{"podcast":{"title":"The New Humanitarian","slug":"the-new-humanitarian-1146231","podcast_index_feed_id":1146231,"rss_url":"https://humanitarianpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/b/e/9/ebe9e13e656f5f0016c3140a3186d450/square-tnh-logo-burgundy-20230613-1typxx90ec.jpg","author":"The New Humanitarian","episode_count":100,"summary":"The New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH's journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-humanitarian-1146231"},"episode":{"title":"Diaspora aid: the lifeline we don't talk about enough | Rethinking Humanitarianism","slug":"diaspora-aid-the-lifeline-we-don-t-talk-about-enough-rethinking-humanitarianism","published_at":"2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-humanitarian-1146231/diaspora-aid-the-lifeline-we-don-t-talk-about-enough-rethinking-humanitarianism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-humanitarian-1146231","url":"https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/2026/05/21/rethinking-humanitarianism-diaspora-aid-lifeline-we-dont-talk-about-enough","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/humanitarianpodcast/ReHu_-_Diaspora_-_TS_Draft_1.mp3?dest-id=762415","summary":"Every year, people in the diaspora send hundreds of billions of dollars home. It is one of the single most important streams of assistance, far outweighing all official foreign aid. So why does it get less attention when it outpaces aid flows? And can it – or should it – better complement international humanitarian response? Host Tammam Aloudat discusses the wide-reaching role of diaspora aid in Gaza, South Sudan, and beyond, its strengths and potential in crisis response, and its limitations. Guests: Hala Sabbah, co-founder of The Sameer Project Daniel Mayang Mayen, researcher at the Sudd Institute Got a question or feedback? Email podcast@thenewhumanitarian.org or post on social media using the hashtag #RethinkingHumanitarianism.","meta_description":"Every year, people in the diaspora send hundreds of billions of dollars home. It is one of the single most important streams of assistance, far outweighin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2910,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-humanitarian-1146231/episodes/diaspora-aid-the-lifeline-we-don-t-talk-about-enough-rethinking-humanitarianism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-humanitarian-1146231/diaspora-aid-the-lifeline-we-don-t-talk-about-enough-rethinking-humanitarianism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}