ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Misgivings breaks down what’s wrong with mainstream philanthropy and uplifts bold solutions. Through candid conversations filled with humor and heart, hosts Sadaf Rassoul Cameron and Arianne Shaffer of Kindle Project connect with visionary change-makers rising to the call of this urgent moment and reshaping how money, power, and trust flow in a sector long overdue for change.
Update frequency:
every 12 days
Average audio length:
13 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
11 episodes
since July 2, 2026
episodic
IN THIS PODCAST 🔗
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What if the well-being of people and the planet were considered as reasonable a return on investment as profit? In this episode, we sit down with Will Peterffy and Bradley Smith of One Small Planet to reimagine how money moves across philanthropy, how venture and integrated capital might be wielded…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Arianne and Sadaf sit down with Sam Vinal, a documentary filmmaker, movement collaborator, and co-founder of the Radical Imagination Family Foundation (RIFF). Sam shares what it’s meant to navigate privilege, conflict, and philanthropy alongside his family, and how their foundation has become a spa…
We aren't actually ad-supported, but we made some satirical commercials from fake sponsors that speak to the problems in mainstream philanthropy. Enjoy!
Written by Keil TroisiVoice actor Richard Henzel
In this episode, we’re joined by writer and provocateur Vu Le, who brings his trademark humor and candor to some of philanthropy’s most entrenched problems. We talk about “snowflake” grant applications, restrictive funding, and the challenges inherent to shifting power. From lifting up Community-Ce…
In this episode, we are joined by artists and cultural workers Sundus Abdul Hadi and Yassin Alsalman. We talk about what it means to make art in a time of collapse—when systems are crumbling, funding is drying up, and culture is being commodified and flattened. We explore the idea of art not as “re…
In this episode, we’re talking about wealth, identity, and healing. We sit down with Hilary Giovale, a mother, writer, and community organizer. She shares a personal journey of growing up poor and then marrying into a wealthy family, and what it has meant to reckon honestly with whiteness and privi…
In this inaugural episode, hosts Sadaf Rassoul Cameron and Arianne Shaffer offer their motivations for creating the show. Then they talk with friend and collaborator Rosie Rosenthal, who shares her journey from participating in a traditional family foundation to co-creating New Standard Fund—a part…
In this episode we hear from participants of the New Standard Fund, a participatory grantmaking fund based in Virginia. Donor family members, community members (known as Flow Funders), and facilitators sit down together for an honest conversation about what it feels like to share power. They unpack…
We aren't actually ad-supported, but we made some satirical commercials from fake sponsors that speak to the problems in mainstream philanthropy. Enjoy!
Written by Keil TroisiVoice actor Richard Henzel
Misgivings breaks down what’s wrong with mainstream philanthropy and uplifts bold solutions. Through candid conversations filled with humor and heart, Kindle Project's Arianne Shaffer and Sadaf Rassoul Cameron connect with visionary change-makers rising to the call of this urgent moment and re…
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