80 Best Human Rights Podcasts
Human Rights Podcasts
Here are 80 Best Human Rights Podcasts worth listening to in 2026. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
Export Contact List Play All1. TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
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Welcome to the TransLash Podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives. At a time when anti-trans attacks are being used to undermine democracy and human rights, award-winning journalist Imara Jones brings you the most important conversations for and about the trans community. From celebrations of trans joy to crystal-clear analysis of the latest political developments to discussions about love and sex, the TransLash Podcast keeps listeners informed and reminds us to never lose hope. Produced by TransLash Media. Music: Ben Draghi and also courtesy of ZZK records...MORE Host Imara Jones
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Email ****@imarajones.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 628Facebook 18.9KTwitter 6.8KInstagram 52.9K Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson
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The Rev. Mark A. Thompson has spent most of his life as a political, civil rights & human rights activist and organizer. He not only has been a part of every major social justice movement & event over the past 40 years, he has also been a radio broadcaster for three decades, and he has spent over 10 years as a television commentator, as well. Rev. Mark hosts Make It Plain ( MIP ), a political, human rights and breaking news podcast. Rev. Mark's lifelong social justice activism intersects with his years of experience broadcasting the news and issues of the day...MORE Host Rev. Mark Thompson
Producer/Network Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 238Facebook 17.9KTwitter 19.8K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
3. Africa News Tonight - VOA Africa
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Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics and the African diaspora.MORE Producer/Network VOA Africa
Email ****@voanews.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 61Facebook 173.1KTwitter 394.4KInstagram 24.7K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
4. KPFA - Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.MORE Host Dennis J. Bernstein
Producer/Network KPFA
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 69Facebook 20.5KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 6.6K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
5. Awake At Night
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What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world's most complex and dangerous places? How are UN humanitarians, human rights advocates, prosecutors, development experts, climate leaders and peacekeepers improving our world? Stationed in all reaches of the world and witness to suffering and atrocities, how are they helping people and coping themselves? To find out, Melissa Fleming meets them. Here you will discover extraordinary personal stories from people who devote their lives to helping others.MORE Host Melissa Fleming
Producer/Network United Nations, Melissa Fleming
Email ****@unhcr.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 275Facebook 151.9KTwitter 140.4K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
6. New Books in Human Rights
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150 channels and browse our 28,000 episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetworkMORE Producer/Network New Books Network
Email ****@newbooksnetwork.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 9KTwitter 16K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
7. Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention
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Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention is a podcast by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The podcast, hosted by Global Centre Deputy Executive Director Jaclyn Streitfeld-Hall, features one-on-one conversations with practitioners from the field of human rights, conflict prevention, atrocity prevention and other related agendas. These conversations aim to provide a glimpse of the personal and professional side of how practitioners approach human rights protection and atrocity prevention...MORE Host Jaclyn Streitfeld-Hall
Producer/Network Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention
Email ****@globalr2p.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13Facebook 250.5KTwitter 99.4K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
8. Justice Matters
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Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates, Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, and Diego Garcia Blum. The views expressed are those of each speaker individually and not necessarily those of others in this recording, the Carr-Ryan Center, or Harvard Kennedy School. We support free speech as the cornerstone of learning and democracy and share these perspectives to foster open debate.MORE Hosts Aminta Ossom, Maggie Gates, Mathias Risse
Producer/Network Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Email ****@law.harvard.edu
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 5.9KTwitter 8.7K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact
9. Rights on the Line
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Rights on the Line is an exclusive human rights podcast produced by Front Line Defenders, presenting the voices, perspectives and experiences of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk and focusing on human rights issues across the globe.MORE Producer/Network Front Line Defenders
Email ****@frontlinedefenders.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 40.7KTwitter 51.6K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
10. Humanize
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Humanize with Wesley J. Smith from Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, where human rights meet human responsibilities. We speak on the controversial issues of human life and human thriving that impact our daily lives.MORE Host Wesley J. Smith
Producer/Network Discovery Institute Center on Human Exceptionalism
Email ****@discovery.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 39 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
11. From The Median
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FROM THE MEDIAN highlights the differences between the two sides of the greatest human rights issue of our time: those defending the right to life for all, and those who are headed in the exact opposite direction the industries and people that profit from abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, and euthanasia. The show also highlights the culture behind the progressive movement to secularism and state-ism and provides compelling evidence that the current push for unrestricted debt will cause us to suffer increased poverty and family breakdown...MORE Hosts Jerry Cirino, Molly Smith
Producer/Network From The Median
Email ****@salemcleveland.com
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 2.6K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
