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        <title>Voices on Genocide Prevention</title>
        <link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/index.php/COC2/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Stay up-to-date on a bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.]]></description>
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        <copyright>Copyright 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.</copyright>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:43:23 -0500</pubDate>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stay up-to-date on a bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:keywords>Darfur, Sudan, genocide, Holocaust, USHMM, Committee on Conscience, museum, voices, human rights, African Union, ICC, International Criminal Court, refugees</itunes:keywords>
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<item><title>Elizabeth Powley: Women changing Rwanda's future</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/566</link>
<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Powley with the Initiative for Inclusive Security discusses how women are playing leadership roles and changing the political landscape in Rwanda.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Elizabeth Powley with the Initiative for Inclusive Security discusses how women are playing leadership roles and changing the political landscape in Rwanda.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:29</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Bob Kitchen: 5.4 million and counting</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/564</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bob Kitchen discusses the series of mortality studies that his organization, the International Rescue Committee, has conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The most recent study found that 5.4 million people have died in DRC since 1998.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bob Kitchen discusses the series of mortality studies that his organization, the International Rescue Committee, has conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The most recent study found that 5.4 million people have died in DRC since 1998.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:38</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Alex de Waal: Darfur in Sudanese and regional contexts</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/563</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alex de Waal discusses recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur, how it connects to events in Chad, and what to watch for in southern Sudan.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex de Waal discusses recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur, how it connects to events in Chad, and what to watch for in southern Sudan.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:23</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Rebecca Feeley: Gender based violence in eastern Congo (transcript)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/562</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration></itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Rebecca Feeley: Gender based violence in eastern Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/562</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:37</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Alison des Forges: The impact of the Rwandan genocide on Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/561</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alison des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, was one of the few people drawing attention to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Here she discusses the impact that event continues to have on its neighboring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alison des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, was one of the few people drawing attention to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Here she discusses the impact that event continues to have on its neighboring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:42</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Mvemba Dizolele: Mobutu's legacy and Congo today</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Congolese journalist and writer, Mvemba Dizolele, joins us again to discuss the legacy of long-time ruler of then Zaire (now Congo) Mobutu Sese Seko.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Congolese journalist and writer, Mvemba Dizolele, joins us again to discuss the legacy of long-time ruler of then Zaire (now Congo) Mobutu Sese Seko.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:56</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Gregory Shvedov: Violence in the Northern Caucasus</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/544</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gregory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gregory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:27</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Jerry Fowler: A fond farewell</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/542</link>
<description><![CDATA[As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:09</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Jill Savitt: Rattling the Big Cage</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/541</link>
<description><![CDATA[China has recently appeared rattled by efforts to link the upcoming Beijing Olympics to China's strong support for Sudan's genocidal government.  Dream for Darfur's Jill Savitt explains why.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[China has recently appeared rattled by efforts to link the upcoming Beijing Olympics to China's strong support for Sudan's genocidal government.  Dream for Darfur's Jill Savitt explains why.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:46</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>John Prendergast: Update on Protection, Peace and Punishment in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/540</link>
<description><![CDATA[ENOUGH! Co-Chair John Prendergast returns to the program to provide an update on the situation in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ENOUGH! Co-Chair John Prendergast returns to the program to provide an update on the situation in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:12</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Adam Sterling: What's in Your Portfolio?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/536</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adam Sterling, director of Genocide Intervention Network's Sudan Divestment Task Force, discusses the growing divestment movement, which received a boost with passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA).]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam Sterling, director of Genocide Intervention Network's Sudan Divestment Task Force, discusses the growing divestment movement, which received a boost with passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA).]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:36</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Ignatieff: Lemkin's Legacy (repeat)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/535</link>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:38</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Daniel Serwer: Arriving at a final status for Kosovo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/530</link>
<description><![CDATA[Daniel Serwer, vice president of the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations and the Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace, speaks with guest host, Bridget Conley-Zilkic, about impending decisions on Kosovo's final status.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Daniel Serwer, vice president of the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations and the Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace, speaks with guest host, Bridget Conley-Zilkic, about impending decisions on Kosovo's final status.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:37</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Dragan Popovi&#263;: Tending the youth movement in Serbia</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/528</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dragan Popovi&#263;, program coordinator with the Serbian non-governmental organization, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, discusses youth involvement in human rights issues and the impending final status decision for Kosovo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dragan Popovi&#263;, program coordinator with the Serbian non-governmental organization, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, discusses youth involvement in human rights issues and the impending final status decision for Kosovo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>14:40</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Victoria Holt: The impossible mandate</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/523</link>
<description><![CDATA[Victoria Holt, senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, discusses the challenges that peacekeeping forces have faced in genocidal situations, and what that implies for the hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur and for the future.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Victoria Holt, senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, discusses the challenges that peacekeeping forces have faced in genocidal situations, and what that implies for the hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur and for the future.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:16</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>James Dawes: Narrating Atrocities</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/514</link>
<description><![CDATA[James Dawes is a professor of English at Macalester College and the author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. He discusses with guest host Bridget Conley-Zilkic the role that storytelling plays in making atrocities known to the world.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[James Dawes is a professor of English at Macalester College and the author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. He discusses with guest host Bridget Conley-Zilkic the role that storytelling plays in making atrocities known to the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:00</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Roth: Memory and Ethics (repeat)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/511</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-22.mp3" length="22256640" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:10</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Mohammed-Ahmed Abdallah: Amel Means Hope</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/502</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Mohammed-Ahmed Abdallah, medical director of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Darfur, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current situation on the ground in Darfur.  He is visiting the United States to receive the 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-15.mp3" length="23976960" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Mohammed-Ahmed Abdallah, medical director of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Darfur, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current situation on the ground in Darfur.  He is visiting the United States to receive the 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:58</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Tim Nonn: Tents of Hope</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/491</link>
