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Open Society Foundations Podcast — 316 episodes
Talking About Race: A Conversation with Beverly Tatum and Sonja Santelises
The Failures and Future of the International Criminal Court
Women in Prison: The Devastating Impact of Rising Incarceration in the Americas
Madness and Human Rights: Ideas about the Past and Future of Mental Health Treatment
Celebrating 20 Years of Open Society Institute–Baltimore with Patrick Gaspard and the 2018 Open Society Institute Community Fellows
Book Launch—American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
Education in Emergencies: Exploring Innovation, Opportunities, and Challenges
Is the Human Rights Movement in Crisis?
Reimagining Drug Policy Through Artistic Expression: Museums, Marches, and More
Book Launch—Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
Book Launch—Some Kind of Justice: The ICTY’s Impact in Bosnia and Serbia
The Future of Coca Industrialization in Colombia: A Pathway to Development and Peace
The Global Pain Crisis: Narrowing the Gap in Access to Palliative Care
Aftershock—A Journey into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams: John Feffer in Conversation with Tina Rosenberg
Images and Democracy: Photography and Shaping Contemporary South African Culture
Collateral Repair Project on the Refugee Crisis in Jordan—Stories from the Field
The Rise of Fake News and Social Media Manipulation in Latin American Politics
Book Launch—The Peacemaker’s Paradox: Pursuing Justice in the Shadow of Conflict
Book Launch—International Scholarships in Higher Education: Pathways for Social Change
Righting Carceral Feminism’s Wrongs in a #MeToo Era
The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights
Drugs and the Darknet: Challenges and Opportunities
Saving Bosnia: Looking Back at George Soros’s $50 Million Intervention After 25 Years
Incitement on Trial: Prosecuting International Speech Crimes
Human Rights and the Rise of Populism in Europe
The Collapse of Cambodian Democracy and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Policing Black Bodies: Do Black Lives Matter? A Conversation about Policing in Brazil and the United States
Policing the Black Man: A Conversation with Angela J. Davis and Sherrilyn Ifill
Locking Up Our Own: James Forman Jr. in Conversation with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Impacts of Strategic Litigation on Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights
Talking About Race—Rethinking Crime and Punishment in Black America: A Conversation with James Forman Jr.
Corruption, Jobs, and the Arms Trade: Indefensible Book Launch and Panel Discussion
Public Health in a Populist Moment
Talking About Race—Civil Rights in the Trump Era: Lessons from History
Assassination of a Saint
Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel
The Politics of Evidence-Based Policymaking
Five Ideas to Fight For: How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Fueling Economic Advancement and Empowerment Through Land Rights
The Museum of Drug Policy: A New Approach
The Museum of Drug Policy: Faith Leaders
The Museum of Drug Policy: A Presidential Visit
The Museum of Drug Policy: Authors on the Issues
The Museum of Drug Policy: Southern Stories
The Museum of Drug Policy: A Mother’s Loss
Changing Constitutional Law in the Post-Scalia Era: Lessons from the Past for the Future
The Impact of Drug Policies on Women
Fifteen Years of Fighting Terror: Lessons for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Candidates
With Targets on Their Backs: Providing Health Care in Conflicts Without Rules
Talking Nonsense (and Benefiting from it): A Conversation with Jamie Holmes
City of Thorns: A Conversation with Ben Rawlence
The Impact of Drug Policy on the Environment
Strategic Litigation Impacts: Global Narratives About Social Change
Drugs and the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment and Global Drug Control
Provocateur, Genius, Scoundrel: A Frank Discussion with the Inimitable Gleb Pavlovsky
Quo Vadis: Ukraine? A Conversation with Two Leading Experts
Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America’s Stealth Warfare
Whistleblowing, Classification, and the U.S. Public Interest: What Reforms Are Possible?
Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy
Crime Fighting, Perverted: Interpol and Authoritarian Regimes
Digital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics
From the Front Lines in Ferguson: A Conversation about Policing, Race, and Justice
Victories and Challenges for Media Defense: A Conversation with Media Legal Defense Initiative
School Discipline Book Launch with Dan Losen and Marsha Weissman
Trials, Tribulations, and Tantalizing Possibilities in the New Ukraine
Sex, Drugs, and Canadian Politics: Advancing Human Rights for Sex Workers and People Who Use Drugs
Drugs Courts: A Fresh Approach or a Continuation of the Old Paradigm?
