Episodes

Season 5

How Women’s Excellence Shapes History

Throughout history and across cultures, inspiring women and girls continue to break records and blaze trails—shattering glass ceilings while imagining and innovating the way forward.

On Season 5 of Finding Humanity podcast, we bring you powerful voices of women shaping history by overcoming innumerable challenges to achieve greatness. You’ll hear the inspirational stories of leaders in arts, entertainment, science, sports, politics, and beyond.


To protect democracy, we must first protect journalists. Yet, women journalists experience approximately three times as many abusive comments on Twitter, compared to their male counterparts. In this episode, we examine the disadvantages female journalists around the world face. We also explain why we must recognize online harassment against women...
with Carla Minet , Elisa Lees Muñoz and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Carla Minet Executive Director at the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico
  • Elisa Lees Muñoz Executive Director of the International Women's Media Foundation
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation

Investing in women and women-led companies is not only the right thing to do, it’s also good for business. Yet, women and women of color in particular continue to face disadvantages in the workplace. In 2021, only 2% of venture capital went to companies founded only by women and 15.6%...
with Tiffany Pham , Sarah Chen and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Tiffany Pham CEO and Founder, Mogul
  • Sarah Chen Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Beyond The Billion (launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women)
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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In the U.S., women of color hold only 4% of C-suite roles in media and entertainment. As a result, we rarely find their stories featured in films or T.V.  Growing up as a Muslim who wore a headscarf, Marya didn’t see herself represented on the screen. Yet, she found her...
with Marya Bangee , Dr. Shawn Andrews and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Marya Bangee Vice President of Representation & Inclusion Strategies at The Walt Disney Studios
  • Dr. Shawn Andrews Speaker, Consultant, Author and Professor
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

From a young age, Selin Ozunaldim questioned gender stereotypes. When she was 17, her little brother told her that she didn’t need to worry about studying because she could always get married. Hearing her brother say that made Selin realize she had to do something to change this way of...
with Selin Ozunaldim , Melissa Kilby and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Selin Ozunaldim National Gender Youth Activist for UN Women, HeForShe Advocate
  • Melissa Kilby Executive Director, Girl Up, UN Foundation
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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Throughout history and across cultures, inspiring women and girls continue to break records and blaze trails—shattering glass ceilings while imagining and innovating the way forward.  On season 5 of Finding Humanity podcast, we bring you powerful voices of women shaping history by overcoming innumerable challenges to achieve greatness. You’ll hear...
Webby Award

Our podcast is nominated for a prestigious Webby Award, singling out Finding Humanity as one of the five best podcasts in the world for Public Service and Activism. (Fun fact: there were over 14,000+ nominations).

We would love your vote and believe we’ve earned it!

Amidst rising social unrest and exacerbated inequalities, the Finding Humanity podcast has—as a labor of love and on a shoe-string budget—produced 6 seasons of powerful content, raising awareness around critical global human rights and social justice issues and mobilizing action to solve them. We’ve conducted over 200+ hours of interviews, with guests from 56+ countries, taking listeners into the heart of the most complex social and political issues facing our world. Our stories are raw, real and HUMAN.

Our podcast avoids the typical approach to global affairs and instead encourages dialogue, empathetic leadership, and collective action—words that are not often used in today’s tense political and social discourse.

A win for Finding Humanity is a win for all of us.

Our goal is to help make global challenges relatable and easier to solve. With the visibility from this award, we can elevate our work and make an even bigger impact.

Please vote for FINDING HUMANITY and share with your network. Voting ends 21 April 2022. Vote here: https://bit.ly/3Kp9D6x


UPDATE: THANKS TO YOUR HELP, WE WON! BIG NEWS! Our podcast has just been nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! The show that you have supported since we launched in 2020, has been singled out as one of the five best podcasts in the world for Public Service and Activism....
B Lab Series

Can businesses help solve the greatest societal challenges we face?

Historically, the business sector has accelerated social inequity, fueled human rights violations, and exacerbated climate change. With a global cultural shift underway, are businesses truly evolving from contributors to humanity’s biggest problems to drivers of positive change?

In this special series from Finding Humanity, we offer honest conversations with leaders and policy experts who examine the role of the business community in addressing today’s pivotal challenges—from uplifting marginalized communities through Open Hiring®, to reducing the environmental damage of consumer products, to ending food waste that can alleviate the hunger of more than 820 million people.

Finding Humanity is a production of the Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. This special series is created in partnership with B Lab.

