, we’re living inside different narratives that aren’t...
19 Nov 202430min
Tired of polarization? Time to detox
If you’re listening to this podcast, you’re probably concerned by the level of polarization we’re seeing in societies around the world. We can point fingers at social media, the news media, political...
5 Nov 202432min
Rethinking international peacebuilding in Muslim countries
Our guest in this episode is a scholar and peacebuilder who knows the world of peacebuilding intimately, and offers a critique from the inside. Qamar-ul Huda is the author of Reenvisioning Peacebuildi...
22 Okt 202436min
Cross-border environmentalism in the Middle East
"Nature knows no political borders. " - David LehrerOn a small desert campus, students from Israel, Palestine, and other parts of the Middle East take classes in ecology, earth sciences and renewable ...
8 Okt 202432min
Amidst war, a Palestinian nonviolence movement grows
Ali Abu Awwad is hard to summarize. He grew up with a mother in the PLO, and served jail time for his role in the resistance during the First Palestinian Intifada. In an Israeli prison, Ali learned th...
24 Sep 202439min
How do we make peacebuilding mainstream?
Most people feel that peacebuilding – resolving conflicts and decreasing violence – is a positive thing. But as we've said many times on this podcast, peacebuilding is virtually invisible in the worl...
10 Sep 202436min
John Marks, pioneering the use of media to promote peace
Social entrepreneurs are a unique breed of people, capable of conjuring up a vision, a new way of doing something, a solution to a problem; but they also have the skill and the determination to overco...
3 Sep 202429min
Film as a catalyst for reconciliation in Sierra Leone
Imagine living next door to a person who murdered your father, raped your sister, or even killed your child. This was the case for many people in Sierra Leone who endured a brutal civil war from 1991...
27 Aug 202432min
