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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 27 | #79 | #80 | #89 |
| Oct 26 | #97 | #104 | #91 |
| Oct 25 | #104 | #101 | — |
| Oct 24 | #98 | #100 | #75 |
| Oct 23 | #66 | #62 | — |
| Oct 14 | #154 | #155 | — |
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Bonus: Samantha Power on AI, the U.N. and Who Writes the Rules
October 23, 2026 · 7 minTech leaders recently went to the U.N. Security Council to talk about oversight of AI. The U.S. government rejected global governance of AI outright. In this bonus conversation, Ambassador Samantha Power, former U.S. ambassador to the…
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Samantha Power: “They Moved Fast and They Broke Everything”
October 22, 2026 · 34 minAmbassador Samantha Power, former war correspondent, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the last administrator of USAID, joins Global Development Interrupted to discuss what she witnessed inside government, what the dismantling of…
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What Do Markets Have to Do with It?
September 10, 2026 · 38 minLife stops when the electricity goes out, and that’s not just how it feels. The International Energy Agency says electricity consumption and GDP growth have historically gone hand in hand, particularly in emerging and developing…
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We've Set Fire to a Bunch of Our Ships
August 27, 2026 · 55 minWhat happens when environmental work that has taken decades to build suddenly disappears? For years, USAID supported efforts around the world to protect forests and wildlife, reduce pollution, strengthen local communities, and address the…
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Demography Is Destiny. But Whose?
August 13, 2026 · 35 minCan demography — the study of how populations grow, move, and change — offer a window into a country’s future? That’s what Leah talks about with Dr. Apoorva Jadhav, former USAID senior demographer and statistician, in this episode of…
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Democracy Is Never Finished
July 30, 2026 · 31 minDemocracy is never finished. No country has gotten it perfect—not even here at home. In this episode of Global Development Interrupted, Leah talks with Amy Hamelin, a former USAID Democracy Officer who spent her career working across South…
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She Spent 16 Years Communicating for USAID. Then She Started Talking to Americans.
July 16, 2026 · 31 minFor 16 years, Sara Sullivan helped USAID tell its story around the world. She never imagined she’d have to explain it to Americans. When the agency was dismantled in early 2025, she watched misinformation spread through the Republican and…
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A Kid from Queens
July 2, 2026 · 31 minWhen Jen Erie published her memoir, she expected her global development colleagues to connect with it. She didn’t expect older white men to message her saying they saw their own lives in hers. Jen Erie grew up the daughter of Haitian…
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The Name That Got It Killed
June 18, 2026 · 34 minA scholarship program training the next generation of democratic leaders was named “Diversity and Inclusion” specifically to hide it from a military dictatorship. On day nine of the Trump presidency, that name got it canceled. Matt Pietz…
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We Are the Work
June 4, 2026 · 30 minKeisha Effiom sat at her dining room table in Rwanda, read the email about USAID’s final mission, and started writing. The result is a memoir — and this conversation. Keisha, former USAID Mission Director for Rwanda and Burundi, joins…
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From USAID to the Ballot Box
May 21, 2026 · 41 minThree former USAID officers. Three Maryland races. One mission: keep serving. In this episode of Global Development Interrupted, host Leah Petit sits down with Alicia Contreras-Donello, running for Maryland House of Delegates District 14…
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From Learning to Leadership: What USAID Made Possible
May 7, 2026 · 30 minA career spent investing in global education didn’t just build schools. It built futures. In this episode, former USAID Foreign Service Officer and Education Specialist Siena Fleischer shares what it takes to create opportunity through…
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Global Development Interrupted creates space for voices, perspectives, and critical reflection on global development. By amplifying the experiences of people who have built their careers in public service and global work, it invites learning, dialogue, and reimagining of what global development is, was, and could be.
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