<description><![CDATA[Darfur activist Tim Nonn discusses his latest national campaign, Tents of Hope, and the challenge of maintaining hope and bearing witness in the face of genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-08.mp3" length="22922240" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Darfur activist Tim Nonn discusses his latest national campaign, Tents of Hope, and the challenge of maintaining hope and bearing witness in the face of genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Christine Karumba: Women for Women in the Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/489</link>
<description><![CDATA[Christine Karumba, country director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of Congo, talks with Jerry Fowler about how conflict in the DRC has changed her life and how Women for Women is working to counter the shattering effects of widespread violence against women.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-01.mp3" length="22056960" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Christine Karumba, country director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of Congo, talks with Jerry Fowler about how conflict in the DRC has changed her life and how Women for Women is working to counter the shattering effects of widespread violence against women.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:58</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Donald Bloxham: Due Process and Denial</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/487</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do war crimes trials help create a shared historical understanding?  Historian Donald Bloxham, this year's J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the effect of the Nuremberg trials of top Nazis on attitudes of the German public and of post-World War I trials of top Ottoman officials on attitudes of the Turkish public.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/10/2007-10-25.mp3" length="22710272" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Do war crimes trials help create a shared historical understanding?  Historian Donald Bloxham, this year's J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the effect of the Nuremberg trials of top Nazis on attitudes of the German public and of post-World War I trials of top Ottoman officials on attitudes of the Turkish public.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:39</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>William Schabas: Letter of the Law</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/485</link>
<description><![CDATA[Legal scholar William Schabas, director of the Irish Human Rights Centre and author of Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes, discusses the history of genocide in international law and its relationship to the overlapping concept of crime against humanity.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Legal scholar William Schabas, director of the Irish Human Rights Centre and author of Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes, discusses the history of genocide in international law and its relationship to the overlapping concept of crime against humanity.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:00</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Eric Reeves: Obstacles to Peace and Protection in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/484</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan analyst Eric Reeves, author of A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide, returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention to give his perspective on the current situation in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sudan analyst Eric Reeves, author of A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide, returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention to give his perspective on the current situation in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:44</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Becky Erbelding: Perpetrators at Play</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/481</link>
<description><![CDATA[Archivist Becky Erbelding speaks with Jerry Fowler about an important new addition to the Holocaust Museum's collection--a personal photo album with pictures chronicling the lives of SS officers and other Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.  The rare images capture Nazi officials relaxing and enjoying time off while Jews were being murdered at rates as fast as anytime during the Holocaust.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Archivist Becky Erbelding speaks with Jerry Fowler about an important new addition to the Holocaust Museum's collection--a personal photo album with pictures chronicling the lives of SS officers and other Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.  The rare images capture Nazi officials relaxing and enjoying time off while Jews were being murdered at rates as fast as anytime during the Holocaust.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:43</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Benedict Kiernan: From Sparta to Darfur: A Long History of Genocide</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/479</link>
<description><![CDATA[Benedict Kiernan is the founding director of the Genocide Studies Program at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and has been named the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History. Ben talks to Jerry Fowler about his new book, Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur and how genocide, in practice, is not a recent phenomenon.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Benedict Kiernan is the founding director of the Genocide Studies Program at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and has been named the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History. Ben talks to Jerry Fowler about his new book, Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur and how genocide, in practice, is not a recent phenomenon.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:06</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Mossaad Mohamed Ali: Darfur's Defender</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/477</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mossaad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, an environmentalist and a human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur, is the coordinator of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, Mossaad talks about his involvement to provide legal advice and representation to hundreds facing human rights violations in Darfur and the situation there as it exists today.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mossaad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, an environmentalist and a human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur, is the coordinator of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, Mossaad talks about his involvement to provide legal advice and representation to hundreds facing human rights violations in Darfur and the situation there as it exists today.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:18</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jane Wells: Like Father, Like Daughter</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jane Wells, a freelance writer and a producer of the film, The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur, has traveled to Sudan, Chad, northern Uganda, Rwanda to witness and document atrocities. Jane, the daughter of movie producer Sidney Bernstein, speaks to Jerry Fowler about her father's film about Nazi concentration camps, and the parallels between two silenced atrocities: the Holocaust and Darfur. Also, she is the founder of Three Generations, an organization based on her father's legacy to educate and archive acts of genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jane Wells, a freelance writer and a producer of the film, The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur, has traveled to Sudan, Chad, northern Uganda, Rwanda to witness and document atrocities. Jane, the daughter of movie producer Sidney Bernstein, speaks to Jerry Fowler about her father's film about Nazi concentration camps, and the parallels between two silenced atrocities: the Holocaust and Darfur. Also, she is the founder of Three Generations, an organization based on her father's legacy to educate and archive acts of genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:21</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Brian Steidle: Man on a Mission</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/473</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brian Steidle, a former Marine, served as an unarmed military observer and a United States representative to the African Union where he took photographs documenting the atrocities of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He recently published a book about his experiences in Darfur called A Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to Genocide in Darfur and featured in the documentary of the same title. Brian speaks to Jerry Fowler about his experience in Darfur and his mission to bring awareness through multimedia.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Brian Steidle, a former Marine, served as an unarmed military observer and a United States representative to the African Union where he took photographs documenting the atrocities of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He recently published a book about his experiences in Darfur called A Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to Genocide in Darfur and featured in the documentary of the same title. Brian speaks to Jerry Fowler about his experience in Darfur and his mission to bring awareness through multimedia.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Shannon Meehan: A Journey of Hard Work and Dedication</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/471</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shannon Meehan is the Director for Advocacy for the International Rescue Committee and has spent more than 17 years working in conflict zones around the world. The former Peace Corp volunteer speaks to Jerry Fowler about the mission and involment of the International Rescue Committe and her work with refugees around the world. Shannon discusses her recent trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and her mission to increase grassroots awareness in the United States regarding Congo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Shannon Meehan is the Director for Advocacy for the International Rescue Committee and has spent more than 17 years working in conflict zones around the world. The former Peace Corp volunteer speaks to Jerry Fowler about the mission and involment of the International Rescue Committe and her work with refugees around the world. Shannon discusses her recent trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and her mission to increase grassroots awareness in the United States regarding Congo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:47</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Joey Cheek: Put Your Medal Where Your Mouth Is</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/469</link>
