What Do Telenovelas, Staircases, & Supply Chains Have In Common?

Podcast: Public Health Insight · PHI Media

Opublikowano: 2026-02-17

She studied philosophy at UPenn, sharpened her Spanish watching telenovelas with a host mom in silk robes and kitten heels, then moved to Peru and built staircases so families wouldn't fall carrying water. Laura Keen's path wound through cocoa farms in West Africa, anti-trafficking work in the Amazon, and the inner workings of fair trade — each stop ultimately leading her to GiveDirectly and a radically simple idea that's reshaping how we think about poverty. References for Our Discussion ◼️The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK w...