12. RightsUp
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RightsUp: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast (OxHRH) aims to bring together academics, practitioners, and policy-makers from across the globe to advance the understanding and protection of human rights and equality. Through the vigorous exchange of ideas and resources, we strive to facilitate a better understanding of human rights principles, to develop new approaches to policy, and to influence the development of human rights law and practice.MORE Producer/Network The Oxford Human Rights Hub
Email ****@law.ox.ac.uk
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 16Facebook 7.5KTwitter 20.6K Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
13. Romanistan
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The authors of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling present: Romanistan! Do you love rebels? Do you want to live in a place where outcasts shine their brightest? Welcome to Romanistan! We're your friendly neighborhood Gypsies, celebrating Romani identity and outcast culture, and practicing good diplomatic relations with other marginalized communities. We love the rebels who are living their truth, even if it clashes with tradition. We also love tradition and honoring our roots...MORE Hosts Jezmina Von Thiele, Paulina Stevens
Producer/Network Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 71 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
14. PUSHBACK Talks
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Cities are becoming increasingly unliveable for most people. Costs are rising but incomes are not. Sky-high rents, evictions, homelessness, and substandard housing are common realities for urban dwellers across the planet. There is a global housing crisis. How did this basic human right get so lost? Who is pushing people out of their homes and cities, and what's being done to pushback? On the heels of the release of the award-winning documentary, PUSH, filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten and Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, have reconvened...MORE Hosts Leilani Farha, Fredrik Gertten
Producer/Network WG Film
Email ****@wgfilm.se
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 68Facebook 3.4KTwitter 4.2KInstagram 1.7K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
15. Human Rights (Audio)
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Enrich your understanding of human rights ideas and practices.
Producer/Network UCTV
Email ****@uctv.tv
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
16. Law Pod UK
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Law Pod UK covers developments across all aspects of civil and public law in the United Kingdom. It is brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row with presenters Rosalind English, Emma-Louise Fenelon, Jim Duffy and Lucy McCann. Information accompanying the podcast episodes is published on the UK Human Rights Blog .MORE Hosts Rosalind English, Emma-Louise Fenelon, Jim Duffy, Lucy McCann
Producer/Network Law Pod UK
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 108Twitter 6.5K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact
17. Entitled
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Rights matter, but conversations about rights can be polarizing, confusing and frustrating. Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg have traveled the world getting into the weeds of global human rights debates. On Entitled, they use that expertise to explore the stories and thorny questions around why rights matter and what's the matter with rights. Entitled is produced with the support of University of Chicago Law School and Yale Law School, and is part of the award winning University of Chicago Podcast Network.MORE Hosts Claudia Flores, Tom Ginsburg
Producer/Network University of Chicago Podcast Network
Email ****@yale.edu
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 86Facebook 66Twitter 298 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
18. Strength & Solidarity
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A podcast featuring the people and ideas that are driving -and disrupting -human rights around the world. You can learn more about the project at our website, www.strengthandsolidarity.org. We welcome your feedback and your suggestions. In particular, if you have a poem or text, a speech, or a piece of music that expresses something important about your own commitment to rights, please tell us about it at ****@strengthandsolidarity.org.MORE Host Akwe Amosu
Producer/Network Strength & Solidarity
Email ****@strengthandsolidarity.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 19 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
19. Seeking Refuge
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Want to hear some extraordinary stories of resilience and humanity? Tune in to Seeking Refuge for the human stories of refugees and those working to protect them. Our guests talk everything from going to the International Court of Justice to making cross-genre music, from incredible acts of resilience to the everyday things that make them smile. We also talk issues facing refugees such as education, health care, and legal rights, and we learn about the history of refugees and the current world events impacting them...MORE Producer/Network SRPA Team at the University of South Carolina
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 17Twitter 358 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
20. The Human Rights Podcast
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Welcome to The Human Rights Podcast from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway. Here at the Centre, we are fortunate to be visited each year by an array of world-leading practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in the field of human rights and its associated disciplines. We also have a vibrant community at the ICHR and more broadly in the University of Galway's academic staff, postdoctoral and doctoral scholars, and postgraduate and undergraduate students focusing on human rights. We want to bring you some of their insights and invite you in to some of the debates and discussions that go on here during the year. We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast...MORE Producer/Network Irish Centre for Human Rights
Email ****@nuigalway.ie
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Apple Rating 2/5Apple Reviews 52Facebook 91.9KTwitter 55.2KInstagram 44.7K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact
21. Dr. Naomi Wolf's Outspoken
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Essays, updates and arguments from an eyewitness to a new dark age, with thoughts on how to keep liberty, justice and human rights alive. naomiwolf.substack.com
Producer/Network A DailyClout Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 42 Avg Length 72 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
22. International Bar Association: Global Insight podcast
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IBA Global Insight 's podcast series covers a variety of themes in law, business and human rights, and features high-level speakers. The content within IBA Global Insight podcasts does not represent the views of the International Bar Association.MORE Producer/Network IBA Global Insight
