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Our podcast is nominated for a prestigious Webby Award, singling out Finding Humanity as one of the five best podcasts in the world for Public Service and Activism. (Fun fact: there were over 14,000+ nominations).

We would love your vote and believe we’ve earned it!

Amidst rising social unrest and exacerbated inequalities, the Finding Humanity podcast has—as a labor of love and on a shoe-string budget—produced 6 seasons of powerful content, raising awareness around critical global human rights and social justice issues and mobilizing action to solve them. We’ve conducted over 200+ hours of interviews, with guests from 56+ countries, taking listeners into the heart of the most complex social and political issues facing our world. Our stories are raw, real and HUMAN.

Our podcast avoids the typical approach to global affairs and instead encourages dialogue, empathetic leadership, and collective action—words that are not often used in today’s tense political and social discourse.

A win for Finding Humanity is a win for all of us.

Our goal is to help make global challenges relatable and easier to solve. With the visibility from this award, we can elevate our work and make an even bigger impact.

Please vote for FINDING HUMANITY and share with your network. Voting ends 21 April 2022. Vote here: https://bit.ly/3Kp9D6x

Can businesses help solve the greatest societal challenges we face?

Historically, the business sector has accelerated social inequity, fueled human rights violations, and exacerbated climate change. With a global cultural shift underway, are businesses truly evolving from contributors to humanity’s biggest problems to drivers of positive change?

In this special series from Finding Humanity, we offer honest conversations with leaders and policy experts who examine the role of the business community in addressing today’s pivotal challenges—from uplifting marginalized communities through Open Hiring®, to reducing the environmental damage of consumer products, to ending food waste that can alleviate the hunger of more than 820 million people.

Finding Humanity is a production of the Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. This special series is created in partnership with B Lab.

About B Lab: B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, our global network creates standards, policies, tools, and programs for business, and we certify companies—known as B Corps—who are leading the way. By harnessing the power of business, B Lab positively impacts 370,000 workers in over 4,300 B Corps across 77 countries and 153 industries, and more than 150,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment and the SDG Action Manager. To learn more, visit https://bcorporation.net/ 

Systemic Change in a Broken World

In solving the world’s most profound challenges like poverty, discrimination, and inequality, are we fixing the right problems?

In Season 4 of Finding Humanity podcast, we examine the institutional, political, and legal systems that got us here. How do we reduce prison populations and move from punishment to rehabilitation? What are the biggest myths around food insecurity? How do our systems perpetuate racial injustice?

Through the lens of visceral human experiences, we will explore issues such as colorism, drug addiction, child marriage, and immigration. On the podcast, we will shine a light on failing systems — and tackle changes that will lead to more just solutions.

How does one get out of a vicious cycle of violence, hatred, or oppression? In Season 3 of Finding Humanity, we bring you stories of people trapped in environments where danger and trauma are hard to escape — and where often, self-identity is eradicated.  In each episode, we meet humans who are stuck in transit and follow their unique journeys in search of justice and freedom. 

Will seeking help push them deeper into a more cruel reality? How do we see ourselves in their struggle for peace and dignity? In telling stories of people who are shut inside conditions of injustice, we will give listeners an opportunity to develop empathy with how difficult it is to ‘get out’. 

On the podcast, you will hear from expert voices on issues including extremism, international adoption scams, gang and domestic violence, sex work and forced labor.

FINDING HUMANITY PODCAST SPECIAL SERIES WITH THE ELDERS

What kind of leadership do we need to avoid climate catastrophe? How do we prevent backsliding and a backlash against women’s rights when as a world we have come so far? In these times mired in conflict and crisis, how do we reconcile the mistakes of the past and build a better future?

Join Hazami Barmada and Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, former President of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, as they host a new special series of the Finding Humanity podcast with The Elders.

To unpack some of the biggest threats humanity is grappling with today, each episode will draw on the expertise and life experiences of members of The Elders: former Presidents and Prime Ministers, UN officials, Nobel Peace Laureates, freedom fighters, and human rights champions, brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. From leading nations out of conflict, to defending the human rights of the most vulnerable, this series will explore how we, through our shared humanity, bold advocacy, and collective action, can challenge injustice and promote ethical leadership.

Seeking Justice on the Frontlines

For some, fighting for change means risking it all, including one’s own life. In Season 2 of the Finding Humanity podcast, we unpack the stories of people on the frontlines of change — those who put their bodies on the line to create an equitable and just world. 

What does it feel like inside a prison cell where your fate is unknown? What does it actually mean to stand up against racist structures that have the power to kill you? How do you manage fear when you infiltrate circles of power to expose corruption and wrongdoing?

In telling stories of those seeking justice on the frontlines, Season 2 explores issues that lurk in the darkness of our societies. We share the horrors of human trafficking, the targeting and silencing of journalists, ethnic cleansing, racism, and gender-based violence — and the urgent action needed to reverse their impacts. 

Through real-life stories of courage and purpose, Finding Humanity takes listeners into the heart of the most complex social and political issues facing our world. Each episode puts a human face on a global topic that is overwhelming and difficult to grasp— be it the refugee crisis, climate change, or LGBTQ rights. Our podcast weaves together insights from human rights and development experts at the United Nations and leading institutions while providing listeners with tangible calls-to-action to make a difference.

By bringing you voices from the front lines of war and injustice, host Hazami Barmada peels back the layers that surround today’s massive challenges. While set in unfamiliar places, our podcast tackles recognizable themes: love of family, finding hope, and overcoming personal struggles. Finding Humanity inspires the activist in each of us to create a better tomorrow, today.