ABSTRACT
Audio podcasting is a powerful way of communicating in today’s world. Radio and audio podcasts are used in conflict situations, both as a tool for instigating and preventing it, or building peace. Podcasts have already become a pedagogical tool in the social sciences, but less so in International Relations (IR). Through the lens of writings on using podcasts in higher education and on critical/alternative pedagogy in IR, the authors explore—in the following—the potential for podcasting in teaching peace and war. They argue that podcasting is particularly suited to the study of peace and war because it encourages students to relay facts and arguments, and to include the different sensibilities that render some arguments or narratives more believable and memorable than others. The literature on the use of podcasts in higher education ranges from extolling its virtues to doubting its efficacy in helping students improve their academic performance. The literature on the so-called aesthetic turn further strengthens the case for podcasting.
