Podcast appearances and mentions of Sheryl WuDunn

Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof (opinion columnist, the New York Times) reflects on his career of reporting from the front lines of injustice and human suffering, discussing hope, human resilience, and the urgency of responding to global injustice. An advocate for empathy-driven journalism that holds power accountable and communicates the stories of the most vulnerable, Kristof joins Mark Labberton in this episode to discuss his life's work of reporting from the world's most troubled regions—from Gaza to Congo, from rural Oregon to global centres of power. Known for his unsparing storytelling and deep empathy, Kristof shares the family roots and personal convictions that have shaped his lifelong pursuit of justice and hope. They also explore how despair and progress coexist, the role of faith and empathy in healing, and how local acts of courage can ripple globally. Grounded in gritty realism, but inspired by everyday heroes, Kristof invites us to resist numbness and embrace a hope that fights to make a difference. Stories from Gaza, Congo, Pakistan, and beyond Balancing heartbreak and hope in humanitarian reporting Why empathy must be cultivated and practiced The global impact of Christian activism and its complexities Episode Highlights “Side by side with the worst of humanity, you find the very best.” “We focus so much on all that is going wrong, that we leave people feeling numb and that it's hopeless … but people don't want to get engaged in things that are hopeless.” “Empathy is something that, like a muscle, can be nurtured.” “The worst kinds of evil and the greatest acts of courage are often just one decision apart.” “We are an amazing species—if we just get our act together.” “You can be sex positive and rape negative. I don't think there's an inconsistency there.” About Nicholas Kristof Nicholas Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, and is an opinion columnist for the New York Times, **where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Born, raised, and still working from his rural Oregon home, Yamhill, he is a graduate of Harvard and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He is the co-author, with his wife Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes. In 2024, he published a memoir, *Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life.* Books by Nicholas Kristof Tightrope A Path Appears Half the Sky Thunder from the East China Wakes Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life Helpful Resources International Justice Mission Dr. Denis Mukwege – Nobel Peace Prize PEPFAR: The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Tim Keller's Final Interview with Kristof (NYT) Show Notes A voice of conscience How a global orientation for journalism developed Kristof reflects on his humble roots in Yamhill, Oregon, as the son of two immigrants “My dad was a Armenian refugee from Eastern Europe. His family had spied on the Nazis during World War II. They got caught. Some were executed by the Nazis, others were executed by the Soviet communists, and my dad was very lucky to make it out alive and was sponsored by a family in the US in 1952.” “I think that one fundamental mistake that bleeding hearts make, whether they're bleeding hearts in journalism or in the non-profit community or in advocacy, is that we focus so much on all that is going wrong that we leave people feeling numb and feeling that it's hopeless, so there's no point in engaging. And there's pretty good evidence from social-psychology experiments that people don't want to get engaged in things that are hopeless. They want to make a difference. And so I think that we need to both acknowledge all the challenges we face but also remind people that there can be a better outcome if they put their shoulder to the wheel.” Extraordinary changes for justice and what's going right David Brooks: “A deeply flawed country that also managed to do good in the world.” ”It just breaks my heart that kids are dying unnecessarily.” On losing PEPFAR foreign aid: “I hope that this damage can be repaired and that bleeding hearts of the left and the right can work together to try to help restore some of these initiatives.” The tragedies that followed from dismantling USAID Kristof's book Chasing Hope “The fact is that I've seen some terrible things, and I think I may have a mild case of PTSD from, you know, seeing too much.” Nicholas Kristof on Gaza: “I don't see Israel and Hamas as morally equivalent, but I absolutely see an Israeli child, a Palestinian child, and an American child as moral equivalents.  And we don't treat them that way.” “What human beings share is that when terrible things happen, some people turn into psychopaths and sociopaths, and other people turn into heroes.” Cowardice and malevolent tendencies Empathy can be nurtured Children dying without anti-retroviral drugs in South Sudan Empathy Project in Canada Mass literature to inspire perspective taking Uncle Tom's Cabin Black Beauty and animal rights/well-being Kristof's run for Oregon governor Eastern Congo and UNICEF “A child is raped every thirty minutes in Eastern Congo.” Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize laureate treating women brutally injured by militia rape in Bukavu, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Small gestures of compassion as an empathy grower for local communities “One of the lessons I think of Congo is that violence can be and inhumanity can be terribly contagious.” Genocide in Rwanda in 1994 The global sex-trafficking crisis “We don't have the moral authority to tell other countries to do better unless we clean up our own act.” The American sex-trafficking crisis: systemic failures such as foster care pipelines into trafficking “There are no statistics, but I think it's plausible that a girl in foster care is more likely to emerge to be trafficked than she is to graduate from a four-year college.” American sex-trafficking practices by PornHub and X-Videos: “Their business model is monetizing kids.” “You can be sex positive and rape negative. I don't think there's an inconsistency there, and I, I think we've just blurred that too often.” Christianity's disappointing response to injustice Nicholas Kristof's engagement with the activism and theology of the Christian church William Wilberforce's anti-slavery movement in the 1780s President Bush's establishment of PEPFAR in 2003: “This incredible program to reduce the burden of AIDS that has saved 26 million lives so far. It's the most important program of any country in my adult lifetime in terms of saving lives.” “Evangelicals are very good in terms of tithing and donating money to good causes, but they've often opposed government programs  that would create opportunity and address these problems.” “Liberals are personally stingy, but much more supportive of government programs that that make a difference.” Criticizing the dismantling of global aid programs like USAID: “How can you read the Gospels and think this is good?” “I think being part of a religious community has led people to do good works together.” Christian advocacy for freedom of religion Kristof on scripture and belief: “We read the Bible and develop our religious views, and I think so often just reflects our priors rather than what the text says.” A closing example of hope: The Afghan war “We are an amazing species if we just get our act together.” Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment magazine and Fuller Seminary.

This Vermont Conversation was originally published on May 15, 2024.Nicholas Kristof has been an eyewitness to some of the most iconic political and social transformations of modern times. As a reporter and columnist for the New York Times for the last four decades, Kristof has been telling searing stories about revolutions, genocides, and the impact of global inequality. His work has garnered the top prizes in journalism, including two Pulitzer Prizes. The first was in 1990 for his coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests in China that he shared with his wife, reporter Sheryl WuDunn, the first Pulitzer awarded to a husband-wife team. They have also co-authored five books.Since 2001, Kristof has been a regular op-ed columnist for the Times. His powerful dispatches about the genocide in Darfur earned him a second Pulitzer in 2006. The former head of the International Rescue Committee said that Kristof's coverage saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Sudan. Kristof has now written a memoir, “Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life.” He tells the story of growing up on a sheep and cherry farm in rural Oregon, and then attending Harvard and Oxford. He continues to focus his reporting on human rights, global health, poverty and gender inequality. In 2021, Kristof left the Times to run for governor of Oregon, but his foray into politics was cut short a few months later when the Oregon Secretary of State ruled that as a result of living and working out of state for years, he did not meet residency requirements. He returned to his job as a columnist for the New York Times.Despite reporting from some of the world's grimmest places, Kristof remains stubbornly optimistic. “One thing you see on the front lines, that I've seen, is that there has been a real arc of both material and moral progress, and that has left a deep impression on me,” he said. “Side by side with the worst of humanity, you end up encountering the best.”Kristof has seen authoritarian regimes up close, only to come home to see authoritarianism creeping into American politics. Is he worried about the fate of democracy in the U.S.? “It's not a binary question, but a spectrum,” he replied. “I don't think that the U.S. will become North Korea or China or Russia. But could we become Hungary? Or could we become Poland under the previous government? I think absolutely. I worry about political violence … DOJ, the military could all be heavily politicized, civil service. I worry about all that. I don't think that I will be sentenced to Guantanamo. But could there be real impairment of democracy, of governance of freedoms? Absolutely. And I, you know, I've seen that in other countries.”Kristof continues to report on human rights abuses and repression, but he insists that he is guided by hope. “I think of despair as sometimes just paralyzing, while hope can be empowering.”

