The Good Problem Podcast
1) Leigh Mathews & Mel Harwin: The Privilege of Doing Good
We're flipping things for the final episode of season five, and host Leigh Mathews is being interviewed by the wonderful Mel Harwin who has over 15 years experience working as a leader, implementor, h...Show More
2) Dr. Matt Beard: Moral Injury
Ethics is a term we throw around quite often in the doing good sector. But what does it really mean? Where do ethics apply? Is it at the organisational level, the individual level, or both?In the huma...Show More
3) Monica Mukerjee & Arnab Majumdar: #Aidtoo, Dignity at MSF
In the aftermath of the #metoo movement, we saw the emergence of #aidtoo and the resulting exposure of harassment, abuse and discrimination in the development and humanitarian sector. While the report...Show More
4) Aleem Ali: Shifting Power in Practice
Organisations all over the world are engaging in a long overdue self-analysis and reflection of how they operate and how they engage with communities whom they have traditionally worked ‘on behalf of’...Show More
5) Mary Ann Clements: Dismantling Development
Working in a sector that is traditionally seen as ‘doing good’ can mean that often, actions and behaviours that are not good at all, and in fact, cause harm are able to proliferate. The international ...Show More
6) Camilla Nelson: A Broken System
As somebody who has spent their entire career working to protect the rights of vulnerable children, today’s episode was challenging to record. While we know that children’s rights are violated daily, ...Show More
7) Lisa Wells: True Believers
Today’s episode is a deep dive into exploring doing good in the context of activism. This podcast exists to explore why we do good, how we do good, and what the implications of our do gooding are. In ...Show More
8) Brandon Stiver: Orphan Care and the Modern Missionary
Today’s conversation is a topic very close to my own heart, and one that’s formed a core part of my professional career: children living in orphanages. The evidence tells us that growing up in an orph...Show More
9) Eben Kirksey: Bioethics and Destructive Innovation
Ethics don’t exist in a vacuum, they are developed over time, at an individual level through the course of our relationships with people, animals, the environment, and systems. In our modern world, it...Show More
10) Zenith Virago: Walking with Death
Today’s episode unpacks a topic that can be uncomfortable for some of us, but is something that we will all experience. Death. \Death is the natural end of life, one certainty that every human being w...Show More