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Dissidents and Dictators — 159 episodes

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The Troublemaker with Mark Clifford

2

Is Bitcoin a lifeline for Africa?

3

How Consultants Became Dictators' Best Friends

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Indonesia's Democratic Crossroads with Benedict Rogers

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Exposing Modi's Authoritarianism with Raqib Hameed Naik

6

Remembering Hong Kong with Mark Simon

7

Hope and Heroism in Nicaragua with Felix Maradiaga

8

For the Love of Venezuelans with Leopoldo López

9

The Dangers of CBDCs with Nick Anthony

10

The UAE's Political Infiltration Campaigns

11

Nadia Hernández | Art as Protest

12

Journalism in Exile with Carlos Chamorro

13

Arthur Holland Michel | AI for Activists

14

Women, Life, Free Toomaj with Negin Niknaam and Claudia Bennett

15

Sebastien Lai: Shining the Light

16

Inside Hotel Rwanda with Paul Rusesabagina

17

Anastasia Shevchenko: The Price of Freedom

18

Remembering Magnitsky, Remembering Navalny

19

Reclaim Democracy: Stories from the Oslo Freedom Forum

20

Honoring #ThisFlag with Evan Mawarire

21

Whitewashing Dictators

22

It's Really Us On This Podcast

23

An Open-Air Prison - Victoire Ingabire and Kate Gibson

24

Pickle Diplomacy - Masih Alinejad

25

Foreign Agents

26

A Hong Kong Bounty With Joey Siu

27

A Mother's Fight Against Dictatorship

28

Campaigning for Uyghurs

29

Standing with Tanele

30

Sportswashing and Beyond with Karim Zidan

31

The Habibi Effect with Faisal Al Mutar

32

The Children of Monsters

33

How Bitcoin can Propel Democracy

34

Speaking Truth to an Absolute Monarch

35

Ukrainian anniversaries

36

Taiwan's political parties

37

Wearing your values

38

Don't feed the crocodile

39

Latin America's history with dictatorships

40

Who is the most corrupt person of the year?

41

The trial of Jimmy Lai (with Sebastien Lai)

42

Remembering Václav Havel

43

Why dictators love invading their neighbors

44

A prisoner in Moscow

45

Why celebrities can't stop performing for dictators

46

Democracy in Taiwan

47

Trading newsrooms for human rights

48

Honoring Shireen Abu Akleh

49

Bolivia's Authoritarian Drift (Spanish Language)

50

#FreeAlaa -Sanaa Seif

51

One Pastor’s Rescue Mission (Korean Language)

52

Unleashing Hope for Freedom - Hanna Liubakova

53

The Transnational Repression of the Uyghur Diaspora

54

The Swazi People’s Lawyers -Mzwandile Masuku

55

The Islamic Republic vs. Iran -Nazanin Boniadi

56

The Hidden Island: Unmasking the Cuban Dictatorship (Spanish Language)

57

Lukashenko’s Role Aiding Putin’s War in Ukraine

58

The World's Most Fearless Skier -Kristen Ulmer

59

Surviving Venezuela’s Torture Chamber -Víctor Navarro (Spanish Language)

60

Qatar's Whistleblowing Migrant Worker -Malcolm Bidali

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We Want To Live! The Voice of Ukrainian Women -Lisa Yasko

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Voices From China’s Concentration Camps (Recorded in Uyghur)

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Democracy for Nicaragua -Félix Maradiaga

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Defying Authoritarianism with the Resilient Power of Democracy - Francis Fukuyama

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Building People Power Against Corruption in Madagascar -Ketakandriana Rafitoson

66

The Language of Nonviolence -Felix Agbor Nkongho

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Inside the Kim Regime - Thae Yong-ho

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A Surveillance Story -Arthur Holland Michel

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Standing Up Against the Military Junta -Wai Hnin Pwint Thon

70

Physician, Heal Thyself! - Essam Daod

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The Truth Behind Humor -Ahmed Albasheer

72

Is Bitcoin Compatible with Democracy?

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Tanzania’s Child Marriage Struggle

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Raising Nicaragua’s Flag

75

Countering China’s Transnational Repression

76

Fighting Back Against Monetary Colonialism

77

Dictatorships in the Digital Space

78

The Rise of Stablecoins in Emerging Markets and Authoritarian Regimes

79

Defending the Defenders: The Right to Protect the Environment

80

Fighting Transnational Repression Against Journalists

81

Sportswashing: From the Beijing Genocide Games to Qatar’s FIFA World Cup Migrant Workers’ Crisis

82

When Systems Fail: Understanding the Intersection of Authoritarian Regimes and Modern Slavery

83

Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine - Julia Abratańska, Chris Tiller

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Not Your Pawns: The Battle for Our Agencies -Chung Ching Kwong