About B Lab: B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, our global network creates standards, policies, tools, and programs for business, and we certify companies—known as B Corps—who are leading the way. By harnessing the power of business, B Lab positively impacts 370,000 workers in over 4,300 B Corps across 77 countries and 153 industries, and more than 150,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment and the SDG Action Manager. To learn more, visit https://bcorporation.net/ 


In 1970, the New York Times published Milton Friedman’s seminal essay, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” For more than half a century, Friedman’s doctrine of profit maximization helped accelerate the racial, economic, and environmental injustice we see today.  In our final episode of this special...
with Massimiliano Pogliani , Leo Strine, Jessica Yinka Thomas, Holly Ensign-Barstow and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Massimiliano Pogliani Former CEO of Illycaffè
  • Leo Strine Senior Fellow of the Harvard Program on Corporate Governance and former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
  • Jessica Yinka Thomas President and Board Chair of B Academics
  • Holly Ensign-Barstow Director of Stakeholder Governance and Policy at B Lab
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation

Replacing your smartphone every two and a half years is not uncommon. In fact, it’s by design. The consumer electronics industry is fraught with unethical business practices, from planned obsolescence, to the dark side of cobalt mining, to the 40 million tons of electronic waste that’s generated each year. In...
with Nathan Proctor , Joe Iles, Eva Gouwens, Hazami Barmada and Juan Pablo Larenas
About the speakers:
  • Nathan Proctor Senior Director of Right to Repair campaigns at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group
  • Joe Iles Circular Design Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
  • Eva Gouwens CEO of Fairphone
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation
  • Juan Pablo Larenas Executive Director of B Lab Global

Each year, about a third of the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. Food loss and waste contributes to some of the most pressing health, environmental, and economic challenges of our day, accounting for 8% of all greenhouse gas emissions and $1 trillion in economic losses annually....
with Surbhi Martin , Philippe Schuler, Maximo Torero, Juan Pablo Larenas and Hazami Barmda
About the speakers:
  • Surbhi Martin Vice President of Marketing at Danon North America
  • Philippe Schuler Global Impact Manager at Too Good To Go
  • Maximo Torero Chief Economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO)
  • Juan Pablo Larenas Executive Director of B Lab Global
  • Hazami Barmda Activist and Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation

What if businesses removed barriers to employment and gave job seekers a fair shot at self-sufficiency? For the formerly incarcerated, unhoused, or people with limited education, getting a job can be extremely difficult. In 1982, Greyston Bakery piloted Open Hiring, a recruitment practice where simply putting your name on a...
with Chidi King , Joseph D. Kenner, Antonia Tony-Fadipe, Juan Pablo Larenas and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Chidi King Branch Chief, Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Joseph D. Kenner President & CEO, Greyston
  • Antonia Tony-Fadipe Inclusive Hiring Lead, The Body Shop
  • Juan Pablo Larenas Executive Director, B Lab Global and Co-Founder, Sistema B
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Can businesses help solve the greatest societal challenges we face? Historically, the business sector has accelerated social inequity, fueled human rights violations, and exacerbated climate change. With a global cultural shift underway, are businesses truly evolving from contributors to humanity’s biggest problems to drivers of positive change? In this special...
Season 4

Systemic Change in a Broken World

In solving the world’s most profound challenges like poverty, discrimination, and inequality, are we fixing the right problems?

In Season 4 of Finding Humanity podcast, we examine the institutional, political, and legal systems that got us here. How do we reduce prison populations and move from punishment to rehabilitation? What are the biggest myths around food insecurity? How do our systems perpetuate racial injustice?

Through the lens of visceral human experiences, we will explore issues such as colorism, drug addiction, child marriage, and immigration. On the podcast, we will shine a light on failing systems — and tackle changes that will lead to more just solutions.


