The Borgen Project Podcast

Director Laura Warner discusses her Ukraine War documentary, The Cranes Call and what she's learned traveling to over 100 countries. Warner has covered Libya, Iraq and many of the hardest hit places in the world. Her latest documentary, The Cranes Call follows war crimes investigators from the Clooney Foundation (Anya Neistat and Solomiia Stasiv) who interview survivors and document human rights abuses. The film is backed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton's production company, Hidden Light.Links:- Watch The Cranes Call- Laura Warner

Africa is a major focus of Chinese foreign policy. Yun Sun, Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center discusses what to expect now that the U.S. is cutting humanitarian aid to Africa.

Clint Borgen and Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest developments.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Clint Borgen and Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest developments in Ukraine and eight strategies for ending poverty.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Josephine Guilbeau, a former U.S. Army Intel Analyst discusses her approach to activism. Elon Musk and DOGE attack USAID.Take Action: Urge Congress to Protect USAIDUrge Congress to meet with American doctors who served in GazaOfficial podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Dr. Ayesha Khan recently worked in Gaza and was on Capitol Hill with The Borgen Project. Dr. Khan specializes in Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.Take Action: Urge Congress to meet with American doctors who served in Gaza.Mentioned: Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

White House locks USAID employees out and shuts down the U.S. agency that handles aid to world's poorest. The Borgen Project back from DC.Take Action: Urge Congress to Protect USAIDUrge Congress to meet with American doctors who served in GazaOfficial podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Qutaiba Idlbi discusses Syria and his personal journey. Qutaiba Idlbi is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Middle East Programs where he leads the Council's work on Syria.

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa discusses Gaza with Clint Borgen. Dr. Sidhaw is a Trauma Surgeon, based in California, with experience in Gaza, Ukraine, the West Bank, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Burkina Faso. He received his Masters in Public Health from Harvard and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas Medical School.Take Action: Urge Congress to meet with American doctors who served in Gaza.Mentioned: Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa discusses Gaza with Clint Borgen. Dr. Sidhaw is a Trauma Surgeon, based in California, with experience in Gaza, Ukraine, the West Bank, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Burkina Faso. He received his Masters in Public Health from Harvard and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas Medical School.Take Action: Urge Congress to meet with American doctors who served in Gaza.Mentioned: Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

CEO Hope for Ukraine, Yuriy Boyechko discusses the situation in Ukraine.

Clips from earlier interview with Ambassador David Scheffer and Professor Omer Bartov. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din, the Founder of #MeWeIn discusses how stories shape our lives.Watch the video of Alan Shebaro that went viralRead the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official Podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Iraq Special Forces Veteran Alan Shebaro Discusses Gaza and the West Bank with Clint Borgen. Watch the video of Alan Shebaro that went viralRead the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official Podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Juliette Touma, Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller discuss their new book Daybreak in Gaza with Clint Borgen. Jayyab Abusafia is also coauthor of Daybreak in Gaza but wasn't able to attend this interview. Book Description:"This was Gaza. A place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now pulverised and devastated, its entire population displaced by a seemingly endless onslaught. Today, as its heritage is being destroyed, Gaza's survivors preserve their culture through literature, music, stories and memories. Daybreak in Gaza is a record of that heritage, revealing an extraordinary place and people. Vignettes of artists, acrobats, doctors, students, shopkeepers and teachers across the generations offer stories of love, life, loss and survival. They display the wealth of Gaza's cultural landscape and the breadth of its history. This remarkable book humanises the people dismissed as mere statistics and portrays lives full of joy and meaning. Daybreak in Gaza stands as a mark of resistance to the destruction, and as a testament to the people of Gaza."Purchase Daybreak in GazaEmail Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Jonathan Fowler provides an update on UNRWA. Nadia Ali and Alisa Kireeva of Kinder Relief discuss the challenges of evacuating injured children from Gaza.Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Just back from the West Bank, Clint Borgen shares what he saw in the region. Borgen visited refugee camps, schools and medical clinics operated by UNRWA.Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Nina Ng was born and raised in New York City and after working in many warzones, she launched Help Me Live USA to assist people impacted by war.Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Back from Gaza, Dr. Mimi Syed and Dr. Myles Dickason discuss what they witnessed and the wars horrible impact on civilians.Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues.In this episode...Polling shows Afghanistan men believe human rights for women is key to Afghanistan's future.Does your name determine your political views?Zimbabwe government kills elephants to address famine.Israel continues to bomb safe zones.Polio vaccination underway in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Lt. Colonel who served in Iraq, discusses what it's like working in Gaza's hosptials. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs in Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the helicopter she was piloting has credited Dr. Adam Hamawy with saving her life. Hamawy points out in normal warfare the patients are predominantly soldiers, but in Gaza it's overwhelmingly civilians and children being shot, bombed and injured.Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Chief of Staff Lynsey Alexander joins Clint Borgen to discuss Gaza. American doctors serving in Gaza are calling on the White House to stop providing weapons to Israel. The doctors cite the injuries they see daily aren't normal warfare, but the deliberate targeting of children and civilians.Read the letter U.S. doctors sent to Congress.Emailing Congress in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues.In this episode...NATO 101Rats being used in Africa to detect landmines.Israeli Prime Minister Netanyau has been criminally charged by the ICC for starving millions of people and committing crimes against humanity in Gaza... so naturally the White House has decided to send him more 500 pound bombs to drop on the people of GazaOfficial podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgLearn more about Apopo's efforts to train rates for mine detection.

