The Fletcher Forum Podcast

The podcast covers the role media plays in raising public awareness of key issues while also discussing the risks of conspiracy theories and misinformation. It tries to understand the different ways media can be used as a platform in climate change discussion. Thereby, we look at the need for understanding the criticality and methods of engaging in climate communication, especially in the global south, which is necessary for equitable response.    About the Author- Prof. Deepti Ganapathy, is an author, educator, and a former award-winning journalist. Prof. Ganapathy is currently Chair, Centre of Management Communication, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and was formerly my professor for a course on journalism, during my undergraduate education. Her book, Media and Climate Change- Making Sense of Press Narratives covers the triggers of a debate about development over biodiversity loss and environmental risks in India.

In this episode, we explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what gender has to do with it. Our staff editor, Paola talks to Kelly Chen, who shares her work and perspectives with us and gives us a complete introduction to Gender and AI.  Kelly Chen is an interdisciplinary artist working and living in Boston, Massachusetts. She works in moving images, sonic installations, and software to reveal the intersecting histories of computation and early cinema as they relate to authority and resistance in social, political, and economic systems. Her work critically addresses invisibility and traceability in processing physical and digital artifacts, the authority given to archives, and biases in history-making with critical code. She is a student in Media Arts and Data Science at Northeastern University.

Feminist Foreign Policy seeks to incorporate a gender and human rights perspective into international foreign affairs and policy. This episode discusses what feminist foreign policy looks like in different countries, its challenges, and how it may look in the future. Our staff editor, Paola interviews Daniela Philipson, Peace and Security Ph.D. Scholar at Monash University. She has authored several Op-Eds and articles for international outlets, such as the Yale Journal of International Affairs and Chatham House. In 2022, Daniela co-founded Internacional Feminista, a multilingual platform to advance critical dialogues on foreign policy, international relations, and feminism in Latin America.  Resources cited during the episode: · CFFP: https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/feminist-foreign-policy · Mamacash: https://www.mamacash.org/es/el-activismo-feminista-funciona · ICRW: https://www.icrw.org/ · IWDA: https://iwda.org.au/resource/feminist-foreign-policy-anoverview/#:~:text=WHAT%20IS%20FEMINIST%20FOREIGN%20POLICY,of%20peaceful%20and%20flourishing%20societies. · Kubernein initiative, Inclusive Foreign Policy: https://kuberneininitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Opportunities-for-a-more-Inclusive-Indian-Foreign-Policy.pdf · Internacional Feminista: https://www.internacionalfeminista.com/#publicaciones-publications · Chatham House, Feminist Foreign Policy Needs Upgrade: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2022-10/feminist-foreign-policy-needs-upgrade

In this Fletcher Forum podcast episode our staff editor, Hasan Towhid interviews Rear Admiral Md. Khurshid Alam (Retd) has served as the President of the International Seabed Authority Council and represented many other illustrious offices.  They talk about peace and maritime security issues in the Indo-Pacific while exploring the broader universe of armed conflict at sea. 

The 27th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP27 - is the world's most important conference on climate. The episode explores how diversity and inclusion look at COP. What challenges exist? What has been done? And what can be better for making it a space with diverse voices and representation?   The speakers for this episode were:   Eda Kosma. She is the Public Authorities, States, and Regions Fellow at the CDP, a global non-profit that runs the world's environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states, and regions.   Lily Hartzel. Editor and Chief of The Fletcher Forum, today's sponsor for this episode. Additionally, she interned for the US Department of Treasury Office of International Affairs Office Climate & Environment during the summer.   Vanessa Daza. She has vast experience in Environmental Justice in Latin America and Feminist Sustainable Development. Currently, she is pursuing her SJD at Harvard Law school.

In today's episode, I talk about "Why women in Latin America should care about what is happening in Iran?" I interview Belen Torchiaro, an Argentinian political science major, Muslim, feminist, and women's rights activist. The episode is hosted in Spanish. You can follow Belen on social media as @BeluTorch This episode of The Gendering International Relations Podcast was sponsored by The Fletcher Forum at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram as @genderingir.

In this first Fletcher Forum Fireside Chat, Dr. Jonathan Donner and Dr. Pramod Varma talk about an open protocol approach to counter bigtech monopoly in digital commerce towards making it more inclusive for micro-enterprises. Dr. Varma elaborates on India’s journey so far in democratizing access to public services through open technology, and the more recent efforts to demonopolize digital commerce. Dr. Jonathan Donner is a Visiting Faculty Fellow at The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts  University, and also, Senior Director for Research, Caribou Digital, a research consultancy focused on building inclusive digital economies Dr. Pramod Varma was the Chief Architect of Aadhar (India's population scale unique biometric identity program), and many things India Stack. He’s currently the Chief Technical Officer at Ekstep Foundation and the Co-Creator of the Beckn Protocol.

In this episode, Princess Anene-Maidoh speaks with two Colombian feminist activists Laura Vasquez and Valeria Surc who are part of a feminist network in Bogota called Somos Un Rostro Colectivo (We are a collective face). They discuss the causes the group advocates for, their organizing tactics, and the methods they use in dealing with opposition.  This week’s interviewees: Laura Vasquez and Valeria Surc    Laura Vasquez is an anthropologist with a master's degree in Migration. As an activist, she is part of the national campaign for legal abortion and also participates in the feminist collective La creciente feminista. She's been involved in Somos un rostro colectivo (We are a collective face) a network for feminist activists in Bogotá, since its creation in 2019. You can find Somos Un Rostro Colective on Instagram @somosunrostrocolectivo This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton. Opening music: Paradise Island by Muzaproduction Link: https://pixabay.com/music/island-paradise-island-96456/

In this episode, the Disobedience podcast dives into the Invasion Day protests in Australia. We discuss the role that indigenous women play in the fight for liberation and the power of representation in the media.    This episode's interviewee: Chelsea Watego    Chelsea Watego (formerly Bond) is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman with over 20 years of experience working within Indigenous health as a health worker and researcher. Chelsea’s work has drawn attention to the role of race in the production of health inequalities. Her forthcoming book Another Day in the Colony, was published by UQ Press in November 2021 and has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (in two categories) and longlisted for The Stella Prize.   This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton.

In this episode, the Disobedience podcast in collaboration with the Fletcher Forum podcast explores the Egba women’s revolt - a feminist anti-colonial movement that took place in the late 1940s in Abeokuta, a town in southwest Nigeria. We discuss the various tactics used by the women in protesting the British colonial government as well as the erasure of women’s liberation movements in Nigeria. This week’s interviewee: Lanaire Aderemi Lanaire Aderemi is a poet, playwright and PhD researcher committed to amplifying and archiving untold stories. Her work on memory has appeared in the Republic, Warwick Arts Centre, Tate Modern, BBC and Lolwe. She can be found on lanaireaderemi.co This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton. Opening music: The rhythm of Africa by Zakhar Valaha