Dan’s wife Brittany Maynard sought adventure up until the very end. When it became clear that the brain tumor she’d been diagnosed with would ultimately take her life, Brittany chose to end things on her own terms.  Medical aid-in-dying, commonly known in the U.S. as “death with dignity,” enables someone...
with Dan Diaz , Dr. Rob Jonquiere, Kim Callinan and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Dan Diaz Advocate for the legalization of medical aid in dying
  • Dr. Rob Jonquiere Executive Director, World Federation of Right to Die Societies
  • Kim Callinan CEO, Compassion and Choices
  • Hazami Barmada Host & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Ronald fell in love with television as a child, but as a queer, black boy from a Latinx household, representation was deeply lacking. He watched as the media amplified toxic and misleading stereotypes of people of color—many of whom were cast as maids, terrorists, or drug dealers. In this episode,...
with Ronald Hinton , ReNika Moore, Dr. Mia White and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Ronald Hinton Actor, writer, and Founder, Shared Soil Productions
  • ReNika Moore Racial Justice Program Director, ACLU
  • Dr. Mia White Assistant Professor, School of Public Engagement and Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, The New School
  • Hazami Barmada Host & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Kimi Ceridon and her sister never went without food growing up, but living paycheck-to-paycheck meant her parents constantly worried about how to pay for meals. What they did eat was often low-cost and low-quality food. This is what experts call ‘food insecurity,’ an issue that has grown substantially during the...
with Kimi Ceridon , Maximo Torero, Clancy Harrison and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Kimi Ceridon Massachusetts-based writer
  • Maximo Torero Chief Economist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Clancy Harrison Founder of the Food Dignity Movement and host of The Food Dignity Podcast
  • Hazami Barmada Host & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Addiction was common in the McDaid family. So when Carol, the youngest in her upper middle class household began using, the disease quickly took root. Carol sipped her first drink at age 12, and by 16 was using IV drugs. It wasn’t until her drug use threatened her career that...
with Carol McDaid , Diane Sevening, Marta Michelle Colon and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Carol McDaid D.C. lobbyist specializing in addiction and mental health policy
  • Diane Sevening Former President of the Association for Addiction Professionals and Assistant Professor at The University of South Dakota
  • Marta Michelle Colon Founder of BeGutsy
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Sherry Johnson grew-up in Tampa, Florida as a member of the Pentecostal church. She was only 11-years-old when her mother married her off to a man nearly twice her age. She had already been a victim of years of sexual violence, abuse that resulted in her first pregnancy at age...
with Sherry Johnson , Princess Mabel van Oranje, Tannistha Datta and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Sherry Johnson Founder of the Svon Foundation
  • Princess Mabel van Oranje Founder and Global Champion at Girls Not Brides
  • Tannistha Datta Child Protection Specialist at UNICEF
  • Hazami Barmada Host, Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Juan Escalante’s family immigrated to the U.S. from Venezuela when he was a child. It wasn’t until he applied to college that he learned his family had overstayed their visa. Every year, visa overstays outnumber those who enter the U.S. illegally. These same undocumented immigrants pay $11 billion in U.S....
with Juan Escalante , Angeline Chen, Rosa Velazquez and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Juan Escalante Immigration Rights Advocate
  • Angeline Chen Senior Attorney at Clark Hill
  • Rosa Velazquez Lead Immigration Rights Advocate for Arkansas United
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses sexual violence. Stephanie Mosley experienced sexual violence perpetrated by a schoolmate in college, then a football player at her alma mater, the University of Alabama. In spite of being blamed and called a liar, Stephanie ultimately decided to press charges — but her case was...
with Stephanie Mosley , Jacqui Hunt, Jane Manning and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Stephanie Mosley Rape Survivor and Creator of The Antidote Conference
  • Jacqui Hunt Global Lead, End Sexual Violence Campaign, at Equality Now
  • Jane Manning Director at Women's Equal Justice Project
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

As a teen, Leah Juliett sent nude photos to a boy who spent years requesting them. When the boy learned that Leah was gay and paying attention to other people, Leah became one of the millions of victims of revenge porn — more accurately known as nonconsensual pornography (NCP). In...
with Leah Juliett , Elisa D'Amico, Dr. Kristen Zaleski and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Leah Juliett Founder and Executive Director of March Against Revenge Porn
  • Elisa D'Amico Chief Legal Officer of A4D and Co-Founder of Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project
  • Dr. Kristen Zaleski Clinical Director at the Mental Health Collective and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

Yanique Brandford had to skip school and go to the nearest shopping mart to buy herself period products. The price tag was $15, and she only had $8 in her bank account. Born from a single parent household where money was tight, Yanique’s mom had to make sanitary pads out...
with Yanique Brandford , Laura Strausfeld, Jennifer Gaines and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Yanique Brandford Founder of Help A Girl Out
  • Laura Strausfeld Attorney and Co-Founder of Period Equity
  • Jennifer Gaines Program Director at Alliance for Period Supplies
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation

Shon Hopwood is a serial robber who spent 11 years in federal prison. But when he walked out of prison in 2008, Shon couldn’t have predicted an incredulous twist: earning the title ‘Professor’ at Georgetown University while raising his young family. While the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in...
with Professor Shon Hopwood , Dr. Annahita Mahdavi West, Dr. Nazgol Ghandnoosh and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Professor Shon Hopwood Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University
  • Dr. Annahita Mahdavi West Activist and Associate Professor at Long Beach City College
  • Dr. Nazgol Ghandnoosh Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project.
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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In solving the world’s most profound challenges like poverty, discrimination, and inequality, are we fixing the right problems? In Season 4 of Finding Humanity podcast, we examine the institutional, political, and legal systems that got us here. How do we reduce prison populations and move from punishment to rehabilitation? What...
Season 3

How does one get out of a vicious cycle of violence, hatred, or oppression? In Season 3 of Finding Humanity, we bring you stories of people trapped in environments where danger and trauma are hard to escape — and where often, self-identity is eradicated.  In each episode, we meet humans who are stuck in transit and follow their unique journeys in search of justice and freedom. 

Will seeking help push them deeper into a more cruel reality? How do we see ourselves in their struggle for peace and dignity? In telling stories of people who are shut inside conditions of injustice, we will give listeners an opportunity to develop empathy with how difficult it is to ‘get out’

On the podcast, you will hear from expert voices on issues including extremism, international adoption scams, gang and domestic violence, sex work and forced labor.


