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Part 1:We talk with Stephanie Hanes, who has written broadly on subjects ranging from climate and the environment to education, families, food and farming. She has been an Alicia Patterson fellow and a multiple-time grant recipient from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She holds teaching positions at Yale University's School of the Environment and The College of William & Mary.We discuss the push to drill and dig in the administration, when many of the minerals and metals we need are already available in the byproducts of existing mining an drilling, in addition to the resources available in discarded items. We talk about the amount of waste produced, and buried in land fills, when when it could be reprocessed and used.Part 2:We talk with Julie Su, a nationally recognized workers' rights and civil rights expert who served in President Biden's cabinet as the Acting Secretary of Labor where she successfully led efforts to build worker power and union strength, negotiate historic contracts, and expand good jobs for all. Prior to her nomination as U.S. Labor Secretary, she served as the Deputy Secretary, and before that as the California Labor Secretary appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Su brought a wealth of experience as a nonprofit attorney representing low wage, vulnerable workers for nearly two decades prior to being appointed to government positions and as California Labor Commissioner from 2011-2018, where she was widely credited with a renaissance in enforcement and creative approaches to combating wage theft and protecting immigrant workers. Secretary Su graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. She speaks Mandarin and Spanish.We discuss the information skimming that the DOGE boys are doing. Different government agencies have data about US residents, most of it private. However DOGE is pushing for access to ALL data, by unauthorized individuals who are part of DOGE, with no controls or oversight. This data can be used in many ways to exploit in many ways detrimental to us. Music: David RovicsWNHNFM.ORG production
In this episode, Karol interviews Julio Rosas, a national correspondent for Blaze Media. They discuss Julio's experiences covering the California wildfires, the emotional toll of reporting in crisis situations, and the importance of family support. Julio shares his journey into journalism, the challenges he faces in the field, and his thoughts on balancing work and personal life. The Karol Markowicz Show is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Wednesday & Friday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In POWER METAL, award-winning journalist Vince Beiser chronicles the destructive side effects that the global hunt for critical metals has on our clean energy transition, from environmental damage to political upheaval to murder. Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author of “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization.” The book has been translated into five languages, was a finalist for a PEN America award and a California Book Award, and spawned a TEDx talk. Vince is currently at work on a new book, “Power Metal”, about how the materials we need for digital technology and renewable energy are causing environmental havoc, political upheaval, mayhem and murder—and how we can do better. Vince has reported from over 100 countries, states, provinces, kingdoms, occupied territories, no man's lands and disaster zones. He has exposed conditions in California's harshest prisons, trained with troops bound for Iraq, ridden with the first responders to natural disasters, and hunted down other stories from around the world for publications including Wired, The Atlantic, Harper's, Time, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Vince's work has been honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Columbia, Medill and Missouri Graduate Schools of Journalism, and many other institutions. He has three times been part of a team that won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, and shared in an Emmy for his work with the PBS TV series SoCal Connected. He is also a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. https://vincebeiser.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions and depictions of war, including themes of conflict and war photography, which some listeners may find distressing. Welcome to Media in the Mix, the only podcast produced and hosted by the School of Communication at American University. Join us as we create a safe space to explore topics and communication at the intersection of social justice, tech, innovation & pop culture. This week on Media in the Mix, we're joined by AUSOC's very own, Bill Gentile! Bill Gentile is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and documentary filmmaker whose career spans over four decades, five continents, and nearly every aspect of mass communication. Author of Wait for Me: True Stories of War, Love and Rock & Roll, he is a full-time professor at American University's School of Communication (SOC) in Washington, DC, and the founder of the Backpack Journalism Project. A pioneer in “backpack video journalism,” Gentile authored the Essential Video Journalism Field Manual and its Spanish counterpart, and has conducted workshops worldwide. He is the creator and host of the documentary series FREELANCERS with Bill Gentile and has engineered key partnerships, such as SOC's collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Gentile has reported from Central America, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan, among other regions, documenting conflicts, cultural shifts, and global challenges. His notable works include Afghan Dreams, Fire and Ice on the Mountain, and a three-part series on religion and gangs in Guatemala. Early in his career, he covered the Sandinista Revolution and U.S.-backed Contra War in Nicaragua as Newsweek's Contract Photographer for Latin America. His book of photographs, Nicaragua, earned an Overseas Press Club Award. Gentile's work has also examined topics like the U.S. nursing shortage, the effects of climate change, and Cuba's unique cultural traditions, solidifying his reputation as a masterful storyteller and educator. If you'd like to donate to the School of Communication, go to giving.american.edu. Learn more about SOC in the links below. Graduate Admissions: http://www.american.edu/soc/admissions/index.cfm Undergraduate Admission: https://www.american.edu/admissions/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ausoc/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/au_soc Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ausoc/?hl=en
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes back our friend Charles Lyons for a report on the Brazil and the Amazon. Charles Lyons is a multimedia journalist and filmmaker. He recently completed a feature documentary about former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. In 2023, Charles received a Conservando Juntos/ Earth Journalism Network grant (supported by USAID), to report on the continuing violence due to illegal gold mining within the Yanomami territory in the Amazon. His resulting article was published in Mongabay. Based in Rio, Charles has produced coverage of the 2022 Brazilian election for PBS NewsHour and long-form news reports on deforestation and Indigenous rights in the Amazon supported by The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. Prior to that, he received an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to produce coverage of the pandemic in Brazil, also for PBS NewsHour, with a focus on marginalized communities in tribal lands and favelas. He has written editorials for The New York Times about suicides among the Guarani tribe in the southwest of Brazil and about the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Amazon. More recently, Charles has covered illegal gold mining in Amazonian countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Suriname. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Martinez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) 2. Song Title: Peyote Healing Artist: Robbie Robertson, Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike Album: Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy (1998) Label: Capitol/EMI 3. Song Title: For the Earth Artist: Tiokasin Ghosthorse and Ettie Luckey (unreleased), 2013 Album: Unreleased Label: N/A 4. Song Title: What's Going On Artist: Marvin Gaye Album: What's Going On (1971) Label: Tamia (Motown subsidiary) 5. Song Title: Away From Here Artist: Smokey D. Palmtree Album: Peace of Mind (2021) Label: Gila River Records AKANTU INTELLIGENCE Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
