Latest Rethinkinghumanitarianism Podcast Episodes
Diversity in the aid sector | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - October 13, 2021 15:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMore than a year after the renewed push for racial justice, what progress has the humanitarian aid sector made? Amid the 2020 global movement for racial justice, aid organisations were criticised for their lack of diversity and colonial structures. Many published statements promising to do be...
RH S2E3 | Diversity in the aid sector
The New Humanitarian - October 13, 2021 15:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMore than a year after the renewed push for racial justice, what progress has the humanitarian aid sector made? Amid the 2020 global movement for racial justice, aid organisations were criticised for their lack of diversity and colonial structures. Many published statements promising to do be...
TNH Special | Reflections of a humanitarian reporter
The New Humanitarian - October 08, 2021 16:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCo-founder, former CEO and long-time editor Ben Parker is leaving The New Humanitarian after more than 25 years. In this special episode, host Heba Aly asks him to reflect on his years of humanitarian reporting.
A new approach to aid reform? | RH S2E2
The New Humanitarian - September 29, 2021 15:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDespite many years of reforms, progress towards more inclusive, efficient, and accountable humanitarian aid has been slow. But new recommendations, based on three years of research by the Centre for Global Development, propose four ways to more fundamentally reform the underlying architecture of...
RH S2E2 | A new approach to aid reform?
The New Humanitarian - September 29, 2021 15:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDespite many years of reforms, progress towards more inclusive, efficient, and accountable humanitarian aid has been slow. But new recommendations, based on three years of research by the Centre for Global Development, propose four ways to more fundamentally reform the underlying architecture of...
A new approach to aid reform? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - September 29, 2021 15:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDespite many years of reforms, progress towards more inclusive, efficient, and accountable humanitarian aid has been slow. But new recommendations, based on three years of research by the Centre for Global Development, propose four ways to more fundamentally reform the underlying architecture of...
RH S2E1 | NGOs and counter-insurgency: The case of Afghanistan
The New Humanitarian - September 15, 2021 11:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe so-called war on terror has forever changed how aid is delivered in conflict zones, and Afghanistan is the perfect case study. In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the withdrawal of US and NATO forces, many aid organisations have temporarily halted their operations or wi...
NGOs and counter-insurgency: The case of Afghanistan | RH S2E1
The New Humanitarian - September 15, 2021 11:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe so-called war on terror has forever changed how aid is delivered in conflict zones, and Afghanistan is the perfect case study. In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the withdrawal of US and NATO forces, many aid organisations have temporarily halted their operations or wi...
NGOs and counter-insurgency: The case of Afghanistan | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - September 15, 2021 11:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe so-called war on terror has forever changed how aid is delivered in conflict zones, and Afghanistan is the perfect case study. In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the withdrawal of US and NATO forces, many aid organisations have temporarily halted their operations or wi...
TNH Special | Earthquake relief. Mexico. 2051
The New Humanitarian - September 10, 2021 11:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA fictional take on tomorrow's disaster response - when cluster approaches, donor-funded appeals, and foreign-led responses are no longer part of humanitarian assistance. As read by the author, Malka Older. Produced by The New Humanitarian.
TNH Special: Earthquake relief. Mexico. 2051
The New Humanitarian - September 10, 2021 11:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA fictional take on tomorrow's disaster response - when cluster approaches, donor-funded appeals, and foreign-led responses are no longer part of humanitarian assistance. As read by the author, Malka Older. Produced by The New Humanitarian.
Season 2 of Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - September 06, 2021 16:54 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsStarting September 15th, Rethinking Humanitarianism is back with new episodes exploring the future of aid.
Myanmar’s post-coup healthcare breakdown
The New Humanitarian - March 25, 2021 21:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, COVID-19, emergency care: Public health system ‘breakdown’ could cascade into a wider emergency, aid groups warn.
As trust fades, Indigenous groups in the Amazon race against time on vaccines
The New Humanitarian - March 25, 2021 17:59 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVaccine doses are trickling in to the region’s COVID-19 hotspots, but there is deep mistrust of rollout efforts and worries over new variants.
RH Episode 10 | The magic wand episode
The New Humanitarian - February 19, 2021 06:14 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn every episode of the Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast, we ask our guests what they would do if they had millions of dollars – or perhaps a magic wand – to transform the way the world responds to people in need. We’ve heard a panoply of pitches: from politicians sleeping in refugee camps t...
