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Liberia: Democracy in Focus

New Narratives/Front Page Africa

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Democracy in Focus is a new program from New Narratives and Front Page Africa looking at Liberia's governance and democracy. It's a collaboration with reporters from some of Liberia's leading newsrooms in the New Narratives program. Funding is provided by the Swedish embassy in Liberia and the American Jewish World Service. The funders had no say in the program's content.
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Crush Crowdfunding Podcast

Nalin Chuapetcharasopon

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Nalin Chuapetcharasopon from the popular Crush Crowdfunding Blog reveals actionable tips, hacks and insights to launch your crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and Indiegogo to get fully funded. Discover useful tips for building a tribe of diehard fans before you launch and how to create a successful campaign from start to finish. The podcast gets down to the nitty-gritty details, including how to set an achievable goal, reward pricing strategies, campaign marketing and much more. Nalin has ...
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Ryan Hashemi is the Founder & CEO at Snowball, an agency that helps scale top brands on Youtube. Prior to launching Snowball, Ryan built Jubilee Media to 14 million subscribers & 5 billion views with his YouTube expertise. TIMESTAMP: [00:01:12] How to make the best piece of content. [00:01:57] Building Jubilee Media. [00:03:25] First successful con…
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Scott Lazer is a filmmaker & creative director. He’s collaborated with top artists like J. Cole on music videos and documentary projects. His work has been featured at major film festivals like SXSW and on platforms like HBO. He’s also worked in commercial filmmaking for brands like Google and Spotify. TIMESTAMP: [00:00:41] Becoming a creative dire…
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Kevin Chen is the Co-Founder & CEO of iRESTORE. iRESTORE fights hair loss and reverses skin aging with FDA-cleared light therapy devices for home-use. TIMESTAMP: [00:00:30] What is iRESTORE. [00:01:37] Coming up with the concept of iRESTORE. [00:04:48] First steps to creating a new product. [00:08:53] Proving that a product works. [00:12:03] Benefi…
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Jeremiah Davis (ThatOneBlondKid) is a creative director & videographer with 10+ years of experience in the music industry. He’s worked with some of the world’s biggest artists including The Chainsmokers and Justin Bieber. Jeremiah is the founder & chief creative officer of Us Versus Them, a boutique agency that produces creative campaigns for major…
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Shannon Jean is a founder, author, and co-host of The Business Brain podcast. He’s started 10 businesses, sold 4, and now shares entrepreneurial tips & tricks through his socials & newsletter “The Unconventional Entrepreneur.” TIMESTAMP: [00:01:22] Shannon’s entrepreneurial journey. [00:05:01] First successful business. [00:08:10] Running versus se…
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Coming up in this episode. The country’s drug crisis takes center stage. Citizens march on the capitol demanding action as vigilantes destroy drug dens. The massive cuts to us aid being felt across economy. From street sellers to medium sized businesses the loss of business is hurting. After years of delay a seawall meant to save thousands of homes…
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Buster Scher is the Founder of Hoops Nation, a basketball media outlet with over 10 million followers across social. He then started The Hobby Letter, a premium newsletter helping people improve their organic social to earn money. Buster is the host of his own podcast “The Buster Show” as well as the celebrity basketball competition series “The Cre…
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After serving in the United States Army, Isaac Wright found solace & purpose in urban exploring & photography, where under the name “Drifter Shoots,” he illegally & clandestinely captured cities from the tops of skyscrapers & bridges around the world. In 2020, Drift’s artwork led to his arrest that resulted in four months of incarceration without b…
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Steve Cardigan is a Los Angeles based music curator, producer, and DJ. Steve is the founder of PUTYOUON Music Group, a label and music discovery platform, which also puts on AM.RADIO, a monthly get together featuring morning DJ sets at coffee shops in cities across the country. TIMESTAMP: [00:01:07] Getting a career in the music industry. [00:05:44…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes court get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. In this i…
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Coming up in this episode. Following a chaotic rollout process, the government indefinitely suspends its compulsory national ID registration program. As climate change causes more and more farms to fail, rural dwellers turn to charcoal production to survive in a renewed threat to Liberia’s forests At the same time, the end of international funding …
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. It’s not news to anyone that Liberia has been one of the countries most impacted by US President Donald Trump’s cuts to aid. Hundreds of Liberian NGO jobs have been lost. But a new online donation platform calle…
