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All Things Conflict

All Things Conflict

Von: Maria Arpa MBE
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Who doesn't have conflict in their lives? Whether at work, at home or somewhere out in the world we are all affected by conflict even when it is indirect. The impact of poorly managed conflict can devastate lives. With 30 years’ experience mediating conflict and training peacemakers, Maria has held people’s hearts through everything from workplace hostility, board room battles, belligerent teenagers, separated parents at loggerheads to neighbours at war, street gang rivalries, threats to life and business deals gone wrong. In this podcast Maria lifts the lid on why we fight and how we can resolve conflict and design it out of our lives. Maria’s mission is to reduce unnecessary human suffering through conscious awareness, facilitated dialogue and trauma healing, using her communications tool, the Dialogue Road Map. Beziehungen Elternschaft & Familienleben Management & Leadership Sozialwissenschaften Ökonomie
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  • Guarding the Line: Systemic Cracks, Care-Experienced Youth, and Court Modernisation With Sir Max Hill KC

    Guarding the Line: Systemic Cracks, Care-Experienced Youth, and Court Modernisation With Sir Max Hill KC
    Jun 23 2026
    In this episode of All Things Conflict - Justice Redesigned, Maria sits down for a deeply insightful conversation with Sir Max Hill KC, former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for England and Wales. With nearly 40 years of experience on both sides of the courtroom, Sir Max offers an unparalleled insider perspective on where our legal system succeeds, where it is cracking under pressure, and what it truly takes to deliver justice. Sir Max reflects on the heavy burden of prosecuting landmark national security cases—ranging from the last Real IRA campaign to Al-Qaeda and the 7/7 London bombings. He shares his nuanced view on the "line" between criminal conduct and civil liberties, detailing why older, simpler common law tools are often superior to modern legislation. The conversation also tackles critical contemporary issues, including the crisis of care-experienced youth falling prey to criminal exploitation, the gridlock of the remand prison population, and the highly debated Court Modernisation Bill. Key Takeaways Simplifying Terror Legislation: Sir Max argues that we often do not need more 21st-century laws; old-fashioned common law offenses like murder or conspiracy to murder are perfectly equipped to prosecute complex modern crimes. Guarding the Gateway for Youth: Criminalising teenagers at 14 or 15 permanently alters their life trajectories. Sir Max highlights the effectiveness of "conditional cautions" to divert young people into supportive pathways rather than clogging the court system. The Disadvantage Gap for Care-Leavers: As Chair of the Drive Forward Foundation, Sir Max advocates for specialised support and higher benefit structures for care-experienced youth, who lack the parental and societal safety nets that insulate others from criminal exploitation. The Crisis of Remand & Delayed Justice: With roughly 20% of the prison population currently sitting on remand, delayed justice frequently amounts to denied justice. Sir Max addresses the critical failure of a system where defendants can wait years in custody only to be acquitted. Defending the Right to a Jury: While acknowledging the need for greater efficiency to clear the post-COVID backlog of 10,000+ Crown Court cases, Sir Max vocally opposes the government's proposal to wholesale remove jury trials for complex fraud or lower-tier offenses. The Single-Budget Tug of War: Handed the "keys to the Ministry of Justice," Sir Max's primary structural fix would be separating the court budget from the prison estate. Currently, skyrocketing prison maintenance costs are starving the courts, leading to leaky infrastructure and stagnating legal aid wages. Key Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction: Meet Sir Max Hill KC, Former Director of Public Prosecutions. 03:33 – The Burden of Responsibility: Prosecuting the IRA, Al-Qaeda, and the 7/7 Bombings. 06:43 – Defining "The Line": How prosecutors choose whether to charge a suspect. 10:55 – Conditional Cautions: Using out-of-court disposals to tackle recidivism. 15:11 – Levelling the Playing Field: Supporting care-experienced youth with the Drive Forward Foundation. 22:51 – The Backlog Crisis: Brain Leveson’s efficiency reports and the Court Modernisation Bill. 26:22 – Reclassification of Offenses vs. Removing the Fundamental Right to a Jury Trial. 29:20 – Trapped on Remand: The human cost of keeping unconvicted individuals behind bars. 35:08 – Tearing Down Silos: The missing link between the MOJ, Home Office, and Department for Education. 40:05 – The Long Island Amnesty Model: Using community accountability to end open-air drug markets. 44:33 – Austerity in the CPS: Rebuilding a decimated legal headcount and operating budget. 51:12 – The Surprise Question: Sir Max’s radical funding fix for the Ministry of Justice. 55:10 – Closing Thoughts: Why the English legal system is still respected around the world. Social Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.centreforpeacefulsolutions.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peacefulsolutions.org.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.workplacehuddle.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HOST BIO Maria founded the Centre for Peaceful Solutions in response to the fatal shooting of a 7 year old in her neighbourhood. She developed a model of conflict resolution for violent crime using her brainchild, the Dialogue Road Map (DRM). Over 30 years she has mediated everything from threat to life gang disputes to high stakes business deals gone wrong, Maria empowers people to resolve conflict without reliance on experts. So she trains violent prisoners to be facilitators, leaders to be effective communicators, teenagers to be peer mediators and neighbours to be tenant listeners within their respective communities. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media....
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    59 Min.
  • How to Resolve Conflict Properly: Lessons From Restorative Justice

