Amnesty's In a Nutshell Podcast

Amnesty International UK

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Episodes

  1. 08/31/2016

    Being Transgender: Episode 1

    In the first episode of our mini-series on transgender and non-binary identity we explore media representation. Includes interviews with boxing promoter Kellie Maloney, activist and artist Fox Fisher, and others.

    22 min

  2. 08/31/2016

    Being Transgender: Episode 2

    In the second episode of our mini-series on transgender and non-binary identity we talk to artist and activist Fox Fisher about his transition, as well as festival goers at Sparkle — the world’s largest transgender festival.

    23 min

  3. 08/31/2016

    Being Transgender: Episode 3

    In the final episode of our podcast mini-series on transgender and non-binary identity we talk to Amnesty employee Louise. She then switches seats and interviews boxing promoter Kellie Maloney and we speak to renowned micro-electronics research scientist Dr Kate Stone about the bigotry of strangers.

    25 min

  4. 06/11/2015

    ISIS In a Nutshell

    As the horrific human rights abuses of ISIS increase by the day how much do you know about them? Who are ISIS? Where did they come from? How did they get such a foothold so fast? What role has social media played in their rise to prominence? In this podcast we reveal the story behind the headlines with contributions from: Donatella Rovera, who heads up Amnesty’s field investigations into life under ISIS. Kristian Benedict, Amnesty’s UK Crisis Response Manager. Professor Peter Neumann - Professor of Security Studies at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and serves as Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. Farah Pandith - Harvard University fellow and was appointed the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities in June 2009 by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Amil Khan - An international political communications advisor and consultant, specialising in the Middle East. Zahid Ali Akbar - Human Rights Director at The Association of British Muslims. Thanks to DemocracyNow! for allowing us to use their news clips in this podcast. Find out more at: www.amnesty.org.uk/nutshell Our In a Nutshell podcast brings you everything you need to know about the issues everyone is talking about. Subscribe now and don’t miss an episode.

    33 min
  • 4 Episodes

About

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Information

  • Creator
    Amnesty International UK
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2016
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Amnesty International UK 2015
  • Show Website
    Amnesty's In a Nutshell Podcast

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