Making Peace Visible

How our brains are affected by war

Episode Summary

Mari Fitzduff is a peacebuilder and the author of a fascinating new book, Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding. Mari’s book is deeply relevant to the polarization and violence that is happening right now in America. Our Brains at War explains a lot about the brain chemistry that’s driving the anger and violence we are seeing almost every day in the U.S.

Episode Notes

Mari Fitzduff, is a peacebuilder and the author of a fascinating new book, Our Brains at War: The Neuroscience of Conflict and Peacebuilding. Mari’s book is deeply relevant to the polarization and violence that is happening right now in America. Our Brains at War explains a lot about the brain chemistry that’s driving the anger and violence we are seeing, almost every day in the U.S.

Making Peace Visible is brought to you by the War Stories Peace Stories Project, working to connect journalists and peace-builders to accelerate and elevate stories on reconciliation efforts in the mainstream media.