The Human Challenge

By Vanessa Ferlaino

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The Human Challenge is an award-winning podcast that shares gripping, untold stories of underrepresented voices in society overcoming and even escaping systemic barriers. Each episode showcases a new deeply intimate story, using documentary-like storytelling. Stories touch on incarcerated people, refugees, immigration, Indigenous voices, women’s issues, climate justice, gender diversity, and more. With an aim to increase media representation, The Human Challenge is hosted and produced by award-winning artist, Vanessa Ferlaino, who has Hispanic and Italian-immigrant roots. Over 70% of our guests are diverse. Past guests have included returning citizens, displaced people, astronauts, GRAMMY and JUNO nominees, and more. This is a space for underrepresented stories. This is a space for the stories that are not always told. This is a space to remember our common humanity. This is The Human Challenge, challenging what it means to be human, one story at a time.


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Episode Date
Rebulding The House: Canada's Justice System
Feb 19, 2026
Dear God: Is Anyone There?
Feb 05, 2026
SPECIAL: The Making Of... Transform The Night
Jan 01, 2026
SPECIAL: Transform The Night
Jan 01, 2026
The Road To Liberation
Dec 18, 2025
Mother Of A Survivor
Nov 20, 2025
Empathy in Storytelling: Behind the Scenes with Vanessa Ferlaino
Nov 06, 2025
From Silence to Activism: A Journey of Syrian Resilience
Oct 30, 2025
Ep 50 Connecting Inner and Outer Worlds: 50th Episode Celebration
Oct 16, 2025
Ep 49 Small Town, Big Dreams ft. NCAA Champion Abigail Fogg
Oct 06, 2025
Ep 48 Healing Together: Chip's Path from Prison to Purpose
Aug 28, 2025
Ep 47 Feed U With Trees ft Author Elspeth Hay
Jul 20, 2025
Ep 46 Emily O'Brien Makes A Comeback With Comeback Snacks!
Apr 17, 2025
Ep 45 Sparrow in the Razor Wire ft Defy Ventures' Quan Huynh
Feb 27, 2025
Ep 44 Rewriting the History of The Americas: Decolonizing Archaeology
Jan 23, 2025
Ep 43 Returning Citizens ft Robert Gil Jr From Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Nov 28, 2024
Ep 42 Repair Movement & Displacement ft Mathew Lubari
Nov 07, 2024
Ep 41 Real Talk with Moroccan-Yemeni Singer AŸA
Oct 24, 2024
Ep 40 Pretty Boys ft Star Trek Actor Doug Jones & Actor/Producer/Writer Matt Edwards
Oct 17, 2024
Ep 39 Feminism & Intersectionality At The Border: Judith Cabrera From Borderline Crisis Center
Oct 10, 2024
Ep 38 Decriminalizing Poverty ft Jason Wang CEO / FreeWorld
Sep 19, 2024
Ep 37 Summoned by Earth With Honourary Lama Cynthia Jurs
Sep 05, 2024
Ep 36 Cycling Across Canada in 30 Days ft Wings Of Survival Co-Founders
Aug 29, 2024
Ep 35 Research Corner: From Incarceration To Entrepreneurship ft Kylie Hwang / Kellogg School of Business
Aug 14, 2024
Ep 34 The Walls Have Eyes: Border and Surveillance Technology ft Petra Molnar
Aug 01, 2024
Ep 33 Earth & Soul ft Award-Winning Author Leah Rampy
Jul 23, 2024
Ep 32 Building A "Reuse" Empire ft Jessica Gonzalez / Happen Ventures
Jul 09, 2024
Ep 31 Research Corner: The Truth About Immigration ft Wharton Professor Zeke Hernandez
Jun 11, 2024
Ep 30 Impact In Media ft Waterbear's Chief Impact Officer Poppy Mason-Watts
May 03, 2024
Ep 29 Free Palestine ft Activists Frank Barat, Yara Jamal, Paula Sahyoun
Apr 25, 2024
Ep 28 - From Olympian To EDTECH Company: Julia Rivard's Story
Apr 11, 2024
Ep 27 Period Equity In Remote Communities ft Nicole White / Moontime Connections
Apr 04, 2024
Ep 26 JUNO Nominee Jah'Mila's Reggae Roots From Jamaica to Canada
Mar 21, 2024
Ep 25 Society & Economics For Justice ft Victor Beausoleil / SETSI
Mar 05, 2024
Ep 25 Purposeful Chocolate ft Kristyn Carriere / Seven Summit Snacks
Feb 27, 2024
Ep 24 Light Beams ft 3X Grammy Nominee Valerie June
Feb 20, 2024
Ep 23 90MIN SPECIAL FEATURE ft Moroccan/Yemeni singer AŸA
Feb 08, 2024
Ep 22 Worldviews & Climate Justice ft Author/Activist Osprey Orielle Lake
Feb 02, 2024
Ep 21 Human Nature ft Northern Ontario author J.L. Fizzell
Jan 29, 2024
Ep 20 Wings of Survival ft Canadian Decathlete Leanna Carriere and ecologist Timm Dobert
Dec 18, 2023
Ep 19 A Panel Discussion: What Are We Missing In Accessibility?
Dec 18, 2023
Ep 18 Injustices in the Newsroom ft journalist Zahraa Al-Akhrass
Dec 12, 2023
Ep 17 Being Vulnerable Is Being Human ft CEO Batuo Inc.
Dec 04, 2023
Ep 16 Accessible Mental Health Services ft Jackie Lamoureux CEO of Summits for Serotonin
Dec 03, 2023
Ep 15 Showing Up & Intentionality ft 3X Olympian Miranda Ayim
Dec 03, 2023
Ep 14 Adulting: Friendship BreakUps ft author/comedian Lane Moore and author Annie Cathryn
Nov 18, 2023
Ep 13 Patterns and Parallels ft. Dr. Roberta Bondar
Nov 18, 2023
Ep 12 The Anthropocene: Human Intervention on the Planet ft Dr. Francine McCarthy & Bryan Davies
Aug 25, 2023
Ep 11 Social Media Ad Discrimination ft Jackie Rotman & Dr. Lyndsey Harper
Aug 11, 2023
Ep 10 416am thoughts ft up-and-coming author Ava Nori
Jul 14, 2023
Ep 09 Elevating your brand for a diverse work culture ft former journalist Cher Jones
Jun 30, 2023
Ep 08 Breaking Cycles of Abuse Through Global Humanitarianism ft CEO of Unsilenced Voices
Jun 15, 2023
Ep 07 Diversity in Arts and Culture ft renowned art curator Devyani Saltzman
May 19, 2023
Ep 06 The World to Color ft BAFTA nominee Dr. James Fox
May 05, 2023
Ep 05 The Art of Timelessness ft Saqib Rizvi
Apr 27, 2023
Ep 04 The Human Network ft Stanford Professor Dr. Matthew O. Jackson
Apr 13, 2023
Ep 03 The Human Opportunity and Heartfelt Living ft mindfulness guru Tom Evans
Mar 23, 2023
Ep 02 Storytelling vs storykeeping ft former national newsanchor Priya Sam
Mar 09, 2023
Ep 01 Unconditional Love vs Self-Love ft hiro Demichelis from The Lab of Meditation
Feb 23, 2023