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Dissidents and Dictators — 159 episodes
The Troublemaker with Mark Clifford
Is Bitcoin a lifeline for Africa?
How Consultants Became Dictators' Best Friends
Indonesia's Democratic Crossroads with Benedict Rogers
Exposing Modi's Authoritarianism with Raqib Hameed Naik
Remembering Hong Kong with Mark Simon
Hope and Heroism in Nicaragua with Felix Maradiaga
For the Love of Venezuelans with Leopoldo López
The Dangers of CBDCs with Nick Anthony
The UAE's Political Infiltration Campaigns
Nadia Hernández | Art as Protest
Journalism in Exile with Carlos Chamorro
Arthur Holland Michel | AI for Activists
Women, Life, Free Toomaj with Negin Niknaam and Claudia Bennett
Sebastien Lai: Shining the Light
Inside Hotel Rwanda with Paul Rusesabagina
Anastasia Shevchenko: The Price of Freedom
Remembering Magnitsky, Remembering Navalny
Reclaim Democracy: Stories from the Oslo Freedom Forum
Honoring #ThisFlag with Evan Mawarire
Whitewashing Dictators
It's Really Us On This Podcast
An Open-Air Prison - Victoire Ingabire and Kate Gibson
Pickle Diplomacy - Masih Alinejad
Foreign Agents
A Hong Kong Bounty With Joey Siu
A Mother's Fight Against Dictatorship
Campaigning for Uyghurs
Standing with Tanele
Sportswashing and Beyond with Karim Zidan
The Habibi Effect with Faisal Al Mutar
The Children of Monsters
How Bitcoin can Propel Democracy
Speaking Truth to an Absolute Monarch
Ukrainian anniversaries
Taiwan's political parties
Wearing your values
Don't feed the crocodile
Latin America's history with dictatorships
Who is the most corrupt person of the year?
The trial of Jimmy Lai (with Sebastien Lai)
Remembering Václav Havel
Why dictators love invading their neighbors
A prisoner in Moscow
Why celebrities can't stop performing for dictators
Democracy in Taiwan
Trading newsrooms for human rights
Honoring Shireen Abu Akleh
Bolivia's Authoritarian Drift (Spanish Language)
#FreeAlaa -Sanaa Seif
One Pastor’s Rescue Mission (Korean Language)
Unleashing Hope for Freedom - Hanna Liubakova
The Transnational Repression of the Uyghur Diaspora
The Swazi People’s Lawyers -Mzwandile Masuku
The Islamic Republic vs. Iran -Nazanin Boniadi
The Hidden Island: Unmasking the Cuban Dictatorship (Spanish Language)
Lukashenko’s Role Aiding Putin’s War in Ukraine
The World's Most Fearless Skier -Kristen Ulmer
Surviving Venezuela’s Torture Chamber -Víctor Navarro (Spanish Language)
Qatar's Whistleblowing Migrant Worker -Malcolm Bidali
We Want To Live! The Voice of Ukrainian Women -Lisa Yasko
Voices From China’s Concentration Camps (Recorded in Uyghur)
Democracy for Nicaragua -Félix Maradiaga
Defying Authoritarianism with the Resilient Power of Democracy - Francis Fukuyama
Building People Power Against Corruption in Madagascar -Ketakandriana Rafitoson
The Language of Nonviolence -Felix Agbor Nkongho
Inside the Kim Regime - Thae Yong-ho
A Surveillance Story -Arthur Holland Michel
Standing Up Against the Military Junta -Wai Hnin Pwint Thon
Physician, Heal Thyself! - Essam Daod
The Truth Behind Humor -Ahmed Albasheer
Is Bitcoin Compatible with Democracy?