Headlines from around the world flash on our television screens and appear on our newsfeeds, but we don't always know what life is like for journalists who often risk their lives to deliver the news.  New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and bestselling author Nicholas D. Kristof has penned a memoir, Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life about his four decades in and out of the newsroom — not only as a reporter but also as a foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and columnist. Since 1984, Kristof has worked almost continuously for the New York Times and has reported from around the globe, crossing cultural and continental lines. Kristof witnessed and wrote about some of the most memorable events in this century: the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the Yemeni civil war, the Darfur genocide in Sudan, and the epidemic of addiction that swept through his hometown in rural Oregon and a broad swath of working-class America. Readers of Chasing Hope will learn about Kristof's colleagues as well as laymen who impacted his life, such as the dissident whom he helped escape from China and a Catholic nun who browbeat a warlord into releasing kidnapped schoolgirls. Kristof believes that he has seen some of the worst of humanity as well as the best. The memoir details Kristof's long and eventful career as a journalist and examines ideas of global citizenship forged over a lifetime. Nicholas D. Kristof is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He is the co-author, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes. He was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes, one with WuDunn in 1990 for their coverage of China, and the second in 2006 for his columns on Darfur. Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and the author of nine other books, most recently the highly acclaimed A Pilgrimage to Eternity and The Immortal Irishman, a New York Times bestseller. His book on the Dust Bowl, The Worst Hard Time, won a National Book Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. His account of photographer Edward Curtis, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, won the Carnegie Medal for nonfiction. Buy the Book Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life Third Place Books

How can journalism make people care and bring about solutions? What role does storytelling play in shining a light on injustice and crises and creating a catalyst for change?Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes."I'm trying to get people to care about a crisis in ways that may bring solutions to it. And that's also how I deal with the terror and the fear to find a sense of purpose in what I do. It's incredibly heartbreaking to see some of the things and hear some of the stories, but at the end of the day, it feels like–inconsistently here and there–you can shine a light on problems, and by shining that light, you actually make a difference."www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcastPhoto credit: David Hume Kennerly

"I'm trying to get people to care about a crisis in ways that may bring solutions to it. And that's also how I deal with the terror and the fear to find a sense of purpose in what I do. It's incredibly heartbreaking to see some of the things and hear some of the stories, but at the end of the day, it feels like–inconsistently here and there–you can shine a light on problems, and by shining that light, you actually make a difference."Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes.www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

"I'm trying to get people to care about a crisis in ways that may bring solutions to it. And that's also how I deal with the terror and the fear to find a sense of purpose in what I do. It's incredibly heartbreaking to see some of the things and hear some of the stories, but at the end of the day, it feels like–inconsistently here and there–you can shine a light on problems, and by shining that light, you actually make a difference.The fundamental impediment is that 10 years ago, it just seemed really hard to see how we were going to get out of climate change and disastrous consequences, but right now, if you squint a little bit, you can maybe see a path through this period where we reduce carbon emissions enough to figure out how to navigate our way to a future in which things work and we pay a price, but one that is manageable. Green energy is becoming much cheaper because of a revolution in battery technology, and now there are possibilities for a field-like energy generated by waves or fusion nuclear power to remove carbon from the air with direct air capture. We're not sure that these will work, but they may, and they would really be revolutionary. China is an interesting example of a country that has made remarkable progress on electrification and battery technology. It is still pushing out a ton of carbon, but it has done this for practical reasons—it understands that those are key technologies for the future and whoever figures out how to get electric vehicles done right, whoever figures out how to get battery technology right, the world is going to benefit from their progress in battery technology, just as the world has benefited by having solar panels made in China go up all over the world.”Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes.www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

How can journalism make people care and bring about solutions? What role does storytelling play in shining a light on injustice and crises and creating a catalyst for change?Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes."I'm trying to get people to care about a crisis in ways that may bring solutions to it. And that's also how I deal with the terror and the fear to find a sense of purpose in what I do. It's incredibly heartbreaking to see some of the things and hear some of the stories, but at the end of the day, it feels like–inconsistently here and there–you can shine a light on problems, and by shining that light, you actually make a difference.The fundamental impediment is that 10 years ago, it just seemed really hard to see how we were going to get out of climate change and disastrous consequences, but right now, if you squint a little bit, you can maybe see a path through this period where we reduce carbon emissions enough to figure out how to navigate our way to a future in which things work and we pay a price, but one that is manageable. Green energy is becoming much cheaper because of a revolution in battery technology, and now there are possibilities for a field-like energy generated by waves or fusion nuclear power to remove carbon from the air with direct air capture. We're not sure that these will work, but they may, and they would really be revolutionary. China is an interesting example of a country that has made remarkable progress on electrification and battery technology. It is still pushing out a ton of carbon, but it has done this for practical reasons—it understands that those are key technologies for the future and whoever figures out how to get electric vehicles done right, whoever figures out how to get battery technology right, the world is going to benefit from their progress in battery technology, just as the world has benefited by having solar panels made in China go up all over the world.”www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcastPhoto credit: David Hume Kennerly

“I think that the problem is a classic economic problem of tragedy of the commons—the fact that any one country is going to benefit if other countries reduce carbon emissions but is going to suffer when it itself does means there's always a tendency to want other countries to lead the way. Since the industrial revolution began, the US point of view is that we can't get anywhere unless India and China reduce carbon emissions, while India and China say if you look over the last one hundred years, the US is the one who put out all the carbon, and we're just finally getting a little bit richer and you want to cut us off at the knees.There are arguments to be made on both sides, but the fundamental impediment is that 10 years ago, it just seemed really hard to see how we were going to get out of climate change and disastrous consequences, but right now, if you squint a little bit, you can maybe see a path through this period where we reduce carbon emissions enough to figure out how to navigate our way to a future in which things work and we pay a price, but one that is manageable. Green energy is becoming much cheaper because of a revolution in battery technology, and now there are possibilities for a field-like energy generated by waves or fusion nuclear power to remove carbon from the air with direct air capture. We're not sure that these will work, but they may, and they would really be revolutionary. China is an interesting example of a country that has made remarkable progress on electrification and battery technology. It is still pushing out a ton of carbon, but it has done this for practical reasons—it understands that those are key technologies for the future and whoever figures out how to get electric vehicles done right, whoever figures out how to get battery technology right, the world is going to benefit from their progress in battery technology, just as the world has benefited by having solar panels made in China go up all over the world.”Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes.www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