Catherine Healy confronted her roommate after learning that she was a sex worker. But instead of an intervention, Catherine’s encounter revealed an industry that she would ultimately end up fighting for —   helping pass the New Zealand Prostitution Reform Act, a law that makes it legal for any citizen...
with DAME CATHERINE HEALY , STACEY-LEIGH MANUEL, ABIGAIL SWENSTEIN and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • DAME CATHERINE HEALY Sex Workers' Rights Activist & National Coordinator, New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective
  • STACEY-LEIGH MANUEL Program Officer, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Open Society Foundation
  • ABIGAIL SWENSTEIN Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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In 2004, Jonathan Hancock was assigned to the Second Battalion Fourth Marines, also known as the “Magnificent Bastards.” He was sent to Ramadi, then a stronghold for Saddam Hussein’s followers and Al Qaeda leadership. Five years after deployment, Jonathan fell into a depression — a dark hole that he couldn’t...
with JONATHAN HANCOCK , ARMY COL. DR. DAVID M. BENEDEK, DR. ELIZABETH NEILSON, PHD and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • JONATHAN HANCOCK US Marine Combat Veteran and Co-Founder/President, Bastards’ Road Project
  • ARMY COL. DR. DAVID M. BENEDEK Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • DR. ELIZABETH NEILSON, PHD Assistant Professor, Morehead State University
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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Victims of coercive control might not recognize their experience as domestic abuse. In the case of Ryan Hart, his mother was left with no choice but to stay with his father — who portrayed himself as a well-respected family man in their community. Ryan says that it was their father’s...
with RYAN HART , PATRICIA EVANS, DR. JOHN HAMEL and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • RYAN HART Award-Winning Domestic Abuse Advocate and Founder of Coercion and Control Awareness (CoCo Awareness)
  • PATRICIA EVANS Author and Founder of the Evans Interpersonal Communications institute
  • DR. JOHN HAMEL Forensic and Clinical Social Worker and Researcher
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

From picking a new name to burning her belongings and spying on new members, Dr. Janja Lalich did not foresee how her life would dramatically change as a budding feminist in the 70s. Like many others, the Democratic Workers Party, a cult she joined through a study group, first appealed...
with DR. JANJA LALICH , DR. STEVEN HASSAN, DR. SUZANNE NEWCOMBE and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • DR. JANJA LALICH Professor Emerita of Sociology, California State University Chico and Founder, Cult Research and Information Center
  • DR. STEVEN HASSAN Founding Director, Freedom of Mind Resource Center
  • DR. SUZANNE NEWCOMBE Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University (UK) and Honorary Director of Inform, King's College London
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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In 2008, Deependra Giri was promised a decent salary as a clerk in Qatar. Needing money to support his family, he left his home country Nepal — only to work an unpaid construction job and worse, live in squalid conditions. Nearly 21 million people around the world are victims of...
with DEEPENDRA GIRI , DR. ROBYN RODRIGUEZ, MUSTAFA QADRI and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • DEEPENDRA GIRI Labor Trafficking Survivor and Founder/President of Safety First Foundation
  • DR. ROBYN RODRIGUEZ Professor & Founding Director, Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies, University of California at Davis
  • MUSTAFA QADRI Founder and Executive Director, Equidem Research and Consulting
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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Born in Vietnam, Lynelle Long felt like an outsider as the only nonwhite child in her family and community in Victoria, Australia. As an adoptee, she spent her entire adult life fighting to understand and connect with her identity and her past — a basic fundamental human right that was...
with LYNELLE LONG , JULIE G. ROSICKY, DAVID SMOLIN and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • LYNELLE LONG Founding Director, InterCountry Adoptee Voices
  • JULIE G. ROSICKY Executive Director, International Social Service-USA
  • DAVID SMOLIN International Lawyer and Director of the Center for Children, Law and Ethics at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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This is Part 2 of a two-part episode on extremism. Jesse Morton was a drug-dealing groupie when he became fascinated with Islam — and converted to it. But, it wasn’t until the U.S. waged the ‘War on Terror’ after 9/11 when Jesse embraced a Salafi-jihadi ideology, an approach to jihadism...
with JESSE MORTON , NAUREEN CHOWDHURY FINK, JASON BLAZAKIS and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • JESSE MORTON Founder, Parallel Networks
  • NAUREEN CHOWDHURY FINK Executive Director, The Soufan Center
  • JASON BLAZAKIS Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode on extremism. The “great replacement” is a theory that white people are being systematically replaced around the world by nonwhites through events like mass migration, intermarriage, and declining white birth rates. While this may be an ideology adopted by white supremacists around...
with ARNO MICHAELIS , DR. CASSIE MILLER, NAUREEN CHOWDHURY FINK, JASON BLAZAKIS and HAZAMI BARMADA
About the speakers:
  • ARNO MICHAELIS Former White Nationalist, Storyteller, Speaker, Author
  • DR. CASSIE MILLER Senior Research Analyst, Southern Poverty Law Center
  • NAUREEN CHOWDHURY FINK Executive Director, The Soufan Center
  • JASON BLAZAKIS Professor of Practice, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies; Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
  • HAZAMI BARMADA Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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Born in Uttar Pradesh, a slum in India, Kinsu Kumar couldn’t make friends when he was young. While kids in his neighborhood went to school, Kinsu worked as a car cleaner and domestic helper to help his family earn a living. He was only 6 years old. Worldwide 152 million...
with Kinsu Kumar , Soledad Herrero, Jason Judd and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Kinsu Kumar Child Rights Leader, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation
  • Soledad Herrero Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF India
  • Jason Judd Executive Director, New Conversations Project, Cornell University
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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Alex Sanchez’s recruitment into the notorious Los Angeles-based gang MS-13 can be largely attributed to three things: isolation, music, and domestic violence. Formed by children of refugees fleeing the US-funded violence in El Salvador, MS-13 makes up less than 1% of gang members in the US, which have approximately grown...
with Alex Sanchez , William (Bill) Wheeler, Dr. Charles Katz and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Alex Sanchez Former MS-13 Gang Member and Executive Director, Homies Unidos Inc.
  • William (Bill) Wheeler Journalist and Author of State of War: MS-13 and El Salvador's World of Violence
  • Dr. Charles Katz Professor and Director, Center for Violence Prevention & Community Safety & the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
  • Hazami Barmada Activist and Founder of Humanity Lab Foundation