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 35KTwitter 19K Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
23. This Way Up: Unpacking human rights for business
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This Way Up: Unpacking human rights for business is the first podcast from Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Over the course of each mini-series, we will outline and interrogate the latest issues related to business and human rights, bringing together diverse expertise from front-line activists, civil society, companies, investors and academia. The aim? To figure out together which way is 'up' - the actions we must take to ensure continually improving corporate respect for human rights.MORE Producer/Network This Way Up: Unpacking human rights for business
Email ****@business-humanrights.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
24. Speaking Out of Place
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Public activism on human rights, environmental and indigenous justice, and educational liberation, with an emphasis on politics, culture, and art. Website: https://speakingoutofplace.com/
Producer/Network David Palumbo-Liu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 62 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
25. Threatscape - Mapping global risks in a changing world
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Podcast on global security threats in an increasingly authoritarian world
Producer/Network migsinstitute
Email ****@concordia.ca
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Apple Reviews 4Twitter 7.2K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact
26. Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid Podcast
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A deep dive into the human rights issues affecting you. As a human rights lawyer—I bring the receipts to disentangle fact from fiction and advance the fight for universal human rights. www.qasimrashid.comMORE Producer/Network Qasim Rashid
Email ****@substack.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
27. Human Rights (Video)
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Enrich your understanding of human rights ideas and practices.
Producer/Network UCTV
Email ****@uctv.tv
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 29.6K Get Email Contact
28. The Jason Jones Show
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Jason is a film producer, author, activist and Catholic human rights worker. For the past 25 years, he has worked to defend the most vulnerable — from the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles to persecuted Christians in Africa, from women in crisis pregnancies to victims of 'honor killing' in Iran.MORE Host Jason Jones
Producer/Network Jason Jones
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 296 Avg Length 64 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
29. Business, Human Rights and the Environment
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This is the Podcast of the NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment.The main aim of this Centre is to promote multidisciplinary research aiming at fostering responsible and sustainable business conduct in Portugal, within Europe and beyond.MORE Estimated listeners
Facebook 201Twitter 1.2K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
30. Arts & Human Rights with Smashing Times
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Welcome to the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Show, hosted by Mary Moynihan and Freda Manweiler. Join us for an hour of discussions on equality, diversity, and the powerful work of artists advocating for human rights. From theatre and film to digital arts and sculpture, we explore a wide array of creative forms that inspire change. Tune in to hear unique perspectives and stories from the world of art, all recorded at Dublin South FM.https://smashingtimes.ie/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Smashing Times
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31. Humans, On Rights
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Humans, On Rights is an intellectual and stimulating conversation with human rights grassroots influencers, community leaders, policymakers, advocates and educators about their passion to become human rights champions. Humans, On Rights host Stuart Murray, the Inaugural President & CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will explore with his guest the power of a positive outcome when you connect the three human rights dots - Education. Mobilization. Take Action.MORE Host Stuart Murray
Producer/Network Stuart Murray
Email ****@thecohre.ca
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Apple Reviews 17 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
32. Activist Lawyer
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The Activist Lawyer podcast offers a platform for lawyers to share their story and journey into law and activism. Guests will discuss the challenges and highlights of their work as well as important cases, opinions on legal and political matters and will offer advice and tips for anyone interested in pursuing a career in human rights law, public interest law or criminal justice. The Activist Lawyer Podcast is brought to you by the Granite Podcast Studio.MORE Host Sarah Henry
Producer/Network activistlawyer
Email ****@activistlawyer.com
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Apple Reviews 6Facebook 656Instagram 684 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
33. Framing Human Rights
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ECCHR's podcast about activism, art and justice. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) is an independent, non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to enforcing civil and human rights worldwide.Together with those affected and partners worldwide, ECCHR uses legal means to end impunity for those responsible for torture, war crimes, sexual and gender-based violence, corporate exploitation and fortressed borders.Find out more here: www.ecchr.eu and in our Living Open Archive: loa.ecchr.euMORE Producer/Network ECCHR
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Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
34. The Sean Morgan Report
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Geopolitics, AI, Finance, and the Demystification of Political Theatre. Since 2020, Sean Morgan has been a leading voice in the alternative news world. He has interviewed hundreds of conservative leaders, including General Michael T. Flynn, Kash Patel, Clay Clark, Sidney Powell, Judge Jeanine Pirro, John Solomon, Christina Bobb, Dick Morris, and Alan Dershowitz. seanmorganreport.substack.comMORE Host Sean Morgan
Producer/Network Sean Morgan
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 2.8/5Apple Reviews 754 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
35. And the Pursuit of Human Rights
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We're two human rights enthusiasts, dedicated to making human rights more approachable for everyone.