<description><![CDATA[Joey Cheek is a 2006 Olympic gold medalist speed skater. Recently, he has turned in his skates to bring an end to the crisis in Darfur Sudan through his organization Where Will We Be?.  He speaks to Jerry Fowler about convening an international coalition of athletes with a shared common belief to make the world better by raising awareness of the genocide in Darfur and other countries facing a dire humanitarian crisis.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joey Cheek is a 2006 Olympic gold medalist speed skater. Recently, he has turned in his skates to bring an end to the crisis in Darfur Sudan through his organization Where Will We Be?.  He speaks to Jerry Fowler about convening an international coalition of athletes with a shared common belief to make the world better by raising awareness of the genocide in Darfur and other countries facing a dire humanitarian crisis.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:32</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jen Marlowe and Sameul Mayoul Garang: From Boys to Men</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/466</link>
<description><![CDATA[In May 2007 filmmaker, Jen Marlowe and journalist, David Morse accompanied the southern Sudanese &quot;lost boys&quot; back to their homes. In 1987 they were forced to flee from Sudan as children because their villages were attacked. Jen Marlowe, the award winning filmmaker of Darfur Diaries, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current political landscape of southern Sudan and the connections to the crisis in Darfur. Samuel Mayoul Garang, one of the &quot;lost boys,&quot; highlights his experience as a refugee living in the United States, his reunion with his family after 20 years of separation, and his future plans to start a school in southern Sudan focusing on health care and education.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In May 2007 filmmaker, Jen Marlowe and journalist, David Morse accompanied the southern Sudanese &quot;lost boys&quot; back to their homes. In 1987 they were forced to flee from Sudan as children because their villages were attacked. Jen Marlowe, the award winning filmmaker of Darfur Diaries, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current political landscape of southern Sudan and the connections to the crisis in Darfur. Samuel Mayoul Garang, one of the &quot;lost boys,&quot; highlights his experience as a refugee living in the United States, his reunion with his family after 20 years of separation, and his future plans to start a school in southern Sudan focusing on health care and education.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:22</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Roger Winter: Darfur and Southern Sudan: Similar Obstacles to Achieving Peace</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/462</link>
<description><![CDATA[Roger Winter is one of the leading voices on Sudan.  He worked for several years as the Executive Director of the United States Committee for Refugees.  In 2001, Roger became a high ranking official for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where he was involved in negotiations to end the conflict in Southern Sudan.  Roger speaks to Jerry Fowler about the common threads between the issues of Darfur and Southern Sudan. ]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-09.mp3" length="24511488" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Roger Winter is one of the leading voices on Sudan.  He worked for several years as the Executive Director of the United States Committee for Refugees.  In 2001, Roger became a high ranking official for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where he was involved in negotiations to end the conflict in Southern Sudan.  Roger speaks to Jerry Fowler about the common threads between the issues of Darfur and Southern Sudan. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>25:31</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Collin Thomas-Jensen: Congo: Beauty and Destruction</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/455</link>
<description><![CDATA[Collin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to Enough.  In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he discusses the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast contrast between its beauty and tragedy and response of the international community.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-02.mp3" length="21507072" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Collin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to Enough.  In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he discusses the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast contrast between its beauty and tragedy and response of the international community.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Graham: A Thousand Days in Refuge</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/453</link>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Graham is the coordinator of the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, which launched Crisis in Darfur, a joint effort with Google to illuminate the genocide in Darfur using Google Earth. He speaks to Jerry Fowler about his recent trip to Eastern Chad as well as the Museum's unprecedented online mapping initiative.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-26.mp3" length="20937728" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Michael Graham is the coordinator of the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, which launched Crisis in Darfur, a joint effort with Google to illuminate the genocide in Darfur using Google Earth. He speaks to Jerry Fowler about his recent trip to Eastern Chad as well as the Museum's unprecedented online mapping initiative.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:48</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Eric Reeves: Who Will Lead the Way?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/451</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Eric Reeves is a Sudan analyst and researcher.  He is also a Professor at Smith College and author of A Long Days Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide.  Eric speaks with Jerry Fowler about the declining situation in Darfur and Eastern Chad, the prospects of a hybrid force, and the ownership of the peace process.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-19.mp3" length="22814720" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Eric Reeves is a Sudan analyst and researcher.  He is also a Professor at Smith College and author of A Long Days Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide.  Eric speaks with Jerry Fowler about the declining situation in Darfur and Eastern Chad, the prospects of a hybrid force, and the ownership of the peace process.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:45</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Gerard Prunier: Unfinished Business</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/448</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Gerard Prunier, is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research.  He joins us from his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss with Jerry Fowler his recent trip to Southern Sudan and the progress in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-12.mp3" length="21194752" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Gerard Prunier, is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research.  He joins us from his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss with Jerry Fowler his recent trip to Southern Sudan and the progress in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:04</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Elie Wiesel: Special Episode: Memory and Witness (repeat)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/446</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel discusses the importance of remembering and bearing witness.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-05.mp3" length="20037632" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel discusses the importance of remembering and bearing witness.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Susan Shirk: China's rocky road to popularity</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/438</link>
<description><![CDATA[Susan Shirk is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs and author of the new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Dr. Shirk joins Jerry Fowler to discuss China's complex global rise as it attempts to maintain stable internal affairs. Professor Shirk examines how China's preoccupation with its international reputation relates to the 2008 Olympic Games and accusations of the country's complicity in the Darfur genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/06/2007-06-28.mp3" length="21303296" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Susan Shirk is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs and author of the new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Dr. Shirk joins Jerry Fowler to discuss China's complex global rise as it attempts to maintain stable internal affairs. Professor Shirk examines how China's preoccupation with its international reputation relates to the 2008 Olympic Games and accusations of the country's complicity in the Darfur genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:11</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jill Savitt: Bringing the Dream to Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/436</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jill Savitt, director of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the contradiction between Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, having chosen the slogan &quot;One World, One Dream,&quot; and China's close economic relationship with Sudan during the Darfur genocide. Savitt explains the goals of the campaign, why Dream for Darfur does not advocate a boycott of the Olympics, and how citizens can become involved.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/06/2007-06-21.mp3" length="19024896" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jill Savitt, director of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the contradiction between Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, having chosen the slogan &quot;One World, One Dream,&quot; and China's close economic relationship with Sudan during the Darfur genocide. Savitt explains the goals of the campaign, why Dream for Darfur does not advocate a boycott of the Olympics, and how citizens can become involved.