A conversation with musician and Dalit rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan about "coming out" as an "untouchable," using art for social progress and the movement for caste liberation in the U.S.
Feb 2024
Kunal Purohit's book examines Hindutva pop, social media and hate speech
Pop culture can be a powerful tool for social and political activism – but what happens when it's used to incite discrimination, or even violence? That's the question at the heart of journalist Kunal Purohit's book, H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars. In today's epi ... Show More
13m 46s
Oct 2021
"I'm a fighter": The Dalit lawyer taking on the caste system
Manjula Pradeep was born in Western India to a Dalit family, a community considered to be on the lowest rung of the caste ladder. Growing up she experienced discrimination and indignity because of her background, but she excelled at school, and managed to defy expectations to bec ... Show More
17m 19s
Apr 2021
72/ The Inherent Toxicity of France’s ‘Islamo-Leftism’ Obsession (with Rim-Sarah Alouane)
<p>This is a conversation with <a href="https://twitter.com/RimSarah">Rim-Sarah Alouane</a>. She’s a French legal academic, commentator, and PhD candidate in law researching religious freedom, human rights, and civil liberties in France, Europe & North America.</p>
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1h 52m
Jan 2024
Listen Again: Art, Music and Freedom in Iran — with Malu Halasa, Nahid Siamdoust and Danny Postel
<p>Iran was set ablaze last year after Mahsa Amini was taken into custody and beaten to death by the country’s morality police in Tehran for wearing “improper hijab.” The killing of the 22-year-old struck a deep chord among Iranians, inspiring protests in more than 100 cities thr ... Show More
52m 23s
Sep 2023
Art, Music and Freedom in Iran — with Malu Halasa, Nahid Siamdoust and Danny Postel
<p>Iran was set ablaze last year after Mahsa Amini was taken into custody and beaten to death by the country’s morality police in Tehran for wearing “improper hijab.” The killing of the 22-year-old struck a deep chord among Iranians, inspiring protests in more than 100 cities thr ... Show More
51m 40s
<div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="bck1d" data-offset-key="1opr9-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1opr9-0-0">Professor of Medieval history, practicing Sufi Muslim, and Chair of t ... Show More