What is ‘bridging the bones?’
We speak with experts in their fields so we can ask better questions about the reasons for, and solutions to, conflict and violence.
We look at the network of factors leading to aggression and patterns of harm (whether incidental or by design). Some factors we cover include:
- Competition for resources;
- Systems of thought and emotional feedback loops;
- Institutional interests and incentives.
Along the way, we occasionally explore methods and best practices for de-escalating or transforming the causes of conflict.
The Heart (the host)
Sottolin has worked for over 20 years in variety of industries, from social services to healthcare to legal, most of which has nothing to do this particular podcast. (Thanks for asking, though!)
Sottolin is a playwright, which predisposes them to looking for, and often finding, Trouble. So just an idiot with a knack for asking a lot of questions. They also happen to be a trans person who grew up reading the nearest big city newspaper and somehow managed to avoid peaking in high school despite obtaining an award at the local county fair and generally being a nuisance at Model United Nations.
Sottolin has a habit of getting reprimanded for asking things like, “How come we say of three-legged dogs in tiny wheelchairs ‘so adorbable,’ but expect three-legged people in tiny wheelchairs to be clowns?”
The Skull (Our goals)
Expand our understanding of the reasons behind violence on both larger (global, international) and smaller (interpersonal) scales.
Provide new frameworks for how we understand our societies and the methods we might use to maintain, imagine, and perhaps even improve them.
Reduce the artificial divide between specialists/academics and the wider public.
The spine (Our Framework)
We avoid untested or untestable theory.
We seek a deeper understanding of what is at the heart of debates and controversies.
We do not accept donations or support from political parties, governments, Fortune 500 companies (or their non-USA equivalents).
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