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:48</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Pendergrast and Alex de Waal: Part 2:  What to do about Darfur? A Debate between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/434</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan analysts John Prendergast and Alex de Waal continue the debate about how best to resolve the conflict in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/06/2007-06-14.mp3" length="25042944" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sudan analysts John Prendergast and Alex de Waal continue the debate about how best to resolve the conflict in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:05</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Pendergrast and Alex de Waal: What to Do About Darfur? A Debate Between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/431</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two of the leading analysts on Sudan, John Prendergast and Alex de Waal, debate solutions to the crisis in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/06/2007-06-07.mp3" length="17734656" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two of the leading analysts on Sudan, John Prendergast and Alex de Waal, debate solutions to the crisis in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:28</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Mia Farrow: Borders Without Boundaries</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/426</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mia Farrow is an American Actress who is a Golden Globe recipient and has  appeared in more than 40 films.  She is known for her extensive humanitarian work as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.  Mia Farrow has traveled at length to areas where there are humanitarian crisis as well as genocide.  In addition, she has written many articles regarding the situation in Darfur, including an article published in the Wall Street Journal, the Genocide Olympics, which she co-wrote with her son, Ronan Farrow.  Mia speaks with Jerry Fowler about her recent trip to east Chad, east Central African Republic, her views on the Chinese Olympics and the Fidelity Out of Sudan Campaign.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mia Farrow is an American Actress who is a Golden Globe recipient and has  appeared in more than 40 films.  She is known for her extensive humanitarian work as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.  Mia Farrow has traveled at length to areas where there are humanitarian crisis as well as genocide.  In addition, she has written many articles regarding the situation in Darfur, including an article published in the Wall Street Journal, the Genocide Olympics, which she co-wrote with her son, Ronan Farrow.  Mia speaks with Jerry Fowler about her recent trip to east Chad, east Central African Republic, her views on the Chinese Olympics and the Fidelity Out of Sudan Campaign.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>27:44</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Paul Slovic: Mass Murder versus Individual Tragedy</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/424</link>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Slovic is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and a founder and President of Decision Research.  He studies human judgment, decision making and risk analysis.  Paul has received many distinguished awards, among one of them, the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Academy of Oregon of Science in 1995.  In addition, Paul has received honorary doctorates from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.  Paul speaks with Jerry Fowler about a case study he conducted.  He explains people's response to mass murder and genocide versus individual tragedy.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul Slovic is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and a founder and President of Decision Research.  He studies human judgment, decision making and risk analysis.  Paul has received many distinguished awards, among one of them, the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Academy of Oregon of Science in 1995.  In addition, Paul has received honorary doctorates from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.  Paul speaks with Jerry Fowler about a case study he conducted.  He explains people's response to mass murder and genocide versus individual tragedy.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:53</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Scott Straus: Naming Genocide</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/422</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Straus, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics.  His book, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, won a prestigious award in 2006 for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.  Scott speaks with Jerry Fowler, using Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as a case study, to discuss the causes and the dynamics that must be in place to propel a situation towards genocide and mass violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Scott Straus, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics.  His book, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, won a prestigious award in 2006 for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.  Scott speaks with Jerry Fowler, using Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as a case study, to discuss the causes and the dynamics that must be in place to propel a situation towards genocide and mass violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:12</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Omer Ismail: Growing up in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/418</link>
<description><![CDATA[Omer Ismail, co-founder of the Darfur Peace and Development organization, and native Darfurian speaks with Jerry Fowler about the social and cultural factors surrounding the conflict in Darfur. Omer highlights the move from a tolerant society to one with a high level of violence centered on group identity, the effect of global warming, and the role of the Sudanese government.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Omer Ismail, co-founder of the Darfur Peace and Development organization, and native Darfurian speaks with Jerry Fowler about the social and cultural factors surrounding the conflict in Darfur. Omer highlights the move from a tolerant society to one with a high level of violence centered on group identity, the effect of global warming, and the role of the Sudanese government.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:40</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Steven Kull: Listen to the People</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/395</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Kull, Director of the Program for International Policy Attitudes and Editor of WorldPublicOpinion.org speaks with Jerry Fowler about the recently released public opinion poll on the United Nations' Responsibility to Protect in general as well as specifically in the case of Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Kull, Director of the Program for International Policy Attitudes and Editor of WorldPublicOpinion.org speaks with Jerry Fowler about the recently released public opinion poll on the United Nations' Responsibility to Protect in general as well as specifically in the case of Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:10</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Gayle Smith: Plan B... Not enough?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/416</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a founder of the ENOUGH Project, responds to President George W. Bush's speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum last week where he announced several policy options the United States will pursue to stop the genocide in Darfur; what has become known as Plan B.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/04/2007-04-26.mp3" length="21782528" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a founder of the ENOUGH Project, responds to President George W. Bush's speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum last week where he announced several policy options the United States will pursue to stop the genocide in Darfur; what has become known as Plan B.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:41</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>President George W. Bush: President George W. Bush Speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/408</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum about the importance of Holocaust remembrance and the urgent need for action to end genocide in Darfur. In his remarks, the President states that if the Sudanese government does not meet the demands of the international community, the United States will pursue several policy options. These include increased U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan, targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for violence in the region, and that the U.S. would propose a United Nations Security Council resolution to apply new sanctions, impose an expanded arms embargo, and prohibit Sudan's government from conducting offensive military flights over Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum about the importance of Holocaust remembrance and the urgent need for action to end genocide in Darfur. In his remarks, the President states that if the Sudanese government does not meet the demands of the international community, the United States will pursue several policy options. These include increased U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan, targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for violence in the region, and that the U.S. would propose a United Nations Security Council resolution to apply new sanctions, impose an expanded arms embargo, and prohibit Sudan's government from conducting offensive military flights over Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:58</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ken Bacon: Humanitarian Aid, Broken Promises, and an Irritated President</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/403</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current vulnerable status of humanitarian aid efforts to Darfur, his experience with recent peace negotiations, and the effect groups like Save Darfur are having on President al-Bashir.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current vulnerable status of humanitarian aid efforts to Darfur, his experience with recent peace negotiations, and the effect groups like Save Darfur are having on President al-Bashir.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:06</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ambassador Morton Abramowitz: Independence for Kosovo?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/387</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks with Jerry Folwer about the current situation in Kosovo and the United Nations' Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari's, drafted plan to resolve the region's so called final status.  Ambassador Abramowitz recently had an article in Newsweek International arguing that it is time to decide about Kosovo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/04/2007-04-05.mp3" length="21656576" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks with Jerry Folwer about the current situation in Kosovo and the United Nations' Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari's, drafted plan to resolve the region's so called final status.  Ambassador Abramowitz recently had an article in Newsweek International arguing that it is time to decide about Kosovo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:33</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Diane Orentlicher: Justice in the Courts</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/380</link>
