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In this final episode of season one, a short one, I describe how my view of history shifted after reading the memoir of Stefan Zweig, a popular early ...

In a Soviet-era bunker in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier reads books by the late historian Tony Judt and wonders: Is it possi...

This short episode is about asking clarifying questions, which involve far more than building rapport and trust. Clarifying questions provide powerful...

Do most Palestinians want their own state in the West Bank and Gaza, one that co-exists with the state of Israel? Is the conflict between Israel and P...

In this week's episode, I describe how to have difficult conversations about charged topics. It's a game called My Assessment, Your Assessment. I walk...

In this episode of How My View Grew, Palestinian Noor Awad describes an encounter with a Zionist Israeli settler that caused him to broaden his view o...

This short episode is about giving better advice. Just as medicine containers have warning labels, I propose that all advice about being a better citi...

In this episode of How My View Grew, educator Carlos Hoyt describes his early life experience transcending racial categories and how he discovered tha...

In this short episode, I share a personal story about a time I was knocked off center by the verbal attacks of a human "bull." When someone attacks y...

Rachel Eryn Kalish is a peacemaker. Personally, she radiates harmony. Professionally, she has devoted decades to non-violence and was mediating confli...

In this episode, I describe a conversation that is pivotal to approaching big global messes. Also useful for parenting, partnering, being a friend, an...

Two years ago, Ukraine stunned the world with its response to Russia's full-scale invasion. Where did its resilience come from? Leading Ukrainian civi...