The Fading Causes Podcast

Do we need to revise our definitions of health - and how did the well-meaning #globalhealth movement go wrong? How much do we really need to spend on healthcare? Far-reaching conversation with the eminent @IlonaKickbusch on my @FadingCauses podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=3MU3Lg…

EPISODE 18 In this episode, leading health policy thinker Ilona Kickbusch tells @mukeshkapila that the global health system as it currently exists is no longer fit for purpose. Here is why: youtube.com/watch?v=3MU3Lg…

EPISODE 17: @mukeshkapila speaks with humanitarian analyst Thomas Byrnes. In a world where crises seem endless and compassion sometimes feels exhausted, what does humanitarianism really mean today? Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm0d… Listen:  open.spotify.com/episode/7HR3yM…

EPISODE 16: If an organization accepts millions from the same state that is actively a party to a conflict, can it ever truly claim to be an impartial advocate for that state's victims? @MSF @mukeshkapila Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1tcuxJ…

Happy New Year and welcome to EPISODE 15 of our podcast series. If only 7% of the world lives in a full democracy, is the model already failing? Is this model still worth defending if it cannot deliver justice, equality, and survival? Watch: youtu.be/fUpiFNkfWQQ

Thank you, @mukeshkapila @FadingCauses, for this chance to unpack and debate the legacies, opportunities and pressures shaping humanitarian action and global solidarity as 2025 comes to a close.

Is #humanitarianism getting leaner, fitter, staying principled & dealing robustly with dilemmas such as #Afghanistan Taliban or #Rohingya & #Myanmar dictators. Revealing discussion on my @FadingCauses #podcast with @AJMatheou Regional Director @ifrc youtube.com/watch?v=Af7ykt…

EPISODE 14 What drives someone to dedicate their life to humanitarian work? @mukeshkapila speaks with Alexander Matheou, Regional Director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC for the Asia-Pacific region Watch: lnkd.in/dX2ESvCH

EPISODE 13: Mongolian mom Gerel Ganbat lost her son to preventable kernicterus, turned pain into purpose, built therapy centers for 40+ kids with cerebral palsy. "My son taught me life," she tells host @mukeshkapila. What sparks changemakers? Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AoEqt5…

Drones and dilemmas, collateral damage and coordination: Watch/listen a very human conversation -antidote for inhuman times? -with @matzschmale Matthias Schmale, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator @UN_Ukraine in latest from my @FadingCauses podcast youtube.com/watch?v=aSWfGl…

EPISODE 11: In this episode, @mukeshkapila sits with Yvette Stevens, Sierra Leone’s first female electrical engineer, a lifelong UN insider, and a diplomat who has navigated the Cold War, civil war, and the unending war for women’s equality. Watch: youtu.be/wKUQS6yKRbs

EPISODE 10 is out now! What compels a woman to trade a career in marketing for war zones, famine, and frontlines of sexual violence? In this episode, @mukeshkapila speaks with Ximena Borrazás, an award-winning photographer and filmmaker. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=Qs0E4s…

EPISODE 9 just dropped! Can we afford pessimism in difficult times? As the @UN nears its 80th year, questions of trust, justice, and unfulfilled promises to children weigh heavily. Host @mukeshkapila speaks with Kul Gautam, former director of @UNICEF open.spotify.com/episode/4H1UqX…

If you think you knew all about #African #slavery, you are gravely mistaken. My latest conversation with @martinplaut on @FadingCauses #Podcas exposes some uncomfortable truths beyond the white-man-enslaving-the-black narrative. Listen youtube.com/watch?v=-onQZX…

EPISODE 8: Can present-day African conflicts be understood without tracing their roots to slavery and colonialism? Should reparations be pursued as a path to justice, or do they risk deepening divides? @mukeshkapila speaks to @martinplaut open.spotify.com/episode/3zV1uS…

Episode 7: Can we ever end poverty and hunger? Our guest today is Mohsen Sarhan, CEO of the Egyptian Food Bank. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/51BUpr… @mukeshkapila

We just released EPISODE 6 of our podcast series. Former Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Ovais Sarmad explains why hope is the engine of climate action. The question is: Can the rest of the world summon the same resolve before time runs out? open.spotify.com/episode/2ayAnT…

The Fading Causes #Podcast with Mukesh Kapila – Uncovering the truth behind global initiatives impacting negatively on #humanitarianism impactnews-wire.com/the-fading-cau… @FadingCauses @Fauza4IR

In this podcast, @mukeshkapila asks former Director General of the @EU_Commission Claus Sorensen: Why are large humanitarian organizations of the @UN system losing trust? How do we regain the moral ground that you speak so passionately about? Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6TRLeC…

EPISODE 5 just dropped: Quiet bureaucracy often shapes our world more than headlines do. Can the EU and global institutions overcome rising divides and rebuild trust before fragmentation wins? @mukeshkapila speaks to economist Claus Sorensen Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=G80iBB…