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In this special bonus episode of Democracy in Focus, Anthony Stephens has an exclusive interview with Ambassador Mark Toner on his decision to retire just one year into his two year post. Ambassador Toner's announcement came a day before Liberian President Joseph Boakai had a coveted meeting at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump. Tone…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes court get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. In this i…
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Coming up in this episode. Liberia wins a seat on the un security council. Ambassadors and President Boakai applaud the historic moment. Nobel laureate, Leymah Gbowee urges government to seize the win to drive war time justice beginning with economic crimes. As US aid cuts end a more than $US100 million maternal and infant mortality program, expert…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes court get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. In this i…
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President Boakai quiets doubters with a renewed mandate for the war crimes court office and a big increase in budget to two million dollars As Rwanda commemorates thirty-one years since its genocide, its ambassador says the world can learn from its path to reconciliation and justice. And… a report says a lack of competence and inflated salary claim…
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In this episode..A silent killer is stalking Liberians. Heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other so called non communicable diseases are reaching crisis levels. Experts say awareness campaigns are needed. Thousands of teachers pursuing degrees in education are ejected from us aid- funded scholarships. Experts say Liberia’s school children will los…
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Heart disease, cancer, mental illness and diabetes are some of a group of diseases that are growing at an alarming rate in Liberia, killing far more people than better known killers like malaria and typhoid. More than one in three deaths are now caused by so-called lifestyle diseases – preventable diseases that are primarily caused by diet, stress,…
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Coming up in this episode. As Liberia comes to terms with us aid cuts, economists warn of lost jobs and public services with more aid cuts looming. Local NGO heads worry about the ripple effects as staff are laid off, scholarships end and drugs run out. And…..the aid cuts situation also throws into jeopardy, Liberia’s much-heralded campaign to esta…
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COMING UP IN THIS EPISODE. WE SPEAK WITH THE NEW HEAD OF LIBERIA’S WAR AND ECONOMIC CRIMES COURT DR JALLAH BARBU. VICTIMS DEMAND TOUGH PUNISHMENT AS FORMER LURD REBEL COMMANDER “K1 GOES ON TRIAL IN THE US GOVERNMENT CELEBRATES AS CARBON TRADING WINS APPROVAL AT THE UN COP 20 CLIMATE SUMMIT. BUT FOREST COMMUNITIES SAY THEY’RE BEING LEFT OUT. AND…..T…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In this exclusive interview, I speak with Jallah Barbu, newly appointed executive director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts. Dr. Barbu will lead Liberia’s long overdue effort to hold those who upe…
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In this interview, Anthony Stephens speaks with Seidu Swaray, a leading mental health counsellor and executive director of the Liberia Association of Psychosocial Services. Swaray’s group provides psychosocial services to Liberians, including victims of the civil wars. He describes the profound mental health challenges facing the country after the …
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Nick Gray, Founder of Museum Hack and author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, joins MONEY TALKS with Jesse to chat about his journey to selling two multi-million dollar businesses, making viral videos, and the best tips & tricks to hosting events and networking with billionaires. TIMESTAMP: [00:01:20] The secrets to hosting an event. [00:02:15] The “N…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. In this …
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In this episode: The dreams of young rural Liberians die early because of a lack of high schools. Half of all stroke and heart disease deaths in Liberia are caused by air pollution. Liberia’s environmental protection agency takes its first steps to clean up our air. Liberia's mpox cases rise as the government confirms the deadly strain that has kil…
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Coming up in this episode .. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts’ get underway, we speak to experts on the major issues court designers will have to consider. Who will be tried? How much international involvement is needed? And what are the security challenges? One thing is already clear - funding will be limited. And some worry t…
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Coming up in this episode .. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts’ get underway, we speak to experts on the major issues court designers will have to consider. Who will be tried? How much international involvement is needed? And what are the security challenges? One thing is already clear - funding will be limited. And some worry t…
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Thanks to host: Korpo Kollie of Radio Kintoma in Lofa County Coming up in this episode … New data shows nearly 370,000 Liberian children are living on the streets. Many live a hellish existence of sex work and drugs. Access to toilets is still a big problem for rural Liberians. Leading to sickness and death of thousands of citizens. The Boakai admi…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. …