The Long and Difficult Struggle for Accountability for Great Crimes: The Guatemala Case
Stalin/Putin: Geopolitics, Power, Ideas
Solving Wicked Problems: Lessons on Systems Change from Diverse Fields
Disappearances in Mexico: A Report From the Legal Team for the 43 Students Abducted in Iguala
Propaganda Revisited: A Look at Current Practice in Russia and Egypt
Games for Change
The Pitfalls of Peacebuilding: Lessons from Kyrgyzstan, Prospects for Ukraine
Count the Costs of the “War on Drugs”
Higher Education for Refugees in the Horn of Africa
UN Special Rapporteur Kishore Singh on Privatization in Education
Presumption of Guilt: The Global Overuse of Pretrial Detention
Erosion of Media Freedom in the Balkans: Shadows of the Nineties
The Unintended Consequences of Right to Information
Art and Conflict in the Arab Region
Triumphs of Dalit People Against Discrimination: An Insider View
Freedom Summer: 50 Years and Beyond
Updates from Ukraine: Implications of a "Post-Maidan" Environment for Open Society
Value and Impact of Strategic Litigation: Fool’s Paradise or Indispensable Weapon?
Privacy, Censorship, and the “Right to Be Forgotten” in the Digital Age
Vetting of UN Peacekeepers: Reportage From the Ground
The Cultural War on Terror: Race, Policy, and Propaganda
Human Rights and an Alternative to Traditional Debate
The Rouhani Administration, One Year On
The Problem with Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
China and Tiananmen 25 Years On: Does Authoritarianism Pay?
Social Mobilization and Strategic Litigation for Equal Education in South Africa
The American Legacy in Afghanistan
The Future of International Justice
How Can We Use Data for Social Good?
LGBTI Rights and the Global Culture Wars
From Nuremberg to Syria: One Man’s Search for Justice
The Maidan, Crimea, and the East: Evolving Human Rights Challenges in Ukraine
African Urbanism and Human Rights
The Pashtun Question: Myths, Realities, and Militancy in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Inside North Korea with Ishimaru Jiro
Austerity: A Failed Experiment on the People
Promoting Resilience or Repression? Support for Central Asian Security Forces
Accountability in Guatemala: The Role of Forensic Anthropology
Money to the People: Can Mineral Wealth End Poverty in Africa?
Addressing the Global Food Crisis: Maize, Food Security, and Climate Change
Guns, Marriage, and the Constitution
When “Trust Us” Isn’t Enough: Government Surveillance in a Post-Snowden World
Forced Sterilization and Forced Labor in Uzbekistan
Resisting the Arab Spring: Egypt, Tunisia, and the Specter of Saudi Arabia
Project Prevention, Child Welfare, and Junk Science
Rethinking Change in Haiti, Part 2
Latin America and the Justice Cascade
Central-American Domestic Workers and the Case of ASTRADOMES
Cuba’s Changing Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
After Westgate: Security and Human Rights in Kenya
Why Cities Provide Services to Undocumented Migrants
Brazil, Foreign Policy, and Human Rights
Surveillance, Privacy, and Freedom of Expression
From the Frontlines of LGBTI Rights Advocacy in Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia
Ungrievable Lives and Unintended Consequences: Pakistan, the U.S., and the “War on Terror”
The American Way of Poverty
Brazil’s Vinegar Revolt
Managing Illicit Economies in East Africa
Racial Differences in Arrests: Are Community–Police Partnerships a Solution?
Mass Surveillance and the U.S. National Security Agency
Civil Society and Human Rights in the USA
Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia
The Rios Montt Trial: Human Rights Accountability in Guatemala
The Global Sexuality Frontier
Litigating Surveillance in American Courts
Litigating the Drone Program in American Courts
The End of Power
Transforming Health: International Rights Based Advocacy for Trans Health
Poverty and Development in Rural India
Miners and Loggers, Poachers and Pirates: Understanding Illicit Economies
The Voices of Poverty
Former Yugoslavia: Is the Violent Past Irreversible?
