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The Trauma of Syria

Veteran war correspondent Anne Barnard — Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Affairs and NY Times Beirut Bureau Chief from 2012-2018 — discusses the complex trauma of Syria’s ongoing civil war, its impact on politics in Europe and the US, and the inability of the UN and other international institutions to deal with such …

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The Perilous Path to Asylum

What does our Statue of Liberty stand for, when we reject so many asylum seekers fleeing torture, war and persecution? We explore this vital topic with human rights psychologist Dr. Hawthorne “Hawk” Smith, Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture (survivorsoftorture.org / @_PSOT). Full episode transcript here. © Copyright Original Music “Royal Flush …

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