Best Claudi Flores Podcasts (2024)

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Can Law Govern War? Gaza, Israel and Beyond 48:02

10d ago48:02

48:02

When it comes to discussion about the conflict in Gaza, there is an endless parade of commentators on both sides telling us what is right or wrong, legitimate or illegal, a crime or a justified attack, but in all that debate and discussion the actual international laws of war often get pushed to the sidelines. We’re planning to do a series of episo…

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Is Gender Apartheid A Thing? 49:05

2M ago49:05

49:05

The word apartheid gets used in many different contexts to indicate the severity of crimes across the globe. But its use is controversial because the word has a very specific definition in international law. Even more controversial is the concept of expanding the term to include gender. If there is one place on earth where it could be argued that a…

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Is The Right to Read Under Threat? 40:01

3M ago40:01

40:01

In recent years, book bans have swept the nation. According to PEN America, more than 4,000 books have been banned in some capacity in public schools since July 2021. Books that discuss topics like racial justice or have characters that identify as LGBTQ+ are just some of the examples that have received widespread attention. While book bans are not…

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Do We Have The Right to Lie? 38:22

4M ago38:22

38:22

As kids, we all heard someone tell us that it's wrong to lie...but as we grew older, we realized that people lie all the time. Politicians, presidents, and even executives at corporations tell lies—big and small. As citizens, there are obvious exceptions where lying is wrong, for instance; perjury, lying on your employment application, or lying to …

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LIVE: Free Expression & Social Media 44:41

5M ago44:41

44:41

We’re doing something special for this month’s episode. In October of 2023, we hosted a live recording here at the University of Chicago. Tom Ginsburg was joined on stage by renowned scholar Genevie Laikier to have a conversation about free speech on social media. In other words, it was very relevant to our current season about the right to free ex…

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S3E3: The Complicated Right To Protest 46:37

7M ago46:37

46:37

Some might say one of the most important ways we exercise the right to free expression is through protests. And we’ve certainly seen groups all over the world using that right in the last few years, from the George Floyd protests in the U.S. to democratic marches in Hong Kong to demonstrations in Chile, Venezuela, Iran and Peru. On the surface this…

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S3E2: Sticks and Stones: The Problem of Hate Speech 52:10

8M ago52:10

52:10

We all know the phrase: “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” But is that actually true? Recent research in psychology has shown that words can cause a plethora of different harms. Should this make us re-think our approach to hate speech? In the US we’ve been hesitant to regulate hate speech, while other countries ha…

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S3E1: How Free Is Free Speech On Campus? 1:01:06

9M ago1:01:06

1:01:06

On the third season of Entitled, we're circling back to the first fundamental right: the freedom of speech. Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg begin this season by peeling back the curtains of how this right is currently playing out at universities across the country. In recent years, there have been tensions — and intense c…

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Ibram X. Kendi On Policy Over Platitudes: Building an Anti-Racist World 41:05

10M ago41:05

41:05

On our last season, we focused entirely on the idea of equality from an international perspective. But when it comes to domestic questions of equality, or equity, they often focus on an important and specific topic: race. And one of the leading voices in that conversation is Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi is most famous for his 2019 book "How To Be An A…

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The Moving Target Of Abortion Rights 55:41

1y ago55:41

55:41

For the first time in decades, the future of abortion rights in the US is uncertain. With the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022, The Supreme Court has forced Americans to reconsider and fight for a new vision of a right to abortion should be. But it’s important to remember that debates about abortion don’t end at our borders. The end of Roe will ha…

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Will "Personalized Laws" Make Us More Equal? 45:20

1y ago45:20

45:20

In a world with personalized laws, each person would be subject to different legal rules and their own personally-tailored laws. For example, if you're a good driver, you could be rewarded for that good behavior with less stringent laws. Through this idea, and the acceleration of AI, technology could be used to comprehend our data from various plac…

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A Roof Over Our Heads: Rights Or Real Estate? 37:49

