Episode 27: Sports & Rights Season – Who Can Hold the Sports World Accountable?
Episode Notes In the last episode of our Sports & Rights season, we dove into the subject of sportswashing and the nefarious use of sports as soft power. At the end of that episode, we posed a few qu...
13 Dec 202421min
Episode 26: Sports & Rights Season – Sportswashing
In this episode of our Sports & Rights season, we take an in-depth look at a topic we touched on in the first episode – sportswashing. We speak to journalists, human rights advocates, and academics to...
29 Juli 202418min
Episode 25: Sports & Rights Season – Why the First Female Afghan Olympian Wants the Olympics to Ban Her Country
When we first kicked off our Sports & Rights podcast season, we were in the midst of what is arguably the biggest and most beloved sporting event on the planet – the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held in Qatar...
10 Juli 202421min
Episode 24: Special re-release of “Vladimir Kara-Murza: The Democracy Activist Putin Wants Dead”
On April 11, 2024, we are re-releasing our 2021 episode “The Democracy Activist Putin Wants Dead.” There is a very somber reason for this re-release. This date marks the two-year anniversary of Vladim...
11 Apr 202429min
Episode 23: Sports & Rights Season: Joint episode with World Affairs Council of New Hampshire
The Keeper’s new Sports & Rights season kicks off with something a little different – a joint episode hosted by Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett and Tim Horgan, Executive Director of the World Affairs Council...
23 Nov 202240min
Episode 22: Pavel Khodorkovsky
Over the past several weeks, we have watched Russia’s unprovoked attacks on the people of Ukraine with horror, outrage, and a deep sense of fear for what this will mean for freedom and democracy in Eu...
20 Apr 202230min
Episode 21: Rule of Law Season Finale – 2020 Lantos Prize Laureate Bryan Stevenson on Justice
On the final episode of our 7-part Rule of Law season, we return to the subject of the state of the rule of law right here in America. We hear from our 2020 Lantos Human Rights Prize Laureate Bryan St...
23 Juni 202123min
Episode 20: Rule of Law Season – Seeking Justice on an International Stage
On this season of The Keeper, we’ve heard harrowing first-hand accounts of what happens in a country when its government or leaders choose to disregard the rule of law; freedom, justice and human righ...
23 Apr 202132min
