{"podcast":{"title":"Social Work Spotlight","slug":"social-work-spotlight-675941","podcast_index_feed_id":675941,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/130507e0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialworkspotlight","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/3090968/3090968-1587031878052-dcbccd17dcb4.jpg","author":"Yasmine Loupis","episode_count":165,"summary":"This podcast features interviews with social workers in Sydney, Australia, showcasing diverse areas of practice, social work stories, successes, and challenges, and providing information on media and other resources that can be accessed to help inform and educate people who are curious about the profession or wanting a career change.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T04:19:23.091076+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-work-spotlight-675941"},"episode":{"title":"International Episode 15: Nayanathara (Sri Lanka)","slug":"international-episode-15-nayanathara-sri-lanka","published_at":"2026-03-14T00:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-work-spotlight-675941/international-episode-15-nayanathara-sri-lanka","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-work-spotlight-675941","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialworkspotlight/episodes/International-Episode-15-Nayanathara-Sri-Lanka-e3e8g5d","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/130507e0/podcast/play/114622061/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-27%2F81342f97-11fb-bb29-2030-ae72c97872bd.mp3","summary":"In this episode I speak with Nayanathara, a social worker from Sri Lanka and the founder of The Island of Stories, a volunteer organisation that supports children and women in education, while also working as a lecturer in Youth Studies at the Open University of Sri Lanka. Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: Nayanathara’s NGO Island of Stories Instagram account - @islandstorieslk Nayanathara’s Research Gate page - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/K-N-N-Jayathilaka Social Work Diaries on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@socialworkdiaries Association of Sri Lankan Social Workers - https://slapsw.lk/ Community Solutions USA - https://community.solutions/ United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - https://www.unfpa.org/ IREX - https://www.irex.org/ Asia Safe Abortion Partnership - https://asap-asia.org/ Asia-Pacfic Forum on Sustainable Development - https://www.unescap.org/events/apfsd13 This episode's transcript can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LIjIeKdjUpzfeNB-2O_vT4O6_TAtGvrhJLM7Si0QaIs/edit?usp=sharing","meta_description":"In this episode I speak with Nayanathara, a social worker from Sri Lanka and the founder of The Island of Stories, a volunteer organisation that supports…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3208,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/social-work-spotlight-675941/episodes/international-episode-15-nayanathara-sri-lanka/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-work-spotlight-675941/international-episode-15-nayanathara-sri-lanka.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}