    How to Resolve Conflict Properly: Lessons From Restorative Justice
    Jun 17 2026
    Most conflicts never actually get resolved, they just go quiet until they resurface somewhere else. Philosopher Paul Baker returns for his fourth conversation with host Maria Arpa to unpack his developing theory of systemic win, built around a simple but powerful order: address what's worse before chasing what's better. Drawing on examples from couples therapy, prison work and restorative justice practice, Paul and Maria explore why a neutral third party who cares about the whole system can transform unresolved harm into a genuine foundation for repair, and why avoiding discomfort, including the human need to grieve, only delays the real work. Listeners working in justice, mediation or restorative practice will take away a clearer framework for distinguishing surface-level fixes from root-cause healing, along with practical thinking on how to support both the harmed and the person who caused harm. Tune in for a rich, reflective conversation on what it really takes to complete a conflict rather than just survive it. KEY TAKEAWAYS Address the "worse" before chasing the "better." Paul argues this order matters: skipping straight to positivity without dealing with what's actually wrong just papers over the problem. Recognise that conflict you think is "resolved" often isn't. If it only de-escalated rather than being fully addressed, the unresolved part resurfaces and tangles itself into future disagreements. Bring in a third party who cares about the whole system, not just one side. Mediators, facilitators or restorative justice practitioners who hold the wellbeing of everyone involved can shift a conflict into genuinely new territory. Don't deny people the need to grieve a conflict or fallout. Treating every situation with forced positivity is a form of conflict avoidance that cuts people off from an important emotional process. Remember that people who cause harm need healing too, separate from the people they harmed. Restorative justice practice should include support for the person who caused damage, delivered by someone not directly involved in the harm. QUOTES "We should pay attention, give significant attention, at least to the worse, to make sure that we aren't just... putting a plaster over the top." "If you're not good in the fight, don't make the fight worse." "As long as the conflict has de-escalated a bit, people think, oh, well, that conflict's dealt with. But it's not dealt with." "To avoid or deny the human need for grieving is to cut part of our life off." "When someone or some part of the system has lost, we mustn't punish the rest of the system around them just because they're associated with them." Social Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.centreforpeacefulsolutions.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peacefulsolutions.org.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.workplacehuddle.com⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HOST BIO Maria founded the Centre for Peaceful Solutions in response to the fatal shooting of a 7 year old in her neighbourhood. She developed a model of conflict resolution for violent crime using her brainchild, the Dialogue Road Map (DRM). Over 30 years she has mediated everything from threat to life gang disputes to high stakes business deals gone wrong, Maria empowers people to resolve conflict without reliance on experts. So she trains violent prisoners to be facilitators, leaders to be effective communicators, teenagers to be peer mediators and neighbours to be tenant listeners within their respective communities. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/
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    42 Min.
  • Is Jeremy Bamber Innocent? The Innocence campaign sits down to discuss new evidence

    Is Jeremy Bamber Innocent? The Innocence campaign sits down to discuss new evidence
    Jun 9 2026
    What if the one fact that could prove a man's innocence was buried for decades? At 6:09am on the morning of the White House Farm killings, a 999 call was made from inside the house — while Jeremy Bamber stood outside surrounded by armed police. After 41 years in prison, that detail may finally matter. In this episode of All Things Conflict, Maria Arpa is joined by innocence campaigner Phillip Walker and former broadcast journalist and ex-BT 999 operator Michael Watkins to examine the evidence behind one of Britain's most disputed convictions. Together they unpack the phone logs, forensic reports and crime scene interference that, they argue, were never properly presented to the jury — and what the case reveals about a justice system in which the prosecution controls what gets seen. In this episode: Why protesting your innocence can paradoxically lengthen a prison sentence The significance of the 6:09am 999 call and how 1980s telephone tracing worked The hidden 3:26am call log attributed to Neville Bamber How the crime scene — and the bloodstained Bible — was rearranged New forensic findings on the moderator and Sheila Bamber's wounds Why the CCRC and the lack of a UK "Brady rule" make appeals so difficult About Phillip Walker and Michael Watkins: Phillip Walker is a member of the Jeremy Bamber Innocence Campaign, drawn to the case as a member of the public after concluding the prosecution's account was deeply flawed. Michael Watkins is a former BBC and Sky broadcast journalist who worked as a 999 and operator-line telephone exchange operator in the 1980s, and who set out to confirm the conviction but reached the opposite conclusion. Key topics covered: The White House Farm case background The 999 call evidence Hidden phone logs and disclosure failures Crime scene interference Forensic moderator evidence The CCRC and appeal process The role of the jury and the judge If this episode made you think, follow All Things Conflict and leave a review — it helps more people find these conversations. Social Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.centreforpeacefulsolutions.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peacefulsolutions.org.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.workplacehuddle.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HOST BIO Maria founded the Centre for Peaceful Solutions in response to the fatal shooting of a 7 year old in her neighbourhood. She developed a model of conflict resolution for violent crime using her brainchild, the Dialogue Road Map (DRM). Over 30 years she has mediated everything from threat to life gang disputes to high stakes business deals gone wrong, Maria empowers people to resolve conflict without reliance on experts. So she trains violent prisoners to be facilitators, leaders to be effective communicators, teenagers to be peer mediators and neighbours to be tenant listeners within their respective communities. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/
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    1 Std. und 3 Min.
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