Points of Departure

About Points of Departure

Arkansas Global Changemakers presents, with KUAF, the podcast Points of Departure, an extension of their work connecting people from around the world to each other to discuss possible solutions for local manifestations of global problems.

Publisher

Laurence Hare and Rogelio Garcia Contreras

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Apr 2022

Latest episode

5 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 29 episodes have a transcript.

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   5 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Monitoring a New World Order with Maya Ungar

   In today's episode we hear from University of Arkansas graduate and a U.N. analyst with the International Crisis Group, Maya Ungar. She talks about her experience in global conflict resolution, working with diplomats and officials at the United Nations and how her foundation at the UofA helped propel a career on the global stage.

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   16 Sept 2024

   'Notes' from Barcelona on Employment Equality

   We hear from Apunts - a company working to build more inclusive job opportunities for people with disabilities.

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   26 Aug 2024

   "Guiding" greener business with students from the University of Arkansas

   In today's episode we hear from students and some stakeholders who helped assess the City of Fayetteville's green business guideline.

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Monitoring a New World Order with Maya Ungar

Published 5 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If you look at the UN DPs, the UN Development Programs role in helping to, say, incorporate peace building after transition in the United Bay Area, that's really significant. It's something that's not going to be making that didn't make as much of the news. And I think there are a number of quote -unquote forgotten crises where the UN is playing a really important role in the field to help with development, to help with peace building, even sometimes to help using quote -unquote what we call good offices for mediation capacity. And that's just not really going to reach media attention, sometimes because they're consciously not doing so, because it would be bad for them politically. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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