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
36. Human Rights Chat
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Human Rights Chat is a podcast by New Tactics in Human Rights, where we inspire and equip activists to change the world. A program of the Center for Victims of Torture, New Tactics helps activists become more effective through strategic thinking and tactical planning.MORE Producer/Network New Tactics in Human Rights
Email ****@cvt.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
37. You Don't Want a Hug, Right? The Hilarity and the Hard of Raising Humans with Neurodiversity
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Join Gwen & Kristen on their proverbial couch (the most INCLUSIVE of couches) as they share irreverently honest stories and wisdom gained through a collective 35 years of parenting FIERCELY EPIC neurodiverse humans. These friends have spent eons talking together about the hilarity and the hard of their parenting journeys and they want to invite you into those conversations too. Thanks for tuning in. They already think you're rather fantastic. To get more of Gwen & Kristen, join our newsletter: https://www.youdontwantahug.com/MORE Producer/Network Gwen & Kristen
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 45 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
38. Human Rights Magazine
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Exploring inequality, abuse and oppression around the world, we hear from those directly involved in an issue, examine the structural context to find why rights abuse exists, and look for possible solutions. Read articles related to these issues and episodes at the web site of The Upstream Journal - www.upstreamjournal.org. We are pleased to see that Human Rights Magazine is a top-rated human rights podcast at Feedspot. (https://blog.feedspot.com/human_rights_podcasts/)MORE Host Derek MacCuish
Producer/Network Upstream Journal
Email ****@upstreamjournal.org
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Apple Reviews 2Facebook 178Instagram 196 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
39. Human Rights Education Now!
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Human Rights Education Now! is a podcast that aims to (1) inform a broader audience in the U.S. and internationally about human rights education (HRE) stories, practices, related issues and theories, (2) expand awareness and knowledge about HRE USA and its programs, and (3) engage partner individuals, groups and organizations in changing the conversation about rights in the U.S. to one employing a human rights education lens.MORE Producer/Network Human Rights Educators USA
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
40. Rights & Wrongs
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Rights & Wrongs is a bi-monthly podcast from Human Rights Watch. It explores stories from the places where abuses are unfolding around the world, through the eyes and ears of the people on the frontlines. Human Rights Watch investigators span the globe and work in more than 100 countries, producing dozens of meticulously researched reports every year. Host, Ngofeen Mputubwele, takes listeners behind the scenes of these in-depth investigations.Go to hrw.org to find out more about our investigations and hrw.org/podcast/donate to support the work we do.MORE Producer/Network Human Rights Watch
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 41 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
41. Journalists for Human Rights Podcast
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Journalists for Human Rights is an organization that aims to empower journalists and communities in Canada and all over the world, making a lasting difference in the way human rights stories are told and heard.In the first season of this podcast, we feature the Philippines, which ranks among the world's deadliest countries for journalists. We hear from local reporters who have faced the Marcos dictatorship in the 70s and 80s, the deadly anti-drugs campaign of the Duterte administration, and challenges such as red-tagging, low pay, and disinformation in the age of social media and AI.MORE Producer/Network Journalists for Human Rights
Email ****@jhr.ca
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
42. Human Rights Sentinel
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Human Rights Sentinel is your voice in the fight for justice, shining a light on the hidden and overlooked struggles for basic freedoms worldwide. We explore the stories and issues that are often suppressed or ignored by mainstream media and international powers—exposing the impact of political and global interests on human dignity. Join us as we champion the rights of every person, everywhere, in pursuit of a world where equality and justice prevail.MORE Hosts Musaffa Akhawan, Senge Sering
Producer/Network Musaffa Akhawan
Email ****@gmail.com
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43. Human Rights in America-A Revolutionary Mindset
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Americans deserve more human rights: When we educate, legislate, and create new mindsets, we can inspire and empower our country and the world.
