Peace Talks Radio

This episode seeks to highlight solutions which help humans and wildlife coexist. It highlights the reasons behind why conflicts take place and how policymakers are addressing it. It also addresses how each of us can handle conflicts with the animals around us every day whether it is a small mosquito or a big bear.

Our first guest, Gerard Martin, is a conservationist in India who focuses on trying to educate people, and young children on how to coexist with snakes. Death due to snake bites is a very big problem in India, which also gives a negative perception of the animal. But Gerry is trying to change that.

We will also talk to Petros Chrysafis, a wildlife conservationist based in California, focusing on mitigating human-wildlife conflicts in the region. He tells us more about how he has established predator monitoring tools and non-lethal deterrent measures to ensure livestock and wildlife coexist safely.

Lastly, we will hear from Paul Pebsworth, a primatologist who has worked on mitigating human-wildlife conflict between primates and humans in many parts of the world and is currently based in Texas. Paula’s focus is to find solutions for humans and wild animals to coexist and also addresses the language and narratives policymakers, the media, researchers, conservationists etc should use while talking about human-wildlife conflicts. Our correspondent is Priyanka Shankar.

On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, Part 2 of our investigation into

conflict in the most intimate of places we spend much of our time - at

home and in our shared living spaces. This two-part series looks at why we

get into the conflicts we do when we live together. How can we use

conflict to better understand ourselves and each other? And what

practically can we do about it? Correspondent Sen Zhan speaks with five

experts in the field of communities, conflict navigation, and personality

disorders.

On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about why it’s so

hard to live well together. How can we use the conflicts that arise in

everyday living situations to reflect on why we are the way we are, how we

can better understand the other, and how conflict can be leveraged to

enrich our relationships, rather than deteriorate them? To answer these

questions, correspondent Sen Zhan speaks with four experts in the field of

communities and conflict navigation: Laird Schaub, Maria Silvia, Karl

Steyaert, and Diana Leafe Christian.

What do you think of when you think of abusive relationships? Probably

adults, married, right? We often overlook the age group that is perhaps

most susceptible and underprepared to handle domestic abuse—teens.

According to iloverespect.org, only 33% of teens in abusive relationships

tell someone about it. At an age when they are only beginning to find out

about dating and about, really, themselves, teens can get caught like a

deer in the headlight when faced with abuse. That is why taking this

problem head-on we need to equip teenagers with the adequate knowledge and

emotional skills at an early age.

On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we go in-depth to understand the

psychology of abuse and break-up violence, the precedents set by media

about relationships, and the programs that can help alleviate the problem.

Yamini Ranjan talks with three experts including Dr. Malcolm Astley, a

father and educator who lost his daughter to break-up violence, Jessica

Teperow, Director of Prevention programs at REACH MA, and Nicole Daley,

the Director of the Division of Violence and Injury Prevention at the MA

Department of Public Health.

The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish

inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet

privately to consider nominees. They look for world leaders who advance

the cause of peace. But in recent years, this process has come under

scrutiny. Critics say the prize has lost its way by honoring leaders who

later fueled wars and violence. On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO,

correspondent Avishay Artsy explores the Nobel Peace Prize’s shortcomings

and the calls to reform it. Guests are Dr. Kjetil Tronvoll, professor of

peace and conflict studies at Oslo New University College in Norway and

Dr. Comfort Ero who is the president and CEO of International Crisis

Group.

Every time a group of people line up along the external borders of a