<description><![CDATA[Diane Orentlicher, professor of International Law at Washington College of Law at American University, discusses recent decisions related to impunity made in the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court and how these decisions will play out over the next few months.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Diane Orentlicher, professor of International Law at Washington College of Law at American University, discusses recent decisions related to impunity made in the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court and how these decisions will play out over the next few months.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:22</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Bec Hamilton: Advocacy and Activism</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/386</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bec Hamilton, co-founder of the Harvard Darfur Action Group and a representative of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net), discusses the movement to prevent genocide in Darfur, especially in regard to student activism, and her work to build a permanent political constituency against genocide and mass atrocity.  Bec highlights two of GI-Net's newest initiatives, Darfur Scores, which provides report cards for all members of Congress dependent on their level of action on the Darfur issue; and 1-800-GENOCIDE, a genocide hot-line that will connect you directly with your representative's office.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-22.mp3" length="22333440" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bec Hamilton, co-founder of the Harvard Darfur Action Group and a representative of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net), discusses the movement to prevent genocide in Darfur, especially in regard to student activism, and her work to build a permanent political constituency against genocide and mass atrocity.  Bec highlights two of GI-Net's newest initiatives, Darfur Scores, which provides report cards for all members of Congress dependent on their level of action on the Darfur issue; and 1-800-GENOCIDE, a genocide hot-line that will connect you directly with your representative's office.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:15</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Shattuck: Genocide Prevention Roadblocks</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/323</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights from 1993 - 1998, and the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 - 2000, John Shattuck now heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston.  In this interview, he discusses the politics of responding to genocide and the roadblocks encountered and caused by government agencies, the syndromes of past interventions gone bad, the public opinion stalemate, and the conflict resolution paradox.  Mr. Shattuck concludes with ideas for bursting through these roadblocks and responding to low level conflicts before they turn into genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-15.mp3" length="25176064" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights from 1993 - 1998, and the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 - 2000, John Shattuck now heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston.  In this interview, he discusses the politics of responding to genocide and the roadblocks encountered and caused by government agencies, the syndromes of past interventions gone bad, the public opinion stalemate, and the conflict resolution paradox.  Mr. Shattuck concludes with ideas for bursting through these roadblocks and responding to low level conflicts before they turn into genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:13</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Omer Bartov: The Legacy of Raphael Lemkin</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/346</link>
<description><![CDATA[Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History at Brown University, details the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer from Poland who coined the term genocide.  He also discusses whether mass violence is different today than earlier in human existence as well as the significance of the codification since the Holocaust of international prohibitions against genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-08.mp3" length="21645312" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History at Brown University, details the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer from Poland who coined the term genocide.  He also discusses whether mass violence is different today than earlier in human existence as well as the significance of the codification since the Holocaust of international prohibitions against genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:32</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Nicholas Eberstadt: Refugees Are Inconvenient People</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/363</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and United States Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Board Member, discusses the situation of North Koreans who have crossed the border into China.  He examines the roles that China, South Korea and the United States have played and what they can do now to reverse this refugee crisis.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-01.mp3" length="23438336" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and United States Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Board Member, discusses the situation of North Koreans who have crossed the border into China.  He examines the roles that China, South Korea and the United States have played and what they can do now to reverse this refugee crisis.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Prendergast: Back from the Field: A Report of Uganda, Congo and Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/361</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just back from Northern Uganda and Eastern Congo, John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk with Jerry Fowler about his trip, the new ENOUGH campaign, his upcoming book, and the ongoing Darfur peace talks in Tripoli.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/02/2007-02-22.mp3" length="22230016" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just back from Northern Uganda and Eastern Congo, John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk with Jerry Fowler about his trip, the new ENOUGH campaign, his upcoming book, and the ongoing Darfur peace talks in Tripoli.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:09</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Carl Wilkens: Faith and Trust in Rwanda</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/360</link>
<description><![CDATA[Carl Wilkens, the only American known to stay in Rwanda throughout the genocide, discusses the choice he made in 1994 to remain in Kigali, the challenges Rwandans faced in resisting participation in the massacres, and how his faith and trust in God allowed him to take action.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/02/2007-02-15.mp3" length="21730304" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Carl Wilkens, the only American known to stay in Rwanda throughout the genocide, discusses the choice he made in 1994 to remain in Kigali, the challenges Rwandans faced in resisting participation in the massacres, and how his faith and trust in God allowed him to take action.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:38</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Susan Bachrach: The Nazi Olympics</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/342</link>
<description><![CDATA[As debate stirs over China hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Susan Bachrach discusses a similar controversy that took place when Nazi Germany was slated to host the Games in 1936.  Amid protests by athletes and others, Germany convinced the world that it was fit to hold the Olympics, and as Susan explains, used the Games to boost its image in the international community.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/02/2007-02-08.mp3" length="25170944" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As debate stirs over China hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Susan Bachrach discusses a similar controversy that took place when Nazi Germany was slated to host the Games in 1936.  Amid protests by athletes and others, Germany convinced the world that it was fit to hold the Olympics, and as Susan explains, used the Games to boost its image in the international community.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:13</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>David Buchbinder: Violence Continues to Spread in Eastern Chad</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/331</link>
<description><![CDATA[A pattern of cross-border attacks continues to threaten civilians on the border of Eastern Chad and Darfur, reports David Buchbinder, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, after three trips to the region.  Noting the bureaucratic impasses associated with deploying a United Nations force to the region and the lack of security for humanitarian operations, David believes that the prospects for peace and security are far off.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/02/2007-02-01.mp3" length="22929408" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A pattern of cross-border attacks continues to threaten civilians on the border of Eastern Chad and Darfur, reports David Buchbinder, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, after three trips to the region.  Noting the bureaucratic impasses associated with deploying a United Nations force to the region and the lack of security for humanitarian operations, David believes that the prospects for peace and security are far off.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Gerson: Former White House Aide on Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/328</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former White House Aide and current Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Gerson, talks about his experience in the administration working on the Darfur crisis as a top adviser to the President.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/01/2007-01-25.mp3" length="21749760" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former White House Aide and current Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Gerson, talks about his experience in the administration working on the Darfur crisis as a top adviser to the President.