Need: While critical discourse around neoliberal practices and inherent power hierarchies in the international development industry continue to grow, there is a long way to go. Participating in the system as is, without confronting these issues, only serves to reinforce power divides that run counter to the work. There is a need to examine of how these divides persist globally and what can be done to disrupt them to better align the industry with the values it purports to emulate and strengthen programs.

Concept: Topics like critical race theory, decolonizing aid, and our collective responsibilities often play a central role at my family's dining table conversations. My parents have worked in the international development industry for decades now. My younger brother and I are early in our careers, working in public health and global education respectively. Because of their work we grew up moving around, living in 6 countries by the time we graduated high school. My mother is Indian-American, my father is White American - being biracial brings in another level cross cultural exposure. We used this personal upbringing, our biracial identities, and our own career paths so far as a lens to explore the power dynamics embedded in the global development industry. This podcast takes the form of a conversation between siblings reuniting and reflecting on their collective past, and tying it to the present.