1+ y ago37:49

37:49

More than half a million people are currently homeless in the United States. It's a crisis that extends beyond California and is trending upwards in other states, too. Most jurisdictions in the US have no right to shelter, and the right to have a home at all is not a guarantee. But just across the border, Canada recognizes the right to adequate hou…

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From Pets To Zoos, Should Animals Have Rights, Too? 38:44

1+ y ago38:44

38:44

Animals suffer at the hands of humans every day. Not just in factory farms, but also in our homes, where pets don’t receive enough attention or exercise, and in our oceans, where humans disrupt their habitats and ecosystems. To what extent should animals have rights? In this special episode, we speak to world-leading philosopher Martha Nussbaum, pr…

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S2E8: Robots & Rights: Dystopian or Deserving? 44:43

1+ y ago44:43

44:43

Artificial intelligence is all around us—it listens to us, even watches us, and waits for our daily demands. From Alexa to Siri, to Sophia, the social humanoid robot, AIs want to be our companions (at least, the companies who build them want us to think so). However, some people fear that the more sentient AIs become, the more they will have to be …

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S2E7: Are Equal Opportunities Possible In Our Ableist World? 35:56

1+ y ago35:56

35:56

Sixty-one million adults in the United States live with a disability — that's one in four adults, a staggering number when you consider how widespread ableism is. In a society that largely operates without adequate infrastructure, accommodations, and services for disabled people, what does the right to equal opportunity look like? In this episode, …

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S2E6: Global Inequality: How Should Countries Share Their Wealth? 37:23

1+ y ago37:23

37:23

While borders have the ability to divide countries both politically and socially, wealth drives an even bigger wedge between us. How do we make sense of the fact that the wealthiest country in the world, the United States, borders one of the poorest countries: Mexico? Despite efforts to mitigate this, global wealth inequality still appears to be gr…

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S2E5: Quotas: Band-aid or Magic Bullet? 49:25

2y ago49:25

49:25

Fixing discrimination isn't as easy as putting anti-discrimination laws on the books. But, there is a tool that can at least chip away at the effects of discrimination: quotas. Over 130 countries have adopted gender quotas…and around one-quarter of the world uses some form of affirmative action programs. So, do quotas actually work at creating more…

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S2E4: The Equity/Equality Equation 46:28

2y ago46:28

46:28

There are two words that sound pretty similar, but they're not synonyms: equality and equity. While equality means that everybody should be given the same resources or opportunities, equity recognizes that we live in an unequal system, so we need to allocate more resources and opportunities to people without equal access. So, what does it really me…

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S2E3: Constitutionalizing Equality: Why Chile Wants A New Constitution 35:53

2y ago35:53

35:53

After years of community protests, and months of legal work, Chile finalized a draft of a brand new constitution this summer. Chileans will vote to pass or reject this constitution in a few days. In this episode of Entitled, Claudia and Tom head to Santiago, Chile! We hear their conversations with local Chileans, from musicians and taxi drivers to …

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S2E2: What Comes First: Socio-Economic or Civil and Political Equality? 35:58

2y ago35:58

35:58

Would you put a price tag on your rights? If you had to choose between your socio-economic rights or your freedom to peacefully protest, what would you choose? It’s a question that might get a lot of mixed responses, but some might argue you can’t have one without the other.In this episode of Entitled, Claudia and Tom discuss these two groups of ri…

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S2E1: What Is Equality Anyway? 37:22

2y ago37:22

37:22

Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg kick off the second season of Entitled — and this time, they’re focusing on one human right (and not just any right) — the right to equality. In the first episode, they explore what equality means in different contexts and to different people. Is it possible or even preferrable for every pe…

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S1E6: The River Knows Where to Go 32:15

2+ y ago32:15

32:15

The rights of nature are enshrined in a number of constitutions around the world, and there is a growing movement to extend rights to nature as it faces increasing threats. The extension of rights to nature prompts fundamental questions about the nature, enforcement and evolution of rights. Does nature have rights, or do they belong only to humans?…

