Parhaat Rights Institute Podcastit (2025)

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How Should the Crime of Ecocide Be Brought Into Law? 22:39

1+ y ago22:39

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In this episode, the Promise Institute’s Kate Mackintosh speaks with Shirleen Chin and Daniel Bertram about how international crimes are created. Drawing lessons from the adoption of the crime of aggression at the International Criminal Court, and with reflections on the social and political processes involved in the creation of international law, …

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Ecocide – The Mental Element 30:17

1+ y ago30:17

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One of the most complicated aspects of defining an international crime of ecocide is the mental element. What level of knowledge, intention or recklessness as regards the consequences of their actions must someone have in order to be guilty of the crime? Very little serious environmental damage is caused purposefully; it tends to be a result of act…

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An Intersectional Approach to Ecocide: Whose Worldviews and Whose Voices? 29:29

1+ y ago29:29

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How does ecocide relate to other legal frameworks that are important to protecting our environment, such as human rights - including cultural rights, the rights of women and of Indigenous peoples - and the rights of nature? Hosted by the Promise Institute’s Kate Mackintosh, the three authors in this episode consider these questions in the contexts …

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Ecocide – Three Case Studies 27:35

1+ y ago27:35

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How would a crime of ecocide work in practice, and what would it contribute to the struggle against climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation? In this episode, our three guests speak with the Promise Institute's Kate Mackintosh to consider the difference an international crime of ecocide would make to the practice of bauxite m…

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Misinformation and Synthetic Media 51:05

3y ago51:05

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We are witnessing a “firehose of falsehood” on the internet and in the media: mis- and disinformation that attempts to overwhelm the truth. As deepfake and synthetic media technologies become more sophisticated and their use more prolific, it is becoming more and more vital to develop tools and systems to identify when media has been manipulated - …

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When American Companies Moderate Global Content 46:13

3+ y ago46:13

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America exports many things, but its content moderation standards may be the most important. Activists and concerned citizens the world over use social media as a microphone to connect, mobilize and push for change - which makes the content rules that online platforms set and enforce enormously influential in shaping the global discourse. However, …

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Censorship and State Repression of Online Speech 51:16

3+ y ago51:16

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While the internet may be a global medium, the vast majority of its rules are imposed by State actors and repressive governments are seeking new and innovative ways to port censorship to the online space. Listen as Farieha Aziz @fariehaaziz of Bolo Bhi and Michael Karanicolas of UCLA Law's Institute for Technology, Law and Policy @uclatech discuss …

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Facial Recognition, with Safiya Noble and Tawana Petty 47:36

3+ y ago47:36

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Even if you think you understand the way technology affects your life, this episode is an eye-opener. The first in our five-part series on Global Digital Rights Challenges, this powerful conversation between Safiya Noble of c2i2 at UCLA and Tawana Petty of Data for Black Lives helps illuminate the ways technology and facial recognition are shaping …

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Solitary Confinement 34:39

3+ y ago34:39

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When laboratory researchers wanted to study the effects of solitary confinement, they had to obtain special permission because mimicking the isolation of solitary confinement was considered so cruel to the mice. From the social framework surrounding solitary confinement, to its neurological impacts, the Mandela Rules, why solitary confinement in th…

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RADIO INTERVIEW: Jacob Nels on Sidewalk Counseling - Part 2 28:50

3+ y ago28:50

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Jacob Nels joins host Marylee Shrider on Voices for Life, a production of Right to Life of Kern County, to discuss his sidewalk counseling ministry and the resources that Equal Rights Institute provides to increase your effectiveness outside of abortion facilities. In this episode, Jacob provides insight into fostering dialogues with abortion-minde…

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RADIO INTERVIEW: Jacob Nels on Sidewalk Counseling - Part 1 27:27

3+ y ago27:27

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Jacob Nels joins host Marylee Shrider on Voices for Life, a production of Right to Life of Kern County, to discuss his sidewalk counseling ministry and the resources that Equal Rights Institute provides to increase your effectiveness outside of abortion facilities. In this episode, Jacob provides tips and tools for engaging with alternative protest…

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The Situation in Myanmar 40:12

3+ y ago40:12

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You’ve read the headlines about Myanmar, but have you heard for instance, what the parallels are between the US events of Jan 6th and Myanmar’s current military coup? What was the internet's role in the military’s oppression of civilians? And how the law has played into, and been contorted by, Myanmar’s junta? Our Assistant Director Jess Peake sat …

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New Trends in Human Rights Advocacy and Communications 58:17

