Human Rights (Audio)
Episodes
Chasing Hope in a Time of Crisis with Nicholas Kristof
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you find hope in a deeply fractured and polarized world? In this timely and powerful conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas...
From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, w...
Making a Refuge of Resistance: A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement with Lloyd Barba
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is sacred space protective space? This question lies at the heart of the Sanctuary Movement. From the 1980s to the present, this practice has protecte...
Personhood: The New War over Reproductive Rights and Justice
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s next for the battle over abortion? In this lecture, Mary Ziegler argues that undoing Roe v. Wade was never the endpoint for the antiabortion ...
Is Housing a Human Right?
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The dramatic housing shortage in California affects millions of residents and leads thousands to homelessness. The 2024 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate ad...
Challenging Hate: How to Stop Anti-AAPI Violence and Bias
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities across the country have been subjected to increased hate inci...
Visualizing Abolition is Changing the Narrative Linking Prisons to Justice
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Visualizing Abolition Initiative seeks to change the narrative linking prisons to justice, contributing instead to the unfolding collective story ...
Human Rights Defender: A Life in Education and Advocacy with Eva Pacheco
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eva Pacheco's journey as an advocate for quality bilingual education programs and parental engagement within school communities began with her experie...
Voices of Dignity: Human Rights in Schools
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does "dignity at work" mean for educators and school staff? What are the primary challenges faced by school faculty and staff? How can administra...
Human Rights in Education
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals directly reflect human rights standards? Dr. Leighangela Brady, superintendent of N...
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural Address
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On March 4th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address. He considered it his “greatest speech” and his “best effor...
Revenge of Power: How Autocrats are Reinventing Politics in the 21st Century
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century, Moisés Naím, former Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy, turns t...
Human Rights Investigations Lab Documents a Year of Crisis in Chile
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Students at the UC Santa Cruz Human Rights Investigations Lab collaborated with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center on open-source research focused on...
Thriving with Resilience in Times of Crisis
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every crisis leads to opportunities especially for transformational figures willing to lead with compassion and to build a more resilient, inclusive, ...
Voices of Peace Leadership and Racial Healing
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Transformational leaders believe in equal opportunity -- access to education, healthcare, housing, earning with dignity and alleviating poverty at eve...
Speak Truth to Power
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Human rights violations and social injustice continues at an alarming rate. Conscientious citizens are looking for answers. The pathway to moral empow...
Compassion in Times of Crisis: Struggle and Hope in the Moria Refugee Camp - Compassion Beyond Borders
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Three front line workers describe their experiences at the Moria refugee camp in Greece. United by compassion and hope, hear how NGOs, volunteers, and...
Helping Others Through Compassion and Action: An Interview with Runa Khan - Compassion Beyond Borders
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Runa Khan lives and works in Bangladesh. Her passion lies in helping others through humanitarian efforts in refugee camps, healthcare, and climate cha...
How to Empower Yourself through Advocacy: An Interview with Brandon Farbstein - Compassion Beyond Borders
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Farbstein has found a way to harness his experiences to empower others to create change in the world. Instrumental in passing anti-bullying le...
Summer Stephan on Human Trafficking in San Diego - Global Empowerment Summit 2019
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan discusses her work to stop human trafficking. Series: "Global Empowerment Summit" [Public Affairs] [Show I...
Changing the System - Goldman Stories: Clarence Ford
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After his release from prison, Clarence Ford became a community organizer and later earned his Master of Public Policy degree from the Goldman School ...
Fighting for Criminal Justice Reform - Goldman Stories: Felicity Rose
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Half of American adults have had an immediate family member incarcerated. That includes Felicity Rose, whose father was in and out of federal prison d...
Syrian Refugees Reclaim Human Rights with Cloud-Based Tool
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Refugees and other displaced persons need a safe and secure way to store critical documents. They allow them to get work, go to school and ultimately ...
Black Power Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Undermining widely held beliefs about the black-Jewish alliance, Marc Dollinger, Professor of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University, descr...
Hate Speech is Free Speech
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and Goldman School of Public Policy Dean Henry E. Brady discuss free speech and hate speech in America. Series: "T...
Free Speech at UC Berkeley with Chancellor Carol Christ -- In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at the Berkeley campus protests that made national news in 2017, and then back to the birth of the Free Speech Movement there in 1964, UC Berk...
Stronger Together: Women Waging Peace - The Peace exChange
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrate the launch of the Women Waging Peace Network at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego as emcee and US Amba...
Fighting Human Rights Violations Through Social Media
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A growing workforce of college students is being trained worldwide to review and verify digital content — typically videos shot by citizens who witn...