How can journalism make people care and bring about solutions? What role does storytelling play in shining a light on injustice and crises and creating a catalyst for change?Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes.“I think that the problem is a classic economic problem of tragedy of the commons—the fact that any one country is going to benefit if other countries reduce carbon emissions but is going to suffer when it itself does means there's always a tendency to want other countries to lead the way. Since the industrial revolution began, the US point of view is that we can't get anywhere unless India and China reduce carbon emissions, while India and China say if you look over the last one hundred years, the US is the one who put out all the carbon, and we're just finally getting a little bit richer and you want to cut us off at the knees.There are arguments to be made on both sides, but the fundamental impediment is that 10 years ago, it just seemed really hard to see how we were going to get out of climate change and disastrous consequences, but right now, if you squint a little bit, you can maybe see a path through this period where we reduce carbon emissions enough to figure out how to navigate our way to a future in which things work and we pay a price, but one that is manageable. Green energy is becoming much cheaper because of a revolution in battery technology, and now there are possibilities for a field-like energy generated by waves or fusion nuclear power to remove carbon from the air with direct air capture. We're not sure that these will work, but they may, and they would really be revolutionary. China is an interesting example of a country that has made remarkable progress on electrification and battery technology. It is still pushing out a ton of carbon, but it has done this for practical reasons—it understands that those are key technologies for the future and whoever figures out how to get electric vehicles done right, whoever figures out how to get battery technology right, the world is going to benefit from their progress in battery technology, just as the world has benefited by having solar panels made in China go up all over the world.”www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcastPhoto credit: David Hume Kennerly

"I'm trying to get people to care about a crisis in ways that may bring solutions to it. And that's also how I deal with the terror and the fear to find a sense of purpose in what I do. It's incredibly heartbreaking to see some of the things and hear some of the stories, but at the end of the day, it feels like–inconsistently here and there–you can shine a light on problems, and by shining that light, you actually make a difference."Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Kristof is a regular CNN contributor and has covered, among many other events and crises, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Darfur genocide, the Yemeni civil war, and the U.S. opioid crisis. He is the author of the memoir Chasing Hope, A Reporter's Life, and coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: Tightrope, A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes.www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristofwww.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720814/chasing-hope-by-nicholas-d-kristofFamily vineyard & apple orchard in Yamhill, Oregon: www.kristoffarms.comwww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

Nicholas Kristof has been an eyewitness to some of the most iconic political and social transformations of modern times. As a reporter and columnist for the New York Times for the last four decades, Kristof has been telling searing stories about revolutions, genocides, and the impact of global inequality. His work has garnered the top prizes in journalism, including two Pulitzer Prizes. The first was in 1990 for his coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests in China that he shared with his wife, reporter Sheryl WuDunn, the first Pulitzer awarded to a husband-wife team. They have also co-authored five books.Since 2001, Nick Kristof has been a regular op-ed columnist for the Times. His powerful dispatches about the genocide in Darfur earned him a second Pulitzer in 2006. The former head of the International Rescue Committee said that Kristof's coverage saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Sudan. Kristof has now written a memoir, "Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life." He tells the story of growing up on a sheep and cherry farm in rural Oregon, and then attending Harvard and Oxford. He continues to focus his reporting on human rights, global health, poverty and gender inequality. In 2021, Krsitof left the Times to run for governor of Oregon, but his foray into politics was cut short a few months later when the Oregon Secretary of State ruled that as a result of living and working out of state for years, he did not meet residency requirements. He returned to his job as a columnist for the New York Times.Despite reporting from some of the world's grimmest places, Kristof remains stubbornly optimistic. “One thing you see on the front lines is that there has been a real arc of both material and moral progress. And that has left a deep impression on me,” he said. “Side by side with the worst of humanity, you end up encountering the best.”Kristof has seen authoritarian regimes up close, only to come home to see authoritarianism creeping into American politics. Is he worried about the fate of democracy in the U.S.? “It's not a binary question, but a spectrum,” he replied. “I don't think that the U.S. will become North Korea or China or Russia. But could we become Hungary? Or could we become Poland under the previous government? I think absolutely. I worry about political violence ... The DOJ, the military could all be heavily politicized, the civil service. I worry about all that. I don't think that I will be sentenced to Guantanamo. But could there be real impairment of democracy, of governance of freedoms? Absolutely. And I know I've seen that in other countries.”Kristof continues to report on human rights abuses and repression, but he insists that he is guided by hope. “I think despair is sometimes just paralyzing, while hope can be empowering.”

Chapter 1 To understand Half The Sky bookHalf the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide is a non-fiction book written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The book explores the oppression faced by women and girls around the world and offers solutions to empower and uplift them. It delves into issues such as sex trafficking, maternal mortality, and gender-based violence, while also highlighting the incredible resilience and potential of women. The title of the book is derived from a Chinese proverb that states, "Women hold up half the sky."Chapter 2 Is Half The Sky book worth the investment?Yes, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is widely regarded as a good book. It is a bestselling and highly acclaimed work that sheds light on the issues faced by women around the world and offers solutions to empower them. The book explores the various forms of gender oppression and highlights the strength and resilience of women who have overcome incredible challenges. It provides valuable insights, personal stories, and concrete actions that can lead to positive change.Chapter 3 Introduction to Half The Sky book"Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" is a nonfiction book written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Published in 2009, it explores the various challenges faced by women in developing countries and offers ways to empower and support them.The book's title is derived from a Chinese proverb that says, "Women hold up half the sky," emphasizing the importance of women's contributions to society. Kristof and WuDunn argue that by empowering women, societies can effectively address issues such as poverty, violence, and disease.The book consists of four major sections, each highlighting a particular form of oppression faced by women. These include sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, maternal mortality, and lack of education and economic opportunities.In the first section, Kristof and WuDunn shed light on the horrors of the global sex trade, investigating the bondages suffered by women and girls who are forced into prostitution. They share stories of survivors and delve into the root causes and consequences of the industry, such as poverty, corruption, and cultural norms.The second section explores gender-based violence, including domestic violence, rape, and honor killings. The authors examine the societal and cultural factors that perpetuate such violence, as well as the psychological and physical toll it takes on women. They also highlight innovative programs and initiatives that combat and prevent violence against women.The third section focuses on maternal mortality, highlighting the challenges faced by women in giving birth safely and accessing proper reproductive healthcare. The authors discuss the lack of healthcare resources, cultural practices, and societal barriers that contribute to high maternal mortality rates. They advocate for improved access to reproductive health services and the importance of grassroots organizations in addressing these issues.Finally, the last section explores the importance of education and economic opportunity for women. The authors argue that investing in women's education and economic empowerment can lead to long-term societal progress. They examine successful initiatives that have helped women gain skills, start businesses, and uplift their communities.Throughout the book, Kristof and WuDunn provide a mixture of personal stories, research data, and interviews to...

