The Philanthropy Paradox (with Darren Walker)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Preet answers listener questions about whether the House Select Committee On the January 6th Attack can enforce its subpoena of former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and the concerns about “the slow-moving coup,” described by comedian Bill Maher. Plus, does a certain Supreme Court justice listen to Stay Tuned? Then, Preet interviews Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, about inequality, upward mobility, and the complicated power of philanthropy. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-philanthropy-paradox-with-darren-walker/ Don’t miss the Insider Bonus, where Preet asks Walker a series of lightning round questions. Listen to the season finale of CAFE’s new podcast, Up Against the Mob, hosted by Elie Honig. Binge the series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	Today, one of the things I worry about, and at the Ford Foundation, I get to focus on,
0:14.0	is just how many people in our country and in many parts of the world feel invisible,
0:21.0	and feel very much like they are at the bottom.
0:25.0	That's Darren Walker, he's president of the Ford Foundation, the $16 billion global philanthropic organization
0:34.0	with the mission to, quote, reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values,
0:39.0	promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
0:43.0	Walker, who grew up in the segregated South in the 1960s, was one of the first children to enroll in Head Start,
0:49.0	a national early childhood education program that changed his life.
0:53.0	Walker joins me to discuss how to recapture the hope that he felt decades ago as a child,
0:58.0	by capitalism in its current form is not working, and whether philanthropy can help remedy its ills.
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