Talking to experts in their fields so we can ask better questions about the reasons for, and solutions to, conflict and violence.
In this podcast, we speak to people trained or practiced in a variety of fields about many of the complex factors leading to aggression and patterns of harm. Some of these include:
- Competition for resources;
- Patterns of thought and emotion;
- Institutional interests and drivers.
Along the way, we explore methods and best practices for de-escalating or transforming the causes of conflict.
about our podcast
ABOUT 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?”
Goals of bridging the bones
Expand our understanding of the reasons behind violence on both larger and smaller 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 larger public of intent podcast listeners.
this podcast is not
A discussion of untested or untestable theory.
A shallow rehash or argument session about current events.
A platform for politicians or party reps to promote themselves or their sound-bite-ready messages.
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