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Show Notes for Episode Twenty-Five of seX & whY: Global Health and Pandemic Responsiveness Through a Sex and Gender Lens Host: Jeannette Wolfe Guests:  McKinzie Gales – Fellow at the CDC and co-lead for Phase I of the multi-agency SAGER IOA project aimed at facilities' better collection, analysis, and use of sex-disaggregated data and gendered data for outbreak response.  Emelie Yonally Phillips – Global Health consultant specializing in Integrated Outcome Analysis     Definitions IOA - Integrated Outbreak Analysis SAGER - Sex and Gender Equity in Research  The IOA concept started in earnest in 2018 during the Eboli outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo after it became clear that more real time, comprehensive on the ground data was needed to best manage outbreaks in an efficient and effective manner.  The larger picture concept is that the IOA model sets up a system for increased interagency data sharing that included more comprehensive information about: How infections spread How individuals access health systems and how patterns might evolve over time How local sociocultural norms, behaviors and expectations, impact an outbreak response and community recovery    The IOA - Creates a more holistic response to outbreaks along the entire pipeline from prevention to treatment. It creates a model that puts lots of partners at the table including major players like Unicef, WHO, CDC, Doctors without Borders in addition to local governmental agencies and boots on the ground health care providers. Examples of data that may be exchanged include:  Surveillance data Health information systems data Programs data Community data Timeline event data Goal is to create an accessible stockpile of comprehensive data that is unique to a specific outbreak which can be used to  drive more efficacious and timely interventions.  Including a SAGER framework in an IOA model ensures that sex and gender related information is being collected and considered in outbreak:  Prevention Detection Management/Treatment  Response   Four phase project Phase 1: Literature review - how is sex and gender being considered in outbreak response Phase 2: Participatory engagement in real time projects that are using an IOA model and identifying what is already known about site specific sex and gender differences in tools/programs. Developing survey of response actors looking at their current understanding about sex and gender and how they are or are not collecting needed information and/or analyzing and using it to guide interventions. Create workshops and small groups to address challenges identified in survey, enhance education and brainstorm on how to overcome recognized barriers. Co-create practical recommendations and strategies to more systemically integrate sex and gender into the outbreak analysis process.  Phase 3: Collate Phase 2 responses from several different  outbreaks to develop a larger SAGER IOA model that can then be flexibly applied to future outbreaks.   Phase 4: Pilot testing in different outbreaks  Evaluating responses and further modification   Great resources Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof  More information about the SAGER Guidelines  Link to previous podcast with Dr Shjrin Heidari who was one of the fundamental drivers of developing the SAGER Guidelines.

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Join us as we wrap up 2022 by sharing insightful and uplifting highlights with each of our guests as identified by YOU, our Crazy Amazing Humans community, along with a special "follow-up treat (or trick?)" from our Halloween Spooktacular in Santa Monica, CA. We feature and discuss highlights from each of our guests; Sister Rose Pacatte (The Media Nun), Christine Mirasy-Glasco (Director of Upward Bound House), Sheryl WuDunn (Pulitzer Prize-winning author), Rebecca Alexander (Disability Rights Advocate), Shirin Yadegar (Founder and CEO of Los Angeles Mom Magazine), Jamie Montgomery (Visionary Entrepreneur–Founder of The Montgomery Summit and March Capital), Maxwell Eaton (World Central Kitchen) and Sonali Perera Bridges (Co-Founder of Shero's Rise). Remember to follow us at Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube version of the podcast YouTube so that you'll have all the updates on this episode as well as keep up with all things with our Crazy Amazing Humans community! As we enter into 2023, let's remember the secret ingredient to life — that doing good does you good! We are committed to being of service to you, and we always want to remind you that YOU are CRAZY AMAZING! Thank you for being a part of this movement to make the world a better place one act of kindness at a time. Thanks for being part of the Crazy Amazing Humans community. We appreciate you!

Casey Erin Clark sang at the Tony Awards a few months ago:  a dream come true for a Midwestern girl who grew up singing in church and starring in school musicals.  But it may not have happened if she had landed the Broadway role that she thought was her ticket to the big-time.  After earning a degree in fine arts, Casey came to New York City to try to make it on Broadway.  After making her off-Broadway debut, she soon found success when she landed a role in the cast of the 25th anniversary national tour of Les Miserables.  A few months after the tour ended, Casey was in final callbacks for the show's highly anticipated Broadway revival.  It was the role she was made for; she could feel it.  But she didn't get the part. And that's when Casey began to realize that she might just have another calling.   Episode Links and Resources:Vital Voice Training Website:  https://vitalvoicetraining.com/Voice (Is) Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voice-is/id1484301232Casey Erin Clark's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseyerinclark/Broadway Inspirational Voices:  https://broadwayinspirationalvoices.org/Additional Reading:Body of Work:  Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together, Pamela SlimBurnout:  The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski  Half the Sky:  Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Nicholas Kristoff, Sheryl WuDunn   Support this podcast by subscribing and reviewing!Music is considered “royalty-free” and discovered on Audio Blocks.Technical Podcast Support by: Jon Keur at Wayfare Recording Co.© 2022 Silver Linings Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.

In honor of International Women's Day, we have a very special guest, Sheryl WuDunn, who reminds us that women hold solutions to our world's greatest challenges and that empowering women and girls is the most effective way to fight poverty and extremism. Selected as one of Newsweek's “150 Women Who Shake the World” and listed as one of 60 notable members of the “League of Extraordinary Women,” WuDunn has helped raise awareness about the challenges facing women as well as models being a woman who makes an impact.  Sheryl WuDunn is the first Asian-American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize and is a best-selling co-author of “Half the Sky,” “Tightrope” and “A Path Appears” amongst other books. She also is one of a small handful of people who have worked at The New York Times both as an executive and journalist. Sheryl is a co-founder of FullSky Partners, a consulting firm focusing on double-bottom line ventures and was previously a VP at Goldman Sachs. In her inspirational best-selling book, “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” – written with her husband, Nicholas Kristof – WuDunn goes beyond simply exposing the devastating daily reality for so many of the world's women, and uses the powerful book as a call to action for solutions. Thanks to the book's popularity and global impact, it soon grew into a multi-platform digital media effort that now includes a highly popular documentary series on PBS, mobile games and an online social media game on Facebook. Sheryl has co-taught on China as part of a global affairs course at Yale University, and she frequently speaks about business and economic challenges facing China to a wide range of audiences. She discusses Chinese economic issues on major television and radio programs such as Bloomberg TV, Fox Business News and NPR. She also was an esteemed guest at President Obama's State Dinner at the White House for Chinese President Hu Jintao. She was elected this year to the Harvard University Board of Overseers. She is also a former member of the Board of Trustees at Princeton and Cornell. WuDunn has a BA from Cornell, an MPA from Princeton and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She also helps run Kristof Farms, a vineyard and cider apple orchard in Oregon. Join us as Sheryl WuDunn demonstrates ways in which we can all take steps, both large and small, to impact our world for good. And as we celebrate our second year together, remember that every small kindness has the potential to create a Crazy Amazing Human experience, one person at a time. You have the power to create that every day because you are Crazy Amazing! And we, at Crazy Amazing Humans, are in your corner, we're rooting for you, and really appreciate you as part of our community.

This oral history interview is with Sheryl WuDunn, Caroline Kristof, and Nick Kristof of Kristof Farms. In this interview the family shared about the long history of Kristof Farms, and why they chose to plant grapes and cider apples on their property. Sheryl and Nick began with describing how they met, their work with the New York Times, and memorable projects they have worked on. They shared about their previous books, and specifically about their newest project which focuses on the working class in the U.S.. Later in the interview Caroline described graduating during a pandemic, and how she chose to return to her family farm to run their wine and cider business. She spoke about the steep learning curve, and her excitement for their first cider harvest. The Kristof family finished the interview with their ideas for the future of the farm, and the future of Oregon. This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt on April 1, 2021 at Kristof Farms in Yamhill.

