Latest Rethinkinghumanitarianism Podcast Episodes
A journey into Libya’s man-made disaster | First Person
The New Humanitarian - November 30, 2023 09:30 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAla Majid Khayrullhah, a medical student and climate activist, shares what he witnessed in Libya a month after the devastating floods. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the...
Genocide or not, what difference does a word make? | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - November 23, 2023 10:41 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHuman rights lawyer and war crimes investigator Yasmin Sooka joins host Ali Latifi in a conversation about using the word “genocide”, and why language matters – in the middle of a crisis, and in the aftermath of mass violence. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where...
Is aid sustaining Palestine's occupation? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - November 16, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEven before Israel’s current siege, 80% of Gazans relied on international humanitarian aid for survival, according to the UN. But under international law, it’s the occupying power’s responsibility to provide food, shelter, medicine, and other essential needs. Have aid agencies histor...
Peace in Gaza | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - November 09, 2023 10:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPalestinian peace activist Nivine Sandouka discusses the difficult way forward for building trust between Israelis and Palestinians. Hosted by Irwin Loy. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world...
Gaza lines your bones: Memories of a place I’ve lived | First Person
The New Humanitarian - November 02, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAn anonymous aid worker reflects on their time in Palestine as they watch Israel's bombardment and siege of Gaza and the escalating violence in the West Bank. Today's First Person essay is read out by The New Humanitarian's Elise Campbell-Bates. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voic...
The media’s silencing of Palestinians | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - October 24, 2023 10:55 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPalestinian-American writer and journalist Mariam Barghouti joins host Ali Latifi to discuss how both mainstream media and aid policy help muffle Palestinian perspectives. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable truths aro...
How mutual aid in Sudan is getting international support | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - October 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt has been six months since a military conflict in Sudan began claiming thousands of lives and triggered, according to the UN, the world’s fastest growing displacement crisis. As international NGOs and the UN struggle to access certain areas, decentralised mutual aid networks – known as emerg...
How profit is preventing peace in Yemen | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - October 12, 2023 09:33 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsConflict analyst Hisham Al-Omeisy joins host Irwin Loy to explain how war has become a profitable business in Yemen, even as millions of Yemenis struggle. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable truths around the world’s co...
What's Unsaid, a podcast by The New Humanitarian
The New Humanitarian - October 05, 2023 11:10 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat’s Unsaid is our new bi-weekly podcast exploring the open secrets and uncomfortable truths that often surround the world’s conflicts and disasters, hosted by staff editors Irwin Loy and Ali Latifi. A podcast by The New Humanitarian.
Pakistan must confront blasphemy-related vigilante violence | First Person
The New Humanitarian - October 05, 2023 09:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMenaal Munshey shares how dubious blasphemy accusations in Pakistan make people feel unsafe and lead to vigilante violence. Today's First Person essay is written and read out by Menaal Munshey. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected b...
The preventable trauma of humanitarians | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - September 28, 2023 09:40 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAid worker and psychologist Imogen Wall joins host Ali Latifi to discuss how the way humanitarian organisations are run can do as much damage to aid workers' mental health as being confronted with war, hunger, and rights abuses. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, wh...
What is a humanitarian crisis, really? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - September 21, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat is a humanitarian crisis, as it’s commonly understood? What’s the historical weight of that term? What happens if we change our common understanding of it? It may seem like a game of semantics, but the answers to those questions are more consequential than we may realise, because they rev...
What is a humanitarian crisis, really? | RH S4E1
The New Humanitarian - September 21, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat is a humanitarian crisis, as it’s commonly understood? What’s the historical weight of that term? What happens if we change our common understanding of it? It may seem like a game of semantics, but the answers to those questions are more consequential than we may realise, because they rev...
The UN is not climate neutral | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - September 14, 2023 09:35 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe UN overstates its claims of climate neutrality and purchases junk carbon credits that do little to cut emissions. This is revealed in a new investigation by The New Humanitarian and Mongabay. Investigations reporter Jacob Goldberg explains why the UN’s climate neutrality claims are problema...
First Person | Why I came back to Dadaab: A different kind of refugee return story
The New Humanitarian - September 07, 2023 16:09 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJournalist and filmmaker Abdirahman Ahmed Aden is a Somali refugee who left the camp in Kenya where he had lived most of his life to go back home to Somalia. In his essay, he shares what he experienced after returning made him reconsider his decision. Due to a lack of internet access, the au...