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:39</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Lee Feinstein: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/324</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler speaks with Lee Feinstein of the Council on Foreign Relations about Ban Ki-moon, the new Secretary General at the United Nations and the idea of the responsibility to protect.  Lee details how Ban Ki-moon came to the position, how this will affect his role and legacy at the United Nations, and where Darfur fits into the larger picture.  He also defends the notion of the responsibility to protect and explains how it will change the fundamental principles of sovereignty at the United Nations.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/01/2007-01-18.mp3" length="22563840" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler speaks with Lee Feinstein of the Council on Foreign Relations about Ban Ki-moon, the new Secretary General at the United Nations and the idea of the responsibility to protect.  Lee details how Ban Ki-moon came to the position, how this will affect his role and legacy at the United Nations, and where Darfur fits into the larger picture.  He also defends the notion of the responsibility to protect and explains how it will change the fundamental principles of sovereignty at the United Nations.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:30</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Sayre Nyce: The Central African Republic: An Unknown Conflict</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/315</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sayre Nyce, Congressional Advocate at Refugees International, traveled to the Central African Republic (CAR) in late 2006 to evaluate humanitarian conditions in northwest CAR and refugees in southern Chad.  She talks with Jerry Fowler about the conditions of life, political tensions, the role of ethnicity in CAR, and the exacerbated violence in the country as a result of the conflict in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sayre Nyce, Congressional Advocate at Refugees International, traveled to the Central African Republic (CAR) in late 2006 to evaluate humanitarian conditions in northwest CAR and refugees in southern Chad.  She talks with Jerry Fowler about the conditions of life, political tensions, the role of ethnicity in CAR, and the exacerbated violence in the country as a result of the conflict in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:26</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Howard Wolpe: Post Conflict Reconstruction: A Training Program</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/296</link>
<description><![CDATA[Howard Wolpe, Director of the Africa Program and Leadership Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, speaks with Bridget Conley-Zilkic about the a post conflict training program he has instituted in Burundi, and plans to continue with in Congo and Liberia.  By working with both political leaders and civil society, Howard believes this program will create lasting peace and stability in areas of past and current conflict.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Howard Wolpe, Director of the Africa Program and Leadership Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, speaks with Bridget Conley-Zilkic about the a post conflict training program he has instituted in Burundi, and plans to continue with in Congo and Liberia.  By working with both political leaders and civil society, Howard believes this program will create lasting peace and stability in areas of past and current conflict.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:12</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Adeeb Yousif: Promoting Human Rights Inside of Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/293</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human rights advocate for Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Adeeb Yousif, speaks with Bridget-Conley-Zilkic about his work in Darfur, the changes that have taken place since he began working with SUDO, and what he believes are the next steps toward peace.  He specifically focuses on uniting the rebel groups to find a lasting political solution to the conflict.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Human rights advocate for Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Adeeb Yousif, speaks with Bridget-Conley-Zilkic about his work in Darfur, the changes that have taken place since he began working with SUDO, and what he believes are the next steps toward peace.  He specifically focuses on uniting the rebel groups to find a lasting political solution to the conflict.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:41</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Luis Moreno-Ocampo: Justice for Darfur?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/194</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having recenlty reported to the Security Council about the International Criminal Court's progress on the Darfur case, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo explores the challenges he faces with this investigation and the possibility of extending the investigations into Chad.  He also discusses where the Court stands in the cases of Congo and Uganda, and shares his thoughts on the death of Augusto Pinochet.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having recenlty reported to the Security Council about the International Criminal Court's progress on the Darfur case, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo explores the challenges he faces with this investigation and the possibility of extending the investigations into Chad.  He also discusses where the Court stands in the cases of Congo and Uganda, and shares his thoughts on the death of Augusto Pinochet.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:09</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Roth: Memory and Ethics</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/295</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his new book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his new book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:15</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Gloria White-Hammond: Global Activism for Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/280</link>
<description><![CDATA[Co-pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston as well as a pediatrician at Boston South End Community Health Center, Gloria White-Hammond returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention.  Having recently returned from Southern Sudan, she discusses the fragile humanitarian situation in the South as well as some of her new initiatives for Darfur such as &quot;Judgment on Genocide,&quot; a citizen tribunal that put Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on trial, a Global Day for Darfur and a conference of Sudanese women.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Co-pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston as well as a pediatrician at Boston South End Community Health Center, Gloria White-Hammond returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention.  Having recently returned from Southern Sudan, she discusses the fragile humanitarian situation in the South as well as some of her new initiatives for Darfur such as &quot;Judgment on Genocide,&quot; a citizen tribunal that put Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on trial, a Global Day for Darfur and a conference of Sudanese women.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:13</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ann Curry: Today in Chad</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/257</link>
<description><![CDATA[News anchor for NBC's Today Show, Ann Curry, recently returned from her second trip to the Chad-Sudan border.  She speaks with Jerry Fowler about her trip to the region, the deteriorating situation and the brave women she met there.  Ann also highlights the importance of public response, noting that the more emails and feedback a story receives and the more the public cares about a story such as Darfur, the more likely the outlet is to continue covering the region.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[News anchor for NBC's Today Show, Ann Curry, recently returned from her second trip to the Chad-Sudan border.  She speaks with Jerry Fowler about her trip to the region, the deteriorating situation and the brave women she met there.  Ann also highlights the importance of public response, noting that the more emails and feedback a story receives and the more the public cares about a story such as Darfur, the more likely the outlet is to continue covering the region.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:09</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Eric Reeves: Deterioration in Darfur and Eastern Chad</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/259</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smith College English Professor and widely read Sudan analyst, Eric Reeves, returns to the program to discuss the deterioration of the genocide in Darfur and its spillover into Chad.  With new reports of cross-border attacks, more humanitarian aid groups pulling out, and the situation rapidly worsening, Eric reports that the new agreement on a hybrid force is even more disheartening.  With no concrete numbers in place and an unclear command structure, it seems that Khartoum has once again succeeded in using diplomacy to achieve its goals.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Smith College English Professor and widely read Sudan analyst, Eric Reeves, returns to the program to discuss the deterioration of the genocide in Darfur and its spillover into Chad.  With new reports of cross-border attacks, more humanitarian aid groups pulling out, and the situation rapidly worsening, Eric reports that the new agreement on a hybrid force is even more disheartening.  With no concrete numbers in place and an unclear command structure, it seems that Khartoum has once again succeeded in using diplomacy to achieve its goals.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:18</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ron Haviv: Our Walls Bear Witness</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/241</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will project wall-sized images of the genocide in Darfur onto its facade every night during Thanksgiving week, marking the first time the national memorial's exterior will be used to highlight contemporary genocide.  The photographs are drawn from the work of some of the world's premier photojournalists, including VoGP guest, Ron Haviv.  Ron discusses the challenges he faces as a crisis photographer, what brought him to Darfur and his work in the Balkans.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will project wall-sized images of the genocide in Darfur onto its facade every night during Thanksgiving week, marking the first time the national memorial's exterior will be used to highlight contemporary genocide.  The photographs are drawn from the work of some of the world's premier photojournalists, including VoGP guest, Ron Haviv.  Ron discusses the challenges he faces as a crisis photographer, what brought him to Darfur and his work in the Balkans.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:20</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Leslie Lefkow: Eastern Chad: A Spillover of Violence from Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/240</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch researcher, Leslie Lefkow, discusses the escalating violence in Eastern Chad and its direct connection with the fighting in Darfur.  The Sudanese government's support of the Chadian rebels and the Chadian government's support of the Darfur rebels have led to cross border attacks, and once again, it is the civilian population that suffers.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch researcher, Leslie Lefkow, discusses the escalating violence in Eastern Chad and its direct connection with the fighting in Darfur.  The Sudanese government's support of the Chadian rebels and the Chadian government's support of the Darfur rebels have led to cross border attacks, and once again, it is the civilian population that suffers.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:05</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Andrew Natsios: Darfur Update from President Bush's Special Envoy to Sudan</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/234</link>