In this week's episode of the Camera Shake Podcast, we take you inside the storm that earned Kevin Painchaud and his team the Pulitzer Prize for their extraordinary photojournalism during the devastating Santa Cruz storms of 2023. Join us as we explore how Kevin, a seasoned photojournalist with Lookout Santa Cruz, documented the relentless atmospheric rivers and their impact on the community, ultimately creating award-winning coverage that captured the attention of the world.Kevin shares his insights on the intense process of crisis reporting during the storms, how he balanced the emotional toll with the responsibility of journalism, and the pivotal moments that led to his team's Pulitzer Prize win. Through his lens, we delve into the challenges and triumphs of local journalism in times of disaster, and how his award-winning photography turned the chaos into powerful storytelling.Whether you're passionate about photojournalism, interested in the behind-the-scenes of Pulitzer Prize-winning work, or simply curious about the role of journalism in documenting natural disasters, this episode is a must-listen. Discover what it takes to tell a community's story in the face of nature's fury and how Kevin Painchaud's dedication to photojournalism and local journalism made history.#Photojournalism #KevinPainchaud #PulitzerPrize #CameraShakePodcast******************************************************************SUPPORT THE PODCAST: www.buymeacoffee.com/camerashake******************************************************************JOIN THE CAMERA SHAKE COMMUNITY for the latest news and some behind the scenes insights: www.camerashakepodcast.com******************************************************************Check out our sponsor: www.platypod.com******************************************************************THIS WEEK'S LINKS:INTERESTED IN THE LOFOTEN VIKING PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP?https://www.idavewilliams.com/trainingKevin Painchaud on the web:https://www.kevinpainchaud.comKevin Painchaud on Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/painchaudkevin/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kpainchaud/JOIN THE CAMERA SHAKE COMMUNITY for the latest news and some behind the scenes insights: www.camerashakepodcast.com======================================CAMERA SHAKE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/camerashakeFULL EPISODE 219 ‘Inside the Storm: How to win a PULITZER with KEVIN PAINCHAUD' IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON: YouTube - https://youtu.be/qKoj-M8zx_UApple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2Y2LmfmSpotify - https://spoti.fi/304sm2G FOLLOW US ONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/camerashakepodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camerashakepodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/ShakeCameraKersten's website:www.kerstenluts.comKersten on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/kerstenluts/https://www.instagram.com/threeheadsinarow/
El marketing político y los resultados a corto plazo del modelo de mano dura de Nayib Bukele han alimentado una ola de populismo punitivo en América Latina. De México a Chile, a lo largo del continente, candidatos de todo tipo prometen más castigos, más cárceles, más militares, lo que sea que funcione mejor para cosechar votos: ofrecen una solución mágica a los problemas de inseguridad de sus países “al estilo Bukele”, como si hubiera una fórmula que solo tienen que replicar a escala. Pero, ¿cuáles son los elementos clave del modelo Bukele más allá del muro de propaganda que lo rodea? ¿Qué significa este “modelo” fuera de la guerra contra las pandillas? Este 1 de junio, el presidente de El Salvador inicia oficialmente su segundo mandato y la mayoría de las promesas que hizo para su primer gobierno siguen incumplidas. En este episodio extra de Bukele: el señor de Los sueños, el periodista Gabriel Labrador, la economista Tatiana Marroquín y el politólogo Juan Pablo Luna nos ayudan a comprender cuál es el rumbo que está tomando el gobierno salvadoreño para mantener su liderazgo dentro y fuera del país, y qué significan hoy su figura y su reelección para el resto del continente. Bukele: el señor de Los sueños es una serie realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad. Este es un episodio de Central, un podcast de Radio Ambulante Estudios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias. Sigue a Central en Instagram, X y YouTube y a El hilo en Instagram, X , Threads, Facebook y YouTube.
El marketing político y los resultados a corto plazo del modelo de mano dura de Nayib Bukele han alimentado una ola de populismo punitivo en América Latina. De México a Chile, a lo largo del continente, candidatos de todo tipo prometen más castigos, más cárceles, más militares, lo que sea que funcione mejor para cosechar votos: ofrecen una solución mágica a los problemas de inseguridad de sus países “al estilo Bukele”, como si hubiera una fórmula que solo tienen que replicar a escala. Pero, ¿cuáles son los elementos clave del modelo Bukele más allá del muro de propaganda que lo rodea? ¿Qué significa este “modelo” fuera de la guerra contra las pandillas? Este 1 de junio, el presidente de El Salvador inicia oficialmente su segundo mandato y la mayoría de las promesas que hizo para su primer gobierno siguen incumplidas. En este episodio extra, el periodista Gabriel Labrador, la economista Tatiana Marroquín y el politólogo Juan Pablo Luna nos ayudan a comprender cuál es el rumbo que está tomando el gobierno salvadoreño para mantener su liderazgo dentro y fuera del país, y qué significan hoy su figura y su reelección para el resto del continente. Central es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Studios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina, te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir información sobre las series de Radio Ambulante Studios. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
Do you know your history? How much do you see yourself represented in the history books today? Dr. Seema Yasmin set out to provide education for both kids and adults with her latest book "The ABCs of Queer History". In this episode of the podcast Joe and Dr. Yasmin get into a great conversation around representation and the importance of knowing all the various historical figures who helped shape history but may not be in your textbooks. Enjoy! About Dr. Seema Yasmin Dr. Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor, and professor. She is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, clinical assistant professor in Stanford University's Department of Medicine, and visiting professor at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA where she teaches crisis management and communications. Yasmin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news in 2017 with a team from The Dallas Morning News, and she is the recipient of two awards from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Dr. Yasmin has been featured in and contributed to The New York Times, Rolling Stone, WIRED, Scientific American, and other outlets. She is a medical analyst for CNN and a correspondent for Conde Nast Entertainment. Her books paint vivid pictures about ourselves and how we interact with the world around us and include What the Fact?!: Finding the Truth in All the Noise, Muslim Women are Everything, the poetry collection If God Is a Virus and more. About 'The ABCs of Queer History' In this beautiful picture book brimming with P for Pride, writer and poet Seema Yasmin and illustrator Lucy Kirk introduce a different kind of ABCs—not just words like apple, ball or cat, but rather what it means to be diverse, to be equitable, and to be inclusive. That no one counts unless we all count, and how we must open our eyes and ears, minds and hearts, to hear everyone's story and understand and celebrate their experience. This is a book of people, of ideas, of accomplishments and events. It's a book about Allies and Ancestors, about Belonging and Being accepted, about Hope, Knowledge, and Love. About historic moments like Stonewall, and how it changed the world. And all about Trailblazers, like Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, Harvey Milk, Barbara Jordan, George Takei, Elliot Page, and Sally Ride. The ABC's of Queer History celebrates both joyful and challenging moments in queer history in the United States through rhyming verse and bright, colorful illustrations. Make sure to check out the Dtalkspodcast.com website! Thanks to Empire Toys for this episode of the podcast! Nostalgia is something everyone loves and Empire Toys in Keller Texas is on nostalgia overload. With toys and action figures from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today, Empire Toys is a one-stop-shop for a trip down memory lane and a chance to reclaim what was once yours (but likely sold at a garage sale) Check out Empire Toys on Facebook, Instagram, or at TheEmpireToys.com AND Thanks to Self Unbound for this episode of the podcast: Your quality of life: physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, is a direct reflection of the level of abundant energy, ease, and connection your nervous system has to experience your life! At Self Unbound, your nervous system takes center stage as we help unbind your limited healing potential through NetworkSpinal Care. Access the first steps to your Unbound journey by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or at www.selfunbound.com
James Pogue describes his experience in Africa with Chris Mott and Ashley, including his experience getting detained in the Central African Republic, the role of empire and the United States in a deglobalizing world, and what this means for preparing for the future. James Pogue: I'm a Contributing Editor at Harper's, and write about national politics for Vanity Fair. I've written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books, among many others. I was a 2022 Alicia Patterson Fellow, and have received support from from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. I live in Los Angeles, where I help run a native plant nursery. My first book is called Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West. I have appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher, All In With Chris Hayes, NPR's Today Explained, and many other TV and radio shows or podcasts. Dr. Chris Mott is an international relations scholar focused on historical geopolitics, grand strategy, and the intersection of defensive realism and conceptions of sovereignty in an era of increasing multi-polarity. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, an MA in International Relations from London Metropolitan University, and a BA in History from Rutgers University. He has published a book, “The Formless Empire: A Short History of Diplomacy and Warfare in Central Asia,” on the rise of indigenous forms of geopolitical strategy on the Eurasian steppe, as well as numerous peer-reviewed and general audience articles on foreign policy and historical topics in a variety of places. Dr. Mott is currently a fellow at Defense Priorities in Washington DC and a former researcher and desk officer at the U.S. Department of State. Chris writes at https://geotrickster.com
