Episodes

Oct. 7, 2024

On The Power of Self-Advocacy - Women's Health Series with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande explores the intersection of healthcare advocacy and personal storytelling with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey, President of the Byrd Cancer Education and Advocacy F...
Sept. 23, 2024

On Normalising Gender-Specific Medicine - Women’s Health Series with Thao Nguyen

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande speaks with Thao Nguyen, founder and CEO of Equal Care, about her mission to normalise gender-specific medicine. Thao shares her journey from tech consulta...
Sept. 10, 2024

On Building a Global Ecosystem for FemTech Pioneers - Women's Health Series with Marija Butkovic

In this new episode of 'Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande delves into the world of Femtech and women's health with Marija Butkovic, the founder and CEO of Women of Wearables (WoW). Marija shares her journey from a...
March 7, 2024

On Leveraging AI to Overcome Radiology Challenges - Women's Health Series with Élise Mekkaoui

Diagnosis of Women's Pelvic Conditions Revolutionised. In the fifth and final episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Élise Mekkaoui, founder and CPO ...
March 7, 2024

On Holding Space for Women in the Workplace - Women's Health Series with Fatoumata Ly

Supporting Women's Health in the Workplace. In the fourth episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande delves into the challenges of addressing women's health within th...
March 7, 2024

On Humanising Clinical Trials with AI - Women's Health Series with Danielle Ralic

AI Technology Democratising Access to Clinical Trials. In the third episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande explores the intersection of AI and women's health with...
March 7, 2024

On Developing Non-invasive Cervical Precancer Treatments - Women's Health Series with Alia Rahman

Twenty-First Century Treatments for Women's Health. In the second episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Alia Rahman, the Co-founder and CEO of Amplex...
March 7, 2024

On Making PCOS a Public Health Priority - Women's Health Series with Sasha Ottey

Advocacy and Patient-led Innovation in Women's Health. In this first episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Sasha Ottey, the Executive Director of the...
March 1, 2024

Advancing Women’s Health with Female Founders - Trailer

In this episode of Narratives of Purpose, host Claire Murigande introduces a new series focusing on women's health innovation. The next five episodes will address Issues like the lack of female representation in clinical tria...
Dec. 11, 2023

Celebrating Three Years of Narratives of Purpose

Join me for the Season Five Finale of Narratives of Purpose where we are celebrating our Three Year Anniversary of powerful conversations with our wonderful guests who are making waves in their industries and communities. In ...
Nov. 20, 2023

On Eradicating Period Poverty - A Conversation with Ira Guha

In today’s episode, I have a fascinating conversation with Ira Guha who is the founder of Asan. Asan is a social venture with a mission to eradicate period poverty, which prevents women and girls across the world from partici...
Nov. 6, 2023

On Empowering Action Through Innovative Technologies - A NEW Conversation with Rhiana Spring

Join me for today’s episode where I will be catching up with Rhiana Spring, the founder and executive director of Spring ACT. Spring ACT is an organisation connecting human rights and technology to empower people to take acti...
Oct. 23, 2023

On Making Medical AI a Common Good - A NEW Conversation with Bart De Witte

In this episode I will be welcoming back another previous guest of Narratives of Purpose, Bart De Witte, to hear more about his journey of making medical AI accessible. Bart is the founder of the Hippo AI Foundation, which is...
Oct. 10, 2023

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A NEW Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

Today I am welcoming back my very first guest of Narratives of Purpose - Pauline Koelbl, founder of ShEquity. ShEquity is a Catalyst Fund that provides smart investments for innovative and impactful African female entrepreneu...
Sept. 18, 2023

On Gamifying Diversity and Inclusion Education - A NEW Conversation with Alma Moya Losada

Join me for a conversation with Alma Moya Losada who is the founder and CEO of Aequaland, an award winning edtech startup. I previously spoke to Alma back in 2021, and since then her business (and lessons) have come a long wa...
Sept. 4, 2023

On Powering Education with Technology - A NEW Conversation with Ismail Eleburuike

In this episode I will be welcoming back a previous guest of Narratives of Purpose to hear more about this Ed Tech entrepreneur's journey since our initial NOP conversation back in 2022. Ismail Eleburuike is the founder of Sc...
Aug. 21, 2023

On Building More Socially Responsible Organisations - from Spend Donate Invest

In today’s episode, we are continuing our “episode swap” series with an episode from Genet Gimja, the host of Spend, Donate, Invest. This podcast is at the intersection of social justice and personal finance and shares though...
Aug. 7, 2023

On Prison Officers Turned Playwrights - from Creativity Found

Welcome back to a very special series of Narratives of Purpose. We will be doing things a little differently this pre-season in order to showcase even more unique stories of changemakers of people who are contributing to make...
Aug. 1, 2023

Pre-Season Start

As we prepare to launch a new season of Narratives of Purpose, we want to share with you what we have in store for the upcoming episodes. And we have a special call to action for you to help our podcast reach new audiences: ⁠...
May 29, 2023

Special French Language Episode - Interview de Charlotte Hennessy & Patrick Dupuis du Refettorio Genève

Aujourd'hui, nous concluons nos épisodes bonus du mois de mai. Les épisodes d'interviews complètes en version originale de notre mini-série sur les systèmes alimentaires durables. Notre troisième et dernier épisode présente l...
May 15, 2023

Special French Language Episode - Interview de Romain Oeggerli & Yohann Pellaux, cofondateurs d'Alles Gut! Gemüse Kebab

Nous poursuivons avec nos épisodes bonus du mois de mai. Ces épisodes sont les interviews complètes en version originale de notre mini-série sur les systèmes alimentaires durables. Aujourd'hui, notre deuxième épisode présente...
May 2, 2023

Special German Language Episode - Urban Agriculture Basel Mitbegründer Bastiaan Frich im Interview

Wir haben Bonus Folgen diesen Monat für euch im Podcast! Diese Folgen sind vollständige Interviews in Originalsprache aus unserer kurzen Serie über nachhaltige Ernährung Systeme. Der erste Gast ist Bastiaan Frich, der Mitbegr...
April 10, 2023

Season 4 Review and What is Coming Next

As we wrap up this exciting and very unique season of Narratives of Purpose, we wanted to shine a spotlight on what made this season so special. It was unlike any other season we have hosted and we’re grateful to you listener...
March 27, 2023

Exploring Sustainable Food Systems (PART 3/3) - Networks and Community Builders

Join us for the final part of our Exploring Sustainable Food Systems episode which shines a spotlight on Networks and Community Builders. This time we look at how our guests have found alternative ways to approach sustainabil...
Guest: Imani Black