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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 50: Inside the High-Tech Tool That Tracks Hunger Crises and Save Lives

Episode 50: Inside the High-Tech Tool That Tracks Hunger Crises and Save Lives

On this episode of Hacking Hunger, we spoke to Jonathan Rivers, who's team at the U.N. World Food Programme uses mobile ... Read more

1 Jul 2020

18mins

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Episode 49: Creating an Anti-Poverty Movement with Clint Borgen

Episode 49: Creating an Anti-Poverty Movement with Clint Borgen

A passion project that began one summer on a fishing boat, The Borgen Project is now a nationwide campaign with voluntee... Read more

19 Jun 2020

16mins

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Episode 48: Linking Hunger and War with Matthew Hollingworth

Episode 48: Linking Hunger and War with Matthew Hollingworth

Two years ago, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2417, a resolution recognizing the link between hu... Read more

16 Jun 2020

17mins

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Episode 47: Poverty, Policy and Pandemic with Johan Swinnen

Episode 47: Poverty, Policy and Pandemic with Johan Swinnen

How much of an impact on developing economies will COVID-19 really have? Why will food systems change prevent dire impac... Read more

11 Jun 2020

20mins

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Episode 46: “Everything Changed Overnight.” WFP USA CEO on Navigating a Global Crisis

Episode 46: “Everything Changed Overnight.” WFP USA CEO on Navigating a Global Crisis

Three months after Barron Segar joined WFP USA as president and CEO, disaster struck. COVID-19 hit and uprooted life as ... Read more

13 May 2020

18mins

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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 44: Food Tank, Food Systems and COVID-19: A Conversation with Dani Nierenberg

Episode 44: Food Tank, Food Systems and COVID-19: A Conversation with Dani Nierenberg

Danielle Nierenberg is a world-renowned researcher, speaker and advocate, she’s spent her career fighting for food-syste... Read more

15 Apr 2020

17mins

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Episode 43: COVID-19 and the 5 Major Threats it Poses to Global Food Security

Episode 43: COVID-19 and the 5 Major Threats it Poses to Global Food Security

Every major outbreak in recent memory—Ebola, SARS, MERS—has had both direct and indirect negative impacts on food securi... Read more

27 Mar 2020

28mins

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Episode 42: Inside the Lives of Women Living Through World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

Episode 42: Inside the Lives of Women Living Through World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

Hunger is cruel to everyone, but it’s not completely blind. Women – especially in times of war, are more at risk to the ... Read more

12 Mar 2020

30mins

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Episode 41: How Can We End World Hunger? Travel Expert Rick Steves Visits Guatemala and Ethiopia to Explore Answers.

Episode 41: How Can We End World Hunger? Travel Expert Rick Steves Visits Guatemala and Ethiopia to Explore Answers.

Rick Steves is no stranger to exploration. The renown travel expert has built his career around investigating the nooks ... Read more

20 Feb 2020

26mins

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