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How does one get out of a vicious cycle of violence, hatred, or oppression? In Season 3 of Finding Humanity, we bring you stories of people trapped in environments where danger and trauma are hard to escape — and where often, self-identity is eradicated.  In each episode, we meet humans...

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Elders Series

FINDING HUMANITY PODCAST SPECIAL SERIES WITH THE ELDERS

What kind of leadership do we need to avoid climate catastrophe? How do we prevent backsliding and a backlash against women’s rights when as a world we have come so far? In these times mired in conflict and crisis, how do we reconcile the mistakes of the past and build a better future?

Join Hazami Barmada and Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, former President of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, as they host a new special series of the Finding Humanity podcast with The Elders.

To unpack some of the biggest threats humanity is grappling with today, each episode will draw on the expertise and life experiences of members of The Elders: former Presidents and Prime Ministers, UN officials, Nobel Peace Laureates, freedom fighters, and human rights champions, brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. From leading nations out of conflict, to defending the human rights of the most vulnerable, this series will explore how we, through our shared humanity, bold advocacy, and collective action, can challenge injustice and promote ethical leadership.


Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary-General, joins hosts Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada to discuss the persistent, global injustice that is violence against women.  1.3 billion women and girls around the world—equivalent to the entire combined populations of North America and Europe—have experienced violence at some point in their lives. This...
with Ban Ki-moon , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Ban Ki-moon Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Founder of UN Women and Deputy Chair of The Elders
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Activist & Founder, Humanity Lab Foundation

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In 2007, Nelson Mandela founded The Elders with a mission of engaging with “global leaders and civil society at all levels to resolve conflict and address its root causes, to challenge injustice, and to promote ethical leadership and good governance”.  Across our special podcast series we’ve explored these very issues...
with Graça Machel , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Graça Machel Deputy Chair of The Elders and Renowned International Advocate for Women’s and Children’s Rights
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Activist, Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation, Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

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Justice is a fundamental human right, and is critical in ensuring that other human rights are upheld. When women and girls do not have access to justice, it undermines progress to achieving gender equality. The Sustainable Development Goals agreed on by all countries in 2015 include specific goals to achieve...
with Hina Jilani , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Hina Jilani Pioneering Lawyer, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, Member of The Elders
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation, Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

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The United Nations was created in 1945, following the devastation of World War II. The opening lines of its founding charter commit its signatories to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. However, with more than 40 active conflicts around the world today, we ask: has the United Nations...
with Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein Former President of the UN Security Council; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

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While the world grapples with COVID-19 and the climate emergency, nuclear war remains a real and present danger to the future of humanity. So why is nobody talking about it?    Throughout the Cold War, nuclear confrontation was a threat that overshadowed everyone’s lives and was reflected in popular culture and...
with Joe Cirincione , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Joe Cirincione National Security Analyst and Distinguished Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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Gro Brundtland on the COVID-19 Crisis and Why Universal Health Coverage is Crucial to Prevent Future Pandemics COVID-19  has exposed the vulnerabilities of our inherently interconnected existence. Tens-of-millions of confirmed cases and more than 2 million COVID-19-related deaths have so far been confirmed globally – the pandemic has impacted nearly every...
with Gro Harlem Brundtland , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland Former Prime Minister of Norway; Former Director General of World Health Organization; Member of The Elders
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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Lakhdar Brahimi, veteran conflict mediator and former UN diplomat, joins fellow Elder Mary Robinson to discuss peace, conflict and leadership. In 2019 alone, 54 state-based conflicts and 67 non-state conflicts were recorded around the world – the highest number since 1946. While poor governance and corruption are leading causes of...
with Lakhdar Brahimi , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Lakhdar Brahimi Veteran Conflict Mediator; Former UN Diplomat
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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The five hottest years on record have all come since 2015. Antarctic heatwaves, melting glaciers, wave after wave of drought and wildfire, and an unremitting string of mega-storms: the effects of climate change have become ever more visible. At the end of 2020, the election victory of the new Biden...
with Juan Manuel Santos , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Juan Manuel Santos Former President of Colombia; Nobel Peace Laureate
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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What kind of leadership do we need to avoid climate catastrophe? How do we prevent backsliding and a backlash against women’s rights when as a world we have come so far? In these times mired in conflict and crisis, how do we reconcile the mistakes of the past and build...
Season 2

Seeking Justice on the Frontlines

For some, fighting for change means risking it all, including one’s own life. In Season 2 of the Finding Humanity podcast, we unpack the stories of people on the frontlines of change — those who put their bodies on the line to create an equitable and just world. 

