7 Best US Human Rights Podcasts

1. 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
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 50 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium 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. 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
Location New York City, New York, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 275Facebook 163.2KTwitter 143K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. At Liberty

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At Liberty is a weekly podcast from the ACLU that explores the biggest civil rights and civil liberties issues of the day. A production of ACLU, Inc.
Hosts Kendall Ciesemier, W. Kamau Bell
Producer/Network ACLU
Email ****@aclu.org
Location New York, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Chase Strangio, Nicole Jorwic +5 more
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 583Twitter 1.9MInstagram 2.6M Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Since Jun 2018 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
Location Berkeley, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Kathy Kelly, Dan Kovalik +4 more
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 69Facebook 22.3KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 7.1K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. 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
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Thea Riofrancos, Carissa Véliz +8 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 42 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. 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
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 6.1KTwitter 8.7K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

7. Moral Courage Radio

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The Moral Courage Project is a collaboration between the University of Dayton Human Rights Center and PROOF: Media for Social Justice that strives to shift debate and shape narrative by centering the accounts of individuals and communities with first-hand experiences of divisive issues. Moral Courage Radio is the podcast platform that accompanies our work in other media, which includes traveling exhibits, interactive websites, and print materials...MORE Producer/Network Moral Courage Project
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 31 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact