Bonus: Feminist Foreign Policy: Centering Dignity, Equity, and Justice Worldwide
This week, Disrupting Peace is bringing you a bonus episode from our friends at RePROs Fight Back, a podcast fighting for reproductive health, rights, and justice, hosted by Jennie Wetter, who is the Director of the rePROs Fight Back initiative at the Population Institute.
In this episode, “Femin...
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Disrupting Peace: What leads people to (and away from) violent white supremacy?
The MPV team is currently hard at work on Beyond Polarization, a limited series where we talk to people who are finding solutions to the increasing polarization we face in the United States. In the meantime, we bring you this episode from our friends at Disrupting Peace, a podcast from the World ...
Bridget Conley, *Memory from the Margins: Ethiopia’s Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum*. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
This monograph poses an intriguing question: "What role does memory play during a political transition?" By exploring Ethiopian history, transitional justice, and academic fields that deal with memory, museums, and trauma, Bridget Conley reveals a rich narrative filled with global, transnational,...
So You Wanna Start a Podcast? With Emily Shaw and Bridget Conley
This podcast exists because Kirk Brown had what Eric thinks was a very stupid idea, to start a podcast about foundation and nonprofit communications. Seven years later, they're still at it.
Our guests today, Emily Shaw and Bridget Conley, started the podcast Disrupting Peace because Bridget had ...
Who funds the genocide in Gaza, and who profits?
In this episode, we turn our attention to the genocide in Gaza, where weapons supplied by the United States and Europe are enabling mass killing. As a warning, today’s episode discusses profound personal losses. We’re going to hear the story of Ahmed Alnaouq’s family – and of the weapons that kil...
Why do Western countries keep fueling atrocities in Yemen?
In this episode, we examine why western countries keep fueling atrocities in Yemen, and what it would take to turn things around.
Radhya al-Mutawakel is the chairperson of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, an independent Yemeni organization aiming to defend and protect human rights in Yemen....
How do corporate profits incentivize war?
In 2026, there are more active conflicts than at any other time since World War II. Globally, defense spending is reaching new heights. For most of us, this is horrible news. But for arms producing companies, it’s all good: revenues are skyrocketing. So, in this episode we ask: how do corporate p...
Who are the suits and soldiers of fortune in the arms trade?
In this episode, we connect the dots between the arms trade and personal enrichment. Paul Holden and Jack Cinamon, contributors to Making a Killing: How the West Profits from Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen, share who gets rich off war, how people move between positions in government and arms compani...
So…how do we dismantle the arms trade?
This season, we talked about corruption in the arms trade. We talked about decisions to keep sending weapons to countries that commit atrocities. And we examined how corporations and individuals profit from these injustices. So today, in our last episode of the season, we ask: how do we dismantle...
