Trumanitarian

115. The Agency of Others

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a recording from the Start Network’s Assembly, which took place in October 2025. Lars Peter Nissen was invited to moderate a panel e...

114. The Humanitarian Ape

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks guest is Gareth Owen OBE — Former Humanitarian Director at Save the Children UK (2007-2024). Gareth spent over three decades in the human...

113. The Fear Factor

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As 2025 draws to a close, Trumanitarian host Lars Peter Nissen invites Meg Sattler, Adelina Kamal, and Thomas Byrnes to the Trumanitarian studio to re...

112. Mathemagician

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wigdan Seedahmed joins host Lars Peter Nissen for a conversation that drifts between code and Sudanese music, and into the quiet art of translating ma...

111. Cash Gods

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is the role of cash distributions in the humanitarian reset? That is the question that Cate Turton, the Director of the Cash Learning Partnership...

110. Philanthropy 2.0

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a philanthropist shows up differently? In this episode, Maya Ghosh Bichara joins host Lars Peter Nissen to reflect on what it means ...

109. Decolini…what?

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special crossover episode, Lars Peter Nissen (Trumanitarian) and Carla Vitantonio (Living Decoloniality) sit down in Doha to explore the deep ...

108. Elephant in the room

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Trumanitarian, recorded on the sidelines of the Center for Humanitarian Leadership Conference in Doha, host Lars Peter Nissen sits ...

107. 319

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On December 8, Syria saw a major turning point: the fall of the Assad regime and the emergence of a new government. For the White Helmets, this moment...

106. Get out of the way

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan have, over the past couple of years, become the backbone of humanitarian action in Sudan. As community-based inf...

105. Pivot

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are at a pivotal moment for the humanitarian sector. The freeze of US foreign aid, the dismantling of USAID and aid cuts from a number of the major...

104. Tough Enough?

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy international women’s day ! When women connect across generations and experiences, heart to heart, incredible things happen.In this special ep...

103. Techplomacy

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ethos of 'move fast and break things' doesn't work for humanitarians. If we break things, we break people. But technology is changing the nature o...

102. Shaken not Stirred

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Tamam Aloudat and Richard Blewett join Lars Peter Nissen to ask the hard questions: What’s worth saving? What needs to go? Who gets...

101. Secret Sauce

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Humanitarian tech initiatives fail when they start with a "shiny object" rather than a defined problem. Solutions are imposed rather than developed b...

100. The Big Chill

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past week, the 90-day freeze of US foreign assistance has sent a shockwave through the humanitarian and development communities.If you ask th...

99. Wiser

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rola Hallam - a doctor, humanitarian, and Syrian advocate - joins host Lars Peter Nissen for a personal conversation on the resilience of humanity...

98. Twelve-stepping Chaos

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you mix cyber warfare, climate collapse, and humanitarian action with a dash of whiskey? You get Emerson Tan - a man who started as ...

97. Humanitarianism 2.0

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In an early episode this year, Dr. Hugo Slim warned that he would challenge the most fundamental humanitarian principle: humanity. This week, he does ...

96. Bureaucracy Engagement

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode discusses 'community engagement': recent wins, as well as the continued struggle to move beyond tokenism to achieve meaningful change –...

95. A Night on Earth

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In his 2021 book, Night on Earth, Davide Rodongo, professor of international history and politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute, writes about human...

94. Members Only

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Humanitarian Club - members only!Is the humanitarian sector run by an elite network that controls the vast majority of resources and power within ...

93. Reenchantment

05 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Western, founder of the Eco-Leadership Institute, joins host Lars Peter Nissen, to explore how to bring some soul into the humanitarian space as...

92. The Alchemist

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Smyth, the founder of tech startup, Alkemio, challenges the dominance of major digital platforms. Alkemio seeks to create safe spaces for collabo...

91. Spaced Out

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does NASA have to do with humanitarianism?Strap in as host Lars Peter Nissen takes off with Rhiannan Price and Laura Guzman from NASA Lifelines t...

