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Danielle Griffiths smiling in a navy blazer against a warm beige wall

Danielle GriffithsHistory explains the headlines.

Historian, teacher and podcast co host. Danielle breaks down the patterns behind the news, from media manipulation to why the same mistakes keep repeating.

  • The Missing Peace podcast
  • The Digital Social Hour, November 2026
  • Videos around 262,000 views

What she is working on

Projects

A roundtable in Las Vegas, a weekly podcast and a growing shelf of short history explainers.

Recent Digital Social Hour debate episodes Airing November 2026
Featured

The Digital Social Hour

Danielle joins Sean Kelly's roundtable as a counterpoint debater on an upcoming episode, filmed in Las Vegas. Air date to be announced.

Roundtable debateFilmed in Las VegasAir date to come
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The Missing Peace

A weekly podcast with Brooke Benevento. A historian and a mindset coach asking the same questions from opposite directions.

Danielle Griffiths Visalia, California

Her Story

From the classroom to the microphone.

Danielle Griffiths spent more than a decade teaching history to teenagers in California's Central Valley, where the hardest question in the room was never about dates. It was always why. Why do the same mistakes repeat? Why does the news feel the way it does? Why do families, towns and whole countries inherit habits nobody chose?

Those questions followed her out of the classroom. With mindset coach Brooke Benevento she started The Missing Peace, a weekly podcast that takes one question each episode and asks it from two directions: hers, the historian looking for the pattern, and Brooke's, the coach looking for the way out. Season one ran 31 episodes. Her short videos on history, politics and how things actually work have reached around 262,000 views.

Today she splits her time between the studio, a growing list of speaking and debate invitations, and her work as a licensed agent with the Miliare Group, helping families plan for the long run. The thread through all of it is the same: look at the record, name the pattern, and give people a clearer view of what comes next.

Nothing in the news is new. That is the good news, because it means someone has already found the way through.
31Episodes in season one
262KVideo views
12Years teaching history

From the comments

What listeners say

Real comments left under Missing Peace episodes and Shorts on YouTube.

This is a much needed message in the world especially at this time in history. Can't wait for more of your content!
roccoracioppo5820on YouTube
Great podcast! You are so easy to follow and understand your conversation. Thank you for your knowledge and insights. Can't wait for more!
marydurazo4494on YouTube
So glad you're doing this! great 1st episode!
ashyouknowit10on YouTube
I am a 72 year old grandmother and this episode was great. I learned a few things about myself.
ginagriffiths2993on YouTube
What a great podcast and a reminder for self love
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
It's refreshing to see a generation of believers who dig deep and push the boundaries. Great podcast ladies.
1heart1voiceon YouTube
Very interesting topic! Love your podcast!
maureenthomson6536on YouTube
Love this pod cast! So informative for every day life!
ginagriffiths2993on YouTube
I loved this! This is good one!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
A much needed conversation for a time like this.
1heart1voiceon YouTube
Great episode. Appreciate the history lesson and the connections to social heredity and current affairs.
samracioppo7757on YouTube
Great content! Thank you ladies
ginagriffiths2993on YouTube
This is a much needed message in the world especially at this time in history. Can't wait for more of your content!
roccoracioppo5820on YouTube
Great podcast! You are so easy to follow and understand your conversation. Thank you for your knowledge and insights. Can't wait for more!
marydurazo4494on YouTube
So glad you're doing this! great 1st episode!
ashyouknowit10on YouTube
I am a 72 year old grandmother and this episode was great. I learned a few things about myself.
ginagriffiths2993on YouTube
What a great podcast and a reminder for self love
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
It's refreshing to see a generation of believers who dig deep and push the boundaries. Great podcast ladies.
1heart1voiceon YouTube
Very interesting topic! Love your podcast!
maureenthomson6536on YouTube
Love this pod cast! So informative for every day life!
ginagriffiths2993on YouTube
I loved this! This is good one!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
A much needed conversation for a time like this.
1heart1voiceon YouTube
Great episode. Appreciate the history lesson and the connections to social heredity and current affairs.
samracioppo7757on YouTube
Great content! Thank you ladies
ginagriffiths2993on YouTube
Great podcast! Thank you for the good info and reminders.
roccoracioppo5820on YouTube
Another great podcast! Your conversation is always so encouraging and uplifting, and fills me with hope for our world!
marydurazo4494on YouTube
What a great topic to be discussed. I can't wait for future podcasts!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
What a great podcast. Being a friend and student of Brooke's I have heard some of this and just wow.
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
This is great information!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
So good and so honest
parisshangreaux8816on YouTube
Another great podcast, Danielle & Brooke
marydurazo4494on YouTube
I so enjoy your banter, words of wisdom and perspective.
pamelasteele2614on YouTube
Loved this episode, as always. Thanks for your podcast
marydurazo4494on YouTube
What a great podcast! I learn so much everytime one launches. You are a dynamic duo filled with so much knowledge. Your podcast is great!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
This is great! I love this info so much. You girls crack me up!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
You are ONE thought away from a great sunshiny day!
1heart1voiceon YouTube
Great podcast! Thank you for the good info and reminders.
roccoracioppo5820on YouTube
Another great podcast! Your conversation is always so encouraging and uplifting, and fills me with hope for our world!
marydurazo4494on YouTube
What a great topic to be discussed. I can't wait for future podcasts!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
What a great podcast. Being a friend and student of Brooke's I have heard some of this and just wow.
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
This is great information!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
So good and so honest
parisshangreaux8816on YouTube
Another great podcast, Danielle & Brooke
marydurazo4494on YouTube
I so enjoy your banter, words of wisdom and perspective.
pamelasteele2614on YouTube
Loved this episode, as always. Thanks for your podcast
marydurazo4494on YouTube
What a great podcast! I learn so much everytime one launches. You are a dynamic duo filled with so much knowledge. Your podcast is great!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
This is great! I love this info so much. You girls crack me up!
BeckyNance-i7won YouTube
You are ONE thought away from a great sunshiny day!
1heart1voiceon YouTube

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