Camila Rios

Puzzle Peaceing

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

Puzzle Peaceing challenges the idea that you must be a shark to navigate global conflict. As a researcher, paralegal, and student of international law, I distill and reframe the world's hardest questions through neuroscience, international law, and lived experience. We don't just read treaties. We examine the language of crisis, the psychology of inaction, and why empathy is a more rigorous political strategy than most people are willing to admit. Reaction is biology. Peace is rigorous.

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Camila Rios

Episodes

Can Peace Be Practiced? (Not the Way You Think) 11.05.2026 21:16

Last week we asked why disagreement is so hard. This week we ask what to do about it. In Part 2 of this conversation, I sit with John Paul Lederach's The Moral Imagination , John Brewer's writing on Northern Ireland after thirty-plus years of the Troubles, and a small moment in my own life when I almost built a barrier with a stranger I had never spoken to. If you came up in last week&ap...

The Argument Before the Argument 29.04.2026 19:05

We think we reason our way to moral conclusions. Jonathan Haidt says we don't. The gut decides first. The brain catches up after, building a case for a verdict that's already been reached. In this episode, I walk through The Righteous Mind , the book quietly reshaping how I think about peace work, public discourse, and how international law actually holds up under pressure. This is Part...

Why Your Brain Wants Violence (And How to Pause) 29.04.2026 7:43

Why are we biologically wired to click on the violence? In the inaugural episode of Puzzle Peaceing, host and legal researcher Camila breaks down the "biological glitch" that makes our brains mistake shock for high-value information. From a dark neurological study at the University of Amsterdam to the archival violence of the 18th century Caribbean, we explore how the human craving for f...