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Great.com Talks With...

In Great.com Talks With... we aim to break down the world’s most pressing problems in a way that is interesting, exciting, and easy to understand.

Our podcast hosts, Emil Ekvardt and Spirit Rosenberg, talk with organizations and experts dedicated to doing good in the world. Together, they shed light on some incredible work being done globally.

Apr 30, 2022

Each year, the US government gives billions of dollars to companies that only boost their corporate welfare. In 2019, New York City handed $2.8 billion in tax breaks. That's more money spent on tax breaks than on the city's fire departments and jails. But what's more damning is that local governments are giving...


Apr 28, 2022

Massachusetts immigrants make up a large portion of the state's population. One in six residents of Massachusetts is foreign-born. Immigrants come to America and Massachusetts for better life opportunities, freedom of expression, religion, and to make a better life for their families. But many Massachusetts...


Apr 26, 2022

The number of armed conflicts raging in today's world is many. These wars change the world, from the Afghan to the current Russian-Ukrainian wars. Nonprofit organizations are trying their best to act and carry humanitarian aid to civilians. But the US laws prevent nonprofit organizations from enacting life-saving...


Apr 24, 2022

One in ten people in the US is diagnosed with a rare disease. In 2022, 30 million people in the US were born with a rare and genetic disease. While each of these diseases affects a small number of people, put them all together and there is quite a large group of affected individuals. These diseases come with unique...


Apr 22, 2022

More than 100,000 people in the United States suffer from facial differences due to diseases or accidents. One in 700 children in the US is born with a cleft lip or palate. This common birth defect occurs during pregnancy, but it can have life-changing effects later on. People born with these conditions and people who...