Terrell Jermaine Starr's journalism makes unexpected connections. His point of view: liberation for all.

In light of US missile strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and subsequent retaliation in an escalating regional conflict, we're revisiting... more

Why do Americans accept a militarized status quo, and is it making the world any safer?

Want to understand conflict? Understand the human brain.

For American democracy to thrive, it's not enough to defend the existing system against attack.

Thanks to investigative journalist Karla Mendes' reporting, indigenous forest defenders have a chance for justice, and illegal cattle are being... more

What's it like to lead without a military? Featuring former president of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

Tony Frangie Mawad is an independent journalist and political analyst based in Caracas, Venezuela, where it helps to have a... more

For guest Bridget Conley, peace is about  creating societies that solve problems through debate and discussion, not through coercion.

Gregory Warner is a Peabody Award - winning international journalist who has reported on USAID in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ukraine and... more

Etant Dupain's film The Fight for Haiti tells the story of the Haitian movement against corruption and impunity.

Political analyst and peacebuilder Ksenia Svetlova has her finger on the pulse of Middle East politics and media, and a... more

Confused about a social media rumor? Text a journalist.

Journalist Zaina Erhaim reflects on a time of hope mixed with grief as Syria emerges from a fourteen-year civil war... more

Kurt Gray is a social psychologist and the author of the new book Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and... more

Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and writer Alisa Sopova create intimate, accessible portraits of Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines of... more

Can a podcast help bridge political divides? "A Braver Way" host Mónica Guzmán thinks so.

Psychologist Peter T. Coleman empowers each of us to fight cynicism and restore relationships across the political divide.

A veteran peacebuilder and scholar, Qamar-ul Huda is the author of Reenvisioning Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Islam.

"Nature knows no political borders. " - David Lehrer

"My freedom as a Palestinian will not be built on Jewish graves. It has to pass through Jewish hearts,... more

Veteran mediator Mark Gerzon says it's time to get practical about peace.

Search for Common Ground founder John Marks utilized principles of social entrepreneurship and media production know-how to build the world's... more

While filming ritual reconciliation processes in Sierra Leone, peacebuilder and philanthropist Libby Hoffman learned that justice for Sierra Leonians isn't... more

Lena Slachmuijlder is harnessing trust-building tech design to stop online harms that lead to real world violence.

Gloria Laker Aciro, who cut her teeth covering the civil war in her native Uganda, is director of the Peace... more

Kate Folb, director of the Center for Hollywood Health and Society, works to bring stories of heroes without guns to... more

How important is the UN to peacebuilding, and what is the mainstream media missing?

David Hogg, survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Fl school shooting, speaks about his activism with March for Our Lives, and... more

How do you measure peace in a country?

Vanessa Bassil is the founder and president of the Media Association for Peace, and has personally trained journalists and journalism... more

William Ury is one of the world’s most influential peacebuilders and experts on negotiation.

Journalist Amy Yee's book Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents follows... more

Brain science opens up a new understanding of how conflicts arise, and how to prevent violence.

Journalist and researcher Lydia Wilson helps us understand the Israel/Palestine conflict through a lens of intergenerational trauma.

A bi-weeky podcast about peace and conflict in the media

From street gangs to Congress, writer Amanda Ripley studied how to turn intractable conflicts into workable ones.

Journalist Reza Sayah says the corporate news model often works to perpetuate conflicts. But, another way is possible.

Guest Dina Francesca Haynes is an immigration and human rights attorney with decades of experience around the world.

By retelling an old story about murder and police misconduct in a new way, a newspaper provides an opportunity to... more

This week our host Jamil Simon is in the guest chair.

Peace is happening, whether we can see it or not.

New research shows that civil wars are mostly likely to begin neither in autocracies nor democracies, but in countries that... more

Why do Americans accept a militarized status quo, and is it making the world any safer?

Guest Trey Kay is host of Us & Them, an award-winning  narrative podcast about America’s culture wars, in partnership with... more

With the erosion of democratic freedoms in India, independent journalists have become enemies of the state.

In this episode, we look at a different way of creating space for peace: design.

Dutch journalist Bette Dam covered the war in Afghanistan for 15 years. Now she's on a mission to counter Western... more

We thought it was time to speak with someone whose job it is to make peace more visible.

Crisis Group analyst Elizabeth Dickinson says Colombians are healing the wounds of a civil war with the FARC, even... more