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In this episode, Bakhti sits down with Nate Mook, an award-winning documentarian who has led organizations providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine since Russia's launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Mook offers a firsthand account at how the organizations he has led, including World Central Kitchen and All Hands & Hearts, have adapted to provide for Ukrainians' evolving needs over the course of the war. Bakhti and Nate also discuss why Nate began working in Ukraine, how he has rallied international support for Ukraine in a challenging media environment, and what he thinks policymakers are missing about Ukrainian society. --- Nate Mook is a seasoned leader and gifted storyteller who transforms words into action and ideas into impact. From 2018 to 2022, Nate served as the first CEO of World Central Kitchen (WCK), leading its transformation from a small operation with under $1 million in revenue to a global humanitarian powerhouse raising $500 million annually. Following his time at WCK, Nate served two years as Special Advisor on Ukraine for the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. In recognition of his efforts for the Ukrainian people, Nate was awarded the Order of Merit by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In 2025, Nate became CEO of All Hands & Hearts, the disaster relief nonprofit co-founded by Petra Němcová. He is also a co-founder of Hachiko Foundation, supporting cats and dogs affected by war in frontline Ukrainian communities. Nate serves on the boards of March For Our Lives, a youth-led movement against gun violence, and Save Ukraine, which has rescued over 670 children abducted by Russia. He also advises Razom for Ukraine, on its advocacy efforts. Early in his career, Nate was a technology entrepreneur and later began working in film. He produced the award-winning HBO Documentary Baltimore Rising with The Wire's Sonja Sohn. Nate is an executive producer of the 2022 Emmy-nominated film We Feed People from Ron Howard about WCK's rise. In 2015, he conceived and directed the documentary Undiscovered Haiti with José Andrés, a project co-produced with National Geographic and PBS. Nate has been a longtime collaborator with TED, helping to grow the TEDx program from its start in 2009, leading the TEDxSummit in Doha, and organizing conferences in places like Mogadishu, Baghdad, Tripoli, and Mount Everest. He was named a "Change Hero" by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his work amplifying voices in underserved communities. When not working in disaster zones or traveling across Ukraine, Nate resides in Washington, DC, with his cat, Jinx Furdinand. --- This podcast is hosted by Bakhti Nishanov and produced by Alanna Novetsky, in conjunction with the Senate Recording Studio.
Januario Jano is the Organizer for TEDxLuanda, which is a beautiful city on the western coast of Angola. He is a global soul, born in Angola, with homes in London and Lisbon. Angola is a former Portuguese colony. The TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson changed everything for him and incited him to be an activist. In 2012 he wanted to get a license for Luanda and applied, however, he wanted a more significant event than 100, so he invested in attending TED ACtive in Palm Springs. He came back home to educate his community and friends about the power of TED. Since then, he also made the trip to Doha for the TEDxSummit. In 2005 Luanda became an economic boom town. Playing on this, Jano blends the regions deep African roots with entrepreneurial vitality to create a unique event. I love his story about having a big dinner the week before where past speakers, the current slate of speakers, local leaders, influencers and the press gather around great food to get excited about the upcoming event. Jano does this cool thing after the event, he takes a few of the speakers, and they travel hundreds of miles into the countryside taking the talks and ideas out into the villages that would never be exposed to them.
ブリタニカ百科事典の書籍版発行終了の報に触発され、実演詩人のリーヴスが子供の頃の遊びをよみがえらせます。ドーハでのTEDxSummitにおいて語られた、人類の知識の断片を巡る成り行き任せで時に周到な、魅惑に満ちた旅です。地球の中心から最も遠い点であるチンボラーゾから、宇宙に始めて飛び立ったチンパンジーのハムまで登場します。
مدفوعاً بانتهاء طباعة موسوعة بريتانيكا، قام الشاعر المؤدي رايفز ببعث لعبة من أيام طفولته. متحدثاً في مؤتمر قمة تيد أكس TEDxSummit في الدوحة. يأخذنا رايفز في جولة ساحرة عشوائية ( و أقل عشوائية) من المعرفة الانسانية : من شيمبرازو ، أعلى نقطة من مركز الأرض ، إلى هام رائد الفضاء الشيمبانزي ، أول شيمبانزي في فضائنا الخارجي
Узнав, что энциклопедия «Британника» прекращает выпуск печатного издания, поэт Ривз решил воскресить игру своего детства. Вместе с ним, со сцены TEDxSummit в Дохе, мы отправляемся в захватывающее приключение в страну знаний, беспорядочно (а порой и нет) путешествуя от самой удалённой точки от центра Земли, Чимборасо, до астронавта Хэма, первого шимпанзе в открытом космосе.
Lançado pela Enciclopédia Britânica que acabou com suas publicações impressas, o poeta performático Rives ressuscita um jogo da sua infância. Falando no TEDxSummit em Doha, Rives nos leva numa viagem charmosa por um pedaço aleatório (e cada vez menos aleatório) de conhecimento humano: do Chimborazo, o ponto mais distante do centro da Terra à Ham o macaco astronauta, o primeiro macaco no espaço sideral.
En apprenant que l'Encyclopaedia Britannica cessait de publier sa version papier, le poète Rives fait revivre un jeu de son enfance. A TEDxSummit à Doha, Rives nous emmène dans un voyage charmant à travers des morceaux aléatoire (et d'autres moins aléatoires) de savoir humain : de Chimborazo, le point le plus éloigné du centre de la terre, à Ham, le premier chimpanzé de l'espace.
Die Einstellung der gedruckten Ausgabe der Encyclopaedia Britannica veranlasste den Performance-Poeten Rives, ein Spiel aus seiner Kindheit wiederzubeleben. Auf dem TEDxSummit in Doha nimmt uns Rives mit auf eine entzückende Tour durch mehr oder weniger willkürliche Bissen menschlichen Wissens: Vom Chimborazo, dem vom Erdmittelpunkt entferntestem Punkt, zu Ham, dem Raum-Affen, dem ersten Schimpansen im Weltraum.
Impulsado por el fin de las publicaciones impresas de la Enciclopedia Británica, el poeta performático Rives resucita un juego de su infancia. Hablando en TEDxSummit en Doha, Rives nos lleva en una encantadora gira a través de fragmentos aleatorios (o no tan aleatorios) del conocimiento humano; desde el Chimborazo, el punto más lejano del centro de la Tierra, hasta Ham el Chimpancé, el primero en el espacio exterior.
Prompted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its print publication, performance poet Rives resurrects a game from his childhood. Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Rives takes us on a charming tour through random (and less random) bits of human knowledge: from Chimborazo, the farthest point from the center of the Earth, to Ham the Astrochimp, the first chimpanzee in outer space.