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Disrupting Peace

World Peace Foundation

Disrupting Peace explores why peace hasn’t worked, and how it still could. In each episode, Bridget Conley, research director at the World Peace Foundation, speaks with a researcher specializing in one obstacle to peace, and an activist who’s changing systems from the ground up. Together they explore what worked, what didn’t, and why we shouldn’t give up.

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37:34

Bonus: What Makes Social Movements Win (The Context)

Disrupting Peace ·

2025/10/21

This week’s episode is from our friends at The Context podcast.Deva Woodly joins host Alex Lovit to discuss the importance of social movements for American democracy and the role they can play at this precarious moment in American political history. We need these networks of trust and coordinated action to push the country away from authoritarianism and toward a democracy that works for everyone.Deva Woodly is a scholar of social movements. She is a professor of political science at Brown University

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38:52

Can Emergency Response Increase Peace & Resilience?...

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2025/10/14

In our last episode of the season, we see what we can learn from Nepal about the connections between emergency response, peace, and resilience. Staying at the micro level, we closely examine a collaboration between the Nepalese organization Lumanti and the MIT based Urban Risk Lab.One note on this episode: Bridget references "Aceh province" during the opening quiz. To clarify, Aceh province is in Indonesia and was the epicenter of an earthquake and tsunami in 2004. Yatra Sharma worked as an

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35:55

Breaking out of the “Man Box”

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2025/10/07

We’ve all heard the phrase “toxic masculinity”. In this episode, we explore why this isn’t the most helpful concept, and more importantly, how healthy masculinity can increase peace.We dig into what we can learn from successful interventions in Brazil and Colombia, unpack the “man box”, and learn tools for opening up conversations around masculinity, rather than shutting them down.Gary Barker is an international voice for healthy manhood, gender equality and violence prevention. He is the founder

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33:28

First Steps to a Peaceful Childhood for All

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2025/09/30

How can we make the world a more peaceful place for children?In this episode, we look at the impact that experiencing violence has on children…sometimes before they - or their parents - are even born. We’ll learn about how war impacts DNA over generations, explore resilience, and look at global and personal first steps that we can take to make things better for kids around the world.Catherine Panter-Brick is a Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs at Yale University, and she has

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42:29

Gen Z is Taking Their First Steps onto the Political...

Disrupting Peace ·

2025/09/23

How do Gen Z Americans feel about democracy? The short answer: overall they believe in its principles, but don’t feel it’s working for them. In this episode, we explore unique ways that Gen Z is engaging in democracy (and not engaging), and what people of all ages need to do to encourage the next generation of peaceful leaders.Ruby-Belle Booth is a researcher with CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University, where she graduated in 2021. Ruby

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30:37

Learning from Mutual Aid Efforts in Sudan

Disrupting Peace ·

2025/09/16

How can someone help their neighbors and community when a war breaks out? Today we’re seeing what we can learn from mutual aid efforts in Sudan.Omar al-Bashir ruled Sudan for three brutal decades, from 1989 until he was overthrown by a peaceful revolution in 2019. In 2023, a civil war broke out between two warring parties, the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. Emergency Response Rooms - not to be confused with hospital emergency rooms in the west - are temporary

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36:28

Why Listening is the First Step to Peace

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2025/09/09

This season we’re looking at the first steps everyday people can take towards peace. And we’re kicking things off by zooming in to something direct and personal that people engage with every day: listening.How can “generous” listening contribute to peace, and what are practical ways to get started? In this episode, we explore concrete ways to have difficult conversations instead of violent reactions, and how our everyday interactions can ladder up to structural change.Naomi Boase is Tufts

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03:36

Introducing Season 3: Taking the First Steps Towards...

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2025/08/26

In Season 3 of Disrupting Peace, we are looking around the world – and here in the US – to explore the very first steps everyday people can take towards peace. We often think of this as something that belongs to policymakers and leaders of armed factions – not to the average person. But this season, we’re diving into the individual efforts we can take to make this world more peaceful.Season 3 launches on September 9th.Disrupting Peace is a production of The World Peace Foundation. Find out more at

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40:57

Bonus: Colorado Welcomed Venezuelans. Many Now Live...

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2025/06/10

This week’s episode is from our friends at the Feet in 2 Worlds podcast (originally released April 22, 2025):Over the past couple of years, around 40,000 Venezuelans arrived in Denver fleeing political and economic instability, eager to work while their immigration statuses played out. Initially, with help from the city and non-profit organizations, many were able to find stable housing and jobs. However, with all the recent changes in immigration policy, they now face an uncertain future and

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33:51

We Thought We Solved World Peace (Rebroadcast)

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2025/04/29

This week we’re bringing back our very first episode, We Thought We Solved World Peace, from September 2024.When host Bridget Conley was a college student in the 90s, there was this air of optimism. It might sound crazy to say now, but she and her colleagues honestly believed they had solved world peace.In this first episode of Disrupting Peace, Bridget speaks with Yale law professor Sam Moyn and South African activist Mamello about what went wrong in the 90s, and what it would take to turn things

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33:51

Bonus: A nuanced conversation about USAID (Making...