Join us in this episode of Health Nonprofit Digital Marketing as host Spencer Brooks sits down with Jeff Barrus from the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) to explore two compelling topics. First, we'll uncover the latest trends in health philanthropy and discover what funders are prioritizing in the ever-evolving landscape. Then, we'll discuss tailoring your communications to meet the specific needs of your audience, drawing from Jeff's unique perspective as a communications director in the health nonprofit space. About the guest Jeff Barrus is the Communications Director at Grantmakers in Health (GIH), a philanthropy-serving organization that supports health funders of all sizes and interests through education, networking, and leadership. Prior to joining GIH, Jeff was Communications Director at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, where he led communications on a wide range of journalism and education initiatives. While at the Pulitzer Center, he was part of the team that produced the 1619 Project education network website, which won two 2022 Webby awards. He began his career at National Public Radio in 1998 and went on to serve in various communications roles at nonprofits, think tanks, and universities, including The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Atlantic Council, and Johns Hopkins University. Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Maryland and lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, twin daughters, and three dogs. Resources Chronicle of Philanthropy https://www.philanthropy.com/Philanthropy News Digest https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/Inside Philanthropy https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/Non Profit Quarterly https://nonprofitquarterly.org/The Communications Network https://www.comnetwork.org/United Philanthropy Forum https://www.unitedphilforum.org/ Contact Jeff Grantmakers In Health https://www.gih.org/Threads https://www.threads.net/@gjbarrusLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gjbarrus/Email: jbarrus@gih.org
Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author of “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization.” The book has been translated into five languages, was a finalist for a PEN America award and a California Book Award, and spawned a TEDx talk. Vince is currently at work on a new book, “Power Metal”, about how the materials we need for digital technology and renewable energy are causing environmental havoc, political upheaval, mayhem and murder—and how we can do better. Vince has reported from over 100 countries, states, provinces, kingdoms, occupied territories, no man's lands and disaster zones. He has exposed conditions in California's harshest prisons, trained with troops bound for Iraq, ridden with the first responders to natural disasters, and hunted down other stories from around the world for publications including Wired, The Atlantic, Harper's, Time, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Vince's work has been honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Columbia, Medill and Missouri Graduate Schools of Journalism, and many other institutions. He has three times been part of a team that won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, and shared in an Emmy for his work with the PBS TV series SoCal Connected. He is also a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. https://vincebeiser.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/
Autoritários é um podcast narrativo da Folha que investiga líderes autoritários contemporâneos que ameaçam a democracia e as conexões entre eles. A repórter Ana Luiza Albuquerque viajou para seis países para ouvir as histórias das vítimas do autoritarismo e entender por que a democracia entrou em crise. Os episódios vão ao ar às quintas-feiras. Você pode ouvi-los nos principais tocadores de podcast e no site da Folha. O Autoritários tem apoio do Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hace más de una década, Nayib Bukele defendía la alternancia en el poder. Pero una vez en el sillón presidencial se fue contra la Constitución salvadoreña, que en seis de sus artículos prohíbe la reelección. Pasar por encima de este límite, validado por la Sala de lo Constitucional designada por el bukelismo, fue un nuevo punto de partida en la carrera por el control absoluto de El Salvador. Desde 2022, el presidente ha transformado las reglas del juego electoral en un sentido amplio y de manera profunda: desde los cambios en el sistema de votación de los salvadoreños en el extranjero, hasta la reorganización político-geográfica del país y la reducción del número de representantes en la Asamblea Legislativa. En este último episodio de Bukele: el señor de Los sueños, repasamos las estrategias que cambiaron el escenario político de El Salvador (y de la región). La pregunta “¿cómo se llega al punto en que las promesas de la democracia ya no importan?” traspasa fronteras. Bukele: el señor de Los sueños es una serie realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.Este es un episodio de Central, un podcast de Radio Ambulante Estudios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias.Suscríbete al boletín de Central para recibir enlaces con información complementaria sobre Bukele: el señor de Los sueños. Lo recibirás todos los miércoles en la mañana. Suscríbete aquí. Sigue a Central en Instagram, X y YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
En marzo de 2022, un pico de homicidios bajó a Nayib Bukele de golpe del planeta Bitcoin. La muerte de 87 personas en tres días marcó el inicio del estado policial que desde entonces domina la vida de los salvadoreños; un régimen de excepción que suspende garantías básicas y suma miles de denuncias por detenciones arbitrarias, torturas y muertes en las cárceles al mismo tiempo dio paso a un país ‘seguro' y a un modelo que hoy otros quieren copiar. Mientras investigaciones periodísticas y documentos dan cuenta del pacto que mantuvo Bukele con las pandillas al inicio de su gestión, la violencia repentina le dio una excusa para apelar a la misma solución que otros gobiernos —la mano dura— pero con el entusiasmo de un emprendedor, sin frenos, con publicidad y golpes de efecto. La política de tierra arrasada hizo de Bukele uno de los políticos más populares en la región y terminó por romper algunas comunidades que habían resistido unidas a casi todo. Hasta que el Gobierno les ofreció un número de teléfono y les dijo: llamen, su denuncia es anónima. Central es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Studios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina, te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir información sobre las series de Radio Ambulante Studios. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
Hace más de una década, Nayib Bukele defendía la alternancia en el poder. Pero una vez en el sillón presidencial se fue contra la Constitución salvadoreña, que en seis de sus artículos prohíbe la reelección. Pasar por encima de este límite, validado por la Sala de lo Constitucional designada por el bukelismo, fue un nuevo punto de partida en la carrera por el control absoluto de El Salvador. Desde 2022, el presidente ha transformado las reglas del juego electoral en un sentido amplio y de manera profunda: desde los cambios en el sistema de votación de los salvadoreños en el extranjero, hasta la reorganización político-geográfica del país y la reducción del número de representantes en la Asamblea Legislativa. En este último episodio, repasamos las estrategias que cambiaron el escenario político de El Salvador (y de la región). La pregunta “¿cómo se llega al punto en que las promesas de la democracia ya no importan?” traspasa fronteras. Central es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Studios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina, te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir información sobre las series de Radio Ambulante Studios. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
A partir del 9 de febrero de 2020, en El Salvador, nada volvería a ser igual. Ante los obstáculos que le suponía una Asamblea Legislativa que escapaba a su control, Nayib Bukele irrumpió en el Congreso con militares. Era la hora de “tomar medicina amarga”, como anticipó cuando asumió la presidencia. Empezaba un nuevo show, y la pandemia preparó el terreno para lo que vendría: medidas restrictivas, violaciones a los derechos humanos y el discurso de mano dura contra las pandillas. En las elecciones legislativas de 2021, Bukele consiguió la mayoría de diputados que necesitaba y, con todo a favor, avanzó sobre el Poder Judicial. Un exdiputado, una fotoperiodista y exasesores y colaboradores del presidente salvadoreño nos cuentan cómo construyó Bukele sus primeros pasos para controlar los tres poderes del Estado. Central es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Studios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina, te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir enlaces con información complementaria sobre Bukele: el señor de Los sueños. Lo recibirás todos los miércoles en la mañana. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
Bukele convirtió a El Salvador en el primer país en adoptar Bitcoin como moneda de curso legal de manera rápida y opaca, sin el apoyo de la población y con una ley que dejaba muchas preguntas. Le funcionó como publicidad… fuera del país. En este episodio llegamos hasta El Zonte, la zona cero del experimento salvadoreño con las criptomonedas, donde un periodista que ha cubierto esta historia desde el principio nos ayuda a entender el impacto de esta medida en la economía local. Escuchamos también las voces de la comunidad que no puede comprar una propiedad porque los precios se han disparado, o que es desalojada para construir proyectos turísticos; mientras tanto, los seguidores de esta propuesta, que busca romper con el sistema financiero tradicional, insisten en las ventajas de su aplicación. El ‘plan piloto' de la criptoeconomía salvadoreña ha dejado claro que una ilusión libre de impuestos puede costarle caro a la población local. Central es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Studios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina, te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir enlaces con información complementaria sobre Bukele: el señor de Los sueños. Lo recibirás todos los miércoles en la mañana. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