3+ y ago58:17

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What does neuroscience have to do with human rights advocacy? How can shifting a storytelling framework backfeed a large organization's entire strategy for human rights change? Promise Institute Executive Director Kate Mackintosh sat down with our visiting professor and former Head of Impact and Learning for Amnesty International, Danny Vannucchi, …

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The Facebook Oversight Board & International Human Rights Law 41:10

4y ago41:10

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The Facebook Oversight Board's recent decision about the platform’s indefinite ban of former President Trump applies international human rights law to content moderation. Promise Institute Assistant Director Jess Peake sat down with Michael Karanicolas, Executive Director of UCLA Law's new Institute for Technology Law and Policy, to discuss the Boa…

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ERI Update - Speaking, Video Production, & More (May 2021) 31:01

4y ago31:01

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Josh sits outside the ERI office to share our May 2021 update on what has been going on behind the scenes at ERI, including a recent speaking trip featuring two new seminars and an expansion to the Equipped for Life Course. Related Links: Josh's relational apologetics speech at Life Fellowship Church: https://youtu.be/ndO3nByqVrM Integrity, Hypocri…

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Corporate Accountability for Transnational Human Rights Violations 47:10

4y ago47:10

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Corporations sometimes facilitate crimes across national borders, yet even in instances where this takes place knowingly, accountability can be hard to come by. This panel discussion from our 2021 Symposium, Corporate Liability for International and Transnational Crimes, offers an excellent in-depth look at how human rights litigators are navigatin…

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The Crime of Ecocide: Its History, Its Language, and Its Value in Protecting Our Planet Home 1:29:12

4y ago1:29:12

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As the need for an international prohibition of ecocide becomes clearer and clearer across the globe, a key panel of experts has been working to craft a definition of this new crime. This episode features a conversation hosted by BBC Africa correspondent, Andrew Harding, with some of the people working to make the prohibition of ecocide a reality (…

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COVID and the Right to Health 41:45

4y ago41:45

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As we round the grim milestone of a year under the COVID pandemic, conversations now rightfully center on equitable vaccine distribution. This includes looking to South Africa's work with HIV/AIDS treatment, big pharma, and intellectual property rights. It also means squaring the traditional approaches to public health with the very real risk that …

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The UN Security Council Veto and Atrocity Crimes 33:42

4y ago33:42

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In this episode of the Promise Institute Podcast, Promise Institute Faculty Director Asli Bâli talks with Jennifer Trahan, Ambassador David Scheffer and Mohammad Al Abdallah about Professor Trahan's new book: Existing Legal Limits to Security Council Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes. With a particular focus on the situation in Syria, they …

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Private Security, Human Rights and COVID-19: Regulatory Challenges at the Margins 32:01

4y ago32:01

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In this episode of the Promise Institute Podcast, Assistant Director Jess Peake interviews Dr. Sorcha MacLeod about the human rights implications of the increased use of private security in the context of Covid-19 and the need for more regulation. Dr. Sorcha MacLeod is an Associate Professor and Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the University of Co…

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What is the future for Ecocide? 30:37

4+ y ago30:37

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In this episode of the Promise Institute Podcast, Margaret Rose-Goddard of the Future Law Institute speaks with Promise Institute executive director Kate Mackintosh and Jojo Mehta from the Stop Ecocide Foundation about developing a new international crime of “Ecocide” to address environmental harms. This conversation took place at the Future Law Vi…

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Slavery and the Chocolate Industry at the US Supreme Court 33:59

4+ y ago33:59

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In this episode of the Promise Institute podcast, international human rights lawyers Charity Ryerson, William Aceves, and Promise Institute Deputy Director Catherine Sweetser discuss the amicus briefs Ryerson and Aceves filed on behalf of fair trade chocolate companies and on behalf of foreign lawyers in the Nestle v. Doe I case currently before th…

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Planning for a Feminist Future: Building Back Better After COVID-19 28:34

4+ y ago28:34

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In this episode of the Promise Institute Podcast, Executive Director Kate Mackintosh talks with Leymah Gbowee and Madeleine Rees about feminist principles for an international post-COVID-19 settlement. Leymah Gboweewas the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and is currently the Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Program at Columbia Un…

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(still) Missing in Action: The International Crime of the Slave Trade 37:59

4+ y ago37:59

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In this episode of the Promise Institute podcast, Executive Director Kate Mackintosh invites Patricia Sellers to talk about the international crime of slave trading, and why it seems to be “missing in action”. Patricia Sellers is an international criminal lawyer and the Special Advisor for Gender for the Office of the Prosecutor of the Internationa…

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(Non)Intervention and Accountability in Syria 24:34

4+ y ago24:34

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In episode one of our Fall 2020 season, Promise Institute Assistant Director Jess Peake interviews Dr. Yasmine Nahlawi, author of The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria: Mass Atrocities, Human Protection, and International Law. They discuss accountability initiatives related to crimes committed during the Syrian conflict, the failure of t…

