Breaking News Is Mostly Broken - Dominus Owen Markham

By Dominus Owen Markham There’s a peculiar genre of modern media that deserves its own category. Not journalism. Not analysis. Something closer to theatre performed with a microphone and a red…

Dominus Owen Markham
The Noise They Need You To Make

There’s a version of silence that frightens people in power.Thanks for reading Unharnessed!

Unharnessed
The Reckoning Edition

Something shifted for me this week.

Unharnessed
WW3 - We’re Already In It - Dominus Owen Markham

And most of us are too comfortable to notice Let me say the thing out loud that most people are dancing around. We are already in a world war. Not approaching one. Not on the brink of one.

Dominus Owen Markham
When Power No Longer Waits for Agreement

The latest US government shutdown barely registered.

Unharnessed
The Quiet Catastrophe

How We All Became Complicit in the Death of Free Speech

Unharnessed
The Great Geopolitical Shuffle - Dominus Owen Markham

So here we are. January 2026. Keir Starmer’s just touched down in Beijing for the first time a British prime minister has visited China in eight years, and I’m sitting here watching the entire…

Dominus Owen Markham
View from the Cave: The “Board of Peace” and the Art of Geopolitical Gaslighting

Greetings from the depths of Andalusia (Spain). It’s damp, dark, and the bats are currently having a heated debate about ceiling hierarchy, but I can assure you, it makes infinitely more sense than…

Dominus Owen Markham
Radio Good Thoughts 4/10
🗣 Be generous in conversation.
Let people really speak.
Don’t just wait for your turn—ask, explore, be curious.
Connection lives in your questions.
#ListenToUnderstand #DialogueMatters #CuriosityWins

How do you teach students to navigate polarizing conversations with confidence, curiosity, and respect?

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, Professor Sara DeTurk has been doing just that. 👉 Read more here: https://iftalks.org/dBtTb

Want to bring these tools to your own classroom or campus? The CDP Toolkit is free to use, and we offer webinars and workshops to help educators get started.

#WhatIF #CollaborativeDiscussion #HigherEd #DialogueMatters