Tanzania’s Child Marriage Struggle
Raising Nicaragua’s Flag
Countering China’s Transnational Repression
Fighting Back Against Monetary Colonialism
Dictatorships in the Digital Space
The Rise of Stablecoins in Emerging Markets and Authoritarian Regimes
Defending the Defenders: The Right to Protect the Environment
Fighting Transnational Repression Against Journalists
Sportswashing: From the Beijing Genocide Games to Qatar’s FIFA World Cup Migrant Workers’ Crisis
When Systems Fail: Understanding the Intersection of Authoritarian Regimes and Modern Slavery
Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine - Julia Abratańska, Chris Tiller
Not Your Pawns: The Battle for Our Agencies -Chung Ching Kwong
The World Enters a New Era - Wu'er Kaixi
Why We Must Defend Democracy - Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
Taiwan: Where Freedom & Creativity Meet -Freddy Tshiong-Tso Lim
In Saudi Arabia, A Tweet Can Land You in Prison - Areej al-Sadhan
The War in Ukraine -Garry Kasparov
The Gambia’'s Visible Sexual Assault Survivor -Toufah Jallow
The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game: Sportswashing in Qatar and beyond -Håvard Melnæs
The Year After Afghanistan Fell To The Taliban - Dr. Sima Samar
Standing for Freedom in Nicaragua - Berta Valle
Reflection on Hong Kong’s Pain & Freedom: Our Movement is Our Future - Anna Kwok
All for the Land of Snow: Where is Home? - Chemi Lhamo
A Global Movement for Democracy - Leopoldo López
On the Frontlines of Freedom
The Flames of the Feminist Revolution Have Been Fanned in Iran
Into a Wind of Tear Gas: The Truth About Activism
How to Catch a Spy: Investigating the Crimes of the Russian Government
Tawakkol Karman, Lessons for the World from the Revolution in Yemen
Zarifa Ghafari, A Woman’s Battle in a Man’s World
Carolina Barrero, Art and Resistance: The Story of a Citizen’s Uprisings
Chemi Lhamo, All for the Land of Snow: A Story of Tibetan Resilience
Filmon Debru, The Price of Freedom from Eritrea’s Iron Grip
Jewher Ilham, Until Every Uyghur is Free
Carine Kanimba & Michela Wrong, The Long Tentacles of Rwanda’s Dictatorship
Youth Mobilizing in Exile: Standing Up Against the CCP
Rally for Belarus
Areej al-Sadhan, #freesadhan
From Rhetoric to Action: Bukele’s Erosion of Democracy in El Salvador
Lucy Kassa, Ethiopia’s Murky War
Hong Kong Today
How Democracies Enable Corrupt Regimes (And How To Fix It)
Evgenia Kara-Murza, A Letter from Vladimir Kara-Murza
Fatma Karume, Stopping Tanzania’s “Bulldozer” President
Bektour Iskender, Lessons from Kyrgyzstan’s Civil Society
Omar Alshogre, Mit Warde: “100 Flowers”
Oleksandra Matviichuk, On the Frontlines of Freedom
SOS Nicaragua, Berta Valle
Human Development & Dictatorships: Cuban Healthcare and Other Myths
#EndSARS: The Cry of Nigeria, DJ Switch
The Human Cost of Internet Shutdowns
More Than Just a Game: Gaming and Activism
The Aesthetics Of Dictatorship
Freedom Confined, Leopoldo López
Sanctions, Oligarchs, and the War in Ukraine
Understanding Putin's War
What Russia Wants In Ukraine
A Free Belarus on the Horizon, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Hatice Cengiz in Conversation with Thor Halvorssen
A Daughter’s Call for Justice, Akida Pulat
Freedom is the Future, Steve Jurvetson
On Corruption: A Message from Penal Colony No. 2, Alexey Navalny
Russia's Kafkaesque Repression
Conflict and Ethnic Tension Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Labor And Human Rights Violations In Qatar
Silence is Not an Option: Advocacy and Action (Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis)
Highlighting the Unprecedented Digital Repression (Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis)
The Long-Arm of Authoritarianism (Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis)
The Future of Democracy in Belarus with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
How "Sportswashing" is Changing the Game
An Invisible Threat: Press Freedom and the Dangers of Spyware
How Athletes Are Defending Democracy In Belarus
State Sponsored Hacking: Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea
Audrey Tang: Adapting to the Rise of Authoritarianism
How Saudi Arabia Uses Spy Tech to Hunt Critics Around the World
Saudi Arabia's Sportswashing & PR Entertainment Campaigns
Trapped in Saudi Arabia: The Kafala System
Jack Dorsey: Twitter's Role in Shaping Public Discourse, Blockchain, and Much More
How Democracies Should Respond to China’s Emergence as an AI Superpower
China as an Emerging Global AI Superpower
The Ethics of Doing Business with China and Chinese Companies
How AI is powering China's Domestic Surveillance State
Andrei Sannikov: Revolution in Belarus
Bill Browder: Justice for Magnitsky
Ketty Nivyabandi: Fighting for Democracy in Burundi
Looking Back on the Tiananmen Massacre
Srdja Popovic: Protest in a Time of Pandemic