Disrupting Peace ·

2025/04/22

This week’s episode is from our friends at the Making Peace Visible Podcast.When the Trump administration slashed the budget and suspended most of the staff of the United States Agency for International Development last month, their representatives said the agency was using taxpayer dollars to fund a radical, “woke” agenda around the world. Criticism coming from the Left since the founding of USAID in 1961 has characterized USAID as an arm of American imperialism.The reality, of course, is much more

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37:46

Italy: What are the long-term impacts of electing a...

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2025/04/15

To close out Season 2, we’re talking about the long-term impacts of electing a right-wing populist to office. Silvio Berlusconi transformed Italian government and society, beginning when he was first elected Prime Minister in 1994. In this episode, we’ll explore how Berlusconi legitimized the far-right (even though he himself was a center right politician), why people repeatedly vote for leaders that don’t make their lives better, and how Italian activists have still achieved some progressive

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44:19

US: Fighting for Academic Freedom in Higher Education

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2025/04/08

Today we’re talking about academic freedom in higher education. What it is, why it’s at risk, and what’s at stake for democracy when this particular freedom is eroded. We explore why academic freedom is so threatening to existing hierarchies, why it’s so hard to explain academics to a broad audience, and what everyday people are doing to fight for the integrity of higher education.Amy Reid is a senior manager for PEN America’s Freedom to Learn program. PEN America is an organization that has been

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26:09

Costa Rica: How To Be President If You Don’t Have A...

Disrupting Peace ·

2025/04/01

What's it like to lead without a military? In this episode, we focus on Costa Rica, and explore what happens when a country abolishes its military, Costa Rica’s approach to domestic security, and the ways that having a military can increase violence and instability in a country…Plus we’ll have our first former president on the show!Carlos Alvarado Quesada served as President of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022. While president, he focused on combating climate change, defending human rights, democracy,

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34:27

Syria: How Do You Rebuild After a Dictator?

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2025/03/25

How does a country rebuild after overthrowing a dictator?On December 8, 2024, armed forces led by Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham overthrew the Assad regime, which had ruled as a corrupt and brutal dictatorship in Syria for over 50 years.For now, the country is in an in-between phase – what was is gone, but it’s not yet clear what’s coming next. In this episode, we explore what it was like on the ground in the weeks after the Assad regime fell, why it was necessary to have some continuity

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26:06

South Korea: Successfully Opposing Presidential...

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2025/03/18

Sustaining a democracy often looks mundane. It includes managing different stakeholders, crafting policy, debating nuances and compromising. Ending a democracy can be dramatic: and it almost happened on December 3, 2024 when the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted to declare martial law during a televised address.In this episode, we’ll hear a first-hand account of what happened on the ground that night, and discuss how a political opposition can successfully overturn a president’s

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32:08

Iceland: Lessons From The World’s Leader in Gender...

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2025/03/11

What can we learn about building and sustaining a women’s movement from arguably the world’s leaders: Icelandic feminists?To kick off the season, we’re focusing on Iceland, the country ranked number one for gender equality for 15 years in a row. Together, we explore what makes Iceland unique, how younger generations are pushing the feminist agenda forward, and why limiting freedom around parental leave has increased equality in this volcanic, Nordic country.Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir is a Professor of

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03:03

Introducing Season 2: Lessons from Global Resistance

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2025/02/27

In Season 2 of Disrupting Peace, we are looking around the world – and here in the US – to learn about how people resist efforts to concentrate political power. In each episode, host Bridget Conley, research director at the World Peace Foundation, speaks with local experts on the history and practicalities of resistance. Together they explore what works, what doesn’t, and why we shouldn’t give up.Season 2 launches on March 11th.Disrupting Peace is a production of the World Peace Foundation. Find out

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28:50

How Will The Election Impact Immigration?

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2024/10/29

Today’s guest will help us explore this question, as well as the current state of immigration in the US, the areas where both Democrats and Republicans are getting things wrong, and why increasing empathy is necessary to create change.Jason De León is a Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA, Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, and the author of the award-winning book “The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail”. His new

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37:34

What Does Prison Abolition Have To Do With World Peace?

Disrupting Peace ·

2024/10/22

What is prison abolition, and what does it have to do with world peace?Today’s guests help us dig into this question, tackle some common misconceptions about prison abolition, and hear what restorative justice looks like first-hand.Catherine Besteman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College, whose research and activism addresses the intersection of race, mobility, security, neoliberalism and carcerality, with a goal of exploring pathways toward

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