Producer/Network Sue E Young
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44. The Keeper: A Human Rights Podcast
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Hosted by Lantos Foundation President, Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, The Keeper features in depth conversations about the most pressing matters of human rights and justice around the world and welcomes some of the most important human rights figures of our time as guests.The Keeper takes its name from the personal conviction of the Lantos Foundation's namesake Congressman Tom Lantos, fully lived out in his own life, that we have a moral and ethical obligation to be our brother and sister's keeper...MORE Host Katrina Lantos Swett
Producer/Network The Lantos Foundation
Email ****@tufts.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 17 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
45. The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
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The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) is a cross-industry business-led organisation that works to advance business respect for human rights through peer learning and by sharing insights from business practice. In this podcast series, GBI advisors and team members discuss key challenges for companies presented by emerging mandatory human rights due diligence laws. The series highlights six areas where expectations of business practice are both strengthening and hardening. The podcasts unpack practical steps companies can take to anticipate and prepare for these changes...MORE Producer/Network The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
46. On the side of humanity: Courageous human rights defenders living and working around the globe
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In our second season Tatyana Movshevich meets abortion rights defenders from across the world from Venezuela to Morocco, from Malta to Namibia. Amid all the disinformation and hostility, abortion rights defenders have found themselves in the blinding spotlight against their will and expectation. In this podcast we hear their stories and find out how they work against the backdrop of violence and stigma. And how they are also driving one of the most significant social shifts in recent years.For season credits please see https://www.amnesty.org/on-the-side-of-humanityMORE Producer/Network Amnesty International
Email ****@amnesty.org
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Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
47. Life, Liberty, and Law
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Conversations on the human right to life, brought to you by Americans United for Life and hosted by Tom Shakely.
Producer/Network Americans United for Life
Email ****@aul.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 70Facebook 55.1KTwitter 24.1KInstagram 3.1K Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact
48. Better Human Podcast
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Can human rights make our societies better? This podcast explores the most important human rights issues of the day through engaging and accessible interviews with high-profile guests and straightforward guides to key concepts and key events. Presented by leading human rights lawyer Adam Wagner.MORE Producer/Network Adam Wagner
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 81Facebook 305Twitter 128.2K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
49. Pod for the Cause
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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights launched 'Pod for the Cause' podcast to expand the conversation on critical civil and human rights challenges of our day: census, justice reform, policing, education, fighting hate & bias, judicial nominations, fair courts, voting rights, media & tech, economic security, immigration, and human rights. Through this expanded dialogue, we want to spur activism that drives change in our communities and country. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and leave a 5-star review.MORE Producer/Network The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 213Facebook 199Twitter 773 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
50. EMPOWER Podcast hosted by Bell Global Justice Institute
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Greetings Friends! We are Bell Global Justice Institute, a human rights organization in Metro Detroit working to advance and promote the human rights of women and girls'. We are excited to launch our Podcast, and we aim to build awareness for our listeners on the unique challenges and barriers women and girls face around the world in realizing their human rights and to highlight change agents working to build a safe and more just world for every woman and girl.MORE Host London J. Bell
Producer/Network Bell Global Justice Institute
Email ****@hotmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 393Twitter 125 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2021 Get Email Contact
51. ADVOCATE by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
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APHR's podcast channel discusses the most important human rights developments across Southeast Asia.
Producer/Network APHR
Email ****@aseanmp.org
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 15.6KTwitter 11.6KInstagram 1.7K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
52. The Hum Podcast
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The Hum is a podcast that cuts straight to the heart of human rights stories. Raw, honest and uncensored, from the people who have lived them first-hand.Real people. Real stories. Every other Tuesday.MORE Hosts Gilad Cohen, Taylah Harris-Mungo
Producer/Network JAYU Festival Inc.
