Good People with Kelsey Timmerman

Victoria Milko has reported from health clinics in rural Bangladesh, protests in the streets of Myanmar, and refugee camps in Thailand. She joins Kelsey & Jay from her apartment in Jakarta to discuss the global impact of COVID-19, the importance of journalism in today's society, and her path to becoming a Southeast Asia-based science reporter for The Associated Press.

Live from Patagonia! Kelsey tells Jay about his experiences visiting with the Arhuaco, an indigenous group in Colombia. This is Kelsey's first update from the road while researching his new book about regenerative agriculture.

Drop a quarter into a turnstile and you can cross from the U.S. into Mexico. Easy. The reverse journey is much more difficult, especially for immigrants searching for a better life. Scott Truex, who has spent his career learning and teaching about sustainability and community development, talks to Kelsey and Jay about his recent visit to the Mexican border and the infamous wall.

To be good you have to feel small. Kelsey and Jay discuss transcendent moments and what astronauts, meditators, and monks can teach us.

Give a man a fish? Teach him to fish? But what if he doesn’t want to fish? What if he wants to open a store, or sing, or be mechanic, or a pilot? Joe Huston, The CFO of GiveDirectly, joins Jay and Kelsey to discuss giving money to the poor and the positive ripple effects it makes in a community.

Show notes at: whereamiwearing.com/GiveDirectly

Kelsey and Jay discuss corporate social responsibility and launch their 2020 presidential bid based on a platform of no taxes but forced giving. #TimmermanMormon2020

Happy Halloween! Not a full episode here, but a snack-sized story of the time I spent a night alone in Castle Dracula in Romania.

Roger Grein wouldn't be alive if not for the gifts of others. Against many odds, Roger has paid it forward. As the founder of Magnified Giving, Roger now encourages high school students to give.

Olivia Alaso, while growing up in Uganda, was told "white is right." White people visited her hometown and brought candy and "solutions." But then she went to college and became a social worker and begin to question the structures that elevated white people and suppressed Ugandans. She's a founder of the #NoWhiteSaviors Instagram account and organization. She joins Kelsey and Jay to share her experiences and views.

Kelsey and Jay discuss Kiva's microlending model and Kelsey's experiences in Bangladesh and Cambodia.