Episode 4: What has been your experience interacting with teenagers on the other side‪?‬ The Teens for Peace Podcast

In Episode 4, host Max Hyman dives into the experiences of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers interacting with the other "side," discussing how teenagers view these crucial interactions and what role they can play in natural peacebuilding. Hyman analyzes responses to questions about the ethnic makeup of an interviewee's town or city and how that has impacted the level and type of interaction they have with others unlike them throughout their childhoods. Clips of interviews illustrate the raw emotion this podcast attempts to uncover and are again stitched with this analysis, focusing on themes of purposeful avoidance, inability to dissociate negative experiences from an entire group, and what constitutes a successful interaction. After an exploration of these experiences, we make suggestions for creating and improving interaction in such a fragile Israeli-Palestinian climate to most efficiently and sustainably reach a peaceful future. Hyman founded Teens for Peace in the Middle East as a teen himself and continues the mission of the organization to amplify the voices of teenagers caught in the middle of the conflict through this miniseries. Listen now!