{"podcast":{"title":"Rights & Wrongs","slug":"rights-wrongs-6889244","podcast_index_feed_id":6889244,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/rights-wrongs/","website_url":"https://rights-wrongs.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a64f0168-daf3-4a4e-9c29-920e57a91e2d/HFn_Rx63kT_ZTcUFyCGY8ijh.jpg","author":"Human Rights Watch","episode_count":39,"summary":"Rights & Wrongs is a bi-monthly podcast from Human Rights Watch. It explores stories from the places where abuses are unfolding around the world, through the eyes and ears of the people on the frontlines. Human Rights Watch investigators span the globe and work in more than 100 countries, producing dozens of meticulously researched reports every year. Host, Ngofeen Mputubwele, takes listeners behind the scenes of these in-depth investigations. Go to hrw.org to find out more about our investigations and hrw.org/podcast/donate to support the work we do.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244"},"episode":{"title":"One Authoritarian's Playbook","slug":"one-authoritarian-s-playbook","published_at":"2025-06-02T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244/one-authoritarian-s-playbook","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244","url":"https://rights-wrongs.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/caae9f34-8789-4e74-a0a7-c9653f385c9b.mp3","summary":"You’ve probably heard that authoritarianism is on the rise across the globe. Increasingly, countries are adopting policies that undermine democracy, reduce accountability, and erode civil liberties and human rights. But why is authoritarianism on the rise, and how do authoritarian leaders come to power?    Lauded by Donald Trump and condemned by rights-defenders, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban provides a useful case study for those hoping to better understand the authoritarians’ playbook.   This week, host Ngofeen Mputubwele speaks to a Hungarian journalist and civil liberties strategist to map Orban’s journey to autocracy, and how his lurch towards authoritarianism has decimated civil liberties and allowed him to exert a stranglehold on Hungarian politics for more than 15 years.      Stefania Kopronczay: Former director of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union; visiting scholar at Columbia University    Viktória Serdült: Journalist at HVG.HU ","meta_description":"You’ve probably heard that authoritarianism is on the rise across the globe. Increasingly, countries are adopting policies that undermine democracy, reduc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rights-wrongs-6889244/episodes/one-authoritarian-s-playbook/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rights-wrongs-6889244/one-authoritarian-s-playbook.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}