Obstacles to Justice: Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Guatemala
Managing Risks, Securing Interests, Expressing Values: Problem-Solving in the Asian Century
(Mis)understanding Human Trafficking: Labor Law, Migration, and Human Rights
Criminalizing Condoms: Policing Practices, HIV Vulnerability, and Sex Work
Fixing the Democracy Discourse: How Autocratic Regimes Undermine Democratic Institutions in the West
Dispatches from a Post-Western Landscape: Geopolitical Competition, Regime Survival and "Local Rules" in Central Asia
Making Human Rights Advocacy in the U.S. Effective
So Rich, So Poor: A Conversation with Peter Edelman
The International Human Rights Movement: A History
Is Privacy Overhyped? Four Views of Technology, Security, and Democracy Online
National Security Secrecy and Surveillance: Defending the Public's Right to Know
Ending Demand to End Sex Trafficking: Does it Work?
Holding Patterns: Can Advocacy Efforts to Reform Migration Detention Inadvertently Lead to the Growth of Detention Regimes?
Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits
What's Next For Russia
Women, War & Peace
Anthony Shadid: Honesty in the Shadow of War
Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
Grupa Spomenik/Monument Group: "Studije Jugoslavjie"
Saving Dolma: Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East
Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights
Breaking the Barriers: Helping Black Males Achieve Academic Success
Reforming Libel Law in the United Kingdom
Book Launch: Ernest Drucker's A Plague of Prisons
Latvia in Focus: Elections and Russian Policy in the Region
The International Migrants Bill of Rights: Civil Society Activism in the Governance of Migration
Who Controls the Message? Producing and Distributing Media Content in the Digital Age
Do White Americans Get Better Health Care than People of Color?
Protecting Domestic Workers Worldwide
Revising Paul Kagame: Myth and Reality After the Genocide in Rwanda
Pakistan: Crises and Hope
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
Helping or Hindering? How Telecom Providers Respond to Government Surveillance Requests
Who Is the Community in Community Engagement? Law Enforcement Approaches to Countering Radicalization
Human Rights in Turkmenistan: Bleak and Getting Bleaker
Film Screening: La Ola Verde (Antanas' Way)
Through a Web Darkly: Does the Internet Spread Democracy or Ignorance?
Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission Report
From Bosnia to Libya: The Impact of War Reporting on Foreign Policy
The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies
Equal Education
HOT—Mark Hertsgaard in Conversation with Climatologist James Hansen
One Year After the Uprising: Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan
Terrorism and International Law
Use of Information and Data for Enhanced Communication and Advocacy
Black Faces in White Places: Becoming a Game Changer in a Competitive World
Stories of New Chinese Migrants in Africa
Crunching Numbers for Human Rights: The Promise and Perils of Data and Statistics
The Perils and Promise of Mass Action Against Genocide in Africa
Do American Muslims Face a European Future?
The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
Celebrating the Power of Mentoring
Assessing a Transitional Justice Approach for Kyrgyzstan
A Rope and a Prayer
Drug Control, Criminalization, and Global Health
Redistricting 2011: Mapping Political Power for the Decade
Foreign Religious Education and Central Asia's Islamic Revival
Real Men: A Curriculum for Empowering Young Men of Color
Victims and War-Affected Communities: Understanding the Limits of Outreach
Revisiting U.S.-Georgia Relations after the August War
Three Mirages and Two Markets: Understanding the South Caucasus
Beyond Victimhood: Recognizing Resilience in Social Justice Work
None of Us Were Like This Before
Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics
Twilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan Milosevic
A Critical Assessment of 40 Truth Commissions and the State of Transitional Justice
Communities of Color Taking on Green: The Movement and the Money
Solve Kashmir First
Who Sold These Weapons? The Accomplice Liability of Arms Vendors for International Crimes
Exposing Statelessness: Understanding the Plight of Burma's Rohingya
A Procession of Them-Human Rights and Psychiatric Institutions
Is Justice Possible in a Race Biased Society?
Fighting Impunity in Guatemala: The Experience of CICIG
Sex Trafficking Myths Reconsidered
Talking Texas Tough
The Age of Surveillance
Challenging Ethnic Profiling in Europe
Celebrating 30 Years of Grassroots Leadership
Sins of Commission: The Arms Trade and Its Impact on Accountable Democracy
Negotiating Human Rights in the Afghan Context
10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action
The Road from Ayodhya: Muslim Inclusion in a New India
Rural Organizing in a Divided Land
The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
The Battle Ahead: Climate Change After Cophenhagen
The Interrogator's Dilemma: Abuse, Accountability, and the Myth of the "Ticking Time Bomb"
George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead-The Way Ahead
George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead-Capitalism vs. Open Society
The Liberian Civil War and the Staten Island Refugee Community
George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead-Open Society
Kazakhstan: Problems with Rule of Law and Basic Freedoms Ahead of the OSCE Chairmanship
George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead-Financial Markes
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead-General Theory of Reflexivity
Combatting Violence Against Women in Southern Africa
Can We Talk About How Race Affects Our Classrooms?
