Randa Abdel-Fattah

is at fault for a missile strike on a school in Iran on the first day of the war.

The conflict has claimed the lives of thousands and shut down the Strait of Hormuz, creating a supply chokepoint that's caused oil prices to skyrocket.

It also resulted in another conflict between Israel and Lebanon.

The further we go, the more destruction from Israeli air and drone strikes we see.

That is currently under a shaky ceasefire.

How do you end a war when one of the warring parties shows no interest in ending it?

And there's no end in sight for the war in Ukraine, which is ongoing after four years of fighting.

Depending on where you are in the world and where you're getting news about a war, you're very likely getting a different narrative, sometimes a polar opposite narrative, than someone else, somewhere else, about the very same conflict.

And these differing narratives influence how that war will be perceived now and later on.

And like any moment happening in real time, details are left out, context is missing, and what you think to be true may not be what's actually happening.

All of this simplifies our memories of what happened.

And Viet wants us not only to recognize that, but to challenge those memories.

Because nothing, especially war, is that simple.

I'm Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Back in 2022, my co-host Ramteen Adablui and I interviewed award-winning author Biet Tan Nguyen about how wars are experienced and remembered as conflicts rage around the world.

I've been thinking about that conversation a lot.

So this week on the show, we're going to revisit it and dig deep into how the memory of war can shape the future.

Stay with us.

Hey, Rand here.

We want to try something new on the show, and we need your help.