GSD Podcast

Outside the Box: how creative thinking can open up new solutions to the border crisis standoff

Red Lake Nation students offer a new take on mental health and life in a proverbial warzone.

Through the story of 14-year old Karima Anwari— the Anne Frank of Afghanistan— this podcast examines the universal struggles of teenage girls and their need to be heard by the adults in their world.

Discussions on the mental health effects of climate change, and the generational wedge of resentment.

Dina shares the chronicles of a Kenyan AIDS orphan who turned the tables on the stigma of labels, and became a role model of empowerment for his generation.

Photographer and humanitarian Lisa Van Dyke shares her compelling GSD-encounter with a group of Haitian teens navigating a world of poverty and natural disaster. Using GSD’s “paper doll” template, the boys of Bwa Nef explore identity, dreams, and how to keep moving forward— no matter what. (explore more at https://gsdnetwork.net/gsd-escape/party-on-in-haiti (https://gsdnetwork.net/gsd-escape/party-on-in-haiti))

Discussions on the mental health epidemic facing young people in both the Middle East as well as the Western world, and the importance of acknowledging their stories as a vital process in helping them cope.

How an energetic octogenarian turned his retirement party into a new life beginning by transforming the future for a generation Vietnamese children... showing that you can answer your calling at any age. (explore more at https://gsdnetwork.net/gsd-escape/getting-our-tao-on-in-vietnam (https://gsdnetwork.net/gsd-escape/getting-our-tao-on-in-vietnam))

How a trip to a Midwestern taqueria led to a Guatemalan adventure that explores the duality of life and the human condition--where heroes create a new definition of "family", turn gang members into healthy role models, and teach all of us how to embrace the paradox of imperfection in our own clans.

We take a look in the mirror at how we "help" kids in the developing world. At some point in our lives, most of us have packed a box of food or donated a set of old clothes to be sent to kids in the Third World-- but have we ever really thought about what it means to be the kid on the other end of the chain?