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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Mental Health

Justice Matters - April 01, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates is joined by Bevin Croft and Ebony Flint from the Human Services Research Institute for a conversation about the intersections of mental health and human rights in the wake of new guidance on mental health issued in October 2023 by the ...

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Malaria, Haiti, Slavery and "Aid State" (March 3+1)

Think Global, Do Justice - March 29, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In this 3+1 episode, we're talking the good (malaria vaccines), the bad (slavery) and a whole lot of Haiti. We've got Mac Archer back on the show to share with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke what she's seeing on the ground in Haiti and what's getting missed in larger media outlets. We talk throug...

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Preston Sprinkle and Brandon Stiver - Rethinking Orphan Care

Think Global, Do Justice - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Today, we're releasing our podcast collaboration with our friends at Theology in the Raw. Brandon had a chance to sit down with Preston Sprinkle and dive into all things global orphan care and discuss the realities of that children in orphanages face worldwide. Our conversation weaves between a...

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Human Rights and Indigenous Rights in New Zealand

Justice Matters - March 15, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse talks with Claire Charters who was recently named in the role of Rongomau Taketake to lead work on the Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Charters is a Professor at the University of Auckland Faculty...

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Peter Greer and Ryan Skoog - Leading From Your Knees

Think Global, Do Justice - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Global nonprofits are notorious doers, always thinking, planning and taking action. In all of our intentionality for programs and justice endeavors, are we being equally intentional to pray? Peter Greer is back on the show, along with new friend Ryan Skoog, to share about the new book that they ...

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Local Story and the Massie/Kahahawai Case with John Rosa

Migration Conversations - March 09, 2024 01:39 - 56 minutes
In the 4th episode of the Hawai'i series of the Migration Conversations Podcast, I speak with Dr. John Rosa, and associate professor of history at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Dr. Rosa’s research focuses on the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Hawai’i and the histories of A...

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Law by Night with Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller

Migration Conversations - March 02, 2024 15:44 - 1 hour
In the third instalment of Migration Conversations' Hawai'i Series, I speak with Dr. Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, a professor in political science at the College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. His research focuses on the mobilization of rights discourses in various contexts. We ...

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The Human Rights Violations of Abortion Bans

Justice Matters - March 01, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates talks with Karla Torres and Catalina Martinez Coral from the Center for Reproductive Rights. On November 8, 2023, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) held a landmark hearing on the human rights violations caused by the...

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Chrina Henson - Pioneering Family Care in the Philippines

Think Global, Do Justice - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In honor of the World Without Orphans Global Forum and in honor of awesome work being done in the Philippines, we've got Chrina Cuna Henson joining the show. Chrina runs the Manila-based organization Generations-Home and talks with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about what it's like to promote fo...

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White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the US with Reece Jones

Migration Conversations - February 26, 2024 14:22 - 1 hour
Welcome to the second episode of a special series of Migration Conversations in Hawai'i. In this episode I am in conversation with Reece Jones, a professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in the department of geography and environment. The author of four books in this episode, we talk about...

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El Salvador, Localization, UNRWA and Bono (February 3+1)

Think Global, Do Justice - February 23, 2024 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In this 3+1 episode, we're catching up on some global stories that you might have missed and have a recommendation of the pop variety. We're continuing last month's conversation on elections by looking at El Salvador, talking through localization efforts in global development, the scandal surrou...

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Nā Wāhine Koa - Hawaiian Women Warriers and Noelani Goodyear- Ka'ōpua

Migration Conversations - February 20, 2024 17:40 - 55 minutes
Welcome to the first episode of a special series of Migration Conversations in Hawai'i. In this episode I am in conversation with Noelani Goodyear-Ka’ōpua in an outdoor park with light rain tickling us. Born to young activists and UH graduates, Noelani grew up around Hawai’I communities and movem...

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The UN Business & Human Rights Forum: Twelve Years and Counting

Justice Matters - February 15, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Today on Justice Matters we take a deep dive into the UN Business Human Rights Forum, which just wrapped up its 12th iteration at the end of 2023. Co-host Aminta Ossom attended the forum and interviewed working group member Robert McCorquodale to get some background on the inner workings of the ...

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Justin Narducci - Heal the Sick, Proclaim the Kingdom

Think Global, Do Justice - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
What does it look like to meet the needs of very vulnerable people in the face of glaring global disparity? What does it look like to bring God's Kingdom through improving access to healthcare in the Global South? These are the questions we're looking at today as we dive into conversation with C...

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A New Civil Rights Movement

Justice Matters - February 01, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates talks with Jill Collen Jefferson, a civil and human rights lawyer and the founder of Julian, a national organization based in Mississippi that works to attack discrimination in all forms through legal advocacy, organizing, policy, and i...

