Trumanitarian
Episodes
26. A Grander Bargain
10 Sep 2021
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 enterpris...
25. Gotta Feed the Monkey
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Knox Clarke and Lars Peter Nissen discuss the implications of climate change for humanitarian action and the new initiative PREPARE, that Paul ha...
24. Clash Coordination
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Distribution of cash instead of commodities is transforming humanitarian action. Cash distribution has grown quickly in past years and today represent...
23. Prisoners of Hope
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The ecumenical movement has played a key role in shaping in the fight for a more just world. Christian Balslev-Olesen and Karsten Nissen have been at ...
22. The Collaborative Contrarian
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The traditional humanitarian architecture is centred around OCHA, the IASC and the clusters. But what is the complementarity between this setup and re...
21. An Ageing Industry
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of developing a humanitarian version of the tech platforms we have seen disrupt one industry after another is appealing. But is it realistic ...
20. The Blind Spot
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Translators Without Border work with enhancing the humanitarian sectors capacity to operate in the languages spoken by crisis affected populations.In ...
19. William Who?
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The search for a new Emergency Relief Coordinator is on! There is a strong expectation that the UK again will get to fill the post, but not if William...
18. Not Just an Industry
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For more than a decade Yves Daccord was the face of ICRC. As Director General he held one of the most influencial positions in the humanitarian sector...
17. Arms Race for Data
19 Mar 2021
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...
16. Mr. Fleet
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fleet Management may seem like a marginal, technical issue for humanitarians, But not only is fleet a key enabler for operations, the way we manage fl...
15. Humanitarian Sci-Fi
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do we create change within in the humantiarian ecosystem? Paula Gil Baizan works with humanitarian innovation and she has got a few interesting id...
14. The Great Leap Sideways
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is no simple answer to the question of how to achieve sustainable systemic change of the current humanitarian system. In this episode of Trumani...
13. 42 Degrees
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lana Woolf from Edgeeffect.org joins Lars Peter Nissen to discuss how to create a more inclusive humanitarian sector for LGTBQI+ people affected by cr...
12. Humanitarian Goldfish
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Kurtzer, the Interim Director and Senior Fellow, Humanitarian Agenda at the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) on the humanitaria...
11. Cycles of Outsiders
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Zimbabwean rapper Sibo made the theme song for Trumanitarian. In this episode we talk about growing up inside and outside Zimbabwe, being privileg...
10. Trust Me
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Academics know a lot about the things we always get wrong when facing a crisis. However, we seem to be incapable of solving these problems. Why is tha...
9. Against the Stream
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The START network is one of the most ambitious and interesting attempts at changing the system in recent times. The Network strives to positively disr...
8. Needology
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Humanitarians say that they will base their interventions on needs. But how do you define needs? And how do standards and methodologies influence the ...
7. Worldwide Tribe
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Refugees and immigrants are confronted with prejudism and negative publicity. The Worldwide Tribe has set out to count this by telling positive and pe...
6. Six Years and a Flood
09 Oct 2020
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 ...
5. Ask the Crowd
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Crowdsourcing can play a powerful role during assessment of crisis. During the 2015 Kathmandu Earthquake www.kathmandulivinglabs.org (KLL) played a pi...
4. Precisely Wrong
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation about data. How we use and misuse it. How we often make decisions without it. What you do when you don't have data but need to ...
3. The Customer is King
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Strengthening accountability to affected populations is a priority for the humanitarian sector. Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit the Grand Bar...
2. HumaniWoke
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mabala Nyaluwge and Lars Peter Nissen talk about racism and colonialism in aid. Mabala is young, African and female. Lars Peter is middle-aged, Danish...
1. Clear the Forest
03 Sep 2020
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...