The Gret Glyer Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Rose is due any day now! We were lucky enough to get an interview with them before their baby comes. You'll love getting to know this amazing couple who recently drove from Pennsylvania to Guatemala in a truck.
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I was again interviewed by Josh Vankooten. In this episode, I follow up on my earlier episode predicting what would happen with lockdowns. Let's see what I got right...and how I'm responding to it.
Links:
- Blog post
- Nutrition projects on DonorSee
Listen to Annabelle and Lu share the story about how they became friends and decided to work together to address the gender education gap in Malawi.
Support women's education in Malawi: donorsee.com/arise
This is a unique episode in that I give an extended introduction, given the circumstances with lockdowns. Dr. Mikey is truly a hero and it was an honor to hear about the life saving work he's doing in Liberia.
Support Dr. Mikey's project: donorsee.com/featuredproject/5657
I was interviewed on the Coronacast podcast by Josh VanKooten. Here is his summary:
"In this episode, I speak with DonorSee Charity’s Founder and CEO Gret Glyer to discuss the impact that government lockdowns have had on the impoverished population of Africa. Gret explains why the poorest class of people in Africa, who live on less than $3 a day, have been severely impacted by the lockdowns and why they need them lifted now. Gret also explains how he became so passionate about this issue and why it led him to start his charity DonorSee."
Please support my friend Josh by checking out his podcast directly: https://linktr.ee/coronacast
This is a panel discussion with Georgina, Margot, and Jill who are currently on-the-ground in Tanzania, Liberia, and Uganda (respectively). Support them and others on the front lines of serving the global poor during this time at donorsee.com/coronavirus.
- Jill's work: https://donorsee.com/feed5000
- Margot's work: https://donorsee.com/apilotandanurse
- Georgina's work: https://donorsee.com/pamojaleo
Margot Biggs is a wonderful soul who deeply cares about everyone she meets. She recently found a man who was lying in agony on the side of the road - everyone else was passing him by - but she stopped and helped. I hope you enjoy meeting this nurse fighting on the front lines of COVID-19 in Liberia.
Support Margot's work: donorsee.com/apilotandanurse
Maureen Forrest is a DonorSee Partner and the founder of the HOPE Foundation working in the slums of Kolkata, India. In this interview, she explains that her hospital was started more than 20 years ago after seeing the deep need of India's poorest. Her hospital currently works with Mother Teresa's center nearby.
Support HOPE Hospital prepare for COVID-19 (they need it): donorsee.com/helphopehospital
Paul Chinchen (DonorSee Partner: donorsee.com/abc) and President of African Bible Colleges, provides a very timely interview amidst a worldwide lockdown. He sheds light on how COVID-19 will impact the world's poorest people, what it was like to grow up in Liberia, and also the massive higher-level education disparity. You have a ton to learn from this man who was a mentor of mine during my first year in Malawi in 2013.
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZnQzDmAmx7w
Dr. Trish is a pediatric oncologist in Tanzania who is working on getting the supplies she needs to brace for the impact of COVID-19. listen till the end for a virtual tour of her hospital.
Support Dr. Tirsh: https://donorsee.com/wearetlm
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4Z9KBaFPBVc
In this interview, we discuss Girls Shine Academy, When Helping Hurts...and Blessings also shares some personal memories of me from my early days in Malawi. Blessings first appearance is on page 44 of my book: https://IfThePoorWereNextDoor.com
Follow Blessings on DonorSee: https://donorsee.com/livelovemalawi
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Today I am joined by Ben Hawkins of Forever Projects. He has been pioneering creative ways to get EVERYONE involved in poverty alleviation. And his passion comes from a trip he took to visit the funeral of a one-year-old child in the Phillippines.
You can get the Forever Projects book by going to https://foreverprojects.store/aworldaway
Use the offer code "GRET" to get the book for free!
And don't forget to follow along with Forever Projects on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foreverprojects/
They post AMAZING content!
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At age 12, Jacob Aluong found himself running away from an army that was trying to kill him. His family hid in a dense forest but many of them didn’t make it.
He told me, “all my life, all I have known is war. I just want peace.”
Jacob is here in America for the first time to attend a peace conference in D.C. I sat down with him and a couple cameras to record his story.
DonorSee has been partnering with Jacob’s peace efforts for over a year in South Sudan. Follow him and support his projects here: https://donorsee.com/profile/2689
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This is the audio from the talk I gave when I launched, "If The Poor Were Next Door" at my old private school. Don't forget to leave a review for my book!
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Sarah King is the Founder of Call to Creatives and is one of the photographers for DonorSee. Her work is spectacular and is often featured in Amy Hathaway's projects.
In this interview, Sarah talks about her experience being awakened to the realities of global poverty and how that awareness has dramatically changed nearly everything about the direction of her life.
- Sarah on the Living Outside The Box podcast
- Sarah on Instagram
- Call to Creatives on Instagram
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I appeared on the "How To Be Awesome At your Job" Podcast to discuss storytelling from a fundraising perspective. I had a great time and I think you will find the information in this episode applicable in your own life. And, don't worry, I snuck in some global poverty facts even though this was for a different audience!
