Free to Think Podcast
Free to Think features conversation with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose research, teaching, or expression falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. We'll be speaking with those who have the courage to seek truth and speak truth, often at great risk, as well as with those who support them and share their stories.
Free to Think is a podcast presented by Scholars at Risk, where we celebrate people with the courage to think, question, and share ideas. For information on membership, activities, or donating to Scholars at Risk, visit www.scholarsatrisk.org.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
"The Life of Dr. Djalali is Paramount."
“There’s No Way You Did That!”
“A Virtual Target Painted on my Back…”
“We Lost 20 Years of Achievements.” An Afghan Scholar Resumes Life in Ireland
Free to Think talks with Dr. Aziz Mohibbi, an environmental engineer and former chancellor of Afghanistan’s Bamyan University, about his recent relocation to Ireland following the return of the Talib…
“No Red Lines?” The ‘KIWi Compass’ Guide For Scientific Cooperation Under Complex Conditions
Free to Think talks with Christiane Schmeken, Director of the Strategy Department of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and Julia Linder, at the Center for International Academic Collaborat…
“The Lack of Clarity…Creates a Climate of Fear”
Free to Think talks with Mai El-Sadany, Managing Director and Legal and Judicial Director at the Tahir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP). El-Sadany discusses the cases of Patrick George Zaki a…
“Self-Censorship is Hard to Admit”
"We Do Not Accept. We Do Not Give Up"
Free to Think talks with Zeynep Gambetti, Associate Professor of Political Theory, and Can Candan, a documentary filmmaker and academic, both at Turkey's Bogazici University.
They discuss the colla…
"Weaponization" of Higher Education
"Nobody's Working on Your Case"
Higher Education for Democracy
Free to Think Message on the Crisis in Afghanistan
University scholars and students, public intellectuals, civil society leaders and human rights defenders across Afghanistan, especially women and ethnic and religious minorities, are in fear for thei…
Beyond Solidarity: Bangladesh's Dr. Shuchi Karim on Being a SAR-Assisted Scholar
"No Regrets for Telling the Truth"
Free to Think talks with Dr. Jo Smith Finley, a Reader in Chinese studies at Newcastle University, UK. In March 2021, Dr. Smith Finley was sanctioned by the government of the People's Republic of Chi…
Still Very Much in Africa, in a Way...
Free to Think talks with Dr. Prosper Maguchu, researcher, human rights lawyer and activist from Zimbabwe. He worked to defend victims of state violence before domestic and international courts, bring…
Questioning Authority in Myanmar
Transforming Afghanistan Through Education
Free to Think talks with Aziz Royesh, a leading advocate for primary and secondary education in Afghanistan and the founder of the Marefat High School in Kabul, which currently serves more than 3100 …
The Engaged Listening Project
"They Fight Their Battles on Women's Bodies"
Free to Think talks with Marvi Sirmed, a political commentator, journalist, and human rights activist from Pakistan, about the 2021 Aurat March (Women’s March), violence against women, intersectional…
Share the Platform
Free to Think talks with Alfred Babo about Share the Platform, a new initiative to formed by a group of practitioners and scholars from refugee and non-refugee backgrounds to “center the expertise of…