What does it feel like inside a prison cell where your fate is unknown? What does it actually mean to stand up against racist structures that have the power to kill you? How do you manage fear when you infiltrate circles of power to expose corruption and wrongdoing?

In telling stories of those seeking justice on the frontlines, Season 2 explores issues that lurk in the darkness of our societies. We share the horrors of human trafficking, the targeting and silencing of journalists, ethnic cleansing, racism, and gender-based violence — and the urgent action needed to reverse their impacts. 


After the shooting of African-American teen Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his murderer, George Zimmerman, Alicia Garza created a Facebook post saying: “Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter, Black Lives Matter.” Growing up in a mixed-race household, Alicia’s understanding of race was influenced by...
with ALICIA GARZA , CLAYBORNE CARSON, CHRISTY CLARK-PUJARA and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • ALICIA GARZA Principal, Black Futures Lab // Author, The Purpose of Power // Co-creator, #BlackLivesMatter
  • CLAYBORNE CARSON Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University // Centennial Professor of History, Emeritus
  • CHRISTY CLARK-PUJARA Associate Professor of History, Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; co-Executive Producer & Host

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Wai Wai Nu was born in Rakhine State, located on the western coast of Myanmar where most Rohingya reside. A predominantly Buddhist country, the Rohingya are a Muslim minority in Myanmar who have been rendered stateless since 1982. Through the lens of a young woman whose family was imprisoned and...
with Wai Wai Nu , David Scheffer, Matthew Smith, Ban Ki-Moon and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Wai Wai Nu Former Political Prisoner, Rohingya Activist & Founder of the Women's Peace Network
  • David Scheffer Senior Visiting Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Tom A. Bernstein Genocide Prevention Fellow, Simon-Skjodt Center on the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Matthew Smith CEO and Co-Founder, Fortify Rights // Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
  • Ban Ki-Moon Former UN Secretary-General and Deputy Chair of The Elders.
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; co-Executive Producer & Host

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Living in a small village in Nigeria, Blessing Okeidon was promised a job in Europe as a computer engineer— only to fall into the hands of human traffickers in Italy. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), an estimated 40.3 million people worldwide were trafficked in 2016. This crime earns...
with Blessing Okeidon , Ilias Chatzis, Katharine Bryant, Graça Machel and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Blessing Okeidon Cultural Mediator, Casa Ruth
  • Ilias Chatzis Chief at the Human Trafficking and Migrant Section at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Katharine Bryant Lead of European Engagement at the Walk Free Foundation and co-author of the Global Slavery Index
  • Graça Machel International Advocate for Women’s and Children’s Rights, and Deputy Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; co-Executive Producer & Host

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Born in Pakistan, Barat Ali Batoor moved to Afghanistan as a photojournalist.  His parents fled the country in the early 70s because of the discrimination they experienced as Hazaras, an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan that has faced political, economic and social repression for more than a century. In this...
with Barat Ali Batoor , Charu Lata Hogg, James Hathaway, Ban Ki-moon and Niamatullah Ibrahimi
About the speakers:
  • Barat Ali Batoor Freelance Photojournalist
  • Charu Lata Hogg Executive Director of All Survivors Project
  • James Hathaway Director of the Program in Refugee and Asylum Law at University of Michigan Law School
  • Ban Ki-moon Former United Nations Secretary-General & Deputy Chair of The Elders
  • Niamatullah Ibrahimi Lecturer at La Trobe University