The international community is ignoring Afghan calls to engage with the Taliban | What’s Unsaid
The New Humanitarian - August 31, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIf the aim is to see real change in Afghanistan, shouldn’t the Taliban be included in the conversation? In this first episode of What’s Unsaid, we speak to Afghan human rights defender Madina Mahbobi, who says it’s time for the international community to start listening to local voices like h...
First Person: Why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change
The New Humanitarian - August 23, 2023 19:14 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLaura, a Colombian refugee living in Ecuador explains why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change. In her essay, Laura shares her experience of how people displaced within Latin America are overlooked as the dominant media narrative is about those heading north for the Unite...
First Person | How Malawi is telling me and other refugees we don’t belong
The New Humanitarian - August 09, 2023 10:08 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA refugee in Malawi shares how their treatment makes them worry about their security and feel like they don’t belong. Today’s essay was written by a refugee living in Malawi. In order to protect their security, the author’s name is not public. Therefore, their essay is read out by The New Hum...
First Person | Let refugees be economic contributors
The New Humanitarian - July 26, 2023 14:27 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMatai Muon shares how policies suppress the economic potential of refugees, which forces many into a situation of dependency instead of allowing them to contribute to the societies they’re currently living in. Today’s essay was written and read out by Matai Muon. He is a South Sudanese refuge...
First Person | Why Cyclone Mocha should end talk of sending Rohingya like me home
The New Humanitarian - July 12, 2023 15:11 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSan Thai Shin is a Rohingya researcher and volunteer teacher in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. In his essay, San looks at how restrictive policies suppress refugees’ economic potential, forcing many into a situation of dependency rather than allowing them to contribute to the societies they live...
First person | How years of impunity gave Sudan’s generals licence to destroy my country
The New Humanitarian - June 28, 2023 10:57 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHala al-Karib shares how the days unfolded when the violence started in Sudan, and what some of the root causes are according to her, including the failings of the international community. Today’s essay was written and read out by Hala al-Karib. She is the regional director of SIHA - the Strateg...
First person | A reporter reflects on Somalia’s record drought
The New Humanitarian - June 14, 2023 14:15 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Today’s essay was written and read out by Liban Mahamad. He is a fr...
First Person | The roots of the refugee protection system are colonial and racist
The New Humanitarian - May 31, 2023 13:50 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFlipping the Narrative is an ongoing series by The New Humanitarian. It aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Today’s essay was written and read out by Sana Mus...
Interview | How to fix the UN’s sex abuse problem?
The New Humanitarian - April 25, 2023 10:35 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsChristian Saunders was appointed as the UN’s special coordinator on improving the response to sexual exploitation and abuse in July. The New Humanitarian’s Investigations Editor Paisley Dodds spoke with him on 19 April following his recent trip to South Sudan, where allegations of sexual ...
In conversation with chef José Andrés | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - April 12, 2023 14:43 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDoes the humanitarian sector have something to learn from this celebrity’s approach to relief work? Chef José Andrés took his cooking skills to disaster zones and began distributing hot meals to people in need, via the NGO he founded: World Central Kitchen. Their model is simple: Respond q...
In conversation with chef José Andrés | RH S3E12
The New Humanitarian - April 12, 2023 14:43 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDoes the humanitarian sector have something to learn from this celebrity’s approach to relief work? Chef José Andrés took his cooking skills to disaster zones and began distributing hot meals to people in need, via the NGO he founded: World Central Kitchen. Their model is simple: Respond q...
Event | Principled humanitarian action in Ukraine
The New Humanitarian - April 02, 2023 11:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAt the European Humanitarian Forum, The New Humanitarian's CEO Heba Aly moderates a panel on principled humanitarian action in Ukraine.
More trade; less aid? | RH S3E11
The New Humanitarian - February 22, 2023 17:15 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAre more equitable trade policies possible at a time many countries are turning to protectionism? Why have developing countries and emerging economies not benefited as much from the globalised trade architecture as multinational corporations and international investors? And what needs to chang...
More trade; less aid? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - February 22, 2023 17:15 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAre more equitable trade policies possible at a time many countries are turning to protectionism? Why have developing countries and emerging economies not benefited as much from the globalised trade architecture as multinational corporations and international investors? And what needs to chang...
In search of pandemic equity | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - February 08, 2023 17:44 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe COVID-19 pandemic showed that the current global health architecture is not fit for purpose. While rich countries hoarded vaccines, low and middle income countries were left behind, coping with massive global healthcare inequalities. Despite lofty promises, COVAX, the global initiative lau...
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