<description><![CDATA[Andrew Natsios, President Bush's newly appointed Special Envoy to Sudan, presents a hopeful outlook on the situation in Darfur, and throughout Sudan.  Special Envoy Natsios claims that in his talks with the government in Khartoum, officials stated that Sudan may be willing to accept troops from North Africa and other Muslim countries, to allow logistic and planning supplementation from the United Nations, and to make amendmendments to the Darfur Peace Agreement to broaden its appeal to all parties.  He shared his opinions and findings from his most recent trip to Darfur with President Bush this past week.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Andrew Natsios, President Bush's newly appointed Special Envoy to Sudan, presents a hopeful outlook on the situation in Darfur, and throughout Sudan.  Special Envoy Natsios claims that in his talks with the government in Khartoum, officials stated that Sudan may be willing to accept troops from North Africa and other Muslim countries, to allow logistic and planning supplementation from the United Nations, and to make amendmendments to the Darfur Peace Agreement to broaden its appeal to all parties.  He shared his opinions and findings from his most recent trip to Darfur with President Bush this past week.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:21</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Anneke Van Woudenberg: Election Aftermath in the Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/231</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anneke Van Woudenberg, a Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch, discusses the runoff elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the effect they have had on the human rights situation in the region.  She reports that the DRC's democratic future remains ominous and the international community must stay engaged.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2006/10/2006-10-26.mp3" length="18938880" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anneke Van Woudenberg, a Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch, discusses the runoff elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the effect they have had on the human rights situation in the region.  She reports that the DRC's democratic future remains ominous and the international community must stay engaged.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:43</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jason Matus: Three Regions Critical to Sudan's Peace and Stability</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/229</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler speaks with Jerry Fowler speaks with Jason Matus, a development expert who first started working in Sudan in 1994.  Focusing on the 2005 peace agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the Southern rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Jason explores the significance and progress of three regions--Abyei, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile--in implementing the agreement., a development expert who first started working in Sudan in 1994.  Focusing on the 2005 peace agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the Southern rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Jason explores the significance and progress of three regions--Abyei, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile--in implementing the agreement.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler speaks with Jerry Fowler speaks with Jason Matus, a development expert who first started working in Sudan in 1994.  Focusing on the 2005 peace agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the Southern rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Jason explores the significance and progress of three regions--Abyei, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile--in implementing the agreement., a development expert who first started working in Sudan in 1994.  Focusing on the 2005 peace agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the Southern rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Jason explores the significance and progress of three regions--Abyei, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile--in implementing the agreement.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:37</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Peter Balakian: Lessons from the Armenian Genocide and America's Response</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/224</link>
<description><![CDATA[Peter Balakian, Professor of English at Colgate University, is author of the best-selling book, &quot;Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response.&quot;  He discusses the grassroots movement to end the genocide, the media's coverage of the events, the political responses, and the relevance it has to the crises our world faces today.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2006/10/2006-10-12.mp3" length="22799360" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Peter Balakian, Professor of English at Colgate University, is author of the best-selling book, &quot;Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response.&quot;  He discusses the grassroots movement to end the genocide, the media's coverage of the events, the political responses, and the relevance it has to the crises our world faces today.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:44</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Lisa Shannon: Run for Congo Women</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/219</link>
<description><![CDATA[After learning about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and realizing how little others knew about it, Lisa Shannon had to take action.  Lisa teamed up with Women for Women International and created Run for Congo Women, a simple and concrete way citizens around the world can raise awareness and funds for women living in war-torn Congo.  Last year, she did a lone, thirty mile run, raising $28,000; this year she has organized runs across the world raising thousands of dollars for women in the Congo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2006/10/2006-10-05.mp3" length="18803712" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After learning about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and realizing how little others knew about it, Lisa Shannon had to take action.  Lisa teamed up with Women for Women International and created Run for Congo Women, a simple and concrete way citizens around the world can raise awareness and funds for women living in war-torn Congo.  Last year, she did a lone, thirty mile run, raising $28,000; this year she has organized runs across the world raising thousands of dollars for women in the Congo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:35</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Scharf: Can there be justice in Yugoslavia or Iraq?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/216</link>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Scharf, Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western University Law School in Cleveland, discusses the possiblity for justice in the recent verdict in the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia for the case of Momcilo Krajisnik. Having just returned from the Netherlands where he was advising on how to handle a defendant such as Saddam Hussein, he also speaks about Saddam's second trial that is currently taking place in Baghdad.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2006/09/2006-09-28.mp3" length="21492736" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Michael Scharf, Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western University Law School in Cleveland, discusses the possiblity for justice in the recent verdict in the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia for the case of Momcilo Krajisnik. Having just returned from the Netherlands where he was advising on how to handle a defendant such as Saddam Hussein, he also speaks about Saddam's second trial that is currently taking place in Baghdad.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:23</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jason Miller: Divesting from Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/209</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jason Miller is the national policy director for the Sudan Divestment Taskforce which is involved in nearly 100 divestment campaigns around the country, and he is also pursuing a dual MD/PHD degree at University of California, San Francisco.  Jason discusses the various types of divestment campaigns the taskforce handles, the challenges and obstacles the group faces, and the impact of divestment on the fight to end genocide in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2006/09/2006-09-21.mp3" length="22001664" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jason Miller is the national policy director for the Sudan Divestment Taskforce which is involved in nearly 100 divestment campaigns around the country, and he is also pursuing a dual MD/PHD degree at University of California, San Francisco.  Jason discusses the various types of divestment campaigns the taskforce handles, the challenges and obstacles the group faces, and the impact of divestment on the fight to end genocide in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:55</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Alex de Waal: In Darfur, A Political Solution Must Come First</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/206</link>
