Explorer Catherine de Medici Jaffee thinks well-told stories can promote positive action. So she shares podcasting tools with people who work to better the planet
has always been surrounded by storytellers. The first was her father—a literature-loving rancher with a radio show who, even when terminally ill, led their family on global travels. Following in that adventurous spirit, Jaffee spent time in India and Japan, learning how well-told tales can advance religious, political, and social change.
She then turned storytelling into a career and at first considered creating documentaries. But something felt off, she says: “The camera would come out, and the people stopped smiling.” Jaffee wondered whether her subjects would feel more comfortable speaking into a microphone than being filmed.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
In a 2019 photograph in the village of Tchingana, Angola, Jaffee records local women discussing the challenges of access to education, medical treatment, and banks with representatives of the National Geographic Society's Okavango Wilderness Project. The feedback that Jaffee recorded was part of the award-winning Guardians of the River podcast.
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