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ERI Update - Our Top 3 Goals for 2020 19:59

4+ y ago19:59

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After hiking Crabtree Falls Josh shares what has been going on behind the scenes at ERI, including finding Rachel's replacement and his three big goals for the rest of 2020. Josh recorded this in the field with just his camera mic so the audio isn't the best. Also, the camera ran out of space 20 seconds before he finished so the audio noticeably sw…

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What Islamophobia in Kashmir Means for the World 44:56

4+ y ago44:56

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In this episode of the Promise Institute Podcast, Lina Jemili, a student at UCLA School of Law, talks with Waqas Syed, the National Coordinator for the North American Indian Muslim Association. They discuss concerns of Muslims in India as Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fuel the flames of Islamophobic rhetoric, Modi’s policies as…

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Gender, War and Peace 42:50

4+ y ago42:50

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This episode of the Promise Institute Podcast features Madeleine Rees, the Secretary-General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, in conversation with Kate Mackintosh, Executive Director of the Promise Institute. This interview touches on the central role gender plays in war and peace and the political economy of patriarchy as…

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Time to Step Up at the ICC: No Time to Trim the Saile 35:46

4+ y ago35:46

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Listen as Kate Mackintosh talks with Richard Dicker, Ambassador Michael Imran Kanu and Professor Diane Marie Amman about a new report from Richard Dicker on the future of the ICC, the current Independent Expert Review and the upcoming election of a new Chief Prosecutor. Richard Dicker was the Promise Institute Senior Fellow and lecturer in law at U…

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Racial Discrimination and Emerging Digital Technologies: a Human Rights Analysis 26:01

4+ y ago26:01

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In the inaugural episode of the Promise Podcast, Kate Macintosh (Executive Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law) interviews E. Tendayi Achiume (Promise Institute Faculty Member and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism and a faculty member at the Promise Institute for Human Rights) about her latest report o…

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LIVE SPEECH AUDIO: Q and A in Ireland 55:01

5y ago55:01

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In February 2020 Josh Brahm was invited to speak at multiple pro-life events in Ireland. This is from a Q&A session after one of those events. Questions: 0:00: How would you respond to someone who counters your argument about freedom of conscience for physicians by saying that doctors are in an occupation where they can’t opt out for personal reaso…

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LIVE SPEECH AUDIO: What the Pro-Life Movement in Ireland Needs to Know in 2020 26:17

5y ago26:17

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In February 2020 Josh Brahm was invited to speak at multiple pro-life events in Ireland. This is the edited audio from a speech he gave made particularly for their pro-life movement based on what is going on right now in their country, but includes helpful advice for movements in other countries as well. Related Links: Equipped for Life Course Side…

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ERI Update - January 2020 from Ireland! 23:33

5y ago23:33

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Josh Brahm took a walk along the cliffs of Ireland to share with you what the ERI staff are up to lately. We've intercut the footage with a lot of beautiful pictures and videos Josh took around Ireland, so if you want to watch instead of just listen, here's the link: https://youtu.be/yeyxlhFrJUU Here's the video Josh mentioned of people from around…

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ERI Update - November 2019 22:54

5+ y ago22:54

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Josh Brahm recently sat in our new studio to give you an update on what's been going on behind the scenes at Equal Rights Institute. There are a lot of visuals in this video, so it's best watched instead of listened to on the podcast, but both are available. Topics: 01:14 - New studio; 03:55 - Tim's resignation; 05:01 - New Director of Training and…

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Learn from Mississippi's Mistakes: How to Prevent Buffer-Zone Laws 1:05:09

5+ y ago1:05:09

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On October 1st, 2019 the city of Jackson, Mississippi passed a buffer-zone law prohibiting free speech near healthcare facilities, which includes the last remaining abortion facility in the state of Mississippi. By looking at the events leading up to this ordinance being passed, pro-life advocates can learn to make better strategic decisions to pre…

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How Should Pro-Life Advocates Talk about That "13 Reasons Why" Abortion Episode? 24:38

5+ y ago24:38

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Josh Brahm and Rachel Crawford discuss the abortion episode in the third season of "13 Reasons Why," how it misrepresents the pro-life movement, and what pro-life people ought to say when they hear people bring it up. Video version of this discussion is available at our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/EqualRightsInstitute Related Links: ER…

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Facebook Live: Bringing Some Clarity to the Shooting of Marshae Jones Story 47:07

