Call for questions/thoughts: Genocide & war crimes episode (Patreon)

Hey there, friends. So first off, health update: I am now a week out from surgery and doing pretty well! In less pain and a little more mobile than expected, and of cOuRSe I'm gathering material for a Field Trip episode ride-along with all the details and advice. Thank you for all the good vibes this past week -- it really means so much to me. 

Also, I wanted to gauge interest and gather questions for a Genocidology episode in the comments below. It's in fact a very real discipline and I've been in contact with the world's pre-eminent and most respected scholar on this topic. I want to approach this with a very blank slate: What it is? Why does it happen? Does a label matter ideologically or in international law? Are conflicts mislabeled? What is "war?" Why does it matter? How have opinions changed over time? What does colonization have to do with it? 

I'd love to hear your questions, but also your concerns about my covering this. I want to give others -- and myself -- scholarly context and information to help us better grasp current geopolitics as well as historical ones.

Let me know what you think and I beg you to please refrain from conflict with each other in the comments. There is already a lethal amount of division in the world, and I always want to foster a place for compassion, curiosity, and humanity. This is not the place for facelessly debating an issue that has gone back thousands of years. Information, understanding, and mutual respect is the vibe here. I'm just gathering information on what you want to learn. 

So feel free to share what you're looking for in an Ologies examination on the general topic of genocide that you feel is lacking from other informational sources. 

Alright, thanks for being here. The show wouldn't exist without you, and is much richer because of your questions. 

Back to my Tylenol nest,

Ward