Email ****@jayu.ca
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 32Facebook 2.8KTwitter 2.1KInstagram 5.8K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact
53. On Human Rights
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Podcast by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Hosts Edwina Magnus, Daniella Fetko, Jennifer Jun, Nikita Lourenu00e7o Calling
Producer/Network The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Email ****@rwi.lu.se
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13Facebook 8.7KTwitter 5.2KInstagram 2.3K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2015 Get Email Contact
54. Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast
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A show about human rights coming to you every week from the Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human Rights. Tune in each week as we explore how the concept and practice of human rights can remain fit-for-purpose and co-evolve with the changing world order, joined by fascinating guests from the University of Cambridge and around the world.(All rights reserved, so to speak. Our theme song, 'Relative Dimensions', was created by the artificial intelligence at JukeDeck.)MORE Host Neema Jayasinghe
Producer/Network Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 47Facebook 1.7KTwitter 1KInstagram 338 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
55. Know Your 30 Human Rights with Ellen Firestone
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Learn your 30 Human Rights as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and get into action to promote and protect these rights for yourself and others. Ignite Your Basic Purpose. Help create a Fair and Free World!MORE Host Ellen Firestone
Producer/Network Ellen Firestone
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
56. Human Rights in Global Perspective
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The Human Rights in Global Perspective podcast aims to introduce listeners to the core ideas and central controversies in the study of human rights. Topics covered include the history, law, politics, and philosophy of human rights, debates over which particular human rights individuals ought to be afforded, scepticism about human rights, and real-world human rights controversies and challenges.MORE Producer/Network Nin Kirkham & Lachlan Montgomery Umbers
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57. The Rights of Others
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How can we enable us to create social change and effective altruism while addressing the dichotomy of our modern life and values driven by markets.
Producer/Network Olga Martin-Ortega, Seema Joshi, Fakhar Raza
Email ****@rsilpak.org
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Apple Reviews 1Facebook 28.4K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact
58. The Rights Pod
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What is a human rights career like? How should public schools teach the history of human rights? Does the wizarding world of Harry Potter uphold human rights? For answers to all of these questions, you're listening to the Rights Pod. The Rights Pod is produced by the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University. Each week, current and former human rights students will discuss human rights—from how they are implemented in the international system to human rights in small places, close to home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Center for Human Rights at Stanford University
Email ****@alumni.stanford.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact
59. Indigenous Human Rights
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The Indigenous Human Rights podcast is produced by Pro Bono Students Canada's Indigenous Human Rights Program. We're a group of law students shining a light on the experiences of Indigenous people at human rights tribunals across Canada. Listen and learn what it's really like to fight for your rights in the colonial legal system. Our podcast is sponsored by Thomson Reuters, PBSC's National Research Partner.MORE Hosts Daniel Jolic, Brianna Brumen
Producer/Network Pro Bono Students Canada
Email ****@probonostudents.ca
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Apple Reviews 15Facebook 3.5KTwitter 3.1KInstagram 1.6K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
60. Human Rights and Hot Coffee
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Current events in Israel through the eyes of human rights, international law and international relations.
Email ****@ngo-monitor.org
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Facebook 12.2KTwitter 24K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
61. Freedom Tech (w/ Human Rights Foundation)
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Each month, Human Rights Foundation and PubKey dive into specific HRF initiatives with a focus on how #bitcoin and #FreedomTech advance humanitarian goals. We're thrilled to partner with HRF to shine a light on how bitcoin is a powerful force for peace and human flourishing.MORE Producer/Network PubKey Media House
Email ****@port8333.io
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Avg Length 68 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
62. The Rights Track
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The Rights Track podcast gets the hard facts about the human rights challenges facing the world today and aims to get our thinking about human rights on the right track.
Producer/Network Todd Landman
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 14Twitter 4.3K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
63. Future Security Trends: Implications for Human Rights
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The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association (ICoCA) mission is to raise private industry security standards and promote the responsible provision of private security. ICoCA podcasts provide perspectives on what the future holds for responsible private security that respects human rights and international humanitarian law.MORE Producer/Network ICoCA
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Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
64. Exclusives with Lila Rose
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Exclusives with Lila Rose are powerful discussions with key thought leaders and cultural influencers on the most important human rights fight of our generation - protecting children from abortion. Podcast powered by Live Action.MORE Producer/Network Live Action
Email ****@liveaction.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 232 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
65. The Art Persists Podcast
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The Art Persists Podcast is a series offering a glimpse into the life of artists and activists bridging the arts, activism, and human rights around the world. Brought to you by Bosla Arts.