On the Nature of Domestic Violence
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on her own experience growing up in the caste system in India, Sudha Shetty channels her compassion for others into research and advocacy for ...
Finding and Helping Battered Women
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on her own experience growing up in the caste system in India, Sudha Shetty channels her compassion for others into research and advocacy for ...
The Nazis Next Door with Eric Lichtblau -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library Channel
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In his highly-acclaimed book, The Nazis Next Door, Eric Lichtblau tells the shocking and shameful story of how America became a safe haven for Hitler'...
Coming Together and Falling Apart: How Technology is Impacting Peace and Conflict with Shamil Idriss -- Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Distinguished Lecture Series
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shamil Idriss, President and CEO of Search for Common Ground, addresses the impact that rapidly developing technology is having on peace and stability...
Protecting Women from Domestic Violence with Sudha Shetty -- In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady -- UC Public Policy Channel
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on her own experience growing up in the caste system in India, Sudha Shetty channels her compassion for others into research and advocacy for ...
Sabhanaz Diya Featured Student Speaker at the Goldman School of Public Policy Board of Advisors Dinner March 2017
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sabhanaz Diya, a second year student at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, describes how her education is helping her efforts to empo...
Reporting Real News with Garance Burke -- In the Arena with Jonathan Stein -- UC Public Policy Channel
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Garance Burke, an investigative reporter with the Associated Press, recounts her most impactful work of 2016, including coverage of Donald Trump’s c...
Millennial Voices Heard at Goldman: Rob Moore
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Graduate student Rob Moore recalls his experiences as an organizer for Planned Parenthood in Nebraska in this conversation with Henry E. Brady, dean o...
Morris Dees: With Justice For All in a Changing America
15 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary civil rights advocate Morris Dees addresses how our commitment to justice for all will determine our nation’s success in the next century ...
Can South Africa Liberate Itself from Post-Apartheid Politics of Legacy Capture?
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, from South Africa, has been a student activist against apartheid, a medical doctor, community development activist, research...
A Conversation with Eva Paterson - Legally Speaking
02 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 1970, as a 20-year-old college student, Eva Paterson famously debated Vice President Spiro Agnew on The David Frost Show. She went on to become a f...
Indigenous Rights in Latin America: What Kind of Freedom Do They Offer? with Nancy Postero -- Degrees of Freedom
23 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Anthropologist Nancy Postero describes the political rise of indigenous peoples in Latin America, as they called for more recognition from the state a...
Another Take on the FSM: Challenges to Free Speech in a Polarized Era
19 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Fifty years after the Free Speech Movement, engagement in civic life can still involve challenging authority and current policy. But it is consensus t...
UCLA School of Law’s Asylum Clinic
15 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In what must be one of the most unusual classes offered at UCLA, a group of 10 law students hold in their hands the fate of people who have found thei...
Different Lives Different Languages with Carol Padden -- The Good Life
07 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Human languages have astonishing diversity. Among the nearly 7000 that now exist, some use speech and others use no sounds at all, relying on hands a...
Martina Vandenberg Human Trafficking: Ending the Myths Confronting the Realities
03 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The International Labour Organization estimates that 20.9 million people around the world are currently held in forced labor and servitude. Human tra...
Fighting for Women in India-Legally Speaking
20 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In a country where as many as 100,000 rape cases are now pending in its courts, human rights attorney Rutuparna Mohanty has devoted herself to fightin...
In Pursuit of Torturers - Legally Speaking
17 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
More than any other lawyer in the country, Paul Hoffman is responsible for turning an obscure 1789 law called the Alien Tort Statute into a potent wea...
The Global Impact of Climate Change: Balance Through Responsibility Compassion and Human Consciousness with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
28 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
His Holiness the Dalai Lama joins esteemed scientists Richard Somerville and Veerabhadran Ramanathan at UC San Diego to discuss the need for humanita...
Neuroscience and the Emerging Mind: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Consciousness and Compassion
28 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
His Holiness the Dalai Lama engages with Larry Hinman of the University of San Diego, V.S. Ramachandran of UC San Diego and Jennifer Thomas of San Die...
Cultivating Peace and Justice with the Dalai Lama (Full Version)
18 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This is the extended version of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s talk at the University of San Diego, as part of the Compassion Without Borders tour of...
To Be Human: How Food Fueled Human Origins with Margaret Schoeninger
20 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
UC San Diego anthropologist Margaret Schoeninger joins a list of several leading scholars who all attempt to answer the same question, “What does i...