(That Senator may have made damn sure they'll be NO Child Tax Credits for you coming up, Kiddos!) The authors, Joanne Samuel Goldblum, (@jgoldblum), founder of the National Diaper Bank Network, and journalist Colleen Shaddox argue that the systems that should protect our citizens are broken and that poverty results from flawed policies—compounded by racism, sexism, and other ills—rather than people's “bad choices.” Federal programs for the poor often fall far short of their aims: The U.S. has only 36 affordable housing units available for every 100 extremely low-income families; roughly 1 in 3 households on Navajo reservations lack plumbing; and inadequate counsel by public defenders can lead to harsher penalties for crimes or time in “debtors' prisons” for those unable to pay fines or court fees. An overarching problem is that the U.S. determines eligibility for government benefits with an outdated and “irrationally low” federal poverty level of $21,720 for a family of three, which doesn't take into account necessities such as child care when women work outside the home. The authors credibly assert that it makes more sense to define poverty as an inability to afford basic needs in seven areas—“water, food, housing, energy, transportation, hygiene, and health”—each of which gets a chapter that draws on academic or other studies and interviews with people like a Baltimore resident who had to flush his toilet with bottled water after the city shut it off due to an unpaid bill. This plainspoken primer in the spirit of recent books like Anne Kim's Abandoned and Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's Tightrope, Goldblum and Shaddox interweave macro analyses with examples of micro interventions that might work in any community. A Head Start teacher in Lytle, Texas, says her program saw benefits just from giving toothbrushes (and a chance to use them at a classroom sink) to children who had none at home: “They come here, and they scrub like there's no tomorrow.”

This week on the Global Impact thread, Mimi interviews her co-host Kim Dickson, a public health worker and egalitarian activist. They discuss Kim's experiences as a Christian public health worker and specifically her time serving in India, exploring the ways the good news of Jesus for women changed communities. In this episode you'll hear many stories, including one about four young women who had believed God created them to be “feebleminded,” and through Bible study and conversation, learned that instead God created them to be capable, strong daughters of God, created in God's image.  Within the interview, Kim and Mimi reference Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.   Read more from CBE: In the “Freedom to Flourish” issue of Mutuality magazine, theologians, humanitarians, pastors, and social justice advocates explore connections between what we believe about women and how that impacts the way we empower women around the world.  

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 254, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: All Bark 1: The bald variety of this tree is common in swampy areas. a cypress. 2: Due to excessive logging, Lebanon established the Al-Shouf Reserve for these trees in 1997. cedars. 3: The terebinth is also known as this tree, as it yielded probably the earliest form of a paint solvent and thinner. a turpentine tree. 4: This "sandy" tree family includes oaks and chestnuts. beeches. 5: Named for British botanist David, this large Christmas-y tree is called a fir or a spruce but it really is a pine. a Douglas. Round 2. Category: Tall Talk 1: Cosmopolitan's "Sexiest Man In The World" for 1993 was this 6' 3" hunk seen on romance novels. Fabio. 2: It's hard not to look up to this New Jersey Democrat and presidential hopeful; he's 6' 5". Bill Bradley. 3: At 7' 4" this wrestler whose last name was Roussimoff brought many an opponent to his knees. Andre the Giant. 4: "(Hi, I'm Sandy Duncan) I was first partnered with this 6' 6" dancer when I was 12 and he was a teen back in our native Texas". Tommy Tune. 5: This 6' tall forward for the Houston Comets is the first woman to have a Nike basketball shoe named for her. Sheryl Swoopes. Round 3. Category: Chateau "Dif" 1: In anthropology, it's the spread of cultural features like tools or rituals from one group to another. diffusion. 2: Ranging from 1.3 to 3.6, degrees of this increase your potential score in Olympic diving. difficulty. 3: It's defined as the bending of light waves as they pass around the edge of an obstacle. diffraction. 4: Automotive gear allowing wheels to turn at separate speeds. the differential. 5: A reserved or restrained manner often resulting in fatal hesitation. diffidence. Round 4. Category: Household Hints 1: To remove grass stains from clothes, try rubbing with the Karo brand of this type of syrup. corn syrup. 2: To keep a picnic table pest-free, spray with water mixed with the oil from this plant; take note of its color. lavender. 3: To keep these little plantlike protists out of a bird bath, plunk in a pre-1982 penny; copper stops their growth. algae. 4: If you accidentally super glued your fingers together, dab nail polish remover containing this solvent--it breaks the bond. acetone. 5: To get lipstick out of washable clothing, dab the stain with the isopropyl type of this. alcohol. Round 5. Category: The New York Times Journalists 1: As Michelle Higgins is the "Practical" this, she'll tell you how to cut the high cost of flying to Africa. Traveler. 2: Frank Bruni, whose yearly entertainment budget is $350,000, is on this beat. restaurants (food critic). 3: In 1990 Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer covering China's democracy movement in this place. Tiananmen Square. 4: We bet the first Monday in Oct. is always circled on Linda Greenhouse's calendar; she started on this Times beat in 1978. the Supreme Court. 5: Pulitzer-winning Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote "A Brief History of the 21st Century" in "The World is" this. Flat. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 200, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The New York Times Journalists 1: As Michelle Higgins is the "Practical" this, she'll tell you how to cut the high cost of flying to Africa. Traveler. 2: Frank Bruni, whose yearly entertainment budget is $350,000, is on this beat. restaurants (food critic). 3: In 1990 Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer covering China's democracy movement in this place. Tiananmen Square. 4: We bet the first Monday in Oct. is always circled on Linda Greenhouse's calendar; she started on this Times beat in 1978. the Supreme Court. 5: Pulitzer-winning Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote "A Brief History of the 21st Century" in "The World is" this. Flat. Round 2. Category: Inventors And Inventions 1: In 1930 this automaker co-wrote a book on Thomas Edison titled "Edison As I Know Him". Henry Ford. 2: Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants. Levi Strauss. 3: In 1798 this cotton gin inventor began using a system of interchangeable parts to make muskets for the U.S. government. Eli Whitney. 4: Ann Moore invented this "cozy" baby carrier after seeing women in Togo carry their babies in fabric slings. a Snugli. 5: In 1954 Hildaur Nielsen invented this filing system using slotted cards on a cylinder. Rolodex. Round 3. Category: Let's Visit Cuba 1: Diving and snorkeling are popular (between U.S. invasions) at Playa Giron on this bay. Bay of Pigs. 2: Disco Ayala in the city of Trinidad is located inside one of these, so you're always in the batroom. Cave. 3: Take note, hotels in Cuba rent by the night, most inns and posadas by this, hmmmmmm. By the hour. 4: Visit this site that Teddy did in 1898 and see small monuments marking the battle and a rusted ferris wheel. San Juan Hill. 5: The Cuban home of this "Snows of Kilimanjaro" author is preserved almost as he left it. Ernest Hemingway. Round 4. Category: Literally 1: There is no record of his activities between Stratford in 1585 and London in 1592. William Shakespeare. 2: According to itself, it's the biggest-selling copyrighted book, at over 80 million copies. "Guinness Book of World Records". 3: Barbara Cartland's over 700 novels include "Running Away to" this, "Never Lose" this and "Luck Logan Finds" this. Love. 4: Seen here in 1997, this author of military thrillers signed a 2-book deal reported at over $50 million dollars. Tom Clancy. 5: He's the only man to win Pulitzer Prizes for fiction ("The Bridge of San Luis Rey") and drama ("Our Town"). Thornton Wilder. Round 5. Category: Words Of The '60s 1: Astranette, meaning a female one of these, has not stood the test of time, or space. Astronaut. 2: Doing it to your mind could do it to your cool. blow. 3: Logically enough, it's the single word for a topless bikini. Monokini. 4: Term for those who rode buses to test integration in interstate travel. "Freedom Riders". 5: Precedes "wasted", "down" and "your act together". get. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The original episode first aired in May 2020.

Ayaan speaks with Nicholas Kristof about human rights abuses against women and girls around the world. They discuss his recent article, “A 14-Year-Old Bride, Wed to Her Rapist, Playing on a Jungle Gym,” and dive into the subjects of child marriage, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation. Nicholas Kristof has been a columnist for the New York Times since 2001. He graduated from Harvard, studied law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and then studied Arabic in Cairo. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of Tiananmen Square and of the genocide in Darfur, along with many humanitarian awards such as the Anne Frank Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. With his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, he has written several books including A Path Appears and Half the Sky. Their latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, was published in January 2020. Follow him on Twitter @NickKristof Follow Ayaan on Twitter @ayaan and at ayaanhirsiali.com.

