Global Development Interrupted Podcast

The People, the Work, and What Was Lost When America Stepped Back
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Global Development Interrupted creates space for voices, perspectives, and critical reflection on global development. By amplifying the experiences of people who have built their careers in public service and global work, it invites learning, dialogue, and reimagining of what global development is, was, and could be. globaldevinterrupted.substack.com

  1. 1 天前

    A Kid from Queens

    When Jen Erie published her memoir, she expected her global development colleagues to connect with it. She didn’t expect older white men to message her saying they saw their own lives in hers. Jen Erie grew up the daughter of Haitian immigrants in Queens, New York. She went on to spend more than a decade as a USAID Foreign Service Officer — leading health programs across the Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Thailand. In this episode, Jen reflects on what that work actually looked like on the ground, the identity crisis that came with losing it, and what she discovered about herself — and others — when she finally told her story. The result was a book, and a realization: this conversation reaches far beyond global development. At its core, it’s about shared humanity — how much more we have in common than we think, and what it looks like to turn grief into something others can learn from. Want to learn more from Jen and pick up her book, The World Is My Bones? Visit her at www.jennifererie.com Listen, Watch, Follow Listen & Watch on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube Follow on: Instagram: @globaldevinterrupted | Facebook: Global Development Interrupted This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    31 分鐘
  2. The Name That Got It Killed

    6月18日

    The Name That Got It Killed

    A scholarship program training the next generation of democratic leaders was named “Diversity and Inclusion” specifically to hide it from a military dictatorship. On day nine of the Trump presidency, that name got it canceled. Matt Pietz spent a decade in Myanmar for USAID working on democracy and education projects. His last project gave 450 of the country’s most promising young people four-year scholarships — because a dictatorship that had spent decades keeping its population uneducated knew exactly what an educated citizen could do. One semester in, the White House called and said cancel it. No questions, no review, no interest in where the money actually went. In this episode, Matt breaks down what the work really was, who it served, and why Myanmar’s instability is America’s problem too — where the absence of rule of law has produced the world’s top supplier of heroin and meth, a haven for online scam centers, and a power vacuum that China is filling fast. This is what democracy promotion looks like from the inside. And what it looks like when it’s dismantled from the outside. Listen, Watch, Follow Listen & Watch on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube Follow on: Instagram: @globaldevinterrupted | Facebook: Global Development Interrupted This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    34 分鐘

  3. 6月4日

    We Are the Work

    Keisha Effiom sat at her dining room table in Rwanda, read the email about USAID’s final mission, and started writing. The result is a memoir — and this conversation. Keisha, former USAID Mission Director for Rwanda and Burundi, joins Global Development Interrupted to trace her journey from Howard University graduate to one of USAID’s top leaders and what she chose to do when it all came crashing down. She talks candidly about the human cost of USAID’s closure, why dismissing public servants with “just get over it” is not only wrong but cruel, and how she led her team through crisis without letting her heart go hard. She also shares the story behind her memoir, I Said My Peace With Peace: Inside USAID’s Final Days — a firsthand account of servant leadership when everything is falling apart. Whether you work in global development, care about U.S. foreign policy, or are leading people through uncertainty, this episode is for you. Want to learn more from Keisha and pick up her book, I Said My Piece with Peace? Visit her at keishaeffiom.com Listen, Watch, Follow Listen & Watch on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube Follow on: Instagram: @globaldevinterrupted | Facebook: Global Development Interrupted This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    30 分鐘
  4. From USAID to the Ballot Box

    5月21日

    From USAID to the Ballot Box

    Three former USAID officers. Three Maryland races. One mission: keep serving. In this episode of Global Development Interrupted, host Leah Petit sits down with Alicia Contreras-Donello, running for Maryland House of Delegates District 14; Allison Eriksen, running for Montgomery County Council District 3; and Tracy Starr, running for US House of Representatives District 5. Together they share their stories of humble beginnings, careers defined by public service, and the moment they decided that the best way to keep serving was to change the system from the inside. From economic development and renewable energy to food security and human rights, these women are bringing the skills that USAID built — and the communities that shaped them — directly to the ballot box. If you believe that government should be representative of the people it serves, this episode is for you. Maryland early voting runs June 11th through 18th. Primary Election Day is June 23rd. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Interested in learning more about these candidates? Check them out below! Alicia Contreras-Donello - Maryland House of Delegates District 14 📸 Instagram/TikTok: @aliciaformaryland 👍 Facebook/LinkedIn: Alicia for Maryland 🌐 Website: aliciacontrerasdonello.com Allison Eriksen - Montgomery County Council District 3 📸 Instagram: @allisonformoco 🌐 Website: allisonformoco.com Tracy Starr - Maryland’s 5th District 📸 Instagram: @tracyforcongress26 🌐 Website: friendsoftracy.com Stay connected with Global Development Interrupted Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube Instagram: @globaldevinterrupted | Facebook: Global Development Interrupted This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    41 分鐘
  5. From Learning to Leadership: What USAID Made Possible

