Justice Matters
Hosted by Mathias Risse and Maggie Gates and Diego Garcia Blum and Timothy Patrick McCarthy · Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
4.8from 27 ratings
- 129
- Episodes
- 24
- Transcribed
- 27
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 4M
- YouTube views
About Justice Matters
Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates, Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, and Diego Garcia Blum. The views expressed are those of each speaker individually and not necessarily those of others in this recording, the Carr-Ryan Center, or Harvard Kennedy School. We support free speech as the cornerstone of learning and democracy and share these perspectives to foster open debate.
- Publisher
- Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Category
- education · government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
24 of 129 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Gender Equality on the Eve of the Midterms
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Saving Lives in North Korea
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Protecting Native Land in Hawaii
Inside a recent episode
Gender Equality on the Eve of the Midterms
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, I think that really matters, that framing really matters when we think about how to fight this moment because... The key here is to shift away from an ethos of restoration to an ethos of reconstruction or of reimagining. So... We cannot just defend the gains of the past. We also cannot just use the same narratives and policies and institutions that we used before. Many of the institutions that Trump is tearing down were really failing to build the true democracy we need. And I think the rush to defend the status quo is really a political trap. So the question is, is How do we use the generational opportunity to rebuild differently when the next governing moment comes? […]
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- Jamie Keene
- Kathi Zellweger
- Mike Chinoy
- Sara Kehaulani Goo
- Eileen Carter
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 3,998,509
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts Justice Matters?
Mathias Risse and Maggie Gates and Diego Garcia Blum and Timothy Patrick McCarthy host the show. Published by Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
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