Georgia, One Year Later: Where Has the Aid Money Gone?
Human Rights and Their Limits
Wrong Color, Wrong Clothes: Accounts of Ethnic Profiling in France and United States
Transitional Justice and Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Azerbaijan: Basic Freedoms Under Attack
A Question of Freedom
The Future of Family Detention in America
The Reckoning
Online Investigative Reporting in Colombia
The Adaptation Imperative-Food Security and Climate Change
Reframing the Story of Black Males in the Media: A Philanthropic Call to Action
Afghanistan's Upcoming Presidential Election: Free and Fair?
Black Labor in America: Emerging Opportunities Amid the Economic Crisis
HIV and Human Rights in Southern Africa: Victories and Ongoing Challenges
Talking About Race Now: How to Build Success Without Forgetting the Struggle
Seeking Accountability for Torture-Photography as Evidence
After Mandela and Mbeki-The Future of South Africa
Bring Your "A" Game
How to Reduce Crime and Improve Race Relations
Adaptation and Mitigation-Waking Up to the Reality of Climate Change
Kyrgyzstan-Contradictory Changes?
Organizing in the Obama Era
Forced Labor in Burma
Democracy and the Internet: Re-examining the Core Assumptions
Prosecuting Heads of State
Labor Migration in the Post-Soviet Space After the Economic Crisis
The Political Impact of New Media in the Middle East-A Conversation with "Abu Aardvark"
Emergency in Zimbabwe-A Legal Response for a Health Crisis
Iraq-In Search of Truth and Trust
Changing U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Unwritten Rules of Policing in South Africa and the United States
Debate Showcase
Nigeria's Progress on Transparency
Organizing and Technology in the Obama Campaign
A Kind of Genius-Herb Sturz and Society's Toughest Problems
China-Russia Relations-Enduring Alliance or Limited Partnership?
The Future of News
Madame Prosecutor-Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity
Getting a Better Deal from the Extractive Sector-Concession Negotiation in Liberia
Shadow of the Holy Book
Missed Opportunities-How the West "Lost" Central Asia
The Future of Freedom and Control in the Internet Age
Transparency, Natural Resources, and the Open Budget Index
Two Decades of Impunity-The Jesuits Murder Case and the Search for Justice in El Salvador
The Myths and Truths About Cyberwarfare
Citizen Journalism in Recent Crises
Obama's Dilemma-Guantanamo and Its Aftermath
The U.S. Elections-Innovations in Organizing
New Media in Authoritarian Societies
Human Rights and Civil Society in Uzbekistan
China Ink-The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
The U.S. Economic Downturn
A Life in Transition
Reading Burma-A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma/Myanmar
Photography as Advocacy-A Half Century of Oil and Misery in the Niger Delta
Black Male Achievement-What Needs to Be Done
Women of Liberia-Fighting for Peace
My Guantanamo Diary-The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
Burma's Agony: The International Humanitarian Response
Women's Rights and Social Change in Chechnya
OSI-Baltimore Tenth Anniversary
Zimbabwe Post-Election Climate
The Greatest Silence-Rape in the Congo
: In Search of a Unified International Response
Baghdad Film School-Making Movies in Iraq
Ending Slavery, Promising Transparency, Bringing Citizens Home-A Report on Mauritania's Democratic Transition
Women in Conflict Zones-Why Are Governments Failing and How Are Women's Rights Movements Responding?
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis-Bearing Witness
We Are Not Free-The Future of the Media in Pakistan
Less Safe, Less Free-Why America Is Losing the War on Terror
Pakistan-Human Rights, Military Rule, and the State of Emergency
The Oil and the Glory-The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea
Crimes of War-What the Public Should Know
Muslims in Europe-Between Multiculturalism and Integration
The Art of Political Murder-Who Killed the Bishop?
Update on the Burma Uprising
Thinking Big and Scaling Up-BRAC's Model for Poverty Alleviation
The Invisible Cure-Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS