Join Jessica Aviva, Ph.D. on a shadowy tour through the nonprofit underworld as she conjures short stories from the haunted halls of community work – where good intentions go to get gaslit and overworked. Each episode unearths a deliciously dramatic short story inspired by the real-life absurdities of doing good in a broken system. If you’ve ever been voluntold, undervalued, or asked to “just tweak the theory of change by 5 p.m.,” you’ll love these sweet revenge fantasies. Spoiler alert: each story ends with poetic justice and a glimmer of the impact we all thought was possible back when we still believed we could change the world. It’s storytime for burned-out change agents with a ridiculous sense of humor who are in desperate need of catharsis.

This podcast is a work of fiction. All characters, names, places, events, and incidents are products of the creator’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.