The magic wand episode | RH S1E10
The New Humanitarian - February 19, 2021 06:14 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn every episode of the Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast, we ask our guests what they would do if they had millions of dollars – or perhaps a magic wand – to transform the way the world responds to people in need. We’ve heard a panoply of pitches: from politicians sleeping in refugee camps t...
The magic wand episode | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - February 19, 2021 06:14 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn every episode of the Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast, we ask our guests what they would do if they had millions of dollars – or perhaps a magic wand – to transform the way the world responds to people in need. We’ve heard a panoply of pitches: from politicians sleeping in refugee camps t...
EVENT | Crises to Watch 2021
The New Humanitarian - February 11, 2021 12:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCOVID-19 dominated headlines in 2020. The pandemic shocked the world, exacerbating existing crises, overshadowing new ones, and creating all kinds of knock-on health, economic and social effects. Against the backdrop of 2020, what can we expect in the year ahead? What will be the continued fal...
TNH Events | Crises to Watch 2021
The New Humanitarian - February 11, 2021 12:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCOVID-19 dominated headlines in 2020. The pandemic shocked the world, exacerbating existing crises, overshadowing new ones, and creating all kinds of knock-on health, economic and social effects. Against the backdrop of 2020, what can we expect in the year ahead? What will be the continued fal...
RH Episode 9 | Inside the donor mindset
The New Humanitarian - February 03, 2021 14:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSo in this episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism, host Heba Aly sits down with donors to talk about humanitarian reform priorities from their vantage point – and how funding policies can be part of the problem. Aly, director of The New Humanitarian, talks with Michael Koehler, deputy dire...
Inside the donor mindset | RH S1E9
The New Humanitarian - February 03, 2021 14:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSo in this episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism, host Heba Aly sits down with donors to talk about humanitarian reform priorities from their vantage point – and how funding policies can be part of the problem. Aly, director of The New Humanitarian, talks with Michael Koehler, deputy dire...
Inside the donor mindset | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - February 03, 2021 14:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSo in this episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism, host Heba Aly sits down with donors to talk about humanitarian reform priorities from their vantage point – and how funding policies can be part of the problem. Aly, director of The New Humanitarian, talks with Michael Koehler, deputy dire...
Aid’s climate challenge | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - January 20, 2021 16:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat is the role of a $25 billion humanitarian aid industry in a trillion dollar problem? The size of the challenge is well beyond the humanitarian system. So what kind of rethink is necessary for the way aid agencies work in the face of this impending threat? To answer that question, TNH Di...
Aid’s climate challenge | RH S1E8
The New Humanitarian - January 20, 2021 16:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat is the role of a $25 billion humanitarian aid industry in a trillion dollar problem? The size of the challenge is well beyond the humanitarian system. So what kind of rethink is necessary for the way aid agencies work in the face of this impending threat? To answer that question, TNH Di...
RH Episode 8 | Aid’s climate challenge
The New Humanitarian - January 20, 2021 16:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat is the role of a $25 billion humanitarian aid industry in a trillion dollar problem? The size of the challenge is well beyond the humanitarian system. So what kind of rethink is necessary for the way aid agencies work in the face of this impending threat? To answer that question, TNH Di...
RH Episode 7 | Decolonising aid
The New Humanitarian - January 06, 2021 17:36 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and several other Black Americans forced many around the world to look introspectively and critically at systemic power imbalances. The aid sector was no exception, with growing calls for it to be decolonised. But movements often falter when...
Decolonising aid | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian - January 06, 2021 17:36 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and several other Black Americans forced many around the world to look introspectively and critically at systemic power imbalances. The aid sector was no exception, with growing calls for it to be decolonised. But movements often falter when...
Decolonising aid | RH S1E7
The New Humanitarian - January 06, 2021 17:36 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and several other Black Americans forced many around the world to look introspectively and critically at systemic power imbalances. The aid sector was no exception, with growing calls for it to be decolonised. But movements often falter when...
RH Episode 6 | Multilateral reform
The New Humanitarian - December 23, 2020 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAs we close out a year in which the UN marked its 75th anniversary, we’re taking a hard look at whether reform of multilateral agencies has a chance. Two guests with extensive backgrounds in diplomacy and international service are joining co-hosts Heba Aly and Jeremy Konyndyk on this sixth epi...
Multilateral reform | RH S1E6
The New Humanitarian - December 23, 2020 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAs we close out a year in which the UN marked its 75th anniversary, we’re taking a hard look at whether reform of multilateral agencies has a chance. Two guests with extensive backgrounds in diplomacy and international service are joining co-hosts Heba Aly and Jeremy Konyndyk on this sixth epi...
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