# compassion, empathy, mindfulness (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover compassion, empathy, mindfulness. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41447) _2026-05-15 · Human Rights (Audio)_ Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson examines transgender identity and politics through the lens of American liberalism, arguing that anti-transgender politics cannot be understood by analyzing conservatism alone. She traces the emergence of transgender identity from middle-class cross-dressing cultures, the development of transgender medicine, and the class tensions surrounding transition.… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41447.mp3) ## [Chasing Hope in a Time of Crisis with Nicholas Kristof](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40914) _2025-09-24 · Human Rights (Audio)_ How do you find hope in a deeply fractured and polarized world? In this timely and powerful conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof pulls from decades of reporting from global conflict zones and overlooked American communities to bring a deeply human perspective to today’s most urgent moral and civic challenges. In an era marked by division and misinformation, this program… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40914.mp3) ## [From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40985) _2025-09-16 · Human Rights (Audio)_ The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, were tried en masse for the death of José Díaz, though no witness placed them at the scene and the cause of death was never established. Denied fair treatment, they faced a biased judge and jury, with twelve sentenced to San Quentin. In this… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40985.mp3) ## [Making a Refuge of Resistance: A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement with Lloyd Barba](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40877) _2025-07-26 · Human Rights (Audio)_ Is sacred space protective space? This question lies at the heart of the Sanctuary Movement. From the 1980s to the present, this practice has protected undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation by offering them refuge in churches, where federal immigration agents to this day still fear to tread. In this lecture, Lloyd Barba, Assistant Professor of Religion and Core Faculty in Latinx and Latin… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40877.mp3) ## [Personhood: The New War over Reproductive Rights and Justice](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40704) _2025-04-29 · Human Rights (Audio)_ What’s next for the battle over abortion? In this lecture, Mary Ziegler argues that undoing Roe v. Wade was never the endpoint for the antiabortion movement. Since the 1960s, the goal has been to secure recognition of fetuses and embryos as persons under the 14th Amendment, making abortion unconstitutional. The battle for personhood also aims to overhaul the regulation of in vitro fertilization… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40704.mp3)