¿Cómo un millennial que se dedicaba a las empresas de su familia se convirtió en un eslabón central de la historia política de El Salvador? En el primer episodio de Bukele: El señor de Los sueños vamos a los inicios de Nayib Bukele, al clan familiar y la figura del padre, a su educación en un colegio bilingüe y su salto a la política municipal. Repasamos su infancia y adolescencia junto a uno de sus maestros de primaria y una excompañera de colegio. Luego viajamos hasta Nuevo Cuscatlán, un pueblo en las afueras de San Salvador que se convirtió en el primer laboratorio de Bukele. Las voces de excolaboradores nos ayudan a entender cuáles fueron las primeras estrategias que usó para transformar la democracia del país más pequeño de Centroamérica en un experimento que evoluciona en tiempo real. Bukele: El señor de Los sueños es una serie realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.Este es un episodio de Central, un podcast de Radio Ambulante Estudios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que Central crezca. Muchas gracias.Suscríbete al boletín de Central para recibir enlaces con información complementaria sobre Bukele: el señor de Los sueños. Lo recibirás todos los miércoles en la mañana. Suscríbete aquí. Sigue a Central en Instagram, X y YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
¿Cómo un millennial que se dedicaba a las empresas de su familia se convirtió en un eslabón central de la historia política de El Salvador? En el primer episodio vamos a los inicios de Nayib Bukele, al clan familiar y la figura del padre, a su educación en un colegio bilingüe y su salto a la política municipal. Repasamos su infancia y adolescencia junto a uno de sus maestros de primaria y una excompañera de colegio. Luego viajamos hasta Nuevo Cuscatlán, un pueblo en las afueras de San Salvador que se convirtió en el primer laboratorio de Bukele. Las voces de excolaboradores nos ayudan a entender cuáles fueron las primeras estrategias que usó para transformar la democracia del país más pequeño de Centroamérica en un experimento que evoluciona en tiempo real. CENTRAL es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Estudios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que CENTRAL crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir enlaces con información complementaria sobre Bukele: el señor de Los sueños. Lo recibirás todos los miércoles en la mañana. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
Nayib Bukele avanzó saltando peldaños en el mundo de la política tradicional de El Salvador, guiado por una ambición y un sentido de la oportunidad que no reconocía lealtades partidarias. Así rompió con el histórico partido de izquierda de su país, que lo había llevado al poder, y en 2019 quebró con décadas de bipartidismo. Usó los códigos de esta época —la imagen y las redes— para conquistar a un país harto con un sistema nacido de la posguerra, carcomido por escándalos de corrupción. En este episodio reconstruimos cómo se forjó la popularidad de un joven líder que prometía romper el status quo, aunque se valiera de él para su consagración. Y cómo se montó la escena de su llegada a la presidencia, donde Bukele le advirtió a su país y al mundo que había llegado la hora de tomar “medicina amarga”. Central es un podcast de Radio Ambulante Estudios. Si valoras el periodismo independiente y riguroso sobre América Latina te pedimos que te unas a nuestras membresías. Tu apoyo nos permitirá seguir profundizando en historias que le hablan a todo un continente. Dona aquí y ayúdanos a que CENTRAL crezca. Muchas gracias. Suscríbete a nuestro boletín para recibir enlaces con información complementaria sobre Bukele: el señor de Los sueños. Lo recibirás todos los miércoles en la mañana. Suscríbete aquí. Síguenos en Instagram, X y YouTube Esta serie ha sido realizada gracias al apoyo del Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Free Press Unlimited, Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) y Dejusticia. Además, agradecemos a Riesgo Cruzado, por su valioso apoyo en materia de protección y seguridad.
Breanna Morello is a former Fox Corp, Newsmax, local news, MLB producer. She has also spent several years reporting on the issues that matter most. After Fox Corp threatened to put Breanna on unpaid leave for not getting the Covid jab, she left the corporate media world and made her way into independent journalism. Breanna's goal is simple. She aims to be a truth seeker and amplify her findings through her new podcast.Breanna MorelloWEBSITE: www.breannamorello.comRUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/TheBreannaMorelloShow TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BreannaMorelloSUBSTACK: https://breannamorello.substack.com/ Taylor HansenWEBSITE: https://www.tenetmedia.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/TaylerUSA Viral News NYCTWITTER: https://twitter.com/ViralNewsNYC Victor AvilaWEBSITE: www.victoravilaforcongress.com JD RuckerWEBSITE: https://flyovermeat.com Use PROMO CODE to Save 15%: BREANNAWATCH BREANNA'S WEEKLY SEGMENT ON FLYOVER CONSERVATIVES: https://flyover.live/media/series/m56x6p6/through-a-producer-s-eyes-with-breanna-morelloSPONSORS FOR TODAY'S VIDEO► Kirk Elliott PHD - http://kirkelliottphd.com/breanna► Patriot Mobile - https://www.patriotmobile.com/breanna/ ► GiveADerm - promo code: BREANNA for 10% off - https://shop.giveaderm.com/?sca_ref=4615243.GpUkz9JsjE -------------------------------------------Follow me on Social Media so we can be best friends
Die Gesichtserkennung anhand von Fotos oder mit Hilfe von KI - in Brasilien eine umstrittene aber häufig angewandte Praxis. Oft ist sie auch rassistisch motiviert. (Diese Recherche wurde vom Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting unterstützt). Karen Naundorf, Sarah Pabst, Isabella Kolarwww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Weltzeit
Mehr als 15.000 Überwachungskameras gibt es allein in Buenos Aires. Doch verhaftet werden nicht unbedingt die Richtigen. Ein Fall für Argentiniens Justiz. Eine Recherche unterstützt vom Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. (Erstsendung am 25.4.2023)Karen Naundorf, Sarah Pabst, Isabella Kolarwww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, WeltzeitDirekter Link zur Audiodatei
Today on Repast, Michael and Diana talk with Wudan Yan, an award-winning narrative journalist covering science and society, about an article she published in July of this year about lead-tainted turmeric. In this article, Wudan looked at the Bangladesh supply chain for turmeric to discuss turmeric adulteration, the battle against this adulteration, and confronting food fraud more broadly. Michael, Diana, and Wudan discuss the article, Wudan's process, and the complex problem of food fraud here.Wudan's work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, High Country News, The New York Times, New Yorker and beyond and her journalism has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, UC Berkeley's Food and Farming Fellowship, The Institute of Journalism and Natural Resources, among others. Prior to journalism, Wudan was a cancer biologist studying the pharmacology of drugs for the treatment of solid cancers. You can read The Vice of Spice: Confronting Lead-Tainted Turmeric here.You can read more about Wudan Yan and explore her work here.Michael T. Roberts is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.Diana Winters is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.
In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Esha Chhabra, Author of Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business to Heal the World.Esha is an accomplished author who specializes in writing about sustainability, international development, and the emergence of mission-driven brands. In the last decade, she has made significant contributions to numerous national and international publications, such as The Guardian, New York Times, Wired UK, Washington Post, Atlantic, Fast Company, Forbes, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and more, establishing herself as a prominent voice in her field. Her writing offers insightful perspectives and nuanced, thought-provoking analyses of pressing issues. Her work has been supported by the UN Foundation, and has been awarded multiple fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in Washington, D.C.Esha and Ted discuss her background, Delhi-born, first-generation immigrant moving to California at the age of 6, and her interest in journalism from an early age. She moved to Washington D.C., received her undergraduate from Georgetown University, and then attended the London School of Economics and Politics Science for her graduate degree. Her latest book is one of the first of its kind. It is a journalistic work with a series of case studies across industries that sheds light on the businesses which have restorative and regenerative practices at their core, going beyond the greenwashing to a shift in mindset that is helping heal the world. She describes her travels and the entrepreneurs and activists she met across the world, hitting every continent except Antarctica. She also unpacks the social and environmental innovations in relatable industries that people have everyday interactions with, such as coffee, shoemaking, healthcare, energy, and hospitality, highlighting companies that are genuinely doing the work and part of a global movement.
