Doha Debates Podcast
Doha Debates
What happens when disagreement is labeled disinformation?
Can aging be cured—and should it be?
After Gaza, who decides what justice looks like?
The Doha Debates Podcast brings together global voices for Majlis-style debates on the ideas shaping our world.
This season continues with the same rigorous, truth-seeking conversations in a live, in-person setting—with new episodes every Tuesday.
Can aging be cured—and should it be?
After Gaza, who decides what justice looks like?
The Doha Debates Podcast brings together global voices for Majlis-style debates on the ideas shaping our world.
This season continues with the same rigorous, truth-seeking conversations in a live, in-person setting—with new episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
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Apr 22, 2020 • 39min
Course Correction S1: Standing up to Big Data
Your phone is tracking you all the time. Tech companies are monetizing your personal data. Is there anything that you can do about it? Nelufar talks to Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about why data privacy should be a human right. Then we discover some surprising ways social media ad targeting is being used to do good in the world. Read the episode transcript here.
Apr 15, 2020 • 20min
Course Correction S1: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein: In Defense of Human Rights
The public’s trust in governments is at an all-time low. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein is a veteran diplomat and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. He talks with host Nelufar Hedayat about standing up to governments — and the enemies he made along the way. Read the episode transcript here.
Apr 8, 2020 • 22min
Course Correction S1: Sal Khan: Real Lessons on Virtual Learning
As the coronavirus rages, 89 percent of students around the world are out of school and turning to online platforms to keep studying. That has its limits and its own set of challenges, but it’s far better than no school at all. Nelufar speaks with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, about internet inequality and the future of education in a post COVID-19 world. Read the episode transcript here.
Apr 1, 2020 • 26min
Course Correction S1: Love, Hate and the Power of Listening
While confronting a friend who voted for Brexit, Nelufar goes on an ego-dampening journey that takes her from a conflict circle in Iraq to a prison in southern Illinois, as she learns why conflict resolution is more about confronting ourselves than others. Read the episode transcript here.
Mar 26, 2020 • 34min
Course Correction S1: COVID-19 Will Change the World Forever
What do our decisions about COVID-19 say about who we are as societies and the systems we take for granted? This week, we chat with global strategy expert Parag Khanna and anthropologist Jason Hickel about the novel coronavirus, the global economy and the institutions we must trust to get us through this. Read the episode transcript here.
Mar 18, 2020 • 23min
Course Correction S1: Marc Lamont Hill: Racism & Refugees
How do we solve a problem that has displaced 25 million people globally? Nelufar talks to journalist Marc Lamont Hill about the role racism plays in the global refugee crisis. Read the episode transcript here.
Mar 11, 2020 • 34min
Course Correction S1: Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint
Nelufar gets an unpleasant surprise when she finds out how much carbon she’s personally responsible for emitting into the atmosphere. But even if we all work to reduce our carbon footprint, will it be enough to fix the climate crisis? Or does real change have to come from the top? Read the episode transcript here.
Mar 4, 2020 • 26min
Course Correction S1: Anand Giridharadas: Speaking Truth to Billionaires
The gap between rich and poor is widening at an unsustainable rate. Author Anand Giridharadas says that to really change the world, we need to challenge capitalist power structures. Read the episode transcript here.
Feb 26, 2020 • 32min
Course Correction S1: Is Globalization Good for Us?
What would it take to live without globalization — and is that even possible? Host Nelufar Hedayat attempts to go hyper local in London and talks to author Parag Khanna and Ghanaian agripreneur Nana Adjoa Sifa. One thing is for sure, globalization is a lot more complicated than you think. Read the episode transcript here.
Feb 19, 2020 • 20min
Course Correction S1: Veena Sahajwalla: Turning Trash into Treasure
Garbage is Veena Sahajwalla’s passion. And the trash is piling up: The more stuff we consume, the more waste we create. She’s inventing new ways to turn trash into useful items — like using old tires to make steel and transforming plastic waste into tiles and furniture. Read the episode transcript here.