90. Edge Case Wisdom

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Galbraith and Trumanitarian's host Lars Peter Nissen's parenting skills declined the moment they met and tuned their attention from their kids' ...

89. Gandalf

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the third and final episode on ACAPS' participation in the AI for Changemakers Bootcamp Ali, Yevhen and Lars Peter are joined by Konrad Pabianczyk ...

Best of: Rock the Boat

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a candid convo from March 2024 exploring the complexities of being independent. Lars Peter Nissen hosts Meg Sattler, Ed Schenkenberg, and A...

Best of: Humaniwoke

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this 2020 episode, Mabala Nyaluwge, a Research Designer at the British Red Cross, joins her father, host Lars Peter Nissen, for a heart to heart co...

Best of: Mercy Triumphs

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode from Summer 2023, Stephen “Steve” Webster, a veteran of UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination and IFRC’s Field Assessment and ...

Best of: A Grander Bargain

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meg Sattler sits down with Beth Eagleston and Kate Sutton, the co-founders of the Humanitarian Advisory Group (HAG), a Melbourne based social enterpri...

Best of: Can of Worms

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hugo Slim is one of the best known and most interesting thinkers in the humanitarian space. He works at Univeristy of Oxford on the ethics a...

88. Data Deification

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Clionadh Raleigh is not only an accomplished academic, she is also founder of ACLED - delivering the most comprehensive and timely datasets on armed c...

87. No IDEO

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode on ACAPS' participation in the Tech to the Rescue AI Bootcamp for Changemakers (aka from ACAPS to AICAPS) Chiara, Ali and Lars P...

86. Channeling Cassandra

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cassandra was the Trojan priestess described in Homer's Iliad condemned to have prophecies that are never believed.Dennis King, a veteran analyst with...

85. Youth Innovation Lab

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Goma Karki is on a mission to bridge the gap between science and public policy. At the Youth Innovation Lab in Nepal, she mobilises passionate youth t...

84. The Pimply Teenager

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of the mini-series on ACAPS' journey in the Tech to the Rescue AI bootcamp, Chiara Rizza, Ali Arbia and Lars Peter Nissen discus...

83. Academic Cowboy

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The hero humanitarian is dead. And Joël Glasman is glad. In his new book “Humanitarian Humanities”, Glasman advocates for a more reflective and e...

82 Cognitive Dissonance

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kuldeep Bandhu Ayral, co-lead of BRAC's Social Innovation Lab wants humanitarian innovators to hurry, slowly, to reap the benefits of co-designing int...

81. The Struggle

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Sean Lowrie and Christina Bennett – the dynamic former and current CEOs of the START Network, which unites over 90 different-sized NGOs globall...

80. Civilians!

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Parker and Paul Taylor from REACT has shown up in their civilian outfits to discuss how they’ve repurposed from military careers to humanitaria...

79. Three Socks

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Rogers is the CEO of MapAction. MapAction is a lean, mean, mapping machine that turns complex data into clear, actionable maps to support frontl...

Best of: Clear the Forest

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The challenges of the humanitarian sector have been identified over and over again but some problems seem to be unsolvable. In this first episode Marc...

78. Broccoli Brownies

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

EqualReach connects displaced individuals on the move to tech gigs. In this conversation with host Lars Peter Nissen, the founder Giselle Gonzales unc...

77. Rock the Boat

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a candid convo exploring the complexities of being independent. Lars Peter Nissen hosts Meg Sattler, Ed Schenkenberg, and Adelina Kamal in ...

76. The Technophobe

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation between host, Lars Peter Nissen and Pierrick Devidal, Senior Policy Adviser at the Law, Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy Division a...

75. FOMO

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this thought-provoking episode, host Lars Peter Nissen and guest Sarah Spencer, Consultant specialized in AI explore the complex relationship betwe...

74. Africa is a Country

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

William Shoki is the Chief Editor of Africa is a Country. In this conversation with Lars Peter Nissen he discusses the western media's narratives of A...

73. Poetic Unity

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Discover how Poetic Unity is transforming norms with healing and powerful poetry. Poetic Unity addresses mental health, community cohesion, and challe...

72. Can of Worms

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hugo Slim is one of the best known and most interesting thinkers in the humanitarian space. He works at Univeristy of Oxford on the ethics a...

71. Swipe Right

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tech to the rescue (TTTR) is based on the simple idea, that the tech sector, just like most law firms, should do pro-bono work. So they have built a p...

70. Edgy Diplomacy

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Boukhary works with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue on the peace process in Yemen. Yemen is not only one of the most severe humanitarian cr...

69. Stuck?

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a recording of the closing panel of the Humanitarian Xchange (Hx) conference which took place in London on 20 February 2024. The panel...

68. Someone Else’s Problem Part 2

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second episode of two on the issue of Housing, Land and Property (HLP) in a humanitarian context. The Episodes are co-hosted by: Alex...

67. Somebody Else’s Problem Part 1

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first of two episodes on the issue of Housing, Land and Property (HLP) in a humanitarian context. The Episodes are co-hosted by: Alex...

66. The Midwife

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Konyndyk is the President of Refugees International. In this conversation with Lars Peter Nissen he discusses how we can reform the humanitaria...

65. Hugeness

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brendan Lawson is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at Loughborough University. In this conversation with Lars Peter Nissen he discusses...

64. The Percolator

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Humanitarian Xchange is a new conference organised by the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA). In this conversation Dominic Courage f...

63. Spelunking

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raphael Gorgeu, Senior Research Associate at the Geneva based think tank HERE-Geneva, has spent the past couple of years looking at how chan...

62. Mercy Triumphs

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Webster is one of the architects behind first response mechanisms such as the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team...

61. Small Fish…

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks episode is the recording of a panel discussion on Ukrainian organiations access to international funding. The discussion was held on 14 Mar...

60. Loop

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Accountability to crisis affected populations is high on the humanitarian policy agenda. Alex Ross, Avianto Amri and Robert Wambu work with a new acco...

59. On purpose

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can the humanitarian sector be fit for todays challenges without revisiting its purpose? And are the humanitarian principles an obstacle for this impo...

58. Purpose and Power

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the fourth episode of the Ukraine series Yuliia and Lars Peter take stock of the discussions so far and agree that the two main themes emerging fro...

57. Pivot

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In episode three Yuliia and Lars Peter explore the relationship between civil society and government in Ukraine and asks the question: How does a vibr...

56. Like Magic

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The first Russian invasion in 2014 led to a nation-wide grassroots mobilization of Ukrainians to support military effort and provide humanitarian aid....

55. Principled?

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode out of four on humanitarian action in Ukraine the hosts Yuliia Chykolba and Lars Peter Nissen explore what the humanitarian prin...

54. Out of Control

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paula Gil Baizan, Meg Sattler and Lars Peter Nissen struggle to make sense out of the humanitarian chaos of 2022 and try to figure out how 2023 might ...

Best of: A Humanitarian Irritant

26 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dominic Naish has worked for various humanitarian agencies as a contextual analysts. The contexts were different, the organisations were different, bu...

Best Of: Needology

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Lars Peter Nissen - a practitioner - gets stuck into a discussion surrounding the use of data in humanitarian aid with Joël Glasman, ...

53. Shiny Things

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks episode is a recording of a keynote given by Benjamin Lang and Lars Peter Nissen at CartONGs GeOnG conference in Chambery on 24 October, 20...

52. Stepping Stones

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Siri Melchior Tellier had a long and varied career in international development cooperation, humanitarian action and teaching. She passed away in Octo...

51. Panopticon

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gareth Owen is the humanitarian Director of Save the Children UK. In this conversation with Lars Peter Nissen he discusses the trade-offs between qual...