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On episode 179, we welcome Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling to discuss the alternative medical industrial complex, the proliferation of ‘One True Cures' and why people are attracted to them, how the elitism and esotericism of mainstream medicine contributed to the rise of modern-day quackery, Robert O. Young and the pH cure, the appeal of Jim Humble and the marketing strategies of charlatans, RFK Jr.'s descent into Covid conspiracy theories, the PR blunders and legal limitations of the FDA, why alternative medicine moved from considering evidence to highlighting the right to medical freedom, whether we can trust the supplements we take and how they're made, and whether alternative healers actually believe in their miracle cures. Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a journalist specializing in narrative features and investigative reporting. He has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won a George Polk Award, and been voted Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press association, among numerous other honors. He is the author of “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear” and his writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, USA Today, Popular Science, Atavist Magazine, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Associated Press, and elsewhere. His new book, available now, is called If It Sounds Like a Quack...: A Journey to the Fringes of American Medicine. | Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling | ► Website | https://www.matt-hongoltzhetling.com/ ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/hh_matt ► If It Sounds Like a Quack... Book | https://bit.ly/3XXSZ5l Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast
This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.Thirty-six-year-old Johnson Doe has worked as a waste picker in the sprawling Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana, for 20 years. It's not the type of job he imagined for himself as a young man, but it's how he supports his wife, two children and his parents.”I wanted to be a military pilot but, you know, life happens,” he said. Waste pickers are the largest workforce in the recycling chain responsible for collecting and recovering up to 60% of all plastics. Credit: Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World Doe — and about a thousand other waste pickers there — collects items such as plastic bottles, aluminum cans and scrap metal, which he sells to recycling companies that buy them by weight. The money it brings in depends on market demand, Doe said, but typically, he makes $13 a day.Doe is among the more than 20 million waste pickers around the world — the largest workforce in the recycling chain — who recover up to 60% of all plastics globally. Additionally, their work helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.And yet, in Ghana and elsewhere, waste pickers like Doe say they are rarely valued for what they do — they barely make a living, and are vulnerable to exploitation and exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals.“Many people think the mentally ill people are those who work at the dumpsite,” Doe said. “So, that's how they see us, like we are illiterate. Some people even call us criminals.”Everyday hazards at the landfillAt the Kpone Landfill, all sorts of insects, including maggots, and other pests can be found on decaying garbage, feasting on scraps of food and nesting in rotting material. Then, there's the medical waste scattered throughout — syringes, blood, pins, needles and other equipment. Waste pickers collect items such as plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and scrap metal and then sell them to recycling companies who buy them by weight. The prices they get for the materials depend on the market demand. Credit: Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World It puts waste pickers at risk of infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis B and C, Doe said.Still, many of his colleagues sift through the garbage with their bare hands or worn-out gloves; some don't have any protective gear at all. Doe said he remembers a woman who, while sorting, punctured a plastic bag containing a toxic substance. The acid splashed on her body and burned her clothes.“Now, she's bedridden at home and looks completely deformed,” he said. Johnson Doe has been working at the Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana, for about 20 years now. He says it is his best option for making a living to take care of his wife, two children and his parents. Credit: Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World Emergencies happen a lot at the landfill, Doe said — with people collapsing from exhaustion, or getting dehydrated, or experiencing difficulty breathing. But they face stigma when seeking medical help, he said, as health workers often describe them as dirty and refuse to attend to them.Additionally, waste pickers at the landfill do not have access to clean water, handwashing facilities or sanitation facilities.Another waste picker, Grace Avemegah, said the situation can be especially problematic for women. “There are no washrooms here to change your sanitary towel during that time of the month,” she said. “This means you have to keep your pad on from morning until evening, which is not good for our health. When you become so pressed, you are compelled to do it in the open.”Challenges of managing medical wasteSolomon Noi, the head of waste management at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, said that a lot of industries channel harmful substances to the landfill. Waste picker Grace Avemegah says it's difficult to practice good hygiene and for women to meet their menstrual needs due to absence of sanitation facilities at the Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana. Credit: Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World As a result, the air is heavily polluted, which can “choke your respiratory system, and therefore, we cannot rule out upper respiratory tract infections,” he said. Waste pickers inhale harmful gas and their skin is “exposed to certain corrosive and carcinogenic elements within the wastes that they are scavenging on.”Also, plastics leach hazardous chemicals into the environment, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are linked to reduced fertility, pregnancy loss and irregular menstrual cycles, and other conditions, according to a 2020 report by the Endocrine Society and IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network).Noi said that the health risks faced by waste pickers are rife across the developing world, particularly in Brazil, India, Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines where the amount of waste being generated is rising rapidly, but the technological and financial tools to manage it don't exist.“That's why all these countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa record huge cases of waterborne diseases and infections like hepatitis, cholera and the rest,” he said. “So, it is a global problem that should be tackled at the global level through concerted efforts.”Noi said he would like to see universal health care — but also policy changes in Ghana. Waste pickers, who collect and sort recyclable materials from garbage, face widespread social stigma that often prevents them from accessing basic services including health care. Credit: Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World “We should have a sanitation master plan, and there should be effective and efficient bylaws that will compel particular industries to treat their wastes and render them nonharmful,” he said.Proper sorting and treatment of waste before it reaches the landfill, coupled with personal protective equipment, is crucial, said Michael Affordefe, a medical waste expert at the Accra School of Hygiene. “That is the only way we can break the chain of transmission of some of these infections from the medical waste,” he said.Ghana's Health Facilities Regulatory Agency is alarmed by the rate at which untreated medical wastes are being dumped at the Kpone Landfill, but it is challenging to prosecute noncomplying hospitals, according to Agyemang Badu, the agency's head of operations. “We know about the plight of the waste pickers, but you see, it is just quite recent that, as an agency, we were given a lawyer,” he said. “Prior to that, we didn't have any attorney to make sure that the enforcement bites.”Next year, nations are set to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution. The new global plastics treaty aims to put waste pickers at the center of its strategy to curb plastic use and pollution.Listen to the other stories in the four-part Waste Pickers series on The World:In Mumbai, waste pickers do the heavy lifting of recycling‘We were treated as disposable beings': Waste pickers in Colombia fought for their rights after 11 murderTokyo's trash-collecting samurai takes a fun, zany approach to cleanup
Esha Chhabra is a journalist who covers sustainability, development, women's issues & mission-driven brands, writing for The Guardian, The New York Times, Economist, Wired, Fast Company & Forbes & awarded 4 grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Esha is also the author of Working to Restore, harnessing the power of ‘feel good, do good' enterprises & regenerative business, to restore & heal the world. They are going above and beyond what we call sustainability, which is a term that leaders have become frustrated with. What are we sustaining? This is a broken system. So are we trying to sustain the status quo? It's not got us to where we need to be so people were looking for something more effective. Some forward-looking leaders picked up on the regenerative approach and began to disrupt their own work design approaches and instead embrace this more developmental, restorative eco-system within their organisations. Esha explains that this approach is about - restoring the imbalance that's been created in society, whether it's social and environmental - regenerating or breathing new life into old ways that are no longer working - bringing about a different iteration that works with the greater good for humans and the planet.When we choose to keep ourselves informed, if we look through the lens of where the solutions are happening then we don't paralyse ourselves with fear. Instead we feel hopeful and optimistic and in that state of openness, we are able to be more creative and innovative in our own approaches to the way we live and work within the context of the planet's living systems. We can choose to be part of what works for the whole, and play our part within that. You can find out more about Esha's work on https://www.eshachhabra.com/And follow her on Linkedin @eshachhabraJoin Lou on LinkedinFollow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media, helping you become more regenerative, putting your story in the spotlight, showcasing your vision and supercharging your impact by guesting you on global podcasts https://bravenewgirlmedia.comMusic by Melody LoopSupport the showGuest on global podcasts to increase your business growth, influence, and visibility Brave New Girl Media Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting TAKE THE QUICK QUIZ to gain access to our FREE MASTERCLASS to become a podcast guesting pro
EPISODE 1394: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE MERCENARY, the American journalist Jeffrey E. Stern, about a many layered, complexly truthful story of his relationship with his local driver during the Afghanistan war Jeffrey E. Stern is the author of “The Last Thousand: One School's Promise in a Nation at War”. He has been named both a Pulitzer Center Fellow for Crisis Reporting, and a Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Center for International Conflict and Negotiation. Stern's reporting has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Slate, Time, and The New Republic. He has also been featured on PBS News Hour, NPR Morning Edition, and Morning Joe among others. His latest book is “THE MERCENARY: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War” (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“I've been through war. I've witnessed the workings of genocide. I have gone to mass graves across the entire continent (…) We have to un-forget to get past the present fear.” In this episode, writer and journalist Roberto Lovato speaks about overcoming personal and collective trauma. Lovato's work has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Der Spiegel, and other national and international media outlets. In 2020, he published his first book, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolutions in the Americas. Lovato is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
The latest in WHRO's series about housing affordability produced with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Recent changes to the National Flood Insurance Program are affecting Hampton Roads.