    5月7日

    From Learning to Leadership: What USAID Made Possible

    A career spent investing in global education didn’t just build schools. It built futures. In this episode, former USAID Foreign Service Officer and Education Specialist Siena Fleischer shares what it takes to create opportunity through education: from teaching children to read, preparing youth for the workforce, and building global research partnerships. But this isn’t just about what worked. It’s about what’s now at risk. Siena was days away from boarding a plane to lead a flagship youth leadership program when everything stopped. With the dismantling of USAID, entire education systems are losing support. Siena explains what “learning loss” really means: not just missed school days, but lost generations, stalled economies, and fewer leaders equipped to shape the future. Education isn’t optional. It never was. And right now, it’s disappearing. Interested in learning more? Resources Siena Recommends * The Science of Reading * Balanced vs. Structured Literacy * Phonics vs. Whole Language * Dyslexia and The Reading Wars * Brookings Global Task Force on AI in Education * Educating Kids in the Age of AI Making People Visible This space exists to make room for more voices and perspectives from people who worked in global development, and to show why that work mattered in the United States and around the world. Help us keep telling these stories. Your support makes Global Development Interrupted possible. Stay connected with Global Development Interrupted Instagram: @globaldevinterrupted | Facebook: Global Development Interrupted This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    30 分鐘
  6. Unleashed: Reimagining Global Conservation After the USAID Shutdown

    4月23日

    Unleashed: Reimagining Global Conservation After the USAID Shutdown

    What do malaria rates, indigenous forests in Peru, and elephant tusk trafficking have in common? They’re all part of what USAID’s conservation work actually looked like. And what we’ve lost. Cynthia Gill spent 32 years building USAID’s conservation programming. Weeks watching it dismantled. And then the question: now what? The former Director for USAID's Center for Natural Environment joins Leah to talk about the shutdown, what was lost, and why she's just getting started through the Reimagining Global Conservation Initiative, a bipartisan playbook that reimagines how the US government contributes to global conservation, strengthening international stability and security while honoring nature as an American core value. To learn more about the Reimagining Global Conservation Initiative and join the coalition, visit their website and add your name to the mailing list. If you’d like to support the work, you can contribute here. To see a summary of the conservation and development legacy of USAID, see the Guardian’s coverage or read more deeply on Biographic. To reach Cynthia directly, email her at cynthia@focuscoaching.net. Making People Visible This space exists to make room for more voices and perspectives from people who worked in global development, and to show why that work mattered in the United States and around the world. Help us keep telling these stories. Your support makes Global Development Interrupted possible. Stay connected with Global Development Interrupted Instagram: @globaldevinterrupted | Facebook: Global Development Interrupted This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    34 分鐘
  7. Bearing Witness

    4月9日

    Bearing Witness

    What does it feel like to edit the word "equality" out of a US government document? To watch global development programs you believed in disappear overnight? Kelli Rogers knows. A global development journalist who moved from the newsroom to the State Department and back again, she's now leading the Aid Report at DevEx — documenting the real human cost of the foreign assistance cuts and the dismantling of USAID, one story at a time. We talk about what journalism looks like right now, the people behind the numbers, what gives her hope, and yes, even Bad Bunny. Listen to the Episode & Read the Aid Report: www.theaidreport.us Making People Visible This space exists to make room for more voices and perspectives from people who worked in global development, and to show why that work mattered in the United States and around the world. Help us keep telling these stories. Your support makes Global Development Interrupted possible. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    33 分鐘
  8. Forced Into Hope

    3月26日

    Forced Into Hope

    She was a new mom, weeks postpartum, when she got fired. No warning. No plan. Just a career she’d spent 18 years building — gone. Kathleen Borgueta wasn’t supposed to become a founder. She was supposed to go back to work at USAID, where she’d overseen global health programs across 15 countries in East and Central Africa, managed COVID vaccine rollouts, and built cold chain infrastructure in Somalia. She had a plan for what kind of working mother she was going to be. Then the dismantling started. In this episode, Kathleen joins host Leah Petit to talk about what it really feels like to be fired, publicly called a villain, and left to rebuild your identity — while keeping a newborn alive. She also talks about what she built from the rubble: Pivoting Parents, a 1,200-member global community for laid-off parents refusing to disappear quietly. This is a conversation about agency — in foreign aid, in motherhood, and in deciding what you do when the thing you built your life around is taken from you. “There are a lot of days that hope feels false. But having a child and being invested in my community and invested in the global community forces me to have hope for the future.” Follow Kathleen: LinkedIn, Instagram, and www.pivotingparents.com Making People Visible This space exists to make room for more voices and perspectives from people who worked in global development, and to show why that work mattered in the United States and around the world. Help us keep telling these stories. Your support makes Global Development Interrupted possible. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globaldevinterrupted.substack.com/subscribe

    34 分鐘
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Global Development Interrupted creates space for voices, perspectives, and critical reflection on global development. By amplifying the experiences of people who have built their careers in public service and global work, it invites learning, dialogue, and reimagining of what global development is, was, and could be. globaldevinterrupted.substack.com

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    The People, the Work, and What Was Lost When America Stepped Back
  • 活躍年代
    2025年 - 2026年
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    25
  • 年齡分級
    兒少適宜
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    © Petit Media & Consulting LLC
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    Global Development Interrupted Podcast

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