Hardwired: On the Frontlines of Freedom
Despite being hardwired for freedom, nine out of ten people around the world live in places where basic human rights and fundamental freedoms aren’t a reality. Join Founder and President of Hardwired Global, Tina Ramirez, every Wednesday as she interviews human rights champions who are fighting on the frontlines for the dignity and freedom of others in countries where freedom is most fragile. Each guest shares their personal and sometimes heart wrenching story in their pursuit to ensure freedom of belief and conscience for the most vulnerable. Prepare to delve into the complexities of human rights and pluralism in countries plagued with instability and conflict. If you haven’t already, you may even begin to question the promise of freedom in your own country. Visit our YouTube channel to view the video recordings of this interview series: bit.ly/HWchannel
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Dr. Bob Fu, ChinaAid
In this conversation, Dr. Bob Fu talks with Hardwired Global founder and president, Tina Ramirez, about his imprisonment and torture at the hands of authorities in the Chinese Communist Party. He des…
Louie Michael, El Cajon Police Department
"We walked out of Iraq into a refugee camp in Turkey." - Sergeant Louie Michael
Louie Michael and his family fled Iraq by foot over the mountains into Turkey to start their journey to freedom. Eventua…
Kristina Arriaga, Castro's Cuba
This conversation features Kristina Arriaga whose personal experience in Castro’s Cuba led her to become an advocate for human rights worldwide. Her parents fled Cuba and later she helped others flee…
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou, The Fletcher School
In this conversation, Hardwired Global Founder and President, Tina Ramirez, and Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou discuss the tragedy of religious and cultural "memoricide" in places like Cyprus, and the centr…
Julie Fishman Rayman and Andrea Martin, the IRF Caucus
Hear from two dynamic women who have exemplified that bi-partisan cooperation is possible in our current political climate – and that religious freedom is something we can all work together on. Today…
Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, The Lantos Foundation
“They experienced in a very personal way what it meant to become a hunted animal within your own country. To have your fellow citizens, to have your friends, your fellow students turn against you.”
T…
Dr. Nicholas Cole, Quill Project
Imagine sitting in the Pennsylvania State House during the Constitutional Convention, watching as our founding fathers pulled together 13 diverse colonies into one United States of America – the firs…
Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Can freedom still ring around the world? Yes! Discover how the Maldives went from a thirty-year old autocracy with widespread human rights abuses, to a vibrant Muslim democracy with strong human righ…