Reads Lit for Peace: Émile Zola – Nana plus The Next Peacelands

This episode includes a brief excerpt from Émile Zola’s Nana, capturing the early stirrings of the novel’s world—its crowded rooms, shifting glances, and Zola’s careful attention to human behavior. Kitty reads only a short passage, offering a steady, quiet moment inside a story known for its vivid detail.

Each day’s reading continues to serve as reporter Kitty O'Compost’s warm-up for CTRL–AI–DISARM, the upcoming Peace Is Here series exploring truth, power, and the systems shaping our shared future.

The episode closes with The Next Peacelands, where Avis Kalfsbeek reads a real-time list of global warzones and major arms suppliers—an honest grounding in the world as it is, and an invitation to practice peace with intention.

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• The Next Peacelands source: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) and the Stockholm Internation Peace Research Institute’s Arms Transfers Database [as updated on Wikipedia.
• Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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