Ranked #1

Episode 21: A Lifesaving Legacy Under Threat
Episode 21: A Lifesaving Legacy Under Threat
Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much these days, but hunger has always been different. For decades, Congress an... Read more
1 Aug 2017
•
21mins
Ranked #2

Episode 14: Inside a Syrian Kitchen
Episode 14: Inside a Syrian Kitchen
Journalist Dalia Mortada may have been born and raised in the U.S., but she grew up in a Syrian kitchen. As a child, she... Read more
18 Nov 2016
•
17mins
Ranked #3

Episode 38: It All Started With An Insight: How Feeding the World is at Your Fingertips
Episode 38: It All Started With An Insight: How Feeding the World is at Your Fingertips
ShareTheMeal is a WFP app that enables people to donate food with just a tap of their fingers. In episode 38 of Hacking ... Read more
22 Nov 2019
•
21mins
Ranked #4

Episode 20: The Forgotten Food Waste Crisis
Episode 20: The Forgotten Food Waste Crisis
In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, farmers can expect to lose nearly half of their harvest before it even leaves the f... Read more
26 Jun 2017
•
18mins
Ranked #5

Episode 39: On the Frontlines: A Yemeni Aid Worker on What It’s Like to Live Through the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
Episode 39: On the Frontlines: A Yemeni Aid Worker on What It’s Like to Live Through the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
In the last few years, Mohammed Ghanim has become all too familiar with the struggles of war. A program officer for WFP,... Read more
18 Dec 2019
•
15mins
Ranked #6

Episode 32: The Magic of a Meal: How School Feeding Transforms
Episode 32: The Magic of a Meal: How School Feeding Transforms
Homegrown school feeding is not only transforming the lives of students, but entire communities. We sat down with Carmen... Read more
20 Mar 2019
•
14mins
Ranked #7

Episode 45: How Innovation Can Help Solve Hunger During a Pandemic
Episode 45: How Innovation Can Help Solve Hunger During a Pandemic
As the COVID-19 spreads, innovation and technology is needed more to reach people in need. In this episode of Hacking Hu... Read more
29 Apr 2020
•
20mins
Ranked #8

Episode 5: The Zero Hunger Generation
Episode 5: The Zero Hunger Generation
Millennials are the largest and most educated generation in the U.S. Today, they outnumber baby boomers by nearly 8 mill... Read more
18 Mar 2016
•
16mins
Ranked #9

Episode 25: Inside the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Episode 25: Inside the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
When violence in Myanmar sparked a mass exodus last August, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled for the border. Today... Read more
14 Feb 2018
•
7mins
Ranked #10

Episode 17: A Love Story That Is Feeding the World
Episode 17: A Love Story That Is Feeding the World
Lovebirds Poonam Kaushal and Nishkaam Mehta are getting hitched this Valentine’s Day. Instead of throwing a big wedding,... Read more
10 Feb 2017
•
13mins
Ranked #11

Episode 29: A Storytellers Farewell
Episode 29: A Storytellers Farewell
In her final episode as host, M.J. Altman turns the mic over to three women in Guatemala, Chad and Jordan who share thei... Read more
25 Jun 2018
•
10mins
Ranked #12

Episode 36: Hunger and Rain: The Story of The Dry Corridor
Episode 36: Hunger and Rain: The Story of The Dry Corridor
The tale of the Dry Corridor is one that’s becoming all too familiar. It’s one of extreme weather and desperation, hunge... Read more
8 Oct 2019
•
18mins
Ranked #13

Episode 3: On the Front Lines of Hunger and War in Syria
Episode 3: On the Front Lines of Hunger and War in Syria
We speak with Dina el-Kassaby, one of the WFP's Communications Officers based in Cairo, about how the conflicts in Syria... Read more
12 Dec 2015
•
34mins
Ranked #14

Episode 4: A Slow-Motion Disaster in Ethiopia
Episode 4: A Slow-Motion Disaster in Ethiopia
A historic drought is sweeping Ethiopia and more than 10 million people have been pushed into hunger. We talk with two h... Read more
19 Feb 2016
•
18mins
Ranked #15

Episode 10: Empower a Woman, Feed a Generation
Episode 10: Empower a Woman, Feed a Generation
If women farmers had the same access to resources like capital, markets and training as their male counterparts, the num... Read more
6 Sep 2016
•
13mins
Ranked #16

Episode 11: Pinpointing Hunger with Mobile Phones
Episode 11: Pinpointing Hunger with Mobile Phones
When violence or natural disaster strikes vulnerable communities, good data on the hunger that often results can be hard... Read more
16 Sep 2016
•
22mins
Ranked #17

Episode 28: Survival in the Sahel
Episode 28: Survival in the Sahel
The Sahel of Africa has always been an unforgiving landscape, but now families in the region are facing two growing thre... Read more
31 May 2018
•
10mins
Ranked #18

Episode 7: Breaking Through a Besieged Community in Syria
Episode 7: Breaking Through a Besieged Community in Syria
In a besieged town in Syria earlier this year, families had been boiling grass to survive when word spread that the firs... Read more
8 Jun 2016
•
33mins
Ranked #19

Episode 8: Seven Million Meals and Counting
Episode 8: Seven Million Meals and Counting
At a time when smartphone users outnumber the world’s hungry children by 20 to 1, humanitarian organizations are crowdso... Read more
20 Jul 2016
•
7mins
Ranked #20

Episode 30: A Nation on the Brink of Famine
Episode 30: A Nation on the Brink of Famine
Years of conflict have pushed Yemen to the edge of famine. There are 8 million people in the country suffering from seve... Read more
18 Oct 2018
•
13mins