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I'm back! In this episode, I discuss why moving back to American after my time in Malawi was so difficult. I also talk about my Kickstarter and give some tips on how to think about helping others. I really enjoyed doing this interview!
- Pre-order my book: "If The Poor Were Next Door"
- Living Outside The Box Podcast
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This is the story of what happened during my trip to Malawi. I'd rather not write any more than that, for reasons I explain at the beginning of the episode. Thanks for all your support!
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This is a brief but packed episode from a radio show I did in New Hampshire. We discussed myths about charity, the personality traits of generous people and global implications in the age of the internet.
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Today's episode is a conversation with louis d. lo praeste. We talked about present-day forces that encourage dehumanization. It was an exploratory episode, similar to my talk with Shane Claiborne, that will be sure to provoke future dialogue.
- Why I left The Cult of Innovation
- louis' website
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Complex issues require complex conversations. "White Savior Complex" is often discussed in over-simplified terms. My hope with this episode is to begin a nuanced and helpful dialogue about this topic. I outline why it's important we do in the introduction.
Author Ryan Kuja was kind enough to join me in this conversation and he was a pleasure to talk to.
Purchase Ryan's book: From The Inside Out
TED Talk mentioned: The danger of a single story
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I am joined today by a mystery guest. Our goal for this episode was to "continue" the discussion on inequality and I believe we made some important progress. Here are a few of the topics we touched on:
- Is "inequality" the right issue to focus on?
- Strategically renaming the "great moral issue" of our time.
- Why Shane Claiborne is worth listening to.
- The mysterious absence of certain topics in church.
This episode is worth listening to on it's own, but you may get more out of it if you first listen to my discussion on inequality with Shane Claiborne: Episode 21.
One last thing. If you watched the video, you may have noticed that I am wearing a black DonorSee hat. For the month of January, anyone who joins DonorSee's monthly giving program will get a free hat. Thanks for your consideration. :-)
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The world is not equal. What do we do about it? Shane Claiborne has some radical and discomforting ideas. This conversation is just the beginning...
Was Jesus a Socialist or Capitalist?
Episode with Peter Greer
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In this episode I am interviewed by Joshua Owen from the Abnormal Tribe Podcast. He spent an hour asking me difficult questions that were not easy to answer. In some cases, it caused lengthy silences while I tried to formulate my answer. Enjoy!
Abnormal Tribe Podcast
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There are two things you need to know about Ryan Boyette:
- He spent several years living in a mud hut in rural Sudan without running water or electricity.
- His house was bombed.
Oh yeah, George Clooney also visited him while he lived in Sudan and he was interviewed by the New York Times and NPR. This is a can't miss episode that blew my mind over and over and over and over.
Learn more about Ryan's organization: To Move Mountains
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Prince Inglis left his home country of Malawi for the first time a few months ago to visit America. This was recorded on Sunday February 18th and people came from all over to hear Prince's story (including Alaska)! Come listen to the story of a man who has an astonishingly different upbringing than yours.
Check out Prince's DonorSee profile
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12 years ago, 4 babies died right in front of Amy Hathaway. Ever since then, she has worked tirelessly to fight malnutrition in Tanzania. And she's doing an incredible job.
Visit Amy's DonorSee profile.
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Peter Greer is the CEO of HOPE International, an organization that alleviates poverty for nearly 1 million clients across 5 continents. Today we are talking about his new book, Rooting for Rivals.
Amazon: Buy the book
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Heather and I were married on September 8th. We spent our 5 month engagement thinking about how to be responsible with our wedding budget. This episode is an explanation of how we attempted to do that along with 12 practical tips you can use for your own wedding planning.
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Today I have the pleasure of talking with Ross Bradley about a topic that we can't get anyone else to talk about with us: money. Why is it so hard to discuss?
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In this episode, I talk about thoughts from my 2 week "off-the-grid" honeymoon (with my new wife, Heather Glyer)! I talk about our wedding, what I realized about DonorSee, what I realized about myself, what I think about my new marriage and what I think about going "off-the-grid."
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This is my debate with Connor Bland on the topic of Short Term Mission Trips and whether or not they help people. This is meant to be an honest but frank discussion about our opposing viewpoints with the hopes of providing you with a fuller understanding of this complicated subject.
NOTES
Beware of Bad Orphanages episode
Video about conversional mission trips
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- One Challenge Mobilization
- One Challenge International
- Connor Nicholas Bland
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This was a great conversation with two fun and slightly non-traditional pastors from Michigan. We got to talk about "feel good" charity, meaning, comfort, the Karate Kid and how DonorSee flips traditional charity on it's head.
NOTES
These Go To 11 Podcast
Cobra Kai and Sanctification book
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Shae Bynes, who interviewed me for her podcast, is a master at asking piercing questions that get right down to the core. Today we got to talk about some of my old (shocking) blog posts, the pitfalls of success and the real reason why I don't take a salary for DonorSee. I had a blast recording this and I expect that you'll enjoy listening!
