In this week's episode, Fredrik and Leilani take center stage without guests to candidly explore how we might find connection and hope in challenging times. They reflect on the state of democracy, human rights, and social movements, sharing their personal struggles with making sense of current events and finding ways to make meaningful change in complicated ... Show More

This week, we explore how Mexico City is challenging the global housing crisis through innovative female leadership. While 26,000 Airbnb listings have transformed the city's housing landscape, primarily benefiting large investors rather than residents, women at the helm o ... Show More

Fredrik and Leilani dive into Georgia's unprecedented protest movement with Gota Chanturia, education policy specialist and member of the Movement for Social Democracy. For more than 180 days, Georgians have been on the streets opposing their government's dramatic sh ... Show More

The Pushback Talks Summer Series is back!This summer, Fredrik & Leilani are serving up what we call Word Food – bite-sized conversations that pack a punch. Here's how it works: each week, we randomly select two words and dive into a 10-15 minute e ... Show More

Recorded on the sidelines of the Doha Forum 2024, this special episode of MEnbar features Nadim Houry, the executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI). Houry shares insights from his career as a human rights advocate and reflects on the evolving challenges of translati ... Show More

First: Political experts join Christiane to examine what the New Hampshire primary means for the whole world. Plus: Filmmaker Nicole Newnham talks about her new documentary on feminist trailblazer Shere Hite. And: How private equity firms undermine America's already dysfunction ... Show More

This week we're talking about transgender rights in Europe with the author and activist CN Lester, whose wonderful book Trans Like Me gets its mainstream paperback release on Thursday. And on a continent where young people mostly stayed at home for the last elections, Mick ter Re ... Show More

The new tax rules on making high end drama may mean new opportunities for writers. But what does this actually mean on the ground? Will this impact on how writers deliver content? Will commissioners need to change how they work? And will the showrunner play a bigger role in how d ... Show More

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