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Dr. Forrest Inslee - Caring for Creation

Think Global, Do Justice - January 30, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
You cannot have a conversation around global issues without considering the state of the earth itself. We are talking today with educator, author and climate advocate Dr. Forrest Inslee to learn, "what on earth is happening with the earth?" Dr. Inslee brings a distinctly Christian viewpoint to t...

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Sudan, Elections, USAID and MEAL [January 3+1]

Think Global, Do Justice - January 26, 2024 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In our first ever 3+1 episode, we're catching up on some global stories that you might have missed. We're talking about the war going on in Sudan, elections throughout the world, USAID waste and then learn of a great recommendation from our guest on developing monitoring and evaluation. Convers...

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Dr. Michael Pucci - Owning Poverty

Think Global, Do Justice - January 16, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Author and development educator, Dr. Michael Pucci joins the show to talk with us about the spiritual and relational dynamics of poverty and helps us understand the biblical view of the global family of God. We also dive into a fascinating conversation on the multi-billion dollar aid industry (w...

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Just Hierarchy

Justice Matters - January 15, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Daniel A. Bell, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. They discuss topics from Professor Bell’s most recent book, “Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the R...

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Rebuilding Lives in Ukraine - Karolina Lindholm Billing - UNHCR Representative in Ukraine

Awake At Night - January 12, 2024 05:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Karolina Lindholm Billing was posted to Ukraine less than a year before the full-scale Russian invasion. As the UNHCR Representative in the country, she draws hope from witnessing the power of community volunteer networks in supporting displaced people in their hour of need. “Volunteers from a...

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Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director

Awake At Night - January 05, 2024 04:49 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Cindy McCain has many pressing reasons to lie awake at night. As Head of the World Food Programme, it is her job to make sure the millions of vulnerable people around the world who are relying on United Nations food assistance – from Gaza to Sudan to Afghanistan – don’t starve.   “Our job is t...

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Welcome to Think Global

Think Global, Do Justice - January 02, 2024 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
This podcast is something like day one, while at the same time seven years strong. In this trailer episode for Think Global, Brandon Stiver speaks to the heart of the podcast and the season that God is calling our community into. You’ll hear about some of the updates to the podcast as well as mo...

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Pursuing Justice in ISIL’s Wake - Christian Ritscher - UN Special Adviser

Awake At Night - December 28, 2023 20:13 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Christian Ritscher’s work brings him into contact with some of humanity’s worst outrages. As head of the United Nations investigative team to promote accountability for the crimes committed by ISIL in Iraq, he seeks justice for victims of the notoriously violent terror group. “Justice gives re...

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Unleashing Hidden Talent - Gordon Brown - UN Special Envoy for Global Education

Awake At Night - December 21, 2023 23:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
A committed public servant, Gordon Brown has a strong sense of social responsibility. Now United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is working towards a powerful vision: giving every child the chance to go to school. “There is talent, th...

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Transitions and a New Beginning

Think Global, Do Justice - December 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Phil and Brandon share how God has been working through the podcast throughout 2023 as well as throughout the history since Phil started the show nearly seven years ago. As we close out the year, we share the direction that God is leading us to take the podcast in 2024 and beyond. This is a hear...

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Haunted by Tales of Torture - Alice Jill Edwards - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Awake At Night - December 15, 2023 12:12 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
Dr. Alice Jill Edwards spends many of her days listening to the testimonies of torture victims. Now the UN’s Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, she works towards a world in which torture is finally a thing of the past. “I do reme...

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Justice Matters - December 15, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Shoshana Zuboff, author of the acclaimed book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. They discuss a number of topics from her landmark book including: the idea of surv...

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A Painstaking Quest for Justice - Catherine Marchi-Uhel - Head of IIIM

Awake At Night - December 08, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
A former judge, Catherine Marchi-Uhel has spent a lifetime pursuing justice. Now, leading the quest for accountability for atrocities and war crimes committed in the Syrian civil war, she finds comfort in survivors’ resilience and their determination to move on with their lives. “In Syria, I w...

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On The Ground in Ethiopia - The Anatomy of an Orphan Care Organization

Think Global, Do Justice - December 05, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
In episode 237, we have a special on the ground episode to share how one organization's journey and commitment to family based care plays out through all the people in their organization. We're featuring voices through Selamta Family Project in Addis Ababa and invite you to join us in this conve...

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Your Holiday Gift Guide with Human Rights in Mind

Justice Matters - December 01, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
On this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates, Executive Director of the Carr Center, talks with Sarah Zoen, Associate Director at Pillar Two — an organization that advises businesses on human rights due diligence — about how to navigate shopping for the holidays while keeping human r...