Tiny Spark
We investigate philanthropy, nonprofits and international aid. In-depth interviews and shoe leather reporting from across the globe. Send us your tips. www.tinyspark.org
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 156
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2021
Lessons from an Expat Aid Worker
A veteran humanitarian aid worker offers candid insights into the lessons he's learned - and the personal dilemmas he's faced - during a long career trying to do good across the globe.
00:32:39 |
Fri 22 Aug 2014
Promo: Lessons from an Aid Worker
Promo: Lessons from an Aid Worker by Tiny Spark
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Wed 06 Aug 2014
Slingshot Documentary - An Inventor Doing Good
I recently watched a new documentary about inventor Dean Kamen. He's the guy who invented the Segway, that impressive but only moderately successful people mover.
Well, Kamen is back with a new inve…
00:09:45 |
Fri 18 Jul 2014
The Case for Evidence-Based Aid
We speak to Dean Karlan, Yale economist and co-author of the book More Than Good Intentions. Karlan advocates evidence-based aid and has devoted his career to figuring out which programs work and why…
00:13:56 |
Wed 28 May 2014
What Works? The Case for Evidence Based Aid
What Works? The Case for Evidence Based Aid by Tiny Spark
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Fri 23 May 2014
The Soccket: A Follow-Up Investigation
The Soccket: A Follow-Up Investigation by Tiny Spark
00:09:15 |
Tue 08 Apr 2014
Should Impoverished Volunteers Be Paid?
This story was originally broadcast on PRI's The World. In the latest installment of our Tracking Charity series, I travel to Senegal to spend time with some community health workers who have been wo…
00:09:56 |
Mon 27 Jan 2014
Tracking One Man's Quest to End Extreme Poverty
Vanity Fair contributing editor, Nina Munk, decided to document a high-profile campaign to end extreme poverty. For six years, she followed celebrated economist Jeffrey Sachs’ Millennium Villages Pro…
00:28:48 |
Wed 18 Sep 2013
Promo - One Man's "Quest to End Poverty"
Here's what's up next on Tiny Spark.
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Tue 17 Sep 2013
Bed Nets & Malaria: Following Up on A Promising Idea
Here's the first installment in a new series I'm producing with the public radio program The World. It's a global investigative project called Tracking Charity. In this story, we investigate a promis…
00:14:06 |
Fri 16 Aug 2013
Promo: TOMS Shoes
Promo of Tiny Spark's story on TOMS Shoes and whether giving away free shoes is good aid.
00:00:59 |
Fri 25 Jan 2013
In Praise of Lost Causes
In this holiday edition of Tiny Spark, we explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the idea of a "lost cause" and instead gets down to the work of transforming a troubled life.
00:14:55 |
Mon 29 Oct 2012
International Adoption - A Complicated Quest to Do Good
Jennifer Hemsley and her husband wanted to adopt a girl from Guatemala but they immediately suspected fraud. Jennifer feared the worst: that the infant might have been kidnapped. “We were very concer…
00:19:32 |
Mon 29 Oct 2012
Medical Volunteers In Crisis Zones - Doing Good or Doing Harm?
In our latest episode, Tiny Spark takes a look at the quality of care medical volunteers have provided in crisis zones. We discover that many volunteers who deployed to Haiti after the earthquake had…
00:22:03 |
Wed 10 Oct 2012
TOMS Shoes - Is it Good Aid?
TOMS founder, Blake Mycoskie, says there are millions of children around the world who are in need of shoes. He's based his entire business model on this premise. His for-profit company has enjoyed h…
00:19:09 |
Mon 20 Aug 2012
Promo: Medical Volunteers
When an earthquake struck Haiti, medical volunteers from around the globe flew in to try and help. Many arrived having worked in crisis zones before, others had received training in disaster medicine…
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Wed 15 Aug 2012
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