{"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 18: Kgomotso (Botswana & Germany)","slug":"international-episode-18-kgomotso-botswana-germany","published_at":"2026-04-25T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-work-spotlight-675941/international-episode-18-kgomotso-botswana-germany","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/social-work-spotlight-675941","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialworkspotlight/episodes/International-Episode-18-Kgomotso-Botswana--Germany-e3g6bt5","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/130507e0/podcast/play/116649317/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-9%2F903d813a-db39-3f0a-5049-7b9764eef703.mp3","summary":"In this episode I speak with Kgomotso, a social worker from Botswana currently residing in Germany, with qualifications in both Social Work and African Studies. She has experience working as a project support officer focused on orphans and vulnerable children-related policies and programmes, working to strengthen social protection systems and improve service provision by social workers in Botswana, and has interests in social policy reforms, informal social protection and inclusive development. Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: Thandika Mkandawire’s Google Scholar page - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ecPI09EAAAAJ&hl=en Jimi Adesina’s Google Scholar page - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZJPKVjYAAAAJ&hl=en Dolly Ntseane’s Research Gate page - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dolly-Ntseane Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni’s Google Scholar page - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K_TTLasAAAAJ&hl=en Frantz Fanon’s Brittanica biography - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frantz-Fanon This episode's transcript can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D5IvZqszYZcdo2CJmfbmPRRsOwgxwuav4HV4pthDUoI/edit?usp=sharing Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.","meta_description":"In this episode I speak with Kgomotso, a social worker from Botswana currently residing in Germany, with qualifications in both Social Work and African St…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3565,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/social-work-spotlight-675941/episodes/international-episode-18-kgomotso-botswana-germany/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-18-kgomotso-botswana-germany.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}