What is statelessness?  What does it mean to be stateless?  And why should we care? In this first episode of The Paperless People Podcast, we will be exploring these questions and more. We talk to human rights activists and experts working to try and address the global and worrying issue of statelessness. This podcast series, produced by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, with the support of the Knowledge Platform for Security and the Rule of Law (Knowledge Management Fund), explores how the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals needs to be re-thought in order to effectively address statelessness challenges. Share your questions and reflections on the issues raised via @institute_si  /  info@institutesi.org With thanks to the following people for their participation in this episode:Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intoleranceJoshua Castellino, Professor of Law at Middlesex University and Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International (MRG)Gerard-Rene de Groot, Emeritus Professor of Private International Law at the University of Maastricht, specialising in comparative nationality lawKhalid Hussain, Council of Minorities in Bangladesh - and formerly stateless activist for citizenship rightsBronwen Manby, Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, specialising in citizenship and legal identity issues in AfricaMusic from Blue Dot Sessions and Podington Bear under Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution License. Support the show (https://www.geef.nl/en/donate?charity=8695&type=e)