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Honest talk about humanitarian and development work, hosted by Ali Al Mokdad, Kim Kucinskas, and Thomas Jepson-Lay. 9 episodes and counting.
Episode 9
What Do You Tell the Next Generation?
Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad work through a question all three keep getting asked, from students, emerging…
10 July 2026 · 50 min · essay available
Episode 8 · Sabrina Segal
Rethinking Risk Management in the Humanitarian and Development Sector
A conversation with Sabrina Segal, Director of The Risk Collaborative, on what risk actually is once you stop treating it as…
9 June 2026 · 55 min · essay available
Episode 7
Donations, Collaboration, and AI in the Room
Ali Al Mokdad opens with a Sunday morning at his door. A family with two children, collecting donations for an NGO, and his…
27 May 2026 · 54 min · essay available
Episode 6
The Sector Is Changing. How Do You Make Sense Of It?
Kim Kucinskas returns from a month on the road and needs to think out loud. Ali Al Mokdad, Kim, and Thomas Jepson-Lay work…
7 May 2026 · 51 min · essay available
Episode 5 · Aisha Tambajang
Who Are You in the Room, Identity vs Positionality, and Leadership in Times of Disruption
A conversation with humanitarian leader Aisha Tambajang on identity and positionality, and how individuals present themselves in…
29 March 2026 · 52 min · essay available
Episode 4 · Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro
The CEO Perspective, Urgent Patience, and Why Idealism Is Not Naivety
Featuring Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, former Secretary General of CARE International and locally led development advocate. Three…
7 March 2026 · 58 min · essay available
Episode 3
Humanitarian Leadership Under Pressure, Identity vs Strategy, and What Comes Next
Leadership within pressurised humanitarian systems. The hosts contrast grassroots innovation with large institutional survival…
7 February 2026 · 46 min · essay available
Episode 2
What Does Sector Mean, Leadership Tension, and Change
Responding to listener feedback by examining what "sector" terminology actually encompasses and whether it still holds relevance…
19 January 2026 · 49 min · essay available
Episode 1
What This Space Is About, Leadership and Reflections
The inaugural episode introduces the programme's purpose. Hosts Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad introduce…
13 December 2025 · 38 min · essay available