Producer/Network Bosla Arts
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 30 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
66. Human Rights Rhythm
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Human Rights Rhythm is a human rights podcast series of Amnesty International Nigeria. In this series, we bring you the struggles of Nigerians seeking for justice. Hear from survivors, their families, activists, and advocates as they share their experiences and fight for justice. One thing is certain: you will be moved and inspired to join the cause for human rights. Let's stand together and amplify their voices!MORE Producer/Network Amnesty International Nigeria
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67. Human Rights Unscripted
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Human Rights Unscripted is a podcast from the American University Washington College of Law that takes a deep dive into the human rights field through candid interviews with professionals, professors, and students.MORE Producer/Network Human Rights Brief
Email ****@wcl.american.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
68. Talking Human Rights
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On Talking Human Rights, Leens van Kessel LL.M. talks to all kinds of researchers in the field. Thanks to these experts sharing their knowledge in an accessible way, we all become more informed and inspired when 'talking human rights'!MORE Producer/Network Talking Human Rights
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69. Gender 305 Gender and International Human Rights
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Gender 305 Human Rights Conversation is a podcast by the University of Victoria Gender 305 students of 2022 and 2023. Topics span Abortion Rights, LGBTQ2S rights, gender-based discrimination, and gender-based violence through the lens of human rights. Thank you to Tamara Gonsalves and all the students of Gender 305, who have spent much time and effort to educate and bring these critical topics to the community. Tune in weekly for more conversations on human rights and international human rights developments...MORE Producer/Network Tamara Gonsalves, Students of Gender 305
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Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
70. History, Human Rights and the Power of One
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Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., a descendant of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, bridges history and the present, sparking conversations on freedom, justice, and equality. Through storytelling and advocacy, he inspires others to confront the past and work toward a just future. kbmjr.substack.comMORE Producer/Network Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.
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71. Sex Worker's Rights Are Human Rights
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Hosted by Mistress Elura Savage, a professional Dominatrix with 19 years in the industry.Step into the unbound realm of sex work with me in: Sex Worker's Rights are Human Rights: A Fight for Full Decrim. Join me as I take a deep dive into the current laws governing sex work and present a thought-provoking analysis of three highly divisive regulation models: Legalization, Partial Decriminalization, and Full Decriminalization. Drawing from empirical research and my own personal experiences as a sex worker of nearly two decades, this episode promises to challenge conventional perspectives and spark meaningful conversations...MORE Producer/Network Mistress Elura Savage
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Human Rights shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imara Jones | Host | translash.org/podcast | 69 | @imarajones | 11.9K | Brooklyn, NY, United States | ||
| Rev. Mark Thompson | Host | redcircle.com/shows/mip-make-it-plain-with-mark-thompson | 16 | @ministter | 8.6K | NY, United States | ||
| Dennis J. Bernstein | Host | kpfa.org/program/flashpoints | 155 | Male | @burn_stick | San Francisco, CA, United States | ||
| Melissa Fleming | Host | un.org/en/awake-at-night | 10 | Female | @melissafleming | 140.4K | NY, United States | |
| Jaclyn Streitfeld-Hall | Host | globalr2p.org | 34 | Female | Baltimore, MD, United States | |||
| Aminta Ossom | Co Host | hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/our-work/justice-matters-podcast | 1 | Female | ||||
| Maggie Gates | Co Host | hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/our-work/justice-matters-podcast | 1 | Female | Cambridge, MA, United States | |||
| Mathias Risse | Co Host | hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/our-work/justice-matters-podcast | 1 | Male | ||||
| Wesley J. Smith | Host | humanize.today/series/humanize | 60 | Male | @thewesleyjsmith | United States | ||
| Jerry Cirino | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-median-featuring-molly-smith/id1164611095 | 173 | |||||
| Molly Smith | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-median-featuring-molly-smith/id1164611095 | 173 | |||||
