How to talk about peace
2/6/202650 min
How do you rebuild trust after bloodshed? This hour, a closer look at two unlikely truces: LA gang leaders who negotiated peace and activists in the Middle East who chose dialogue over hate.
Guests include peace activists Aqeela Sherrills, Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon.
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From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you- You just don't know what you're gonna find ... challenge you- We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy? ... and even change you. I literally feel like I'm a different person. [laughs] Yes. Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading from TED and NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. Right now, conflict, sometimes violent conflict, is in the headlines, in our feeds, and for some of us, right outside the front door. And when politics feels this charged, the idea of making peace, well, it can sound pretty naive. So how do people, parties, or even nations at odds reconcile with each other? Where