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Coming up in this episode .. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts’ get underway, we speak to experts on the major issues court designers will have to consider. Who will be tried? How much international involvement is needed? And what are the security challenges? One thing is already clear - funding will be limited. And some worry t…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international transitional justice experts and stakeholders about how the court…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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DEH NEWS WE COMIN TUHK TODAY……… TWO BEE GROUP DAH WEHKIN ON CHAYREN MATTERS IN LIBERIA DEH CALL MINISTRY OF GENDER AND UNICEF SAY, LIBERIA GEH ALMOST 370 THOUSAND CHAYREN ON DEH STREETS. DEH SAY SUMMAH DEH CHAYREN DEM DOIN HO-PO-JOE WEHK WHILE SUM CAN BE TAKIN DRUGS. PLENTAY PEEPOH IN DEH INTEERUH STAY GEH BEE PROBLEM WITH TOILET HUS BAYNAY… DEH CA…
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Coming up in this episode … New data shows nearly 370,000 Liberian children are living on the streets. Many live a hellish existence of sex work and drugs. Access to toilets is still a big problem for rural Liberians. Leading to sickness and death of thousands of citizens. The Boakai administration charges five former government officials after ind…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In June President Joseph Boakai, appointed Liberian lawyer Jonathan Massaquoi as Executive Director of the newly established Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts. Ever since, a chorus of key stakeholders inc…
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Welcome to this special bonus edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In recent years, Liberia has made big gains in tackling human trafficking, convicting several traffickers including an agent of the National Security Agency and bringing hundreds of victims home from the M…
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Awais Spall, Functional Health Practitioner and owner of the holistic health practice, Integrative Oasis, joins MONEY TALKS with Jesse to chat about leading a healthy lifestyle, finding hope outside of mainstream medicine, and the power of alternative treatments, including peptides, ketamine, NAD+, and more. TIMESTAMP: [00:02:21] Health facts that …
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Liberia's War Crimes Court Office is off to a rocky start as outcries from key stakeholders continue over President Boakai’s appointment of Jonathan Massaquoi to head the office. A 90 percent cut in funding to anti-trafficking actions has seen Liberia returned to the US government’s trafficking Tier 2 Watchlist. There are repercussions, and the imp…
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Hello listeners and welcome. This is Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with an extended interview with Norwu Harris. Norwu is a climate justice activist with the civil society organization the Liberia Feminist Forum. We will explore a wide range of issues to do with the climate crisis and the devastation it is causing farmers across our 15 counties. Our interv…
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Jake Tran, YouTuber, documentary filmmaker, and entrepreneur, joins MONEY TALKS with Jesse to chat about his journey to making millions off YouTube with faceless channels exposing billionaires, criminals, politicians, and our evil food supply chain. He also shares the blueprint for turning content into a profitable business and even provides channe…
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Ryan Tierney, Founder & CEO of Lo Siento, joins MONEY TALKS with Jesse to chat about launching a tequila brand, competing with A-List celebrities, getting into major retailers, and the best marketing strategies. Stay tuned after the episode to watch Ryan & Jesse sample the tequila at a local vendor and discuss pricing the product. TIMESTAMP: [00:00…
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Coming up in this episode … President Joseph Boakai makes history, taking the first step towards war and economic crimes courts for liberia. The move ends two decades of impunity for crimes that devastated the country and left two hundred and fifty thousand dead. We get citizen reactions from around the country. We ask what comes next with house sp…
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Looking at Liberia’s newsmedia, one might think that no one lives outside the capital, Monrovia. But rural Liberians face a range of hardships that don’t get any coverage. We devote this episode to bringing those issues to light. We visit a maternity clinic where giving birth means risking death. Six years since the Land Rights Act was passed just …
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James Camp, owner of the popular newsletter Nano Flips, joins MONEY TALKS with Jesse to give a step-by-step guide on how to buy, improve, and sell online businesses. James reveals the best online resources & tools needed to acquire businesses with a low budget, and exact numbers of how much money you can make doing it. TIMESTAMP: [00:03:10] Buying …
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Coming up in this episode … In the second of our two-part series on climate change, a major New Narratives investigation has found Liberia’s farming emergency is fueling a migration crisis. A survey of Liberian farmers finds years of crop failure has nine in every ten wanting to leave the country. As the number of migrants rises so do the number of…
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Elizabeth Weber joins MONEY TALKS with Jesse to chat about her journey from winning reality TV dating show Love Island to becoming a full-time social media influencer. Elizabeth reveals exact numbers of TV paychecks & brand deals and also shares her growth blueprint for up & coming creators. TIMESTAMP: [00:02:15] Quitting corporate job for reality …
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