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Nursimangul Abdurashid and Mihrigul Tursun, two Uighur women, are risking their lives to share harrowing accounts of discrimination, death and torture suffered by the Uighur community in China. In the province of Xinjiang in northwestern China, it’s been reported that at least one million Uighurs are detained in “re-education” camps...
with Mihrigul Tursun , Nursimangul Abdurashid, Nury Turkel, James A. Millward and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Mihrigul Tursun Uighur Human Rights Advocate & Prison Survivor
  • Nursimangul Abdurashid Uighur Human Rights Activist
  • Nury Turkel Commissioner, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; Board Chair, Uyghur Human Rights Project
  • James A. Millward Professor of Inter-Societal History, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
  • Hazami Barmada Founder and CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & co-Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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Issa Amro never wanted to be an activist. But when his university was occupied by the Israeli army and his dream of becoming an engineer came to a halt, Issa’s journey as a human rights defender and leader of nonviolent activist groups began. Issa is among a growing number of...
with Issa Amro , Omar Shakir, Avner Gvaryahu, Hina Jilani and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Issa Amro Human Rights Defender, Activist & Founder, Youth Against Settlements
  • Omar Shakir Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch
  • Avner Gvaryahu Executive Director at Breaking the Silence
  • Hina Jilani Member of The Elders, Pioneering Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that transcends religion, geography and class, and is carried out as a way to control women’s sexuality. While studying at the University of Texas, Maryum Saifee heard about FGM for the first time — which soon unearthed a dark memory from her...
with Maryum Saifee , Professor Yakin Ertürk, Natasha Latiff, Graça Machel and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Maryum Saifee Human Rights Advocate, Oslo Women's Rights Initiative
  • Professor Yakin Ertürk Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Human Rights Expert
  • Natasha Latiff Human Rights Lawyer at SAHR and Women for Justice Afghanistan
  • Graça Machel Deputy Chair of The Elders, Founder of the Graça Machel Trust
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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Diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism called metatropic dysplasia, Brandon Farbstein was on the verge of ending his life at age 11. His suicide attempt was partly influenced by the bullying he experienced. But in spite of the emotional and physical turmoil he suffered since childhood, Brandon boldly used...
with Brandon Farbstein , Elly Stout, Ilann Maazel and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Brandon Farbstein Speaker, Gen Z Activist, Author
  • Elly Stout Director at the Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  • Ilann Maazel Civil Rights Lawyer & Partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP
  • Hazami Barmada Founder and CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation; Host & co-Executive Producer, Finding Humanity Podcast

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Every year, journalists around the world experience censorship, surveillance, and, in extreme cases of press suppression, imprisonment and murder. On July 22, 2014, Jason Rezaian, who served as Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post, was arrested by Iranian authorities from his apartment, along with his wife. Globally, between 2015...
with Jason Rezaian , Farnaz Fassihi, David Kaye, Hina Jilani and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Jason Rezaian Journalist at the Washington Post; CNN Contributor
  • Farnaz Fassihi Reporter, The New York Times
  • David Kaye Former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression; Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law
  • Hina Jilani Member of The Elders and Pakistani Human Rights Advocate
  • Hazami Barmada Founder & CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation and co-Executive Producer of Finding Humanity Podcast

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For some, fighting for change means risking it all, including one’s own life. In Season 2 of the Finding Humanity podcast, we unpack the stories of people on the frontlines of change — those who put their bodies on the line to create an equitable and just world.  What does...
Season 1

Through real-life stories of courage and purpose, Finding Humanity takes listeners into the heart of the most complex social and political issues facing our world. Each episode puts a human face on a global topic that is overwhelming and difficult to grasp— be it the refugee crisis, climate change, or LGBTQ rights. Our podcast weaves together insights from human rights and development experts at the United Nations and leading institutions while providing listeners with tangible calls-to-action to make a difference.

By bringing you voices from the front lines of war and injustice, host Hazami Barmada peels back the layers that surround today’s massive challenges. While set in unfamiliar places, our podcast tackles recognizable themes: love of family, finding hope, and overcoming personal struggles. Finding Humanity inspires the activist in each of us to create a better tomorrow, today.


Real-life stories of courage and purpose, taking listeners into the heart of the most complex social and political issues facing our world.

As Chernor Bah likes to say “out of misery there is opportunity” and this has definitely been true in his life. Despite extreme poverty, war, displacement and an epidemic, he has been able to advance his vision for a better world. As a girls’ rights advocate, Chernor has dedicated his...
with Chernor Bah , Dr. Zoe Marks, Justine Sass and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Chernor Bah Global Girls Activist; Co-Founder of Purposeful; Member of the Global Partnership for Education
  • Dr. Zoe Marks Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Justine Sass Chief of Section Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality at UNESCO
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Roya Mahboob was born into a society where, under the tyrannical rule of the Taliban, women were increasingly invisible in public life. As a young girl, she lost her baby sister because her mother couldn’t take her to a doctor without a male escort. Roya grew up in an environment...
with Roya Mahboob , Heather Barr, Farangies Shah, Mina Sharif and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Roya Mahboob Serial entrepreneur, CEO and President of Digital Citizen Fund
  • Heather Barr Acting Co-Director of Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
  • Farangies Shah Policy Advisor at Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
  • Mina Sharif Civil Society Activist, TV and Radio Producer
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Swimming was a family legacy for Sarah Mardini, but she never imagined her skills would save her from violence and death. The war in Syria — that displaced over half of the country’s population— pushed Sarah and her sister to flee to Greece by water and, in desperation, to plunge...
with Sarah Mardini , Sara Kayyali, Dr. Steven Heydemann, Bill Frelick and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Sarah Mardini Elite Swimmer and Refugee Advocate, Time 100 Next List 2019
  • Sara Kayyali Syria Researcher, Middle East North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
  • Dr. Steven Heydemann Janet W. Ketcham Chair and Professor, Middle East Studies, Smith College; Senior Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy
  • Bill Frelick Director Refugee Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Mokhtar Alkhanshali likes to say that the shortest distance between two people is a cup of coffee. In grappling with his identity as an American-Yemeni, Mokhtar went back to his homeland and developed a passion for coffee cultivation, eventually turning his newfound knowledge into a company called “Port of Mokha”....
with Mokhtar Alkhanshali , Kate Kizer, Kristine Beckerle, Iona Craig and Annabel Symington
About the speakers:
  • Mokhtar Alkhanshali Social Entrepreneur, community organizer & Founder, Port of Mokha
  • Kate Kizer Policy Director, Win Without War; Former Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Yemen Peace Project
  • Kristine Beckerle Legal Director on Accountability and Redress, Mwatana
  • Iona Craig Journalist
  • Annabel Symington Yemen Head of Communications, World Food Programme

