To kick off the the Columbia Alumni Association's (CAA) Columbia Alumni Leaders Experience (CALE) 2020, tune in to a timely episode of What in the World?, a podcast by Bunmi Akinnusotu '14SIPA, which has been specially prepared for alumni leaders.

What in the World (https://soundcloud.com/what-in-the-world-podcast) normally explains policy issues such as elections in other countries and trade wars. But behind every policy, is a person. A person or group of people researching ideas and writing arguments. And then there is the person or group of people affected by the policy. This episode gets personal and presents three women who embody the different perspectives of policymaking and whose experiences are connected. These women are leading from where they are despite the world being a mess: Dr. Tener Veenema, a disaster nurse who leads other disaster nurses; Grelia Steele, a vibrant emergency manager and Phebean Akinwande, a Nigerian immigrant who for 30 years has cared for the elderly. This episode was produced in partnership with the Diversity in National Security Network, Ink Stick Media, and Columbia University. Production Assistant is Mandy Kwan.