Ewan Watson, Head of Global Communications for the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) discusses Sudan and South Sudan.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.Email Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Marissa Vahlsing of EarthRights International discusses their big victory in efforts to bring justice for victims of banna killings. This month a jury in Florida found Chiquita liable for killings between 1997 and 2004 by a Colombian paramilitary group that the company provided millions of dollars to. The paramilitary group was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. Department of State.Learn more about EarthRights InternationalBBC article about the case.Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.Email Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues. In this episode...A different perspective on impoverished and war-torn countries. There's much more to poor countries then meets the eye. The stats are in... the college protests in support of Gaza were overwhelmingly peaceful. Why did Congress invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyau to speak to a Joint Session of Congress? An honor that's been given to Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela is now going to someone facing war crimes charges. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

What is the United Nations? Clint Borgen and Lynsey Alexander discuss the coolest organization that most people know very little about. From humanitarian assistances to prosecuting war crimes, the U.N. is instrumental in righting some of the world's biggest wrongs. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Josh Paul was a Director at the State Department for 12-years and involved with sending weapons to foreign countries. In October of 2023, Paul publicly resigned citing concerns the U.S. wasn't following its own laws and procedures when it came to supplying weapons to Israel. Paul noted that Israel was requesting a "variety of weapons that have no applicability to the current conflict.”Read Paul's Op Ed in the Washington PostEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Jonathan Fowler of UNRWA joins the podcast. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.) is unique in terms of its long-standing commitment to one group of refugees. It has contributed to the welfare and human development of four generations of Palestine refugees. Email Congressional leaders in support of a ceasefire in GazaOfficial podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues. borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Professor Omer Bartov is considered one of the world's leading specialists on the subject of genocide. He is the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University.Born in Israel and educated at Tel Aviv University and St. Antony's College, Oxford, Omer Bartov's early research concerned the Nazi indoctrination of the Wehrmacht and the crimes it committed in World War II, analyzed in his books, The Eastern Front, 1941-1945, and Hitler's Army. He then turned to the links between total war and genocide, discussed in his books Murder in Our Midst, Mirrors of Destruction, and Germany's War and the Holocaust. Bartov's interest in representation also led to his study, The "Jew" in Cinema, which examines the recycling of antisemitic stereotypes in film. His more recent work has focused on interethnic relations in the borderlands of Eastern Europe. Recent publications include Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine (2007), Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz (2018), winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and Tales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician Past (2022). His many edited volumes include Shatterzone of Empires: Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands (2013), Voices on War and Genocide: Three Accounts of the World Wars in a Galician Town (2020), and Israel-Palestine: Lands and Peoples (2021). Bartov's novel, The Butterfly and the Axe, will be published in 2023.Check out these books by Omer BartovGenocide, the Holocaust, and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of CrisisThe Butterfly and the Axe. A NovelTales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician PastAnatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen interviews Dr. Paul Slovic. Dr. Paul Slovic is President of Decision Research and Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. He is an expert in human judgment, decision making, risk perception and the go-to guy when trying to understand human perception toward the world's most urgent problems, like war, genocides, nuclear weapons and pandemics. (arithmeticofcompassion.org)Learn more about Dr. Slovic's work:arithmeticofcompassion.orgUniversity of Oregon, Department of Psychology Decision Research--Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.org

Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine and it's only 25-miles from the border with Russia. Needless to say, it has been heavily targeted. Clint Borgen interviews Lina Sadovnycha from the Ukrainian based humanitarian organization Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv.Learn more about Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv--Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonateMentioned in the episode: Hima Seafods, Source Water, 

Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues. In today's episode, Alex Nowrasteh, Vice President of Economic and Social Policy Studies at the CATO Institute discusses the top myths about immigration.Read the Full Immigrations Myths Report--The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.

Actress Michelle Twarowska and Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discuss the latest global issues. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, the President of The Borgen Project is joined by Chief of Staff Lynsey Alexander to discuss Gaza, Haiti, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Actress Michelle Twarowska discuss global issues. In today's episode, they answer FAQ's about poverty, hunger and homelessness.The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgSend questions to podcast@borgenproject.org.Email Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Actress Michelle Twarowska discuss life in Gaza with Dr. Mona Jebril.Dr. Mona Jebril is a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge where she received her PHD. She also holds a degree from the University of Oxford. Dr. Jebril is a Palestinian who lived in the Gaza Strip for more than 22 years. borgenproject.org

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project is joined by Ali Misimi from People in Need to discuss Kosovo.People in Need was established in 1992 by a group of Czech war correspondents who were no longer satisfied with merely relaying information about ongoing conflicts and began sending out aid. It gradually became established as a professional humanitarian organization striving to provide aid in troubled regions and support adherence to human rights around the world.The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Michelle Twarowska discuss gadgets, gizmos and inventions helping the world's poor.The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Michelle Twarowska discuss gadgets, gizmos and inventions helping the world's poor.The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Michelle Twarowska discuss Gaza, UNRWA and how AI is being used to address global health. The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

The Borgen Project's Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander, talks Global Education and the READ Reauthoraization Act.Send your podcast questions to podcast@borgenproject.orgThe Borgen Project is an international advocacy organization that improves living conditions for people living in extreme poverty. borgenproject.orgTake ActionEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project talks with David Scheffer, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Amb. Scheffer was the first U.S. Ambassador at Large for Crimes Issues, serving during the second term of the Clinton Administration.Bio: Amb. David J. Scheffer is senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, with a focus on international law and international criminal justice. Scheffer was the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law (2006-2020) and is Director Emeritus of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He is Professor of Practice at Arizona State University (Washington offices). He was Vice-President of the American Society of International Law (2020-2022) and held the International Francqui Professorship at KU Leuven in Belgium in 2022. From 2012 to 2018 he was the UN Secretary-General's Special Expert on UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, and he was the Tom A. Bernstein Genocide Prevention Fellow working with the Ferencz International Justice Initiative at the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (2019-2021). Amb. Scheffer book All the Missing SoulsCouncil on Foreign RelationsArizona State University School of Politics and Global Studies

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Michelle Twarowska discuss Davos, Gaza and Food Aid Reform.borgenproject.orgEmail Congress in support of poverty-reduction legislationRemote volunteer ops at The Borgen ProjectDonate

David Eastman, the Senior Director for International Programs with the relief agency International Medical Corps discusses the organizations work with Clint Borgen. Eastman was on the ground in Afghanistan when the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks occured. borgenproject.org

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Michelle Twarowska discuss the top conflicts to watch in 2024, candidates bashing the U.N. and Africa's major step toward affordable medicine.borgenproject.org

Clint Borgen, the President of The Borgen Project and co-host Marie Shanley discuss tips for giving to charities. Learn how to research nonprofits and find causes. The Borgen Project is an international humanitarian organization that works to bring political attention to global poverty.LinksGuidestarCharity NavigatorDonate to The Borgen Project

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and co-host Marie Shanley tackle the latest global issues and humanitarian news. The Borgen Project is an international humanitarian organization that works to bring political attention to global poverty.U.S. Global Food Security StrategyDonate to The Borgen Project