NOTES
Grace Over Grind
First appearance on the Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur Podcast
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Join Jonathan Pageau, Paul VanderKlay and myself as we discuss our time overseas and how it shaped our perspectives! Each of us spent a significant amount of time living overseas and we each found the experience to be profoundly transformative. It will both test you and strengthen you. But, if you're not careful, it will break you.
"Going overseas is one of the best ways to spend your twenties." - Paul VanderKlay
Jonathan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtCTSf3UwRU14nYWr_xm-dQ
Paul's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGsDIP_K6J6VSTqlq-9IPlg
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This episode comes from the video that inspired my TEDx Talk: How to wake up tomorrow morning like a billionaire. It shares a few brief but shocking numbers about global wealth disparity. The summary is that you are probably close to 100x wealthier than half the planet (after accounting for cost of living).
As always, I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad. In reality, I want you to feel great! It's an awesome opportunity to be blessed with so much and to be put in such a great position to help others.
TEDx Talk: youtu.be/BEijq7fG758
Upcoming conversation with Jonathan Pageau and Paul VanderKlay on Monday, July 30th at 3pm ET: youtu.be/TnjF2SxcIBU
Global Rich List: globalrichlist.com
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In this episode I interview, Tanzanian resident and DonorSee Storyteller, Georgina Hill.
Let's put it this way...not ALL orphanages are bad. But you would be shocked to find out just how few are good. Georgina does an excellent job explaining, in detail and backed up by data, the level of catastrophe that the age of the orphanage has brought us.
This is a great episode to share with your friends...especially the next time they say they are supporting an orphanage overseas. This should help you discern when to support and when to seek a better solution (which Georgina offers in this interview).
Don't forget to follow Georgina's work on DonorSee! donorsee.com/profile/4302
Here are some links from Georgina:
pamojaleo.org
instagram.com/everydayafrica/
facebook.com/messages/t/georginaelizabethharris
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This is an excerpt from a recent conversation I had on The System Is Down Podcast. You can find a link to the full conversation here: tsidpod.com/66-soft-america-w-gret-glyer/
...and yes, we talked about spending money on my upcoming wedding.
More about my episode with Dan:
"The question of the day is… How much is enough? Is there a point where you have too much or should feel bad for having more posessions in one room of your house than many people will ever own in their lifetime? Let me know.
Today’s episode is my conversation with repeat offender Gret Glyer, the CEO and creator of one of my favorite companies, DonorSee. DonorSee is something that has honestly impacted my life in a great way and helped me to become a better and more charitable human being.
Gret’s story is a very important one. If you want the full rundown of what DonorSee is and how it came to being, go WAY back to the beginning of this show and check out episode 8, “Gret Glyer Saves the World”.
This time we dug more into the state of cushy America and Gret’s thoughts on our arguments over one American priveledge vs another, when is enough enough, what sets DonorSee apart from the charity herd and much more."
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I am excited to present my chat with Paul VanderKlay about poverty and the messiness of serving the poor. In this episode you will hear about the different upbringings that Paul and I come from (he from being around poverty and me being ignorant of it). We also talk about the 6 years he spent serving in the Dominican Republic, we talk about the difficulty of serving the poor, and we question our own motivation when attempting to help others. It was a great conversation and I know you will learn a lot from it!
Paul VanderKlay's You Tube channel
Paul VanderKlay's Podcast
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Here are a few things a higher cost of living might get you access to:
- Better public education
- Lower crime rates
- Superior law enforcement
- Higher paying jobs
- Jobs with more upward mobility
- Highly educated neighbors
- Stable government
- Reliable utilities (internet, electricity, water etc.)
- Well stocked grocery and retail stores
Complaining about a higher cost of living is often complaining about access to a massive amount of opportunity. The reason that the cost of living is so much lower in sub-saharan Africa is because the residents there rarely get access to the 9 things on that list.
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In this episode I sit down with David Peterka, founder of When The Saints and the subject of the new When The Saints documentary. We had a wonderful time talking about our strikingly similar experiences, particularly regarding our mutual work in Malawi! David was kind enough to be vulnerable about his former struggle with pornography at the same time that he was hoping to help sexually exploited women. I think you'll enjoy our conversation and I encourage you to check out the When The Saints website and David's DonorSee profile. When The Saints David on DonorSee Support me on Patreon Watch this interview on YouTube The When The Saints documentary is available on Amazon Prime!
I recently had a conversation with someone who was directly supporting an orphanage in Uganda. There were some red flags that I thought should be addressed in a broader conversation about how to help the poor effectively and how to avoid some major pitfalls. Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/gretglyer
Welcome to The Gret Glyer Podcast, hosted by CEO of DonorSee, Gret Glyer. DonorSee is a platform that helps donors give directly to those in need and then proves it with personalized video updates. It has been used in 50+ countries and has been referred to by both HuffPo and National Review as "the future of charity."
On this podcast you will find a mix of material all centered around charity, poverty and perspective via talks, video, audio and exclusively recorded content made just for this audience. With each episode listeners will be able to walk away better able to start conversations about having a more global perspective. The future of charity starts here.