What's it like to be the world leader of human rights at a time when it looks like they've been abandoned? Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, sits down for an eye-opening talk about "human rights economies" that value human dignity over profits. Türk shares his bold ideas to fundamentally reshape finance, policy, and growth a ... Show More
Jun 2024
Summer Series: Chris Smalls is Living Rent Free in Jeff Bezos' Head
<p>It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season. <br/><br/>The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podc ... Show More
42m 50s
Jul 2024
Summer Series: Radical Nerds: A Conversation with Rutger Bregman
<p>It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season.<br/><br/>The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podca ... Show More
51m 33s
Jul 2024
Summer Series: Mass Protests and the Missing Revolution – a conversation with author Vincent Bevins
<p>It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season.<br/><br/>The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podca ... Show More
1h 15m
Apr 2024
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein: Human Rights in a Messy World
This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former Jordanian diplomat, and the current president and CEO of the International Peace Institute. They discuss the pursuit of human rights in a multipolar worl ... Show More
36m 15s
Mar 2025
Human Rights in the Trump Era: A Conversation with Kenneth Roth
In this episode of International Horizons, Kenneth Roth, former longtime executive director of Human Rights Watch, joins RBI director John Torpey to discuss Roth’s recent book, Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abuse of Governments (Knopf, 2025), which re ... Show More
31m 47s