Read the full transcript here. Why should we not optimize some things in life? Should some things (e.g., interpersonal relationships) be "off-limits" for optimization? How much time spent being unproductive is good for us? What can we learn by paying attention to our moods? Does science make progress and produce knowledge too slowly? Why is research methodology applied so inconsistently, especially in the social sciences?Christie Aschwanden is author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery, and co-host of Emerging Form, a podcast about the creative process. She's the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in dozens of publications, including Wired, Scientific American, Slate, Smithsonian, Popular Science, New Scientist, Discover, Science, and NPR.org. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She was a National Magazine Award finalist in 2011 and has received journalism fellowships from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the Carter Center, the Santa Fe Institute, and the Greater Good Science Center. Learn more about her at christieaschwanden.com or follow her on Instagram at @cragcrest or on Mastodon at @cragscrest. [Read more]
Why should we not optimize some things in life? Should some things (e.g., interpersonal relationships) be "off-limits" for optimization? How much time spent being unproductive is good for us? What can we learn by paying attention to our moods? Does science make progress and produce knowledge too slowly? Why is research methodology applied so inconsistently, especially in the social sciences?Christie Aschwanden is author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery, and co-host of Emerging Form, a podcast about the creative process. She's the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in dozens of publications, including Wired, Scientific American, Slate, Smithsonian, Popular Science, New Scientist, Discover, Science, and NPR.org. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She was a National Magazine Award finalist in 2011 and has received journalism fellowships from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the Carter Center, the Santa Fe Institute, and the Greater Good Science Center. Learn more about her at christieaschwanden.com or follow her on Instagram at @cragcrest or on Mastodon at @cragscrest.
Ryan reads today's daily meditation and talks to journalist James Pogue about his recent piece on the new right in Vanity Fair, how the modern political climate is void of solid principles, why cultivating virtue is so important, and more.I came across his recent piece in Vanity Fair on the New Right, where he dives inside the new strain of reactionary, retro-patriarchal conservative politics embodied by those like Tucker Carlson and J.D. Vance. It touched on a lot of things I have been thinking about lately, so I wanted to have him on to discuss this particular topic because it feels timely and important.James Pogue is a journalist and essayist who has written for Harper's, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Granta, the New Republic, and Vice, among many others. He is a recipient of support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and was once called a “brilliant young Southern writer” by the Oxford American. He lives in LA, where I help run a native plant nursery. My first book is called Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West, a first-person account of conflict over public lands in the American west. NED Products will help you perform better, sharpen your mind and get consistent, quality sleep. Go to helloned.com/STOIC or enter code STOIC at checkout to get 15% off.LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Every week, nearly 40 million job seekers visit LinkedIn? Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/STOIC. Terms and conditions apply.Go to shopify.com/stoic, all lowercase, for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features. Grow your business with Shopify today - go to shopify.com/stoic right now.Framebridge makes it easier and more affordable than ever to frame your favorite things - without ever leaving the house. Get started today - frame your photos or send someone the perfect gift. Go to Framebridge.com and use promo code STOIC to save an additional 15% off your first order.KiwiCo is a subscription service that delivers everything your kids will need to make, create and play. Get 50% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code STOIC at kiwico.com.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemailCheck out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook
What do wild bears and libertarians have in common? Turns out, more than you might think. In 2004 a group of libertarians founded the Free Town Project, a movement to take over a town and turn it into a libertarian utopia. After some research, the Free Towners decided that Grafton, New Hampshire, a town with a history of resistance to taxation that goes back to the American Revolution, seemed like the perfect place for their experiment. Enter investigative reporter Matt Hongoltz-Hetling. Matt was in Grafton working on an unrelated story when he discovered, quite by chance, that the bears in the area were acting very strangely. He dug deeper and discovered surprising reasons for their behavior connected to the Free Town movement, a journey he details in his book, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears). Now, Julie and Eve talk to Matt about what happens when a group of outsiders undertakes “the boldest social experiment in modern American history,” why Grafton's bears were eating its cats and attacking its people, and whether an insidious parasite may be contributing to the mayhem. Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a freelance journalist specializing in narrative features and investigative reporting, and the author of A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears). He has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won a George Polk Award, and been voted Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press association, among numerous other honors. Matt's work has appeared in Foreign Policy, USA Today, Popular Science, Atavist Magazine, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Associated Press, and elsewhere. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com. We encourage you to visit our website and sign up for our newsletter for information about our episodes, guests, and more. Book Dreams is a part of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Book Dreams, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about literature, writing, and storytelling like Storybound and The History of Literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode 183 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the reasons for photo books to exist, European box sets, and the importance of cinematography to the still image. Plus this week photographer Sean Gallagher on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Sean Gallagher is an independent photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on creating photography and documentary film projects that highlight stories from the front line of the climate crisis and important and under-reported global environmental issues. Gallagher studied Zoology at university in the UK, an education that informs his work. From chasing timber poachers with armed policemen through the jungles of Cambodia, to photographing undercover in secretive North Korea, he had produced diverse stories for some of the world's leading news outlets. He is an 8-time recipient of Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting travel grants, his images are represented by the National Geographic Image Collection and he is a Fellow of the UK Royal Geographical Society. Originally from the UK, he has lived and worked across Asia for over 15 years and is currently based just outside of Beijing. https://gallagher-photo.com Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). Grant's book What Does Photography Mean to You? including 89 photographers who have contributed to the A Photographic Life podcast is on sale now £9.99 https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/ © Grant Scott 2021
Gabriele François Casini founded GC Productions after several years of media, communications and advocacy experience within Médecins Sans Frontières and Save the Children. He worked in various contexts around the world, including South Sudan, DRC and Iraq. He took part in the response to the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa and has been involved in projects assisting people on the move both in the Mediterranean Sea and on land in Greece. Over the years Gabriele has been lucky enough to win a few photography and reportage awards and to have his work published by major media outlets, magazines and agencies, including National Geographic and the The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. To listen to more, visit our Podcast page.
