Podcasts by The Hum Podcast
The Hum is a podcast that cuts straight to the heart of human rights stories. Raw, honest and uncensored, from the people who have lived them first-hand.
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S05E10: When I Got Sold, It Meant That Life For Me Was Meaningless from 2021-12-21T05:00
Soyeon Jang escaped from North Korea in 1999 at the height of a famine that killed an estimated 3-million citizens. She talks about her unimaginable escape from N...
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S05E09: The Oxygen In My Lungs Was Gone from 2021-12-14T05:00
This week, hosts Gilad Cohen and Taylah Harris-Mungo interview each other. They chat about mental health, panic attacks, and anxiety while also exploring how grow...
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S05E08: 40 Million People Are Modern Day Slaves from 2021-11-23T05:00
Angela Nguyen is a registered nurse, human rights activist, and Founder/President of One Body Village Canada,...
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S05E07: I Always Figured I Was Different from 2021-11-17T04:10:17
DijahSB is a Toronto-based rapper, advocate for mental health, and huge basketball fan. They join co-hosts Gilad Cohen and Taylah Harris-Mungo to chat about the j...
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S05E06: Even In Secret, You're Hunted By Society from 2021-10-26T04:00
Miral Mokhtar and Nouran Hussein are artists, activists and also queer refugees from Egypt. Forced to flee due to their sexual orientation, they join co-hosts Gilad Cohen and Taylah H...
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S05E06: Even In Secret, You're Hunted By Society from 2021-10-26T04:00
Miral Mokhtar and Nouran Hussein are artists, activists and also queer refugees from Egypt. Forced to flee due to their sexual orientation, they join co-hosts Gilad Cohen and Taylah H...
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S05E05: A Sense Of Constant Surveillance from 2021-10-12T12:12:22
Ann Shin is an award winning documentary filmmaker, advocate for North Korean refugees and author of Listen
S05E04: He Witnessed Such Carnage from 2021-09-28T04:00
Heather Trentacosta is a mother, host of the Without Convicti...
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S05E03: There Are Generations Of Afghan Women Whose Stories Are Not Being Told from 2021-09-14T04:00
Brishkay Ahmed is an Afghan-Canadian documentary filmmaker who focuses her art on sharing stories of women’s rights. She joins us to talk about her life growing u...
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S05E02: Trauma Creates A Lack Of Imagination from 2021-08-31T04:00
Rana Abu Fraiha is a Bedouin-Palestinian documentary filmmaker and close friend of Guy Ben-Aharon, an Israeli-American theatre director. They are also artists and...
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S05E01: I Don't Think People Were Expecting Me To Fight from 2021-08-17T04:00
Sumaiya Matin is a social worker, a survivor of forced marriage, and author of Listen
S04E10: I Needed To Deal With The Problem from 2020-02-18T05:00
Nora Sandigo is an activist and the legal guardian of over 2,000 children of undocumented immigrants. She joins us to discuss the documentary The Great Mother, <...
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S04E09: I Have To Make Myself A Priority from 2020-02-04T05:00
This week, hosts Gilad Cohen and Andrea Rodriguez welcome ... Gilad Cohen and Andrea Rodriguez. Join our hosts as they chat about mental health in the workplace, growing up with immigrant mother...
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S04E08: I Remained This Beautiful Kid from 2020-01-21T05:00
Sasha Joseph Neulinger is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, acclaimed filmmaker, and inspirational speaker. He joins us to discuss his documentary Rewind, how to create spaces for s...
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S04E07: Art Overcomes Politics from 2020-01-07T05:00
Todd “Speech” Thomas is a Grammy-winning musician, the frontman for the hip-hop group Arrested Development, and an advocate for prison reform. He joins us to discuss the documentary 16 Bars<...
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S04E05: You Are Not Dictated By What Happens To Your Vagina from 2019-11-26T05:00
Jeeti Pooni is a survivor of sexual abuse, a published author, and an advocate for the rights of survivors. She joins us with director Baljit Sangra to discuss the documentary Because We Are...
