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Hacking Hunger

Hidden, human stories about food on the front lines of hunger. Produced by World Food Program USA.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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