#56: Survival International - We Can Return Again

#56: Survival International - We Can Return Again

From How Humans Work Podcast by Jef Szi

March 30, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 5 · Episode 56

About this episode

This episode discusses the critical work of Survival International in protecting indigenous and uncontacted peoples and the various threats they face.

We Can Return Again is a powerful episode that explores the critical work of Survival International , an organization dedicated to protecting indigenous and uncontacted peoples worldwide. Hal Russell , Asia and Pacific Research and Advocacy Officer with Survival, joins host Jef Szi to guide us through the many threats indigenous and uncontacted communities face. Along the way, we come to understand the extreme vulnerability and survival pressures these communities have. Whether it is illegal logging, deforestation, nickel mining, drug traffickers, governmental indifference, or self-centered influencers, each of these forces is putting our contemporaries, who have chosen a self-sufficient lifestyle to avoid the historical and ongoing traumas of colonialism, into real danger. With great facility and immense dedication, Hal walks us through the serious challenges while also offering a powerful ethos and meaningful obligation, inviting us to recognize these communities' fundamental rights to continue to exist and what we can do individually and collectively to support them. This conversation helps us wake up to an unpublicized tragedy, the irreplaceable loss of people, their cultures…

People in this episode

Host: Jef Szi

Guest: Hal Russell

Topics covered

  • indigenous rights
  • uncontacted peoples
  • environmental threats
  • colonialism
  • cultural preservation

Keywords

  • Survival International
  • indigenous communities
  • deforestation
  • colonialism
  • cultural loss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Survival International

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