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S04E03: I Thought I Was The Only One from 2019-10-29T04:00
Rod MacLeod is one of over 100 boys who was sexually assaulted by Father William "Hod" Marshall and the subject of the documentary Prey. He joins us with director Matt Gallagher to disc...
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S04E02: They Throw Us To Not Deal With Us from 2019-10-15T04:00
Women are the fastest growing prison population worldwide. Bianca Mercer is a prison reform advocate, a former inmate, and subject of the film Listen
S04E01: Everything I Did Was For The Future from 2019-10-01T04:00
Waad and Hamza al-Kateab are activists, survivors of the ongoing civil crisis in Syria, and also the proud parents of two children. Waad and Hamza join us...
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S03E10: If People Don't See Us As Human, Then All Of This Is Okay from 2019-05-21T04:00
On August 9, 2016, Colten Boushie, a 22-year old Indigenous man, was shot in the back of the head by Gerald Stanley, sparking a national discussion about race relations in Canada. Stanley was ac...
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S03E09: We Don't See Their Struggle from 2019-05-07T04:00
Scarlet Estrada is an activist from Venezuela and a relative of political prisoners under the Maduro regime. She joins us to discuss the confusion around the Venezuelan crisis, reframing politic...
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S03E08: Are You Taking Up Space Or Creating Space? from 2019-04-23T04:00
Hosts Gilad Cohen and Simona Ramkisson open up to each other on this very special episode of The Hum. Catch up on what they have been up to in their personal lives, their thoughts on “wokeness” ...
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S03E07: I Persevered And Here I Am from 2019-04-09T04:00
Spencer West is a motivational speaker, an activist for accessibility, and an individual who lost his legs at the age of 5. He talks about growing up in Wyoming as a gay man living with a disabi...
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S03E06: We Were Meant To Be Assimilated Or Exterminated from 2019-03-26T04:00
Jeremy Dutcher is an award-winning musician, activist and two-spirited Wolastoqiyik from the Tobique First Nation. He joins Gilad Cohen and special guest host Blanche Israël to discuss reconcili...
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S03E05: You May Not Know They're A Slave from 2019-03-12T04:00
Julie Francoeur is the Executive Director of FairTrade and a lifelong advocate of ending the modern day slave trade. She joins us this week to discuss how people get caught up in slavery, how it...
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S03E04: I Was Now Fighting The System Rather Than Myself from 2019-02-26T05:00
Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola is a mother of three, a woman living with HIV, and an activist for accessible treatment in South Africa. She joins us this week to discuss the process of being diagnosed w...
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S03E03: You Have To Be Part Of The Change from 2019-02-12T05:00
Major Monique Brown is an eighteen-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Force and the first African American woman to hold that position. She joins us to discuss the documentary Charm City Listen
S03E02: This Is Me, Now You Get To See All Of Me from 2019-01-29T05:00
Sargent Nina Usherwood is a nearly 40-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force, an inspirational speaker and a trans woman. She joins us to discuss her struggles coming out in the military, ...
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S03E01: We Feel Like We're Invalidated For Our Service from 2019-01-15T05:00
Laila Ireland is a veteran of the U.S. Army, a transgender woman, and an activist. She joins us to discuss her experience filming the documentary TransMilitary (Human Rights Film Festiv...
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S02E10: We Think Of Our Racism As Out Of The Ordinary from 2018-10-02T04:00
Syrus Marcus Ware is an artist, activist and core member of Black Lives Matter Toronto. He joins us to discuss his experience as a trans father, how he uses art for social change, and why Canadi...
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S02E09: I Will Not Be Silent from 2018-09-18T04:00
Alice Kim was the daughter of two high ranking government officials in North Korea before defecting as a one year old. She joins us this week to discuss how defecting from North Korea affected h...
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S02E08: I Needed Any Kind Of Indication That There Was Beauty Out There from 2018-09-04T04:00
Lia Grimanis is an autistic survivor of abuse who went from homeless teen to business leader and advocate. She joins us this week to discuss our misunderstandings about mental health and homeles...
