The Lede
The Lede
New Lines Magazine
Why Every Conflict Is Also a Love Story
39 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2026 at 9:55 am.
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On this week's episode of the podcast, journalist and author Sally Hayden joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss reporting on the artificial families formed by Rwandan genocide survivors, secret weddings under Islamic State rule in Iraq, reporting on the ongoing war in Lebanon — and why she believes journalism loses sight of the people at the center of every crisis, as set out in her recent book, “This Is Also a Love Story.”
Produced by Finbar Anderson