The United Nations was established 75 years ago in June 1945 out of the ashes of the Second World War. It was set up to prevent global atrocities from happening ever again, yet existential threats still remain. In this episode, two former world leaders discuss multilateralism and why effective global...
with Gro Harlem Brundtland , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland Former Prime Minister of Norway; Former Director General of World Health Organization
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Born to a Kurdish family, Nujeen was an earnest young woman who loved football and enriched her mind through documentaries. But unlike most teens her age, she didn’t go to school because of her disability. In spite of the cards she was dealt, Nujeen was defiant and fought for a...
with Nujeen Mustafa , Boram Lee, Dr. Steven Heydemann and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Nujeen Mustafa Disability and Refugee Rights Activist; BBC's 100 Women 2018
  • Boram Lee Disability advisor from the Women's Refugee Commission
  • Dr. Steven Heydemann Director of Middle East Studies at Smith College in Massachusetts and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

As of today, less than 6% of the heads of government globally are women. Yet, as we look at how the world is fairing with the immediate COVID-19 response, we recognize the power of feminist leadership, and acknowledge the need for more of it. Through leadership lessons from Africa and...
with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Former President of Liberia and Africa's first elected female head of state; Nobel Peace Laureate
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, robbed Marinel Ubaldo of her childhood and took away her family’s means to live. Marinel struggled to finish high school because her father, a fisherman, could no longer provide for his family. Marinel’s vulnerability, however, became her greatest strength....
with Marinel Ubaldo , Shyla Raghav, May Boeve and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Marinel Ubaldo Founder, Youth Leaders for Environmental Action Federation
  • Shyla Raghav Vice President of Climate Change and Global Strategy at Conservation International
  • May Boeve Executive Director of 350.org
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Over 70 million people in the world today are forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, violence, human rights violations, or climate disaster. The injustices of conflict and the climate crisis hit the most vulnerable hardest – and COVID19 could make such catastrophes even worse. In this episode, two former...
with Juan Manuel Santos , Mary Robinson and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Juan Manuel Santos Former President of Colombia; Nobel Peace Laureate
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

Until she was about 20 years old, Abby Stein didn’t know the term “transgender”, let alone know that other transgender people existed. In this episode, we dive in the life of Abby Stein, a transgender author, activist and former rabbi. Abby takes listeners into her home in a conservative Hasidic...
with Abby Stein , Idit Klein, Zhan Chiam and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Abby Stein Award-winning transgender rabbi, activist, speaker, and author
  • Idit Klein President & CEO, Keshet, a national organization for LGBTQ equality in Jewish life
  • Zhan Chiam Coordinator of the Gender Identity and Gender Expression Programme At at ILGA World (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Executive Producer of Finding Humanity Podcast

COVID-19 has unearthed a global recognition that “we must do things differently.” The uncertainty has called into question our shared vulnerabilities and shared humanity. What progress have we made on global human rights? What lessons can history teach us about our failure to prioritize human rights in moments of crisis?...
with Mary Robinson , Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein and Hazami Barmada
About the speakers:
  • Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders
  • Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Hazami Barmada Human Rights Advocate; Founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation; Host of Finding Humanity Podcast

There’s one day that is remembered across Cambodia — a tragedy that continues to haunt people like Loung Ung. The genocide that began on April 17, 1975, in the city of Phnom Penh, left agonizing wounds that the promise of a new life couldn’t fully heal. We follow the story...
with Loung Ung , Ben Kiernan and Brad Adams
About the speakers:
  • Loung Ung Author, Activist, Spokeswoman for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World
  • Ben Kiernan Founding Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale
  • Brad Adams Executive Director of Humans Rights Watch Asia Division

A childhood shaped by one of the most cruel rebel groups in history. Rape, killings and an abducted brother who was never found. If these defined decades of your life, the last thing you would want to talk about is peace — unless you are Victor Ochen.
with Victor Ochen , Kristof Titeca PhD and Sasha Lezhnev
About the speakers:
  • Victor Ochen Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET), UN Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Justice
  • Kristof Titeca PhD Professor of International Development at the University of Antwerp
  • Sasha Lezhnev Deputy Director of Policy at Enough Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at countering genocide and crimes against humanity

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