Some books are tested and eaten, very few chewed and digested.Many times we hear that a home without books is like a body without a soul. Developing a reading habit will make a difference in our lives, and benefit our jobs, projects, relationships, and ourselves as human beingsToday's guest is Dr. Lara Zibarras, psychology helping women to create a healthy and happy relationship with food. Also, she is passionate about the art of reading. In our conversation, Lara tells us about how we can make a difference in our lives just with the power of being educated by knowledge written on the sheets of paper in a book.Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body, so let's empower our mind and soul.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS[1:50] Introducing our guest.A warm welcome for today's guest: Dr. Lara Zibarras.[5:00] Create the habit of reading.For people who want to expand their knowledge by learning every day, creating reading habits is the best way to do it.[10:30] Top five life-changing books for Dr. Lara.Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield. For people interested in starting their businessesHalf the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. It is a meaningful story of women from around the world.Body and positive power by Megan Crabbe. It's about how diet culture can suck the life out of you.Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. How we can make our mornings worthwhile.Miracle equation by Hal Elrod. Sharing a near-death experience.Just eat it by Laura Thoma. How intuitive eating can help us get our thing together around food.Extra books:The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.The compound effect by Darren Hardy.Breaking the habit of being yourself by Joe Dispenza.Good food, bad diet by Abby Langer.Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon.The beauty myth by Naomi Wolf.The 5-second rule by Mel Robbins.[27:00] Right books come at the right time.We read books at the time we're meant to read them, and then as we evolve, others books will come into our life at the right time.[31:00] Next things in Lara's world.Lara follows her mission to save women from diet culture and help them create this healthy and happy relationship through a group coaching program. QUOTES"The pace of change is so rapid that if you're not learning something, then you're probably going back because there's always a lot to learn, new ideas, inspiration, new stuff out there." -Dr. Lara Zibarras."Doing the exercise or whatever they say in the book, that's there for a reason. Make it like your commitment, to not open the book again, to do the exercise.  It will take you where you want to be." -Patricia Manley.CONNECT WITH PATRICIA MANLEYWebsite: la-mantuana.comInstagram: @lamantuanauk  | @iammantuanaFacebook:  https://www.facebook.com/lamantuanaukABOUT TODAY'S GUEST: DR. LARA ZIBARRAS.Dr Lara Zibarras is a Psychologist and Food Freedom Coach. She's on a mission to help women escape diet culture and create a healthy & happy relationship with food - no more guilt or binge eating!CONNECT WITH DR. LARA ZIBARRAS.Instagram:@drlarazibWebsite: https://lnk.bio/drlarazibYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drlarazib

On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, Nicholas Kristof, columnist for the New York Times, joins host DeVon Pouncey and guest co-host Gary Barker to discuss how his rural Oregon roots influences his journalism, his book (co-written with his wife Sheryl WuDunn) titled “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope”, advice for aspiring journalists and more.

On today's episode, hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein talk about the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.” America loves to idealize self-reliance and independence, but the truth is, none of us made it to where we are today by ourselves. So our hosts discuss the family, friends, and community care that helped them become the successful women they are today. They explore the importance of empathy and recognizing that other people's life experiences have shaped them in ways we may not understand.They chat with Beverly Batte, one of the women behind the scenes of this podcast, about her experience growing up in Appalachia. Beverly explains how the kindness of strangers and the kindness of her community helped her rise out of poverty. She blasts JD Vance for perpetuating the harmful “bootstraps” myth and shows us just how hollow that myth really is.Then Amanda sits down with Sheryl WuDunn, author of Half The Sky and Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope, about the poverty crisis in America and the importance of empathy. Finally, our hosts raise a glass to their supportive communities and the National Parks in this week's “Toast to Joy.”Suburban women helped decide the 2020 election. But we're just getting started. Are you ready to be part of The Suburban Women Problem? Sign up here to join our amazing community of women.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.

Transformation. It might sound simple, but anyone who is doing the tough, messy, complicated work of changing their organization knows that transformation requires a lot of grit and patience. During the last few months on Joy@Work, we've talked about that messy journey to create more joy at work — along with more justice, equity, and peace.  In this recap episode, we're looking back at our favorite ideas and takeaways from this season's guests, including: Gerri Elliott, EVP and Chief Customer and Partner Officer at Cisco; Dr. Anthony Wilbon, Dean of Howard University School of Business; Brian Tippens, Chief Sustainability Officer at HPE; Laura Lane, Chief Corporate Affairs and Communications Officer, UPS; Sheryl WuDunn , Pulitzer-winning journalist and business consultant; Ashley Whillans, assistant professor at Harvard Business School; and a panel of recent graduates who are shaping the next generation of joy at work. Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at Kearney.Com/Joyatwork.

In this special Summer Solstice + Father's Day solo-cast, I ramble (on and on) about permaculture, my Ecuadorian digs, my life purpose and my spiritual path. Feel free to tune out of this chronicle of unwieldy personal musings, or to stop listening at any time! For those who are interested, I delve into some of the particular challenges, vulnerabilities and neuroses of my individual psyche — especially the content that arose in my January 2021 work with Ayahuasca in Ecuador.   ~   Links from the Episode: Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn   ~   If you have a story or perspective you'd like to share on the podcast, feel free to tell me a bit about it using this form! Support Redeeming Disorder by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/redeeming-disorder

As we talk about building a more joyful and equitable workplace, we naturally think about how to build a more joyful and equitable world. That's something award-winning journalist, author, and business executive Sheryl WuDunn has devoted her career to. She joins Kearney Managing Partner and Chairman Alex Liu to discuss her new book, “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope,” and how both government and business can create solutions and opportunities to lift people out of poverty.  Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at Kearney.com/Joyatwork.

That's why all Americans should care. Because the cost of poverty is not just the cost to that person who is in poverty. It's a cost to all of society. We're all paying for people being jailed. We're all paying for extra costs in the legal system, in the police force, in the healthcare system.Sheryl WuDunnA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Key Highlights IncludeStories of Poverty and Inequality in AmericaChallenges in America in Education, Health, and Well-BeingImpact of Poverty on Children with an Explanation of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)Collective Responsibility to Solve Social ProblemsRethinking of Social Programs as Investments Rather than OutlaysSheryl WuDunn is a pulitzer prize winning reporter, business executive, and the author of Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope (along with her husband Nicholas Kristof). Key LinksTightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas KristoffTightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope - PBS Documentary Presented by Show of ForceFollow Sheryl on Twitter @WuDunnRelated ContentJacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on the Plutocratic Populism of the Republican PartyZizi Papacharissi Dreams of What Comes After DemocracyMore from the PodcastMore InformationDemocracy GroupApes of the State created all MusicEmail the show at democracyparadoxblog@gmail.comFollow me on Twitter @DemParadox100 Books on Democracy

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof grew up in rural Yamhill County. Years later, he found that about a quarter of the children who rode the school bus with him had later died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide or accidents. We talk with Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn about the lives of poor, rural Americans in their new book, “Tightrope.”