85

The World Enters a New Era - Wu'er Kaixi

86

Why We Must Defend Democracy - Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

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Taiwan: Where Freedom & Creativity Meet -Freddy Tshiong-Tso Lim

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In Saudi Arabia, A Tweet Can Land You in Prison - Areej al-Sadhan

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The War in Ukraine -Garry Kasparov

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The Gambia’'s Visible Sexual Assault Survivor -Toufah Jallow

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The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game: Sportswashing in Qatar and beyond -Håvard Melnæs

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​​The Year After Afghanistan Fell To The Taliban - Dr. Sima Samar

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Standing for Freedom in Nicaragua - Berta Valle

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Reflection on Hong Kong’s Pain & Freedom: Our Movement is Our Future - Anna Kwok

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All for the Land of Snow: Where is Home? - Chemi Lhamo

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A Global Movement for Democracy - Leopoldo López

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On the Frontlines of Freedom

98

The Flames of the Feminist Revolution Have Been Fanned in Iran

99

Into a Wind of Tear Gas: The Truth About Activism

100

How to Catch a Spy: Investigating the Crimes of the Russian Government

101

Tawakkol Karman, Lessons for the World from the Revolution in Yemen

102

Zarifa Ghafari, A Woman’s Battle in a Man’s World

103

Carolina Barrero, Art and Resistance: The Story of a Citizen’s Uprisings

104

Chemi Lhamo, All for the Land of Snow: A Story of Tibetan Resilience

105

Filmon Debru, The Price of Freedom from Eritrea’s Iron Grip

106

Jewher Ilham, Until Every Uyghur is Free

107

Carine Kanimba & Michela Wrong, The Long Tentacles of Rwanda’s Dictatorship

108

Youth Mobilizing in Exile: Standing Up Against the CCP

109

Rally for Belarus

110

Areej al-Sadhan, #freesadhan

111

From Rhetoric to Action: Bukele’s Erosion of Democracy in El Salvador

112

Lucy Kassa, Ethiopia’s Murky War

113

Hong Kong Today

114

How Democracies Enable Corrupt Regimes (And How To Fix It)

115

Evgenia Kara-Murza, A Letter from Vladimir Kara-Murza

116

Fatma Karume, Stopping Tanzania’s “Bulldozer” President

117

Bektour Iskender, Lessons from Kyrgyzstan’s Civil Society

118

Omar Alshogre, Mit Warde: “100 Flowers”

119

Oleksandra Matviichuk, On the Frontlines of Freedom

120

SOS Nicaragua, Berta Valle

121

Human Development & Dictatorships: Cuban Healthcare and Other Myths

122

#EndSARS: The Cry of Nigeria, DJ Switch

123

The Human Cost of Internet Shutdowns

124

More Than Just a Game: Gaming and Activism

125

The Aesthetics Of Dictatorship

126

Freedom Confined, Leopoldo López

127

Sanctions, Oligarchs, and the War in Ukraine

128

Understanding Putin's War

129

What Russia Wants In Ukraine

130

A Free Belarus on the Horizon, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

131

Hatice Cengiz in Conversation with Thor Halvorssen

132

A Daughter’s Call for Justice, Akida Pulat

133

Freedom is the Future, Steve Jurvetson

134

On Corruption: A Message from Penal Colony No. 2, Alexey Navalny

135

Russia's Kafkaesque Repression

136

Conflict and Ethnic Tension Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

137

Labor And Human Rights Violations In Qatar

138

Silence is Not an Option: Advocacy and Action (Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis)

139

Highlighting the Unprecedented Digital Repression (Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis)

140

The Long-Arm of Authoritarianism (Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis)

141

The Future of Democracy in Belarus with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

142

How "Sportswashing" is Changing the Game

143

An Invisible Threat: Press Freedom and the Dangers of Spyware

144

How Athletes Are Defending Democracy In Belarus

145

State Sponsored Hacking: Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea

146

Audrey Tang: Adapting to the Rise of Authoritarianism

147

How Saudi Arabia Uses Spy Tech to Hunt Critics Around the World

148

Saudi Arabia's Sportswashing & PR Entertainment Campaigns

149

Trapped in Saudi Arabia: The Kafala System

150

Jack Dorsey: Twitter's Role in Shaping Public Discourse, Blockchain, and Much More

151

How Democracies Should Respond to China’s Emergence as an AI Superpower

152

China as an Emerging Global AI Superpower

153

The Ethics of Doing Business with China and Chinese Companies

154

How AI is powering China's Domestic Surveillance State

155

Andrei Sannikov: Revolution in Belarus

156

Bill Browder: Justice for Magnitsky

157

Ketty Nivyabandi: Fighting for Democracy in Burundi

158

Looking Back on the Tiananmen Massacre

159

Srdja Popovic: Protest in a Time of Pandemic