5+ y ago47:07

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This is the audio from yesterday's Facebook Live event where Josh Brahm talked about what he learned about the controversial Marshae Jones case, where a pregnant woman's baby died as a result of a gunshot in a fight, and yet the mother has been charged. Once you dig into the story, it's more complicated than the headlines imply. Read Josh's article…

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ERI Update - November 2018 22:02

6+ y ago22:02

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Josh Brahm gives an update on what's been going on behind the scenes at the ERI office, regarding recent speaking trips, making the video series analyzing "Reversing Roe," and an update on the sidewalk counseling course. Related Links: Video Series: Reversing Roe - Exposing the Bias: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com/ReversingRoe ERI Website: https:…

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Pro-Life Dialogue Tips to Remember Before Thanksgiving 8:59

6+ y ago8:59

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Josh Brahm offers a few practical dialogue tips for pro-life advocates that will help with big family gatherings. Learn more with these two articles: - 6 Things Every Pro-Life Advocate Needs to Know Before the Holidays: http://bit.ly/2KfqhHz - 7 Tips for Handling a Forced Political Debate at the Holiday Dinner Table: http://bit.ly/2Klw0eC…

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2017 Maryland Pro-Life Conference - Panel Discussion and Q&A (3 of 3) 1:33:34

6+ y ago1:33:34

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In November of 2017 the Holy Family Respect Life Committee, in conjunction with Charles County Right to Life, invited Josh Brahm and David Bereit to speak at their annual pro-life conference in Southern Maryland. After the keynote sessions, Josh and David did a panel discussion and Q&A, joined by Michele Hendrickson, Capital Area Regional Director …

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2017 Maryland Pro-Life Conference - David Bereit Keynote (2 of 3) 47:49

6+ y ago47:49

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In November of 2017 the Holy Family Respect Life Committee, in conjunction with Charles County Right to Life, invited Josh Brahm and David Bereit to speak at their annual pro-life conference in Southern Maryland. In this keynote David shares the story of how he got involved in the pro-life movement in spite of being an unlikely activist and encoura…

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2017 Maryland Pro-Life Conference - Josh Brahm Keynote (1 of 3) 50:23

6+ y ago50:23

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In November of 2017 the Holy Family Respect Life Committee, in conjunction with Charles County Right to Life, invited Josh Brahm and David Bereit to speak at their annual pro-life conference in Southern Maryland. In this keynote Josh shares seven practical dialogue tips (including two that he's never taught before!) as well as explaining how to use…

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ERI Update - July 2018 30:58

6+ y ago30:58

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Josh Brahm recently sat in the conference room in our new office to give you an update on what's been going on behind the scenes at Equal Rights Institute: 01:41 - Sidewalk Counseling Course production update; 02:58 - Why following us on Facebook and Twitter will help us publish books; 07:18 - Introduction to my project to help pastors prevent abor…

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Back Alley Abortion in 5 Minutes 5:40

6+ y ago5:40

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Timothy Brahm explains how now more than ever, pro-choice advocates are turning to the back alley abortion argument. Watch this video to learn how to respond graciously and persuasively. Related Links: Audio Blog: Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism Blog Article: Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism Click here to follow Timothy o…

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Josh Brahm Explains Some Changes to Our Podcast 6:17

6+ y ago6:17

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Josh Brahm gives a mini ERI update because we're making some changes that will impact this podcast schedule. ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.comKirjoittanut Equal Rights Institute

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Five Lessons for Pro-Lifers from the Women’s March 12:52

7y ago12:52

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When the first Women’s March happened in 2017, Rachel was a senior in College. She was taking women’s studies classes, so she was surrounded by people who were promoting, organizing, and going to the Women’s March. She felt immersed in that culture, and it was a really interesting experience for her. This post, inspired by that experience, takes th…

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Practical Tips for Talking with Post-Abortive Women 7:51

7y ago7:51

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, "Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion." Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to …

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LIVE SPEECH AUDIO: Using Digital Media to Save Lives 32:39

7y ago32:39

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At the 2018 Students for Life of America Conference, Timothy Brahm gave a never-before-heard speech on social media dialogue. After the presentation, Tim answered some questions from the audience along with Josh Tijerina from Halcyon, another social media presenter at the conference who presented before Tim did. Below are listed some of the differe…

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Social Media Dialogue Part 6: 7 Final Practical Tips for Overcoming the Challenges 10:52

7y ago10:52

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, "Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion." Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to …

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Responding to More Questions About My “Fetus Tunnel Vision” Piece 6:11

7y ago6:11

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This is the last in a series of three pieces that Josh wrote on the topic of fetus tunnel vision. The first piece defines fetus tunnel vision and gives four arguments for why pro-life people should not have it. The second responds to some concerns and complaints about the piece. And this third piece addresses more questions. Related Links: Josh Bra…

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