Better Peace Podcast
9 young people, 9 conversations about how to create a better peace for this place. Join our journey as we come together to find out where peace has and hasn’t worked. Why do we care so much, what are our challenges in a post conflict society and what changes do we long to see? Follow our journey as explore the wins and challenges in building a better peace. Project supported by the International Fund for Ireland (Our Peace, Our Future fund) and the National Lottery Community Fund NI (Empowering Young People programme).
Episodes
8 episodes since 2024
Mental Health
Welcome back to the seventh episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Chloe and Ellie. Today’s topic has been consistently highlighted as an important one among young people: we’re talking about mental health. In the era of social media...
September 03, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:27
Diversity
Welcome back to the sixth episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Clodagh and Aoife. We thought this was a powerful episode when we recorded it – but the events of recent weeks have given it a new potence. The theme of this epis...
August 13, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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35:45
Climate Crisis
Welcome back to the fifth episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Clodagh and Olivia. Today we’re talking about a topic that affects everyone, young and old, rich and poor: the Climate Crisis. This issue is a very important to our gen...
July 31, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:43
Mica Crisis
Welcome back to the fourth episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Olivia and Nicole. This episode hits close to home for some of us- today we are in Letterkenny, Donegal to talk about the Mica crisis. If you haven’t heard of Mica, do...
July 23, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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44:20
Votes at 16- Wales
Welcome to the third episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Chloe and Clodagh. Today’s episode comes to you from the Welsh Senedd, where we are once again talking about Votes at 16 and its impact in Wales since it was introduced four...
June 10, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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36:51
Votes at 16- Scotland
Welcome back to the second episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Chloe and Clodagh. For today’s episode, we’ve been on a bit of a journey… We are in Edinburgh, Scotland talking about Votes at 16, which was introduced in Scotland ove...
June 03, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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31:56
Attitudes Toward Women
Welcome to the first episode of the Better Peace Podcast, presented by Chloe and Ellie. The theme for this episode was chosen as, after some discussion, it became clear the issue was frustratingly relevant for girls in the group; today we’re ch...
June 03, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:18
Better Peace Intro
Introducing the Better Peace Podcast. 9 young people, 9 conversations about how to create a Better Peace for this place. Join our journey as we come together to find out where peace has and hasn’t worked. Why do we care so much, what are our ch...
May 31, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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2:21