<description><![CDATA[As a consultant to the African Union, Alex de Waal, senior fellow at Harvard's Global Equity Initiative and author of &quot;Darfur: Short History of a Long War,&quot; helped broker the Darfur Peace Agreement.  In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he explains that the agreement is deteriorating because a solution was rushed, not enough parties signed onto the deal, and Darfur is still missing a political solution.  Taking a different stance than most, Alex asserts that before protection can be provided to the people of Darfur, a political settlement must be reached.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2006/09/2006-09-14.mp3" length="21169152" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As a consultant to the African Union, Alex de Waal, senior fellow at Harvard's Global Equity Initiative and author of &quot;Darfur: Short History of a Long War,&quot; helped broker the Darfur Peace Agreement.  In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he explains that the agreement is deteriorating because a solution was rushed, not enough parties signed onto the deal, and Darfur is still missing a political solution.  Taking a different stance than most, Alex asserts that before protection can be provided to the people of Darfur, a political settlement must be reached.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:02</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Catherine Filloux: Lemkin's House</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/197</link>
<description><![CDATA[Award-winning playwright, Catherine Filloux, discusses her latest play, &quot;Lemkin's House,&quot; with Jerry Fowler. Catherine imparts her connection with Raphael Lemkin and his legacy, and she talks about how she first got involved with the subject of mass violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Award-winning playwright, Catherine Filloux, discusses her latest play, &quot;Lemkin's House,&quot; with Jerry Fowler. Catherine imparts her connection with Raphael Lemkin and his legacy, and she talks about how she first got involved with the subject of mass violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:31</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Mark Hanis: The Genocide Intervention Network's Power to Protect</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/189</link>
<description><![CDATA[In 2004, as a student at Swarthmore College and as the grandson of Holocaust Survivors, Mark Hanis could not remain idle as genocide raged in Darfur, and founded a student group to raise funds for the African Union.  Mark transformed that young organization into a well-known NGO, the Genocide Intervention Network, leading the fight against the genocide emergency in Darfur.  He discusses GI-Net's newest initiative, Darfur Scores, and explains the upcoming Power to Protect campaign they are launching with STAND.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 2004, as a student at Swarthmore College and as the grandson of Holocaust Survivors, Mark Hanis could not remain idle as genocide raged in Darfur, and founded a student group to raise funds for the African Union.  Mark transformed that young organization into a well-known NGO, the Genocide Intervention Network, leading the fight against the genocide emergency in Darfur.  He discusses GI-Net's newest initiative, Darfur Scores, and explains the upcoming Power to Protect campaign they are launching with STAND.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:38</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Mvemba Dizolele: An Insider's View on the Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/184</link>
<description><![CDATA[Freelance journalist and Congo native, Mvemba Dizolele talks with Jerry Fowler about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on the meaning of the recent elections. He addresses many of the complications undermining the election such as it's size, the various warring militia groups, its mineral riches, and the committment of the international community.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Freelance journalist and Congo native, Mvemba Dizolele talks with Jerry Fowler about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on the meaning of the recent elections. He addresses many of the complications undermining the election such as it's size, the various warring militia groups, its mineral riches, and the committment of the international community.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:45</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Jane Alao: Defending Human Rights and Rebuilding with Dignity</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/176</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jane Alao, a psychosocial counselor at the Amel Centre for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Nyala, South Darfur discusses the objectives of the Centre--to provide treatment, rehabilitation, direct assistance, awareness and legal aid to victims of torture and rape. She focuses on the story of three cousins who were raped on their way to school in Nyala and the legal proceedings of their case.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jane Alao, a psychosocial counselor at the Amel Centre for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Nyala, South Darfur discusses the objectives of the Centre--to provide treatment, rehabilitation, direct assistance, awareness and legal aid to victims of torture and rape. She focuses on the story of three cousins who were raped on their way to school in Nyala and the legal proceedings of their case.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>25:44</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Mia Farrow and Ron Farrow: Chilling Permanency</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/179</link>
<description><![CDATA[Award winning actress and UNICEF ambassador, Mia Farrow, and her son and UNICEF youth spokesperson, Ronan Farrow, speak about their first hand accounts of the Darfur refugee camps. They describe the ceaseless struggle of the refugees that they met on their trips to Darfur in November 2004 and this past June, and they express fear of refugee settlements becoming permanent.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Award winning actress and UNICEF ambassador, Mia Farrow, and her son and UNICEF youth spokesperson, Ronan Farrow, speak about their first hand accounts of the Darfur refugee camps. They describe the ceaseless struggle of the refugees that they met on their trips to Darfur in November 2004 and this past June, and they express fear of refugee settlements becoming permanent.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:26</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. James Lyon: A Struggle for Reconciliation and Independence</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/177</link>
<description><![CDATA[Joining the program from Belgrade, Dr. James Lyon, the Special Balkans Advisor at the International Crisis Group, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the region, where he has been working for the past twenty-five years. He explains the complexity of Kosovo's history and how ethnic differences remain tied into this regions' present struggle for independence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joining the program from Belgrade, Dr. James Lyon, the Special Balkans Advisor at the International Crisis Group, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the region, where he has been working for the past twenty-five years. He explains the complexity of Kosovo's history and how ethnic differences remain tied into this regions' present struggle for independence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:40</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ken Bacon: Voice from the Field</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/173</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ken Bacon, the President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler from Khartoum after having spent eleven days in North and South Darfur. He explains what must be done to salvage the fragile Darfur Peace Agreement and emphasizes the need for security. President Bush met with SLA leader, Minni Minawi this past Tuesday, and Ken sent Bush a letter asking him to address these issues in his meeting with the only rebel leader to sign the peace agreement.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ken Bacon, the President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler from Khartoum after having spent eleven days in North and South Darfur. He explains what must be done to salvage the fragile Darfur Peace Agreement and emphasizes the need for security. President Bush met with SLA leader, Minni Minawi this past Tuesday, and Ken sent Bush a letter asking him to address these issues in his meeting with the only rebel leader to sign the peace agreement.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:44</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Sarah Margon: Update on the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/164</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sarah Margon, Conflict Policy Advisor at Oxfam America, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the deteriorating situation in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sarah Margon, Conflict Policy Advisor at Oxfam America, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the deteriorating situation in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:47</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Prendergast: A Report from Eastern Chad</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/159</link>
<description><![CDATA[John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk about his recent trip to Eastern Chad and parts of Darfur.  He discusses the spillover of violence into Chad, the opposition to the Darfur Peace Agreement and the consequences of this resistance, the attempts to overthrow Chad's President, and the possibility of forced recruitment by the rebels in the refugee camps.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk about his recent trip to Eastern Chad and parts of Darfur.  He discusses the spillover of violence into Chad, the opposition to the Darfur Peace Agreement and the consequences of this resistance, the attempts to overthrow Chad's President, and the possibility of forced recruitment by the rebels in the refugee camps.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:07</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Alfred Taban: A Closer Look at the Darfur Peace Agreement</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/149</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alfred Taban, the Publisher and Chairman of the Khartoum Monitor, Sudan's only independent English-language daily newspaper, recently received an award from the National Endowment for Democracy and met with President Bush.  During his trip to the United States, he sat down with Jerry Fowler to talk about the Darfur Peace Agreement, comparing it to South Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement.  They also discussed the situation in the South and the challenges Taban faces as the Publisher of the Khartoum Monitor.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Jul 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alfred Taban, the Publisher and Chairman of the Khartoum Monitor, Sudan's only independent English-language daily newspaper, recently received an award from the National Endowment for Democracy and met with President Bush.  During his trip to the United States, he sat down with Jerry Fowler to talk about the Darfur Peace Agreement, comparing it to South Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement.  They also discussed the situation in the South and the challenges Taban faces as the Publisher of the Khartoum Monitor.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>27:40</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Jay Lefkowitz: Human Rights in North Ko