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S1E5: Who’s Womb Is it Anyway? 32:49

3y ago32:49

32:49

Today, medical advances make it possible for a woman to have a baby on behalf of someone else. This has given many people – including many in the LGBTQI community – the exciting possibility of founding a family of their own. But this incredible medical technology raises new questions about rights: how far do reproductive rights go? How do you estab…

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S1E4: That “Just-in-Case” Gun 32:28

3y ago32:28

32:28

The right to bear arms is an American touchstone, found in very few other countries. Many think it should not be a right at all, and the debate over it is highly polarized. This episode broadens the lens to show how other countries handle guns, and suggests ways to cut through the charged discussion here at home.…

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S1E3.5: Are All Afghanistan's Women Potential Refugees? 37:41

3y ago37:41

37:41

The collapse of the Afghan government has raised grave concerns for the future of the country, particularly for women. Exit is not a generally available option, but should it be? On this episode, we continue our conversation about migration, and the limits of the current human rights system for protecting the rights of women.…

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S1E3: Rights at the Border 35:08

3y ago35:08

35:08

The right to seek and enjoy asylum has never been more important than in today’s global landscape. At the same time, countries have never been more committed to finding increasingly creative ways to avoid having to take in refugees. Today on Entitled, we discuss the right to asylum and what our rights are at the border of another country. We know t…

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S1E2: Better Off Said 36:46

3y ago36:46

36:46

Free speech is one of those all important rights but one whose scope changes over time. Today, it is more likely to take place behind a screen rather than in the town square. What does the right to speak freely really look like when we are speaking in likes, comment bubbles and Tiktok videos?In this episode of Entitled, we explore freedom of speech…

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S1E1: What's The Matter With Rights? 39:30

3y ago39:30

39:30

Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg have traveled the world getting into the weeds of global human rights debates. On this first episode of Entitled, they begin their journey of exploring the stories and thorny questions around why rights matter and what’s the matter with rights. Joining them are professor of ethics and legal…

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Claudi Flores Podcasts

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Can Law Govern War? Gaza, Israel and Beyond 48:02

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Is Gender Apartheid A Thing? 49:05

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Is The Right to Read Under Threat? 40:01

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Do We Have The Right to Lie? 38:22

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LIVE: Free Expression & Social Media 44:41

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S3E3: The Complicated Right To Protest 46:37

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S3E2: Sticks and Stones: The Problem of Hate Speech 52:10

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S3E1: How Free Is Free Speech On Campus? 1:01:06

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Ibram X. Kendi On Policy Over Platitudes: Building an Anti-Racist World 41:05

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The Moving Target Of Abortion Rights 55:41

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Will "Personalized Laws" Make Us More Equal? 45:20

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A Roof Over Our Heads: Rights Or Real Estate? 37:49

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From Pets To Zoos, Should Animals Have Rights, Too? 38:44

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S2E8: Robots & Rights: Dystopian or Deserving? 44:43

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S2E7: Are Equal Opportunities Possible In Our Ableist World? 35:56

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S2E6: Global Inequality: How Should Countries Share Their Wealth? 37:23

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S2E5: Quotas: Band-aid or Magic Bullet? 49:25

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S2E4: The Equity/Equality Equation 46:28

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S2E3: Constitutionalizing Equality: Why Chile Wants A New Constitution 35:53

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S2E2: What Comes First: Socio-Economic or Civil and Political Equality? 35:58

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S2E1: What Is Equality Anyway? 37:22

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S1E6: The River Knows Where to Go 32:15

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S1E5: Who’s Womb Is it Anyway? 32:49

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S1E4: That “Just-in-Case” Gun 32:28

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S1E3.5: Are All Afghanistan's Women Potential Refugees? 37:41

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S1E3: Rights at the Border 35:08

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S1E2: Better Off Said 36:46

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S1E1: What's The Matter With Rights? 39:30

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