| Jezmina Von Thiele | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1663771 | 1 | Female | @jezminavont | |||
| Paulina Stevens | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1663771 | 1 | Female | @paulinabsv | San Diego, CA, United States | ||
| Leilani Farha | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1189295 | 1 | Female | @leilanifarha | 23.2K | Ottawa, ON, Canada | |
| Fredrik Gertten | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1189295 | 1 | Male | @fredrikgertten | 10.7K | ||
| Rosalind English | Co Host | audioboom.com/channels/4911918-law-pod-uk | 12 | Female | @rosalindenglish | 890 | United Kingdom | |
| Emma-Louise Fenelon | Co Host | audioboom.com/channels/4911918-law-pod-uk | 12 | Female | United Kingdom | |||
| Jim Duffy | Co Host | audioboom.com/channels/4911918-law-pod-uk | 12 | Male | United Kingdom | |||
| Lucy McCann | Co Host | audioboom.com/channels/4911918-law-pod-uk | 12 | Female | @lucyfmccann | 258 | London, United Kingdom | |
| Claudia Flores | Co Host | entitledpodcast.com | 7 | Female | @cfloed | 870 | New Haven, CT, United States | |
| Tom Ginsburg | Co Host | entitledpodcast.com | 7 | Male | @tomginsburg | 5.9K | Chicago, IL, United States | |
| Akwe Amosu | Host | anchor.fm/strengthandsolidarity | 14 | Female | @akwe | 305 | NY, United States | |
| Jason Jones | Host | Male | @jasonjonesvpp | Washington, D.C., United States | ||||
| Stuart Murray | Host | art19.com/shows/humans-on-rights | 57 | Male | ||||
| Sarah Henry | Host | activistlawyer.com/podcast | 20 | Female | @saralouisamccoy | |||
| Sean Morgan | Host | Male | @seanmreport | |||||
| Derek MacCuish | Host | upstreamjournal.org/humanrightsmagazine | 1 | Male | Montreal, QC, Canada | |||
| Musaffa Akhawan | Co Host | Male | @makhwand | |||||
| Senge Sering | Co Host | |||||||
| Katrina Lantos Swett | Host | Male | @lantosswettk | 2K | Bow, NH, United States | |||
| London J. Bell | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bell-global | 24 | Male | @lbell77 | Macomb, MI, United States | ||
| Gilad Cohen | Co Host | thehumpodcast.com | Male | @mrgiladcohen | Toronto, ON, Canada | |||
| Taylah Harris-Mungo | Co Host | thehumpodcast.com | Female | |||||
| Edwina Magnus | Co Host | rwi.lu.se/podcasts | 7 | Female | ||||
| Daniella Fetko | Co Host | rwi.lu.se/podcasts | 7 | Female | ||||
| Jennifer Jun | Co Host | rwi.lu.se/podcasts | 7 | Female | ||||
| Nikita Lourenu00e7o Calling | Co Host | rwi.lu.se/podcasts | 7 | |||||
| Neema Jayasinghe | Host | declarationspod.com | Female | United Kingdom | ||||
| Ellen Firestone | Host | feed.podbean.com/ellenfirestone/feed.xml | 4 | Female | ||||
| Daniel Jolic | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1500706 | Male | |||||
| Brianna Brumen | Co Host | buzzsprout.com/1500706 | Female | |||||
| VOA Africa | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 204 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| IBA Global Insight | ibanet.org/articles?type=PODCASTS | 62 | @ibanews | 19K | ||||
| Front Line Defenders | frontlinedefenders.org | 60 | @frontlinehrd | 51.6K | ||||
| NOVA Centre on Business | novabhre.novalaw.unl.pt | 27 | @nova_bhre | 1.2K | ||||
| ICoCA | icoca.podbean.com | 19 | ||||||
| Mohamed Elshinnawi | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 16 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| migsinstitute | migsinstitute.podbean.com | 16 | @migsinstitute | 7.2K | ||||
| This Way Up: Unpacking human rights for business | audioboom.com/channels/5096518-this-way-up-unpacking-human-rights-for-business | 9 | ||||||
| Carol Van Dam Falk | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 9 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| UCTV | uctv.tv | 5 | ||||||
| VOA | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 5 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| The Oxford Human Rights Hub | soundcloud.com/oxhrh | 5 | @oxhrh | 20.6K | ||||
| APHR | buzzsprout.com/1383070 | 5 | @aseanmp | 11.6K | ||||
| Darren Taylor | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 4 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Yeheyes Wuhib | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 2 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Lisa Schlein | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 2 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Chinedu Offor | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Jackson Mvunganyi | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| James Butty | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Mariama Diallo | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Mohammed Yusuf | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Reuben Kyama | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Thuso Khumalo | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Timothy Obiezu | voaafrica.com/africa-news-tonight/episodes | 1 | @voaafrica | 394.4K | ||||
| Todd Landman | rightstrack.org | 1 | Male | @drtoddlandman | 4.3K |
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