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A bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.

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Put Your Medal Where Your Mouth Is!
Interview: Joey Cheek is a 2006 Olympic gold medalist speed skater. Recently, he turned in his skates and focused his attention on bringing an end to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan through his organization Where Will We Be?. He speaks to Jerry Fowler about creating an international coalition of athletes with a shared goal of making the world better by raising awareness of the genocide in Darfur.
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From Boys to Men
Interview: In May 2007 filmmaker Jen Marlowe and journalist David Morse accompanied several southern Sudanese 'lost boys' back to their homes. The 'lost boys' were children who were forced to flee attacks on their villages in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Jen Marlowe, the award winning director of Darfur Diaries, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current political landscape of southern Sudan and the connections to the crisis in Darfur. Samuel Mayoul Garang, one of the 'lost boys,' highlights his experience as a refugee living in the United States, his reunion with his family after 20 years of separation, and his future plans to start a school in southern Sudan.
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Darfur and Southern Sudan:  Similar Obstacles to Achieving Peace
Interview: Roger Winter is one of the leading voices on Sudan. Roger worked for many years as the Executive Director of the United States Committee for Refugees. In 2001, Roger became a high ranking official for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where he was involved in negotiations to end the conflict in Southern Sudan. Roger speaks to Jerry Fowler about the common threads between the issues of Darfur and Southern Sudan.
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Congo: Beauty and Destruction
Interview: Colin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to Enough. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he discusses the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast contrast between its beauty and tragedy and response of the international community.
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A Thousand Days in Refuge
Interview: Michael Graham is the coordinator of the Museum’s Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, which launched Crisis in Darfur, a joint effort with Google to illuminate the genocide in Darfur using Google Earth. He speaks to Jerry Fowler about his recent trip to Eastern Chad as well as the Museum’s unprecedented online mapping initiative.
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Who Will Lead the Way?
Interview: Dr. Eric Reeves is a Sudan analyst and researcher. He is also a Professor at Smith College and author of A Long Days Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide. Eric speaks with Jerry Fowler about the declining situation in Darfur and Eastern Chad, the prospects of a hybrid force, and the ownership of the peace process.
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Unfinished Business
Interview: Dr. Gerard Prunier is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research. He joins us from his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss with Jerry Fowler his recent trip to Southern Sudan and the progress in Darfur.
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Special Episode - Memory and Witness with Elie Wiesel
Interview: Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel discusses the importance of remembering and bearing witness.
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China’s Rocky Road to Popularity
Interview: Susan Shirk is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs and author of the new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Dr. Shirk joins Jerry Fowler to discuss China’s complex global rise as it attempts to maintain stable internal affairs. Professor Shirk examines how China’s preoccupation with its international reputation relates to the 2008 Olympic Games and accusations of the country’s complicity in the Darfur genocide.
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Bringing the Dream to Darfur
Interview: Jill Savitt, director of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the contradiction between Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, having chosen the slogan "One World, One Dream," and China's close economic relationship with Sudan during the Darfur genocide. Savitt explains the goals of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, why the campaign does not advocate a boycott of the Olympics, and how citizens can become involved.
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Part II: What To Do About Darfur
Interview: Sudan analysts John Prendergast and Alex de Waal continue the debate about how best to resolve the conflict in Darfur.
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Part 1:  What to do about Darfur? A Debate between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal
Interview: Two of the leading analysts on Sudan, John Prendergast and Alex de Waal, debate solutions to the crisis in Darfur.
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Borders Without Boundaries
Interview: Award-winning actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow speaks with Jerry Fowler about her recent trip to eastern Chad and the Central African Republic, her views on the Chinese Olympics and her participation in the Fidelity Out of Sudan Campaign.
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Mass Murder versus Individual Tragedy
Interview: Paul Slovic is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and a founder and President of Decision Research. He studies human judgment, decision making and risk analysis. Paul has received many distinguished awards, among one of them, the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Academy of Oregon of Science in 1995. In addition, Paul has received honorary doctorates from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of East Anglia. Paul speaks with Jerry Fowler about a case study he conducted. He explains people’s response to mass murder and genocide versus individual tragedy.
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Naming Violence
Interview: Scott Straus, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics. His book, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, won a prestigious award in 2006 for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. Scott speaks with Jerry Fowler, using Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as a case study, to discuss the causes and the dynamics that must be in place to propel a situation towards genocide and mass violence.
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