In episode 015, the girls tell some of their favorite stories of revenge, Hope you enjoy.Source Material:1)Half the Sky, from Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.2) Wikipedia3)Youtube Docs

In this episode, the Woman Beings sit down with Meghan Tschanz, creator and host of the Faith and Feminism podcast and author of "Women Rising," her soon-to-be-released book! Meghan shares her story of serving on the missions field and how it led her to discover the inherent misogyny and patriarchal systems that are oppressing women throughout the world... and how the church plays a big role. Female genital mutilation, human trafficking, sexual assault, all are symptoms of the greater patriarchal systems that are designed to keep men in power and exhort women to be submissive, silent, and unseen. She shares her journey of deconstructing her white evangelical upbringing and white saviorism, learning to understand the concept of the people's church and the ruler's church, and how so much of the sexual assault and violence against women in our society today can be tied back to purity culture. This episode is chock full of wisdom - be sure to give it a listen! Follow Meghan: https://www.instagram.com/meghantschanz/ Faith and Feminism: https://apple.co/3sSiXqv Pre-Order Women Rising: https://www.ivpress.com/women-rising Resources Mentioned: Half the Sky by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof: https://bit.ly/3mgwhCM The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk: https://bit.ly/31LgBxN Womanist Midrash by Wilda Gafney: https://bit.ly/3sRUphB The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin: https://bit.ly/3rJGEQE RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ Sexual Assault is About Power by Lyn Yonack: https://bit.ly/39JLGq3 --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanbeingpodcast/ Website: https://www.womanbeingcommunity.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nick Kristof is a self-described “Oregon farm boy turned New York Times columnist.”   We discussed his latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope. Written with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, it explores why some people, including many childhood friends from his #6 school bus, have dramatically different life outcomes than others.It was a deeply honest and personal conversation about our friends, our lives and what contributes to where we end up. Links to learn more about: Nicholas Kristof Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope Kristof Impact Find out more: https://movingupusa.com/podcast  HOST Bob McKinnon is a writer, designer, and teacher who asks us to reconsider the way we see success and the American Dream.  His work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, NPR, and PBS. His own journey out of poverty was captured in his TEDx talk: How Did I End Up Here. Through his writing and this podcast, he hopes to pay tribute and thanks to all those who have helped him and others move up in life. CREDITS Attribution is distributed in part by Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative from PBS flagship station, WNET in New York, reporting on poverty, justice, and economic opportunity in America. You can learn more at pbs.org/chasingthedream. This show was edited by No Troublemakers Media. Music by Jonnie “Most” Davis. Our final credit goes to you, the listener, and to everyone who helped you get to where you are today. If this show has reminded you of someone in particular, make their day and let them know.

This interview is a special KGNU pre-publication interview (the book comes out in February 2021 from The authors, Joanne Samuel Goldblum, (@jgoldblum), founder of the National Diaper Bank Network, and journalist Colleen Shaddox who argue that the systems that should protect our citizens are broken and that poverty results from flawed policies—compounded by racism, sexism, and other ills—rather than people’s “bad choices.” Federal programs for the poor often fall far short of their aims: The U.S. has only 36 affordable housing units available for every 100 extremely low-income families; roughly 1 in 3 households on Navajo reservations lack plumbing; and inadequate counsel by public defenders can lead to harsher penalties for crimes or time in “debtors’ prisons” for those unable to pay fines or court fees. An overarching problem is that the U.S. determines eligibility for government benefits with an outdated and “irrationally low” federal poverty level of $21,720 for a family of three, which doesn’t take into account necessities such as child care when women work outside the home. The authors credibly assert that it makes more sense to define poverty as an inability to afford basic needs in seven areas—“water, food, housing, energy, transportation, hygiene, and health”—each of which gets a chapter that draws on academic or other studies and interviews with people like a Baltimore resident who had to flush his toilet with bottled water after the city shut it off due to an unpaid bill. This plainspoken primer in the spirit of recent books like Anne Kim’s Abandoned and Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s Tightrope, Goldblum and Shaddox interweave macro analyses with examples of micro interventions that might work in any community. A Head Start teacher in Lytle, Texas, says her program saw benefits just from giving toothbrushes (and a chance to use them at a classroom sink) to children who had none at home: “They come here, and they scrub like there’s no tomorrow.”

Akku Yadav terrorisiert über 10 Jahre lang die Gegend, in der er wohnt. Die Polizei von Nagpur kann oder will nichts gegen ihn ausrichten, die Bewohner sind ganz auf sich allein gestellt. Sie fühlen sich hilflos. Als eine junge Frau ihm mutig zum ersten Mal die Stirn bietet, greift der Rest zu den Waffen - und der Rest ist Geschichte. TRIGGER: Vergewaltigung, Gewalt an Frauen und Kindern Wenn auch DU von Gewalt betroffen bist, kannst du dich an folgende Stellen wenden: http://www.frauenhelpline.at/ https://www.hilfetelefon.de/ https://www.opferhilfe-schweiz.ch/ Titelmusik: Tongue von Ralph Bräuer https://soundcloud.com/kedaomega/tongue Outro and other music from https://filmmusic.io "Tranquility Base", "The Descent", "Crinoline Dreams" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ „Die Hälfte des Himmels: wie Frauen weltweit für eine bessere Zukunft kämpfen“ von Nicholas D. Kristof und Sheryl WuDunn https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/opinion/in-india-one-womans-stand-says-enough.html https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Nagpur/The-place-where-once-Akku-haunted-residents/articleshow/45103438.cms https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/style/the-day-of-the-furies/cid/1550547 „Killing Justice: Vigilantism in Nagpur” von Swati Mehta

“This is an unflinching book that illustrates the central, confounding American paradox—in a country that purports to root for the underdog, too often we exalt the rich and we punish the poor. With thorough reporting and extraordinary compassion, Kristof and WuDunn tell the stories of those who fall behind in the world’s wealthiest country, and find not an efficient first-world safety net created by their government, but a patchwork of community initiatives, perpetually underfunded and run by tired saints. And yet amid all the tragedy and neglect, Kristof and WuDunn conjure a picture of how it could all get better, how it could all work. That’s the miracle of Tightrope, and why this is such an indispensable book.” —Dave Eggers The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of the acclaimed, best-selling Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, now issue a plea—deeply personal and told through the lives of real Americans—to address the crisis in working-class America, while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. Their latest bestseller, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, draws us deep into an “other America,” from the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Oregon, to similar stories of needless working-class tragedy from the Dakotas, Oklahoma, New York, and Virginia. But amid the deaths from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents, there are stories about resurgence, among them: Annette Dove, who has devoted her life to helping the teenagers of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Daniel McDowell, of Baltimore, whose tale of opioid addiction and recovery suggests that there are viable ways to solve our nation’s drug epidemic. With their superb, nuanced reportage, Kristof and WuDunn have given us a book that is both riveting and impossible to ignore. The authors discuss their work and share stories with Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of the recent New York Times bestseller Strangers in Their Own Land.

Pulitzer prize winning journalist Nicholas Kristof has covered neglected social and economic welfare topics all over the world, but his most recent book, “Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope” is an exploration of poverty in America seen through a very personal lens – the community in which Nick grew up.  Strikingly, while many may focus on the importance of support for adults, rehabilitation, and remediation, Nick and his co-author and wife, Sheryl WuDunn, chose to put the focus on something near and dear to the heart of this podcast: the dramatic, deep, and powerful importance of early foundational health.  

