@YaleLawSch professor @cfloed and @UChicagoLaw professor @tomginsburg explore questions around why rights matter and what’s the matter with rights.
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25 Nov 2025
NEW: "Who's Afraid of Gender?"
In this episode, we are joined by UN Expert Graeme Reid and NYT Reporter Emily Bazelon to discuss the fraught international debates around the concept of gender and gender-related rights protections.
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28 Oct 2025
NEW: Silencing the Special Procedures: Sanctions and the UN Human Rights System
In this episode, we discuss how sanctions are being used and abused by the Trump administration and how UN experts are responding.
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19 Sep 2025
NEW: Is It Time to Rethink the Binary in Sports?
In this episode, hosts @cfloed and @tomginsburg are joined by Michele Krech to unpack the human rights questions at stake in debates around gender and athletic competition.
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22 Jul 2025
Monarchies vs. Populism: A Surprising Check on Power
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22 Jul 2025
NEW: What If Kings Are Good for Democracy?
@cfloed and @tomginsburg ask: Is it possible that constitutional monarchy actually strengthens democracy? And is democracy is still holding strong, or are we inching toward something more authoritarian?
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15 May 2025
NEW: Why Mahmoud Khalil's Lawyer is Losing Faith in the Justice System
In this episode, hosts @cfloed and @tomginsburg speak with Khalil's lawyer, @azmy_b, about what this case means for the future of dissent and academic freedom.
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23 Apr 2025
Should the UN diminish the US' role as a member state? Can it?
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23 Apr 2025
What's happening to free speech in the US?
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23 Apr 2025
NEW: Are We Witnessing the End of the Postwar Order? With Former President of the UN Dennis Francis
Hosts @cfloed and @tomginsburg speak with former President of the UN General Assembly Dennis Francis about threats to global cooperation and human rights.
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24 Mar 2025
Are we in a constitutional crisis?
Listen to the full episode, "Trump and Human Rights: Take One," here:
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21 Mar 2025
NEW: Trump and Human Rights: Take one
In this episode, our hosts @cfloed and @tomginsburg discuss Trump's multi-pronged attack on human rights funding, speech, and advocacy and the threat he poses to US universities.
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11 Dec 2024
NEW: Is Bitcoin Good for Human Rights?
In this latest episode, our co-hosts speak with Alex @gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation, about bitcoin's potential as a tool for liberation.
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15 Nov 2024
NEW: Inside the UN: Unpacking the Role of Human Rights Special Experts
In this episode, we hear from our own co-host, @cfloed , member of a UN Working Group, and @NiAolainF, former UN SR on counter-terrorism, on how Special Experts work to uphold international human rights.
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3 Oct 2024
NEW: The Future of Justice: What's Next for Israel/Gaza in International Law? On this week's ep., hosts @cfloed and @tomginsburg speak with @YaleLawSch 's Aslı Bâli and UN Palestine Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs on where international law currently stands on the conflict.
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