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We investigate philanthropy, nonprofits and international aid. In-depth interviews and shoe leather reporting from across the globe. Send us your tips. www.tinyspark.org... more
FAQs about Tiny Spark:How many episodes does Tiny Spark have?The podcast currently has 156 episodes available.
June 10, 2021Let's Talk About Sex, Sexism and Health EquityWe speak to Dr. Sophia Yen, entrepreneur and outspoken advocate for women's reproductive health and empowerment. Dr. Yen founded a birth control startup to "just ship women birth control and keep shipping it until they tell us to stop." She speaks frankly about sexual health, health justice, and the sexism she has experienced in her career. ...more38minPlay
May 26, 2021The Wealth Defense Industry - or How Billionaires Hide Their AssetsIn his new book The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions, Chuck Collins unmasks how billionaires protect their wealth, power, and privilege....more38minPlay
May 06, 2021Power and Consent: Reconsidering Oral HistoryHalf a century ago, billionaire philanthropist Doris Duke funded universities to record Native American oral histories. Today, her foundation is supporting an effort to digitize the recordings and return them to the tribes. Alyce Sadongei is leading the project and says while it is meaningful, it also raises concerns about how archives are conceived and created in the first place....more29minPlay
April 29, 2021The Culinary Artist Putting Liberation on the MenuThe People's Kitchen Collective uses food and art to address racial and social justice issues. Co-founder Jocelyn Jackson talks to us about their large-scale meals, which offer time and nourishment for communities to heal. ...more37minPlay
April 22, 2021Food Rescue Hero: Salvaging Food Waste to End HungerFood Rescue Hero gets volunteers to pick up excess food from restaurants and grocers and deliver it to people who need it. Founder and CEO Leah Lizarondo shares her journey creating a tech tool that says it has rescued some 50 million pounds of food....more32minPlay
April 08, 2021'We Have Names': Meet the Women Fighting for Climate JusticeClimate scientist Ndoni Mcunu and climate activist Evelyn Acham celebrate the African scientists and activists fighting for the planet. We speak to the pair about the difficulty of this work, and learn what inspires them to keep going....more26minPlay
March 25, 2021Found in Translation Seeks Language JusticeFound in Translation, a Boston-based nonprofit, trains bilingual women as medical interpreters. In this podcast, founder Maria Vertkin and three graduates who speak Vietnamese, Cape Verdean Creole and Portuguese, explain why this life-changing work is so necessary....more32minPlay
March 11, 2021Curator Says It's Time to Tackle Art World's Racist CultureIndependent art curator Kelli Morgan shares personal, painful experiences of institutional racism and says it's time to call out the art world's toxic white supremacist culture....more33minPlay
February 11, 2021If Colonialism Is the Disease, Are Reparations the Cure?Physician and anthropologist Eugene Richardson's book 'Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health' critiques practices that perpetuate inequality. In this podcast, he argues that global health equity requires not just medicine, but reparations that undo Western colonial harms. ...more28minPlay
December 23, 2020Giving Circles: A Gift to PhilanthropyA diverse group of women discuss the power of giving circles as a way to build community, democratize philanthropy, and support local grassroots organizations....more22minPlay
FAQs about Tiny Spark:How many episodes does Tiny Spark have?The podcast currently has 156 episodes available.