The idea of the vigilante draws out so many conflicting feelings for us. In the movies the vigilante evokes images of justified revenge seekers going after those who have taken everything from them and we cheer! In real life we have seen white supremacists shoot peaceful protestors and plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan in the name of vigilante justice and we are outraged. So is the vigilante a hero or an enemy? In this season of Rom Crime we hope to introduce you to a more complex type of vigilante. The Survivor. Join us as we explore stories of people, who faced with no other option, chose to stand up and fight back. In our first episode we share the story of Usha Narayane and the women of Kasturba Nagar who, after more than a decade of terror, reclaimed their town, their dignity and their voices.To donate go to: mnsfoundation.orgThank you to our resources: Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Wikipedia, Aljazeera, The Gaurdian and The Caste System Explained.

Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn revisit the struggles they found in America's blue collar communities. When the novel coronavirus came to the United States, it found a nation that was arguably already in a kind of existential crisis. America's life expectancy, a primary indicator of the nation's overall wellbeing, had dropped for three straight years by that point. Obesity, opioid use and suicide, meanwhile, were on the rise. The despair feeding these numbers, say journalists Kristof and WuDunn, was being disproportionately carried by the country's working class. And it was the stories of these Americans that the two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists sought to tell while reporting their latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, which was published weeks before the virus grew to pandemic proportions. That despair is also credited, in part, with the rise of President Donald Trump. Now, on the eve of the presidents' re-election bid, these Americans must decide if they will continue supporting the president. For this episode of the Crosscut Talks podcast, Kristof and WuDunn tell us how the pandemic has impacted the Americans in their book, what their research portends for a possible recovery and whether they plan to support the president again.

Allan Chochinov, Founding Chair of the MFA in Products of Design graduate program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, joins Lou to discuss how his program approaches the education of new designers—from the belief that grades can hamper creativity and risk taking, to the need for his students to learn the art of careful listening. After eight graduating classes, Allan offers surprises and insights about different career trajectories for design students, and clear evidence that career paths are often non-traditional. Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, the design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts since 1995. More about Allan: https://www.allanchochinov.com/ Allan Recommends: •Girls Garage by Emily Pilloton https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44601186-girls-garage?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ghIzeV0mbb&rank=1 •Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6260997-half-the-sky •Not to Scale: How the Small Becomes Large, the Large Becomes Unthinkable, and the Unthinkable Becomes Possible by Jamer Hunt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51203318-not-to-scale •Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff https://rushkoff.com/books/present-shock/ •User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41940285-user-friendly •By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons by Ralph Caplan https://www.secondsale.com/i/by-design-2nd-edition-why-there-are-no-locks-on-the-bathroom-doors-in-the-hotel-louis-xiv-and-other-object-lessons/9781563673498?gclid=Cj0KCQjwreT8BRDTARIsAJLI0KLamLylKCGMu5u7Sz-ZM8lyn8ZgDdugGTwGC7dHJgHBEu_vqp2OL-waAmPQEALw_wcB

Episode 3:  Join us as we discuss, "When No One is Watching," by Alyssa Cole, "Rules for Visiting," by Jessica Francis Kane, "The Pull of the Stars," by Emma Donoghue, "Tightrope," by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, and "A Good Provider is One Who Leaves," by Jason DeParle.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page.Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail -youvegottoreadthis@outlook.com(no apostrophe)

On this episode of Connecting the Dots, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize Winner and celebrated New York Times journalist, Nicholas Kristof. We discuss Kristof's new book, co-authored with his wife Sheryl WuDunn, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope. Our conversation covered issues of economic inequality and social injustices in modern America, as well as the empathy gap affecting its citizens. We also dive into Kristof's professional (and serendipitous) journey, from a keen young journalist to an esteemed author and renowned advocate for social justice.

Journalists Sheryl Wudunn & Nick Kristof join Lisa to talk about their upcoming appearance in Stamford at Family Centers at the Sheridan Stamford - Journalists NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WUDUNN discuss Family Centers in Stamford (0:26:00 - 0:46:20)

Only on the "CBS This Morning" podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn join co-host Tony Dokoupil to discuss their new book, "Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope." Kristof and WuDunn, the first married couple to win a Pulitzer for journalism, traveled from Kristof's hometown in rural Oregon to urban Baltimore to show how decades of government policies have failed working class Americans. They explain how the disappearance of blue collar jobs, along with stagnant wages, weak education and a lack of healthcare, have led to intergenerational struggles. Plus, they share the solutions other industrialized nations have adopted that helped them avoid the same sweeping drug problems, mass incarceration and declining life expectancy rate as the United States.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Buy The Change Romy Kochan interviews Kari Hughes of Buy The Change in Detroit, Michigan.  Listen and learn about what inspired Kari to begin making a market for women entrepreneurs around the world. Kari discusses why she wanted to become a B Corporation and remain a for-profit company. She discusses the importance of acknowledging your successes over your gaps. Kari is a  woman on a mission to help make markets for inspiring women and mothers who are overcoming around the globe. A for-profit example of great social enterprise. http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FullSizeRender_8.jpg ()   http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FullSizeRender_7.jpg ()   http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FCE36C6E-42E7-4EE6-91D8-BDB93ABDE5FA-2.jpg ()   http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0014-1.jpg ()   http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FullSizeRender_10.jpg ()         http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0599_1.jpg ()     http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FullSizeRender_9.jpg ()     http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0559_1.JPG.jpg ()   Full Transcription: Romy Kochan: Welcome to the Bonfires of Social Enterprise. This is Romy. On this episode, we learn from Kari Hughes of Buy the Change. Buy the Change is a for-profit social enterprise in the Detroit area that helps to make a market for women entrepreneurs around the world. Kari, unfortunately, lost a daughter. We didn’t spend much time discussing that in the interview here, but I can tell you that she’s dramatically empowering women while she continues to heal her own heart. I believe what you’ll hear is a woman with a mission to help, a woman making a big impact. Let’s jump right in now where I’m asking Kari more about the very basics of Buy the Change. Kari Hughes: Buy the Change is a retail company. We sell accessories and home goods that are all handmade by women in the developing world. The two main benefits, I think, that we offer are the opportunity to have income and economic opportunity for our artists and partners around the world, but also the ability for our customers to have a direct impact on the lives of women on the other side of the world. I think lots of times people want to have an impact, but they don’t know how, or they aren’t sure where the money that they donate, or spend goes. Every time we sell a product, we use the profit for sure, but a majority of that money to buy another product. It results in the direct income and all of the opportunities that income brings for our partner artisans. Romy Kochan: Let’s go right to how you got started. What originally trigger tripped your heart, as I like to say, to do this? Kari Hughes: I think most of the time in life there is 100 different paths that come together in 1 point of clarity that brings you to make a decision. I had worked in public health and in the non-profit sector for many, many years and had worked as a therapist at an organization that ran a shelter for women living in domestic abuse situations. It’s just like all of these things that I was very focused on, women, and women’s issues and I was at a point in my life where I really had the freedom to do something that gave back at a higher level. A friend recommended the book Half the Sky. It was written by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and really motivated me. Their call to action was amazing. I knew I wanted to do something, but I really didn’t know how. Then, I read another book called Global Girlfriend. It’s written by Stacey. I don’t even remember her last name at this point. I’m sorry. Her company is called Global Girlfriend. She documented how she did it. All of that together with my genetic...

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Are 100 million women missing from the world? A listener asks More or Less to explore this powerful statement - "More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century." The quote is from a book called 'Half the Sky' by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. It has been used in articles, by UN agencies and on TV to highlight the fatal consequences of discrimination of women based on their sex. But is it true? More or Less looks at the evidence. How can we know if a woman is killed precisely because she is a woman? And how do we know how many men have been killed in war?