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The Telos Channel, hosting the suite of Telos podcasts | Undaunted: In our divided and dangerous world, how can we choose peace? Join us on our journey to find answers, guided by radical peacemakers and their stories from the front-lines. When conflict seems intractable, these conversations give us the courage to choose a different way—a way of justice, healing, and hope. | The Check-in: an every-other-week deep dive into headlines from Israel/Palestine and across the world, where we wade into the complexity of seemingly intractable conflict to discover the power of peacemaking to heal us, our community and our world.
Episodes
117 episodes since 2020
The Learning Corps: Naila and the Uprising (Women and Nonviolence, 4)
Women are often at the forefront of effective nonviolent movements for peace and justice across the world. But their stories are often not the ones being told in mainstream spaces.Over the next few weeks, we’re focusing our next Learning...
September 10, 2024
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26:38
The Check-in: Global Sunday of Mutual Flourishing
We have an invitation for you, your church, and your faith communities. Join us Sunday, October 6th for a Global Sunday of Mutual Flourishing. After almost an entire year of witness and reflection, the time is now to speak with a collective voi...
August 30, 2024
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25:13
The Learning Corps: Noam Shuster-Eliassi (Women and Nonviolence, 3)
Women are often at the forefront of effective nonviolent movements for peace and justice across the world. But their stories are often not the ones being told in mainstream spaces.Over the next few weeks, we’re focusing our next Learning...
August 27, 2024
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34:39
The Learning Corps: Combatants for Peace (Women and Nonviolence, 2)
Women are often at the forefront of effective nonviolent movements for peace and justice across the world. But their stories are often not the ones being told in mainstream spaces.Over the next few weeks, we’re focusing our next Learning...
August 20, 2024
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43:21
The Learning Corps: Shadia Qubti (Women and Nonviolence, 1)
Women are often at the forefront of effective nonviolent movements for peace and justice across the world. But their stories are often not the ones being told in mainstream spaces.Over the next few weeks, we’re focusing our next Learning...
August 13, 2024
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40:04
The Check-in: Apartheid
Perhaps one of the most contested terms when it comes to talking about Israel/Palestine. Many in our network ask: What does “apartheid” really mean? Is it a fair word to use in this context? If so, why is there such a strong reaction to it? And...
August 06, 2024
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47:44
The Check-in: CUFI and Christian Zionism
This week, the largest Christian Zionist lobbying organization is hosting its annual conference. Featuring politicians, commentators, and religious leaders, the Christians United For Israel annual summit will represent the convictions and polic...
July 30, 2024
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44:28
The Learning Corps: The Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation (Gun Violence in America, 3)
What will it take to address gun violence in America, and what might peacemaking have to say about it? These last few weeks, we have taken some time to hear from visionary peacemakers addressing the issue in creative, imaginative ways.
July 16, 2024
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39:07
The Learning Corps: Together Chicago (Gun Violence in America, 2)
What will it take to address gun violence in America, and what might peacemaking have to say about it? These next few weeks, we’re taking some time to hear from visionary peacemakers addressing the issue in creative, imaginative ways. ...
July 09, 2024
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46:27
The Check-in: Greg’s Last Words for 2024
Telos’ Co-founder and President Greg Khalil is spending the rest of 2024 on a sabbatical from Telos. In this conversation, we get the chance to hear from him one last time before the long break. He speaks honestly about the crisis c...
July 02, 2024
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41:35
The Learning Corps: Beating Guns (Gun Violence in America, 1)
What will it take to address gun violence in America, and what might peacemaking have to say about it? These next few weeks, as we close out Gun Violence Prevention Month this June, we’re taking some time to hear from the visionary peacemakers ...
June 29, 2024
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56:28
The Check-in: A Communal Call to Lament and Repentance
On June 11th, many of us from the Christian tradition gathered together for an evening of lament and repentance in Washington, DC. A night to grieve, but also to transform our grief into the work of imagining a new world and beginning to build ...
June 18, 2024
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1:18:10
The Check-in: The Ministry of Presence
Nearly 8 months after October 7, what message do the Palestinians and Israelis living in the land have for those of us watching from the US?A group of about a dozen faith leaders traveled with Telos last week to meet with our partners on...
June 04, 2024
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37:18
The Check-in: Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Advocacy
With the nation embroiled in debates over the campus protest movement, we sat down with a few experts and eye witnesses to discuss: what are our misconceptions about the protests, how can we become better advocates for the flourishing of all (i...
May 17, 2024
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1:26:52
The Learning Corps: The Descendants Project
Welcome to the Learning Corps podcast, the newest show on the Telos Channel! Together, we’ll excavate the core issues of conflict with experts from around the world, to uncover the path forward toward creative action in our communities.
May 01, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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31:43
The Check-in: What’s Happening at Columbia?
Massive student protests at Columbia University in solidarity with Gaza were met with swift and intense repression by university administrators and NYPD over the weekend, leading to the arrests of more than 100 students. Greg Khalil, Pr...
April 25, 2024
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36:43
The Check-in: What's Iran Got To Do With It...Part 2
After Israel’s strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Iran launched a barrage of 300 missiles at Israel from sites around the Middle East. While around 99% of the projectiles were intercepted before landing, the retaliatory response repre...
April 22, 2024
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50:40
The Check-in: What’s Iran Got To Do With It...Part 1
After an Israeli strike killed IRGC leaders in Syria, the region has waited with baited breath for a response from the Iranian regime. Could regional war be on the horizon?We explore:What (and who) is a proxy? H...
April 11, 2024
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44:20
The Check-in: The UN Security Council ceasefire resolution passes
Yesterday, after three attempts vetoed by the US, the U.N. Security Council successfully passed a resolution calling for an immediate and “lasting” ceasefire in Gaza, with the US abstaining.We discuss: What does this reflect about the US...
March 26, 2024
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26:23
The Check-in: South Africa takes Israel to Court UPDATE - The ICJ's first ruling, and what it means...
UPDATE!! This morning, the International Court of Justice issued its ruling on the provisional measures of South Africa's case against Israel at The Hague, after it accused it of failing its commitments to the Genocide Convention in its campaig...
January 26, 2024
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16:35
The Check-in: South Africa takes Israel to Court
All you need to know about South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. South Africa's complaint accuses Israel of breaching its commitments to the Genocide Convention in relation to its 100+ da...
January 22, 2024
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35:20
The Check-in: Language, Antisemitism, Anti-Palestinianism, and Peacemaking
This week, we take a deeper dive into the ongoing conversations and questions around language that have surfaced in our nation (and across the world) since October 7. We discuss how to speak in both honest and yet invitational ways that keep mu...
December 21, 2023
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30:04
The Check-in: Updates and What's Next
** Since we recorded this podcast, we received the news that Israel and Hamas had reached a deal regarding a release of hostages and a 4-day ceasefire. Check out our Instagram for our response. As such, this conversation reflects a previous rea...
November 22, 2023
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35:43
Peace Songs: Accomplice
In the midst of so much sorrow and grief, we released Peace Songs, a record in partnership with Good Shepherd Collective on our Principles and Practices of Peacemaking. When it was p...
November 05, 2023
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21:43
The Check-in: FAQ on the Crisis in Israel/Gaza
This week, we answer some of your most frequently asked questions on what's happening in Israel and Gaza, how we got here, and what it will take to get out, including questions like:- Why did the US veto a UN Security Council resolution...
October 26, 2023
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53:08