We're thrilled to announce our next FUTURE OF WOMEN Podcast series, a four-part series all about sustainable design, curated and hosted by Azora Zoe Paknad of Goldune. On this new FUTURE OF WOMEN Podcast series, Azora speaks with designers, journalists, and agroforestry entrepreneurs about sourcing products and developing supply chains in a way that respects the environment and communities that create them. Today, Azora is speaking with Esha Chhabra and Smita Satiani. In 2019, Esha and Smita founded Alaya Tea. Alaya Tea sources organic and biodynamic teas directly from people and planet-friendly Indian farms at the base of the Himalayas. After growing up drinking chai and traversing this mountainous area in India's Northeast, visiting small farmers and tea estates, Esha and Smita were keen to build a company that respects these communities and addresses environmental challenges we face through agriculture. Alaya's packaging is fully compostable, including the label. Esha Chhabra is a writer who covers the environment, business, and agriculture. She has contributed to The Guardian, New York Times, Economist, and Forbes. She has been awarded multiple grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting as well as two reporting fellowships from the UN Foundation. For the past three years, she developed a book which looks at 30+ businesses around the world making a social and environmental impact with Patagonia. In 2019 she founded Alaya Tea with Smita Satiani. Smita Satiani is an Indian-Pakistani American entrepreneur. Over the last 10 years, she has worked in the social impact and climate change spaces across philanthropy, government and private industry. In 2019, she co-founded Alaya Tea to bring the Indian tea time she grew up with to a broader American audience, in a more people and planet-friendly way. Her work has been featured at the MIT Media Lab, and in Forbes, Washington Post & The Wall Street Journal. She is currently an adjunct instructor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz Policy School.
Neha Wadekar is an independent multimedia journalist reporting across Africa. She reports on a range of topics, including women's issues, climate change and conflict and crisis. Her written and video work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, the Los Angeles Times and Mother Jones magazine, among others. Neha has received fellowships from Type Investigations, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the Groundtruth Project, the Overseas Press Club, the International Women's Media Foundation, the United Nations Foundation and the Fuller Project for International Reporting. Relevant Articles: https://www.thedailybeast.com/child-forced-to-watch-beheading-rare-inside-look-into-the-mozambique-massacres https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/trump-gag-rule-abortion-kenya-valerie-huber-kozma-cfam/ https://time.com/5878719/climate-change-kenya-child-marriage/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/09/most-of-the-men-are-your-enemies-one-womans-crusade-in-somalia https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-26/east-africa-somalia-locusts-devastate-crops-threaten-famine Resources: https://nehawadekar.com/about/
In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor's Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The topic: As a final wrap-up episode we look back at everything we've heard throughout the series and what the collective wisdom suggests for the future of U.S.-China relations. Our guests: It's time to give the students more of a voice in this discussion. What have they remembered most from all our conversations with U.S.-China watchers? What are their hopes and fears for this crucial bilateral relationship? The 18 students of Professor David Skidmore's class weigh in with a variety of heartfelt insight. The series: David Skidmore and Kyle Munson produced this podcast series in conjunction with Skidmore's Spring 2021 U.S.-China international relations course at Drake University. Your hosts: David Skidmore is a Professor of Political Science at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he has taught since 1989. Skidmore's teaching and research focuses on U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-China relations. During the 1996-97 academic year, he taught at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar based at the University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011. He is past Director of the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship (2002-2017) and the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (2012-2017), both at Drake University. Skidmore is author, co-author or editor of six books including a monograph titled The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2011), and has published numerous articles or chapters in various academic journals and books. His most recent research focuses on China's Belt and Road Initiative. His editorial writing has appeared in Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Salon, The Conversation, the Diplomat, Global Times and the Des Moines Register. Kyle Munson is a journalist, writer, podcaster, and content strategist who currently works in content marketing and financial services. He previously spent 24 years with The Des Moines Register/Gannett in a variety of roles, including eight years as columnist. In 2017 he was awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on U.S.-China relations early in the Trump administration as Amb. Terry Branstad began his tenure in Beijing. That resulted in the project “Iowa in the Heart of China.” Munson also reported on Chinese President Xi Jinping's 2012 visit to Iowa. He has volunteered and served as a bo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/uschina/message
Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His most recent book is Stampede, a new history of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor's Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. In March 2018 he joined Amnesty International as a Senior Crisis Advisor.Brian can be reached at BrianCastner.com***Follow the Greg Krino Show here...GregKrino.comYouTubeInstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInIf you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a short review on your podcast app. It takes only a minute, and it really helps convince popular guests to join me.If you have comments or ideas for the show, please contact me at gregkrinoshow@gmail.com.
The topic: Producing any podcast series is a journey featuring plenty of twists and turns. And producing a series on U.S.-China relations can be especially challenging considering such a vast intertwined history to be addressed, on top of all the modern divergent views, outright disputes, and key players. As we near the end of our own podcast series, “Searching for Common Ground,” Professor David Skidmore and I thought it made sense to compare notes with another duo who recently published their own U.S.-China podcast just over a year ago. Our guests: Matt Sheehan and Holly He are the team behind “Heartland Mainland: The Iowa China Podcast,” a 2020 production of the Chicago-based Paulson Institute's think tank, MacroPolo. Matt is a nonresident fellow at MacroPolo who has served as a foreign correspondent in China and previously lived on the mainland for more than five years. He researches and writes on the Sino-U.S. technology relationship and ties between California and China. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, studied political science at Stanford, and in 2018 was shortlisted for the Young China Watcher of the Year Award. In 2019 he published “The Transpacific Experiment,” a book exploring the pre-pandemic ties and tensions between Silicon Valley and China. Holly is a research associate at MacroPolo, where she also works in web analytics and multimedia production. She previously worked as a multimedia fellow for the Texas Tribune, scripted and edited documentaries for CNN International, and worked with the Kindling Group in Chicago. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Full episode transcript: https://david-skidmore.medium.com/kyle-munson-and-david-skidmore-interview-with-matt-sheehan-and-holly-he-961eb903d708. The series: David Skidmore and Kyle Munson produced this podcast series in conjunction with Skidmore's Spring 2021 U.S.-China international relations course at Drake University. Your hosts: David Skidmore is a Professor of Political Science at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he has taught since 1989. Skidmore's teaching and research focuses on U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-China relations. During the 1996-97 academic year, he taught at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar based at the University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011. He is past Director of the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship (2002-2017) and the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (2012-2017), both at Drake University. Skidmore is author, co-author or editor of six books including a monograph titled The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2011), and has published numerous articles or chapters in various academic journals and books. His most recent research focuses on China's Belt and Road Initiative. His editorial writing has appeared in Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Salon, The Conversation, the Diplomat, Global Times and the Des Moines Register. Kyle Munson is a journalist, writer, podcaster, and content strategist who currently works in content marketing and financial services. He previously spent 24 years with The Des Moines Register/Gannett in a variety of roles, including eight years as columnist. In 2017 he was awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on U.S.-China relations early in the Trump administration as Amb. Terry Branstad began his tenure in Beijing. That resulted in the project “Iowa in the Heart of China.” Munson also reported on Chinese President Xi Jinping's 2012 visit to Iowa. He has volunteered and served as a board member w --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/uschina/message