50. Outside

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Themrise Khan and Mabala Nyaluwge both work in the aid industry Themrise for more than 30 years in South Asia and Mabala for seven years in East Afric...

49. Honest Competition

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Raj Kumar is the co-founder, President and Editor-in-Chief at Devex, the media platform for the global development community to discuss international ...

48. Dancer on the Hill

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The recent decisions regarding changes to cash coordination are ground breaking and they not not come out of nowhere.In this week episode Paula Gil Ba...

47. Evaluation Kung Fu

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Evaluations are an essential part of human sharing accountability. And working with a good evaluator is a fantastic opportunity for learning and impro...

46. Blue Lamborghini

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Procurement and logistics remain the backbone of humanitarian operations. But this crucial aspect of humanitarian action doesn't always get the attent...

45. I Wish You Failure

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Serious games and simulations can help us train and prepare for difficult and some times dangerous situations. Crisis are different from everyday life...

44. Rogue

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Humanitarian Action in Ukraine today is a mix between Government-led operations, international humanitarian action and a myriad of grassroots initiati...

43. The Cost of Silence

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Philanthropy is an important source of funding for humanitarian action, but how is it different from the money that comes from governments? Is it a dr...

42. IPP Who?

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The International Planned Parenthood Federation may be the largest NGO you have never heard about. IPPF brings together more than 150 different organi...

41. The Committed Capitalist

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Homeboy Industries is the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. It works with formerly gang-involved and previously incarcera...

40. Be Well, Serve Well

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mental health and humanitarians is an issue which has been surrounded by stigma. The fear of being seen as weak or not suited for humanitarian work ha...

39. Double Agents

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Disasters are not natural, far from it! The impact of a crisis is shaped by a wide range of societal factors and disasters replicate and amplify the i...

38. Happy Clapping

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are Humanitarian Organizations doing an amazing job with scare resources under impossible circumstances, or has international humanitarian assistance ...

Best Of: Six Years and a Flood

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The travel industry, just like the humanitarian industry, provides everything a person on the move needs. It is also one of the largest industries in ...

Best of: The Great Leap Sideways

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was first published in February 2021. It is with Fergus Thomas from the FCDO and deals with two important and very different issues: huma...

Best of: Arms Race for Data

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

AI is transforming the world and will have profound implications for humanitarian action. But how? Will it lend itself to authoritarian regimes contro...

37. A Brutal Year

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paula Gil Baizan, Meg Sattler and Lars Peter Nissen review 2021 and look forward towards 2022 in the humanitarian world.

36. Dull Disasters

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Timely, flexible funding is a bottleneck is most if not all humanitarian operations. Daniel Clarke has a solution to that problem. He is the co-author...

35. The Principled Dinosaur

05 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Philippe Besson worked with the Swiss Development Cooperation for more than 30 years before he earlier this year retired from the position as head of ...

34. A Lonely Place

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Global Executive Leadership Initiative (GELI) is a new flagship initiative from the UN to promote leadership throughout the development and humani...

33. Un-Musked

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The weirdest humanitarian twitter conversation has just taken place between WFPs Executive Director David Beasley and the world's richest man Elon Mus...

32. Left Boots and Sextoys

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Unsolicited in-kind donations is a major issues in many sudden onset crisis. Whether due to a genuine outpouring of solidarity or to get a tax write-o...

31. Field Ready

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Field Ready is based on the simple idea that supplies needed in a crisis area should be made as locally as possible. The organisation works with empow...

30. Inclusion Rider

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tina Tinde has worked in international organisations since she was in her mid twenties. Throughout her career she has fought for gender equality, incl...

29. A Humanitarian Irritant

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dominic Naish has worked for various humanitarian agencies as a contextual analysts. The contexts were different, the organisations were different, bu...

28. Trumanitopia

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks episode is a thought experiment. What would we do if we had to begin building the humanitarian sector from scratch? One of my ongoing frust...

27. Hearts on Venezuela

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hearts on Venezuela is a civil society organisation trying to bring more attention to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. This episode features Dani...