Human Rights: Conversations Across Generations Podcast
1) Julie Leftwich: Peacebuilding and the International Peace and Security Initiative
In this episode of Human Rights: Conversations Across Generations, we are joined by Julie Leftwich, founder of the International Peace and Security Initiative at the University of Cincinnati College o...Show More
2) Professor Mark Godsey: The Ohio Innocence Project and the Human Cost of Injustice
Professor Mark Godsey has spent his career confronting one of the most profound human rights failures within the legal system: the incarceration of innocent people. A former federal prosecutor and lon...Show More
3) Leah Watson: ACLU Senior Staff Attorney, Racial Justice Program
In this powerful multigenerational conversation, we are honored to welcome our dear friend and civil rights attorney Leah Watson, whose work at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) places her at ...Show More
4) Bill Schabas: Genocide, International Justice, and the Fight Against Impunity
Today, we welcome Professor Bill Schabas, one of the world's foremost scholars of international criminal law and genocide, joining us from his farmhouse in France. Bill has devoted his career to defin...Show More
5) Jewher Ilham: Uyghur Rights and Her Father, Professor Ilham Tohti
Jewher Ilham joins us for a powerful conversation about family, justice, and the cost of repression. She is a Uyghur human rights advocate and the daughter of Ilham Tohti, an economist and professor w...Show More
6) Roger Clark: International Criminal Law and Human Rights Accountability
In this first episode of 2026, Human Rights: Conversations Across Generations, we welcome Professor Roger Clark, one of the world’s leading figures in international criminal law and human rights. Over...Show More
7) Cees Flinterman: Friendship, Diplomacy, and the Practice of Human Rights
In this episode of Human Rights: Conversations Across Generations, we are honored to welcome Professor Cees Flinterman, one of the most respected figures in international human rights law and one of P...Show More
Cees Flinterman: Friendship, Diplomacy, and the Practice of Human Rights
1:14:15 | Dec 19th, 2025
8) Professor Rebecca J. Cook: Advancing Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health
We are honored to welcome Professor Rebecca J. Cook, a pioneering scholar whose work has transformed women’s human rights and reproductive justice around the world. Rebecca has also been a close frien...Show More
Professor Rebecca J. Cook: Advancing Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health
1:02:56 | Dec 12th, 2025
9) Honoring Sir Nigel Rodley with Lyn Rodley
Today’s episode is a very special tribute to the life and legacy of our dear friend, and a true leader in international law, the late Sir Nigel Rodley. It is our privilege to be joined by his wife, an...Show More
10) A Conversation with Sister Helen Prejean
This week, we sit down with Sister Helen Prejean, one of the most influential moral leaders of our time and a guiding force in the movement to end the death penalty. For more than three decades, she h...Show More