2018 World Fellow Sylvia Aguilera Garcia
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Sylvia Aguilera Garcia discusses the disappeared in Mexico and her work to improve human rights.
2018 World Fellow Thynn Thynn Hlaing
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Thynn Thynn Hlaing, an international development professional from Myanmar, discusses the crisis in her country and her work for Oxfam in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Liberia.
2018 World Fellow Elpida Rouka
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Elpida Rouka discusses what the United Nations means to her after 15 years working in Jerusalem, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria – and how she still finds hope despite losing friends in terrorist attacks and her brother’s suicide.
Ep. 3 – Sue Savage-Rumbaugh on learning from humanity’s closest living relatives
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Twenty minutes southeast of Des Moines, Iowa, you’ll find a large, unassuming cement complex with fenced in grounds. You’d never know it, but inside are five bonobos—including the world-famous Kanzi—thought to be the only remaining nonhuman apes capable of communicating verbally with humans. We speak with Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh about what she’s learned from and about bonobos, humankind’s gentle cousins, during an extraordinarily ambitious, 30-year investigation into their minds.
Ep. 66 – Miyazaki and Anime
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We’re talking about the legendary Hayao Miyazaki: his works, his legacy, and anime in general on the podcast this week. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Soundcloud
Larry Karaszewski — Screenwriter, TV Creator (The People V. OJ, Ed Wood)
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This week, Larry comes on the pod to talk about the craft of writing about real people. He and his partner Scott Alexander have written some of the biggest biopics in Hollywood, including Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon, The People V. OJ, and many others. They’ve written for Jim Carrey, John Travolta, Ed Norton, Amy Adams, Johnny Depp, Sarah Paulson, often giving that actor the best role of their career.
2018 World Fellow Pilar Velasco
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Spanish journalist Pilar Velasco talks about journalism as a public service, how it informs citizens, exposes corruption and helps hold government accountable.
2018 World Fellow Joy Olivier
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South African social entrepreneur, Joy Olivier, explains what Nelson Mandela means to her, the impact of IkamvaYouth (a non-profit, which enables youth to pull themselves and each other out of poverty through education) and her new initiative growing medicinal cannabis.
Ep. 2 – Peter Godfrey-Smith asks: What can the octopus teach us about consciousness?
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Dr. Peter Godfrey-Smith is professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney and the author of Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, and The Deep Origins of Consciousness. We discuss how our distant evolutionary cousins, cephalopods, are challenging ancient assumptions about the nature of consciousness. For more information about the episode and about Dr. Godfrey-Smith’s work, visit whenwetalkaboutanimals.org.
YLJ Podcast: David Pozen on Transparency’s Ideological Drift
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On this episode of the Yale Law Journal Podcast, co-hosts Cody Poplin and Sasha Dudding interview Professor David Pozen about his recently published Article, Transparency’s Ideological Drift. The Article traces transparency’s drift in the United States from a progressive to a more libertarian, or neoliberal, orientation and offers some reflections on the causes and consequences—and on the possibility of a reversal.