The Borgen Project Podcast

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Dr. Nour Sharaf provides insight into global diseases and war injuries. Dr. Sharaf is an Emergency Medicine Doctor from Dallas and serves on The Borgen Project's Board of Directors. She has done three medical missions to Gaza during the war. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen's quick take on the Elon Musk interview with the Economist. Despite shutting down the largest humanitarian agency in the world, Musk continues to deny anyone was killed. The Borgen Project Podcast provides a humourous look at the biggest global issues. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project discusses the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Erica Tavares from the International Medical Corps provides insight into the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. The U.S. and Israel have attacked Iran, but the White House appears to have very little strategy. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. The U.S. and Israel have attacked Iran, but the White House appears to have very little strategy. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. Watch John Oliver coverage of USAID borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. The U.S. and Israel have attacked Iran, but the White House appears to have very little strategy. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Cinematographer Jean-Gabriel Leynaud latest documentary, Of Mud and Blood , covers the mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Numbi, a small village clinging to the mountains of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, silently powers the modern world. Under the shadow of the Nyiragongo volcano, men, women, and children extract coltan by hand, a mineral essential to our electronic devices. Caught between armed groups, traffickers, and the military, the inhabitants live to the rhythm of an endless war, where alliances change but misery remains. While multinational corporations source through often opaque channels, the miners are mired in an informal economy that leaves them with nothing. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Halo Trust doing great work in Sri Lanka. Judge rules Elon Musk must testify under oath about DOGE cuts to USAID. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen, President of The Borgen Project and Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Dr. Nahreen Ahmed returns to the show after her fourth trip to Gaza. Dr. Nahreen is a critical care doctor based in Philadelphia and serves as a technical consultant for the Gates Foundation. Dr. Ahmed has extensive experience working in humanitarian disasters and warzones across the globe, including Sierra Leone, Yemen, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Bangladesh and Gaza. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Dr. Thaer Ahmad is a board-certified emergency medicine physician, global health leader, and humanitarian who has provided medical relief in some of the world’s most devastated conflict zones, including Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, and Kenya. Based in Chicago, he serves as an Assistant Program Director for his department’s emergency medicine residency program and is the director of global health. He is also an assistant clinical professor at the University of Illinois and at Wake Forest School of Medicine. In a widely publicized moment, Dr. Ahmad delivered a powerful firsthand account during a private briefing with President Biden in 2024 and walked out in protest after calling for an immediate ceasefire—a moment that was covered by major news outlets and amplified the voices of the most vulnerable victims in Gaza. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen and Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Dr. Joshua Blumenstock discusses the estimated cost of ending global poverty. Josh is the Co-director of the Global Opportunity Lab and the Center for Effective Global Action . He is also an Associate Professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley. Learn about the cost of ending global poverty. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.

Clint Borgen and Lynsey Alexander discuss the latest global news. Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty. The Borgen Project Podcast seeks to give an informative and humorous look at the biggest issues facing the world. borgenproject.org Official podcast of The Borgen Project, an international organization that fights for the world's poor. Clint Borgen and team provide an entertaining look at global issues, politics and advocacy. Learn more at borgenproject.org.