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Free to Think Podcast

Free to Think features conversation with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose research, teaching, or expression falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. We'll be speaking with those who have the courage to seek truth and speak truth, often at great risk, as well as with those who support them and share their stories. Free to Think is a podcast presented by Scholars at Risk, where we celebrate people with the courage to think, question, and share ideas. For information on membership, activities, or donating to Scholars at Risk, visit www.scholarsatrisk.org.

info_outline “People were disappeared, just like the smoke.” Omar Gómez Trejo on seeking truth and justice in the 2014 Ayotzinapa case in Iguala, Mexico 04/17/2025
info_outline "Before being a scientist, I'm a human being:" Dr. Encieh Erfani on exile and solidarity among Iranian academics abroad 03/10/2025
info_outline “It never crossed my mind to stop…” Omar Mohammed on using scholarship for the public good 02/18/2025
info_outline Finding solidarity “beyond the border” in Southeast Asia – Khoo Ying Hooi on how building regional coalitions can help protect scholars & academic freedom 01/21/2025
info_outline ‘Refusing to accept the status quo’ — Students speak up for at-risk scholars through SAR seminars & legal clinics 07/03/2024
info_outline Navigating the ‘mental prison’ – Mubashar Hasan on higher education in Bangladesh 05/16/2024
info_outline Gaining or losing academic freedom? Decoding the Academic Freedom Index with Katrin Kinzelbach and Lars Lott 04/16/2024
info_outline “Undoing the censorship that was stuck in me” – A conversation with Achiro Olwoch, writer, playwright, filmmaker from Northern Uganda 03/26/2024
info_outline “We have no definition” — MSCA4Ukraine fellow Artem Nazarko on prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine 02/28/2024
info_outline “Our voices really do matter from an early age” – Student advocates at UC Santa Barbara highlight wrongful charges against Egyptian scholar Patrick Zaki 05/18/2023
info_outline “‘Jane from California' might be an Afghan woman…” University of the People's Shai Reshef on education in Afghanistan under the Taliban 04/24/2023
info_outline “Raising the cost of repression” — Sol Iglesias on political violence, red tagging, and threats to academic freedom in the Philippines 04/03/2023
info_outline “Every day my children can go to school, I laugh, because my heart is full of joy,” with SAR scholar Zahra Hakimi 03/08/2023
info_outline The "forgotten crisis" of attacks on higher education in Venezuela 02/28/2023
info_outline “There Were No Fatalities. . . [But] If This Happens Again, I Am Not So Sure.” Discussing The Forcible Violation Of The Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, With Salvador Herencia-Carrasco 02/07/2023
info_outline “Academic Activism” In Southeast Asia, With SHAPE-SEA’s Joel Mark Barredo 12/15/2022
info_outline “Empathy is Active.” Henry Reese, on Salman Rushdie, City of Asylum, and the “Reader Effect.” 11/29/2022
info_outline “The Fear has Fallen away…” Roya Hakakian and Sasha Gladkikh on the Death of Mahsa Amini and the Protests in Iran 11/15/2022
info_outline “They Were Trying to Keep Education Going.” Ukrainian Higher Education Endures the Conflict 06/29/2022
info_outline "The Life of Dr. Djalali is Paramount." 05/19/2022
info_outline “There’s No Way You Did That!” 05/02/2022
info_outline “A Virtual Target Painted on my Back…” 04/18/2022
info_outline “We Lost 20 Years of Achievements.” An Afghan Scholar Resumes Life in Ireland 03/07/2022
info_outline “No Red Lines?” The ‘KIWi Compass’ Guide For Scientific Cooperation Under Complex Conditions 02/14/2022
info_outline “The Lack of Clarity…Creates a Climate of Fear” 01/27/2022
info_outline “Self-Censorship is Hard to Admit” 01/17/2022
info_outline "We Do Not Accept. We Do Not Give Up" 01/04/2022
info_outline "Weaponization" of Higher Education 12/20/2021
info_outline "Nobody's Working on Your Case" 12/06/2021
info_outline Higher Education for Democracy 09/06/2021
 
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