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The Unpopular View is for people tired of tribal talking points who want evidence‑based analysis on fraud, welfare, climate, and global governance.I’m Michael Brown, a social and environmental risk analyst and former NGO founder with decades of field work across Africa, Asia,…
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The value to Americans of aid and soft power in the DRC, Sudan, and Afghanistans of the world (opens the original)
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For fifty years, the people who design foreign aid programs have rarely been the people who have to live inside them. In this episode of The Unpopular View, host Michael Brown sits down with Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child, to ask the questions the humanitarian sector debates privately but rarely says out loud on the record. Samantha has spent three decades working in Somalia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda — picking up the pieces after wars. Michael has worked in ma
One Euro Gen Z's views on America, War, Migration Ukraine, Russia, etc. (opens the original)
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Welcome back to the second and final part of our deep dive into global geopolitics through a Gen Z lens. In this segment, host Michael Brown sits down with Armin Sumansky, a Bates College student from the Czech Republic, to turn the tables and examine the complexities of European foreign and domestic policy. Is American foreign policy truly erratic, or does Europe harbor its own glaring contradictions? Michael and Armin break down the shifting consensus on European migration, the hardening of ex
Gen Z: One European's Perspective (opens the original)
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What does Gen Z actually think about the future? Is the generation as unified as the media claims, or is it fundamentally fragmented? In Part 1 of this exclusive 2-part series, host Michael Brown sits down with Armin Sumansky—a second-year student at Bates College triple-majoring in Economics, Politics, and European Studies—to dismantle the biggest stereotypes surrounding Gen Z. Bringing a unique European perspective from his home country of the Czech Republic, Armen provides an inside look at h
Can Aid Be Fixed, or Should It Be Scrapped? Two Paths to a New Social Contract (opens the original)
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Episode 3/3 closes out this Unpopular View series as Michael Brown and Dr. Emily Brearley debate her "Solution 42" proposal for narrowing what institutions like USAID and the World Bank attempt — putting local communities in charge of choosing high-impact projects. A pointed conversation about who sits at the table, who pays, and whether international development can be rebuilt or should be scrapped altogether. Disclaimer: The Unpopular View with Michael Brown is independently owned and produced
AID: SMALL & PROVEN, OR BIG & NEGOTIATED? (opens the original)
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Episode 2/3 of this Unpopular View series digs into what actually makes development work succeed or fail. Michael Brown and Dr. Emily Brearley break down the real checklist — land tenure, corruption, community-level options analysis, and genuine local voice — against the money-first thinking that dominates the aid industry, debating cash transfers, big loans, and whether aid can ever scale without losing what makes it work. Disclaimer: The Unpopular View with Michael Brown is independently owned
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