Adam talks with the UK executive director of aid agency MSF, Natalie Roberts about working in conflict zones in Yemen and Syria, the fraught conversations that led to MSF calling Israel's actions in Gaza a 'genocide', why the humanitarian emergency in Sudan gets so much less attention than it should and her experiences providing medical assistance at Glastonbury for over-emotional Lana Del Ray fans and pregnant women determined to give birth at the mother of all festivals.DONATE TO MSFFORTHCOMING LIVE SHOWSThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editingPodcast illustration by Helen GreenListen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up' Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage)RELATED LINKSWHEN IS IT GENOCIDE? - The Ezra Klein Show - 2025 (NY TIMES)Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.EAST WEST STREET: On The Origins Of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity - 2018 (YOUTUBE)A talk by writer and lawyer Philipe Sands at the Holocaust Living History Workshop and the Library at UC San Diego in 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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