In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.
It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.
Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.
The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify and entertain.
From politics to history to science,
From cinema to music to sport.
We’ll talk about books, economics, technology, climate, and the law.
We’ll talk about land grabs and annexation.
We’ll discuss things that matter to all of us.
And things you may not have thought mattered at all.
In Bed with the Elephant will transport you to distant lands and bring you back home again.
On In Bed with the Elephant we want to disrupt preconceptions and challenge convention.
We’ll ask big uncomfortable questions and wrestle with taboos.
Satisfy your curiosity with a weekly dose of In Bed with The Elephant.
A podcast that always addresses the elephant in the room.
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In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.
It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.
Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.
The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify and entertain.
From politics to history to science,
From cinema to music to sport.
We’ll talk about books, economics, technology, climate, and the law.
We’ll talk about land grabs and annexation.
We’ll discuss things that matter to all of us.
And things you may not have thought mattered at all.
In Bed with the Elephant will transport you to distant lands and bring you back home again.
On In Bed with the Elephant we want to disrupt preconceptions and challenge convention.
We’ll ask big uncomfortable questions and wrestle with taboos.
Satisfy your curiosity with a weekly dose of In Bed with The Elephant.
A podcast that always addresses the elephant in the room.
Agnès Callamard - Amnesty International’s Secretary General discusses A World of Human Rights, Freedom & Justice for All
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Agnès Callamard - Amnesty International’s Secretary General discusses A World of Human Rights, Freedom & Justice for All
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, has been a defender of human rights for most of her life. Her maternal grandfather fought for the French Resistance during the Second World War.
Callamard was born in 1963 into a lower middle-class family in a small village in Southeastern France about 60 kilometres north of Avignon. She attended Sciences Po Grenoble for her undergraduate degree.
Earned a master’s in international and African Studies at the renowned Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington DC where she was one of a handful of White Students – an experience she describes as transformative.
And she received her PhD at the New School in New York City.
Prior to becoming Amnesty’s Secretary General, Callamard was the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions and the former Director of the Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression project.
Adrian Harewood sat down with Agnès Callamard in May 2025 at the head office of Amnesty International Canada in downtown Ottawa. We spoke about, growing courage, fighting impunity investigating the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the current state of human rights in the world and the ability of Amnesty International to affect change.
In Bed with the Elephant
In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.
It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.
Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.
The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify and entertain.
From politics to history to science,
From cinema to music to sport.
We’ll talk about books, economics, technology, climate, and the law.
We’ll talk about land grabs and annexation.
We’ll discuss things that matter to all of us.
And things you may not have thought mattered at all.
In Bed with the Elephant will transport you to distant lands and bring you back home again.
On In Bed with the Elephant we want to disrupt preconceptions and challenge convention.
We’ll ask big uncomfortable questions and wrestle with taboos.
Satisfy your curiosity with a weekly dose of In Bed with The Elephant.
A podcast that always addresses the elephant in the room.
