Disrupting Peace

Introducing Season 4: Dismantling Misinformation to Get to Peace

In Season 4 of Disrupting Peace, we’re asking how we can dismantle the myths, mis- and dis-information that get in the way of achieving peace. Because we can’t move towards peace if we don’t have a clear picture of what’s actually happening. We’ll look at the spread of war propaganda, the targeting of journalists, how violent ideologies distort people's understanding of facts, what works to debunk bad information, how AI might help peace, and more.Season 4 launches on March 17th.Disrupting Peace is a production of The World Peace Foundation. Find out more at worldpeacefoundation.org. This season is partially funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Bonus: What Makes Social Movements Win (The Context)

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 and a research fellow at the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.Subscribe to The Context here: https://pod.link/1726934311 Learn more about the Charles F Kettering Foundation here: https://kettering.org Disrupting Peace is a production of The World Peace Foundation. The show is produced by Bridget Conley and Emily Shaw. Engineering by Jacob Winik and Aja Simpson. Marketing and Social media by Kaelen Song. Show artwork by Simon Fung. Special thanks to Jeremy Helton, Lisa Avery, B. Arneson, and Alex de Waal, and the team from the Tufts Digital Design Studio, including Kimberly Lynn Forero-Arnias, and Miles Donovan. Find out more about the World Peace Foundation at worldpeacefoundation.org. Follow us on Bluesky at worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, and on Instagram and TikTok at @worldpeacefdtn.

Can Emergency Response Increase Peace & Resilience? Lessons from Nepal

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 architect and urban developer with the Kathmandu-based Lumanti Support Group for Shelter. The nonprofit works to improve housing for the urban poor in Nepal. Today she is a yoga teacher. Learn more at https://lumanti.org.np and check out the videos Yatra referenced at https://youtu.be/KL51C4j1Vt0?si=8w6Kn19uqNmSr3vp and https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMERBfGBB8_/?igsh=aHBtNGJ0em91ZTMz Larisa Ovalles is a Research Scientist at MIT’s Urban Risk Lab. She develops processes to increase emergency planning and preparedness at local and community levels. This includes developing alternative post-disaster housing solutions for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). And she was on the design team of the project in Nepal that we’ll discuss today. Learn more at: https://urbanrisklab.org. Disrupting Peace is a production of The World Peace Foundation. The show is produced by Bridget Conley and Emily Shaw. Engineering by Jacob Winik and Aja Simpson. Marketing and Social media by Kaelen Song. Show artwork by Simon Fung.Special thanks to Jeremy Helton, Lisa Avery, B. Arneson, and Alex de Waal, and the team from the Tufts Digital Design Studio, including Kimberly Lynn Forero-Arnias, and Miles Donovan.Find out more about the World Peace Foundation at worldpeacefoundation.org. Follow us on Bluesky at worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, on Instagram at @worldpeacefdtn, and TikTok at @worldpeacefdtn.

Breaking out of the “Man Box”

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 and CEO of Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, an international organization that works globally, including the US, to engage men and boys in healthy masculinities. Find out more about Gary’s work at www.equimundo.org. The State of American Men 2025 report can be found here: www.equimundo.org/resources/state-of-american-men-2025Caroline Ferraz Ignacio is an international development professional focused on gender equity and social inclusion. She has worked with Instituto Promundo in Brazil, Promundo Portugal and Equimundo to support research and programming across Latin America and Europe, and with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Gender and Inclusive Development Advisor in Colombia and as the Gender & Social Norms Advisor in Washington DC. Connect with Caroline on Linkedin at: www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-ferraz-ignacioWe mentioned two organizations that are helping young dads: the Vermont’s Dad Guild: www.dadguild.org & Brooklyn Stroller Club: www.brooklynstrollclub.com Let us know what topics you’d like us to cover next by emailing us at disruptingpeacepodcast@gmail.com. Disrupting Peace is a production of The World Peace Foundation. The show is produced by Bridget Conley and Emily Shaw. Engineering by Jacob Winik and Aja Simpson. Marketing and Social media by Emily Ruhm. Show artwork by Simon Fung. Special thanks to Jeremy Helton, Lisa Avery, B. Arneson, and Alex de Waal, and the team from the Tufts Digital Design Studio, including Kimberly Lynn Forero-Arnias, and Miles Donovan. Find out more about the World Peace Foundation at worldpeacefoundation.org. Follow us on Bluesky at worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, and on Instagram at @worldpeacefdtn.

First Steps to a Peaceful Childhood for All

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 published nearly 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications on global health and the social sciences. Her research focuses on children around the world in contexts of homelessness, displacement, and war. You can read the study Catherine referred to, “Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees." Find out more about Catherine’s work here. Susan Bissell is a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow at the FXB Centre for Human Rights, T. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University. Of Canadian origin, and now a dual citizen of Canada and the USA, Susan obtained her first two degrees from the University of Toronto, and her PhD in Public Health and Medical Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. A staunch advocate for the rights, safety, security, and protection of the world’s children, Susan’s association with the United Nations Children’s Fund spanned a thirty-year period. She served as UNICEF’s global lead on Child Protection, and was the founding director of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children. Susan’s postings with UNICEF, which encompassed Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India, the research centre in Florence Italy, and finally New York, infuse her work and publishing with a truly global perspective. Her TedX at Amherst, the Weissberg Chair Lecture, and Susan’s numerous media engagements make her a leading voice for children everywhere. Find out more about Susan’s work here.Disrupting Peace is a production of The World Peace Foundation. The show is produced by Bridget Conley and Emily Shaw. Engineering by Jacob Winik and Aja Simpson. Marketing and Social media by Emily Ruhm. Show artwork by Simon Fung. Special thanks to Jeremy Helton, Lisa Avery, B. Arneson, and Alex de Waal, and the team from the Tufts Digital Design Studio, including Kimberly Lynn Forero-Arnias, and Miles Donovan.Find out more about the World Peace Foundation at worldpeacefoundation.org. Follow us on Bluesky at worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, and on Instagram at @worldpeacefdtn.