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S02E07: I Had No Idea What Being Native Was from 2018-08-21T04:00
Colleen Cardinal is a mother, author, and survivor of the Sixties Scoop. She joins us this week to talk about how she perceived being Indigenous as a child, intergenerational trauma, and how Can...
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S02E06: The Battles Are Fought In The Mind And Won In The Heart from 2018-08-07T04:00
Before becoming a world renowned hip-hop sensation and activist, Emmanuel Jal grew up as a child soldier in what is now known as South Sudan. He joins us this week to talk about his childhood, h...
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S02E05: I Tried My Best As A Kid To Fit In from 2018-07-24T04:00
Hosts Gilad Cohen and Simona Ramkisson open up to each other this week. What shaped their interest in human rights? How do...
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S02E04: The Internet Is A Pretty Effective Weapon from 2018-07-10T04:00
Emmy-nominated filmmaker Cynthia Lowen has seen firsthand how cyber abuse can have an impact outside the chat room. She joins us today to discuss her film ...
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S02E03: Naming It Sexual Assault Is One Of The Biggest Barriers from 2018-06-26T04:00
On January 31, 2015 Mandi Gray was reportedly sexually assaulted by a fellow student at York University. Mandi drops by to talk about institutional betrayal, naming sexual assault, and becoming ...
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S02E02: Toxic Masculinity Is Where It Begins from 2018-06-12T04:00
On October 12, 2013, Scott Jones’ life changed in an instant when he was left paralyzed from the waist down in an anti-gay hate crime. Scott and his close friend, Laura Marie Wayne sit down with...
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S02E01: He Was Shot Down In The Street Like An Animal from 2018-05-29T04:00
On September 24, 2014, Jermaine Carby was shot dead by Peel Regional Police. His cousin and close friend La Tanya Grant discusses who Jermaine was and shares insi...
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S01E10: After 735 Days I'm Finally Free from 2016-06-08T18:07:05
Described by North Korea as the most dangerous American they've ever imprisoned, Kenneth Bae talks about spending 735 days in a forced labour camp. He chats with us about faith, grilled cheese s...
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S01E09: It Was Either Seek Asylum Or Seek Asylum from 2016-05-25T16:07:51
Cleopatra Kambugu is an activist and Uganda’s first out transgender woman. She joins us this week with her main squeeze, Nelson, to talk about her experiences and struggles, LGBTQ cul...
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S01E08: It's Not A Story Here But Back Home It Is from 2016-05-11T04:00
S01E07: Real Life Is Way Crazier Than Anything I Can Make Up from 2016-04-27T04:00
We've received a lot of questions about our hosts recently. Who are they? Why do they do this podcast? Why are their names so hard to pronounce? This week, Amar and Gilad bare their souls... to ...
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S01E06: I Don't Live My Life In My Wheelchair from 2016-04-20T04:44:29
In 2002, a mountain biking accident left Luke Anderson with significant paralysis. Since then, he founded StopGap Foundation and turned his injury into a mission to create barrier-free cities. L...
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S01E05: And We Wonder Where Rapists Come From from 2016-04-13T04:00
Playwright, singer, theatre director, and youth educator Tanisha Taitt is a survivor of violence. She shares her thought...
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S01E04: It Started in 2001 from 2016-04-06T04:38:19
Adil Charkaoui spent two years in a Quebec prison as a terror suspect. He was never charged with a crime. After five years of house arrest and two Supreme Court victories, he was finally freed i...
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S01E03: Rape Culture. It's Everywhere. from 2016-03-30T03:25:21
Filmmaker Rama Rau talks to us about cyberbullying, rape culture, victim blaming and what it was like making No Place to Hide, her documentary about the Rehtaeh Parsons story.
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S01E02: I Still Believed I Was Going Home from 2016-03-23T03:07:21
Angel Cordero spent thirteen years in prison for a crime that another man confessed to. He talks to us about coming home, rebuilding his life, and his ongoing fight for justice.
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S01E01: I Came For Light from 2016-03-14T00:42:06
Enoch, a North Korean refugee, describes what life was like under the regime, his journey across the ice cold Tumen River, the challenges he now faces as a refugee, and the bright lights that co...
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