The topic: Often in this podcast series we focus on the big picture: Taiwan's relationship to the Mainland, the contrasting strategies of U.S. presidents in tackling trade, or the massive influence of technological expansion. But what about the details of playing out international relations on the ground in China, as a U.S. businessperson with decades of experience? What about a frontline view of the economic and cultural forces shaping the bilateral relationship while simultaneously reflecting its larger themes? What cues can we take from this history of everyday business and other interaction between our two countries that may identify common ground or a productive path forward despite a widening political divide? Our guest: Business and travel between the U.S. and China has been Kit Spangler's life. He's a man of two languages and cultures who only this year retired from a career focused on the bilateral relationship. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, most recently he worked as China strategy and business development director for Diamond V, a company (and Cargill subsidiary) producing animal feed additives to improve livestock health and nutrition. He previously worked in a series of roles that focused on the agricultural trade—specifically dairy and livestock. He began his journey as an Iowa farmer who studied Chinese language and culture to expand his career options in the wake of the 1980s farm crisis. He has traveled throughout much of China and brings to this conversation a wealth of firsthand anecdotes about U.S.-China business relationships, agriculture, food security, trade, and citizen diplomacy. Full episode transcript: https://david-skidmore.medium.com/fri-4-9-3-34pm-40-32-b15e8668e9a7. The series: David Skidmore and Kyle Munson produced this podcast series in conjunction with Skidmore's Spring 2021 U.S.-China international relations course at Drake University. Your hosts: David Skidmore is a Professor of Political Science at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he has taught since 1989. Skidmore's teaching and research focuses on U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-China relations. During the 1996-97 academic year, he taught at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar based at the University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011. He is past Director of the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship (2002-2017) and the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (2012-2017), both at Drake University. Skidmore is author, co-author or editor of six books including a monograph titled The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2011), and has published numerous articles or chapters in various academic journals and books. His most recent research focuses on China's Belt and Road Initiative. His editorial writing has appeared in Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Salon, The Conversation, the Diplomat, Global Times and the Des Moines Register. Kyle Munson is a journalist, writer, podcaster, and content strategist who currently works in content marketing and financial services. He previously spent 24 years with The Des Moines Register/Gannett in a variety of roles, including eight years as columnist. In 2017 he was awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on U.S.-China relations early in the Trump administration as Amb. Terry Branstad began his tenure in Beijing. That resulted in the project “Iowa in the Heart of China.” Munson also reported on Chinese President Xi Jinping's 2012 visit to Iowa. He has volunteered and served as a board member with Iowa Sister States, a nonprofit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/uschina/message
March 8 is International Women's Day, a day that helps nations celebrate the elimination of discrimination against women. Listen to Cheryl Diaz Meyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist as she shares intimate details and the inspiration for her recent project with NPR that shines light on the last living "Comfort Women" of the Philippines. The "Comfort Women" story was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Yunghi Kim Grant. To learn more about Cheryl, her work and future exhibits, visit her website. View Cheryl's photos and read the NPR article on the last living "Comfort Women" of the Philippines. Filipina Comfort Women Photos by Cheryl Diaz Meyer All over the Philippines, in grandiose mansions, schools, hospitals -- churches even -- women and girls were systematically raped and tortured in military brothels, some as young as 8 years old, as part of Japan's effort to keep the Japanese Imperial Army soldiers from rebelling during World War II. Assaulted by up to 30 men daily, three quarters of the women did not survive their abuse. Of the estimated 1,000 comfort women in the Philippines, some 40 are still living. Most are physically frail, and some have succumbed to dementia. These portraits and quiet moments capture a story of survivors. Lola Pilar Galang is one of the last living Comfort Women of the Philippines. On November 23, 1944, Galang and some 100 other girls and women were taken to the Bahay Na Pula, also known as the Red House, and were systematically raped by the Japanese Imperial Army as they retreated from the country at the end of World War II. Galang was 9 years old at the time of the assaults. Photo taken in Pampanga, Philippines, on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Lolas Remedios Tecson, Estela Adriatico, Narcisa Clavera, Felicidad delos Reyes and Estelita Dy, left to right, were only teenagers when they were sexually enslaved by the Japanese Imperial Army soldiers in the Philippines during World War II. Some 1,000 women and girls were used as Comfort Women in the Philippines, while in occupied countries throughout Asia there were 200,000. Three quarters of the women did not survive their harrowing abuse. Photo taken on Sunday, April 28, 2019. Lola Maria Estadio Arroyo, 87, was 12 years old when she was sexually enslaved for three months in Roxas City, Philippines, by the Japanese Imperial Army soldiers during World War II. She eventually married David Arroyo and had seven children with him, but he became abusive in his later years, beating her with wooden planks or his fists, until his passing in 1997. In her old age, Arroyo is frail and cared for by her daughter Lolita Arroyo Acuyong. She suffers from a Herpes infection that has destroyed most of her hearing. Photo taken on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. "When we arrived to the Red House, I was pushed so hard that I lost consciousness so I don't recall what happened to me...but even today, I feel the pain in my body," said Lola Maria Lalu Quilantang, 83, who was 9 years old when her village of Mapaniqui in Pampanga, Philippines, was attacked by the Japanese during World War II. All the men were killed and the women and girls were forced to walk to the Red House carrying the loot that the Japanese soldiers stole from them. The once regal mansion owned by a Filipino doctor was used as a garrison and "comfort station" where the women and girls, some as young as eight, were raped all night by the Japanese Imperial Army. Photo taken on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Lolas Pilar Galang and Belen Alarcon Culala, left and right, support each other as they walk through the Bahay na Pula, also known as the Red House. The women were children when their village of Mapaniqui in Pampanga, Philippines was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Army. All the men and boys were killed and the women and girls were forced to walk to the Bahay na Pula, also known as the Red House,
Carli and Laura interview Neha Wadekar, a multimedia journalist reporting across Africa and the Middle East. Her written and video work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, CNN, Foreign Policy, TIME, Reuters and Quartz, among others. Neha has received fellowships from Type Investigations, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the Groundtruth Project, the Overseas Press Club, the International Women's Media Foundation, the United Nations Foundation and the Fuller Project for International Reporting. Topics of discussion on today's episode include: Neha's reporting in Kenya (the link between child brides and climate change and the connection between the Trump Administration and dangerous abortion practices in Kenya); what it's like to work with interpreters and translators as a journalist; and how journalism can be used to empower the voiceless, particularly women. DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, we experienced some recording issues with this episode, which you may pick up on throughout the interview. We did our best to edit the most problematic sections of the episode, but do know that some some of the interview recorded out of sync. We were pretty disappointed by this but did not want you to miss out on Neha's incredible work!! Check out Neha's website: https://nehawadekar.com/ Follow Neha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nehawadekar?lang=en ---------- You can find us on: Our website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unconventionaldyad/support
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor and author. Yasmin served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she investigated disease outbreaks and was principal investigator on a number of CDC studies. Yasmin trained in journalism at the University of Toronto and in medicine at the University of Cambridge.Yasmin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news in 2017 with a team from The Dallas Morning News and recipient of an Emmy for her reporting on neglected diseases. She received two grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. In 2017, Yasmin was a John S. Knight Fellow in Journalism at Stanford University investigating the spread of health misinformation and disinformation during epidemics. Previously she was a science correspondent at The Dallas Morning News, medical analyst for CNN, and professor of public health at the University of Texas at Dallas.Her writing has earned awards and residencies from the Mid Atlantic Arts Council, Hedgebrook, the Millay Colony for the Arts and others. Her first book, The Impatient Dr. Lange (Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2018) is the biography of an AIDS doctor killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Her second book, Debunked! Pseudoscience, Medical Myths and Why They Persist, is forthcoming in November 2019. A major title about women is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2020.Yasmin's unique expertise in medicine, epidemics and journalism has been called upon by The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, the Aspen Institute, Skoll Foundation and others.
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