{"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":"What it means for humanitarians to be political | Rethinking Humanitarianism","slug":"what-it-means-for-humanitarians-to-be-political-rethinking-humanitarianism","published_at":"2026-05-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-humanitarian-1146231/what-it-means-for-humanitarians-to-be-political-rethinking-humanitarianism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-humanitarian-1146231","url":"https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/humanitarianpodcast/ReHu_Politics_WhittallElNakib_FinalMix.mp3?dest-id=762415","summary":"Saving lives is a choice, and that makes it hard for humanitarianism to be completely apolitical despite long-running debates about neutrality and impartiality. But what does being political look like? On this episode: Flotillas and White Helmets, the difference between speaking out as individual humanitarian actors or as a unified collective, moving beyond simply being in \"solidarity with communities\", and finding a diversity of voices to build a future version of humanitarianism. Guests: Shatha Elnakib , faculty and deputy director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University, and lead author of The Lancet's article, The humanitarian system: politics can not be avoided. Jonathan Whittall , executive director and founder of the KEYS Initiative Got a question or feedback? Email podcast@thenewhumanitarian.org or post on social media using the hashtag #RethinkingHumanitarianism.","meta_description":"Saving lives is a choice, and that makes it hard for humanitarianism to be completely apolitical despite long-running debates about neutrality and imparti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1681,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-humanitarian-1146231/episodes/what-it-means-for-humanitarians-to-be-political-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/what-it-means-for-humanitarians-to-be-political-rethinking-humanitarianism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}