Beste Peace Corps Story Podcasts (2024)

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The Peace Corps Coronavirus Evacuation 48:01

4+ y ago48:01

48:01

On March 15, the Peace Corps announced it would temporarily suspend Volunteer operations and begin evacuating Volunteers from all posts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this episode, five volunteers share their story of evacuation in the time of coronavirus.Von My Peace Corps Story

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Happy National Peace Corps Week – Return of the Podcast 20:00

4+ y ago20:00

20:00

Happy National Peace Corps Week! This episode marks the return of the My Peace Corps Story podcast. After taking a few months off, I'm starting the show up again. This week, in honor of National Peace Corps Week, I would like to share three speeches from President John F. Kennedy.Von My Peace Corps Story

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COSing – Tyler Lloyd, Peace Corps Podcast Host 23:30

5y ago23:30

23:30

After 27 months of the My Peace Corps Story podcast, I'm closing this chapter of the podcast. The podcast isn't over though. I plan to come back to the show with a new format. Producing weekly podcasts was an ambitious undertaking but immensely rewarding. I thank each and everyone of you, whether you were a guest or listener or both.…

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Teaching in the Bush – Katie McNamara, Namibia 2016-18 30:53

5y ago30:53

30:53

Inspired by a former teacher, Katie set off to Peace Corps for an adventure and a chance to prove herself. She did both and more. This week, I talk with Katie McNamara about her time in Namibia, a country that's twice the size of California while also being the second least densely populated place on earth.…

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101 Arabian Tales – Randy Hobler, Libya 1968-1969 45:54

5y ago45:54

45:54

Photos from Randy’s Service Randy Hobler’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? Served in Libya from October 1968 thru most of October 1969. I, like all my colleagues, was a TEFL (Teaching English as a Second Language) teacher. Almost all of us were teaching 5th […]Von My Peace Corps Story

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From Small Town to Smaller Town – Sharelle Ahrens, Mongolia 2018-2020 55:41

5y ago55:41

55:41

Photos from Sharelle’s Service Sharelle’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? Ghana, 2010-2012. Primary Assignment was Biology Teacher – also ended up being head of the ICT department at my school and training new PCVs on PEPFAR grant project implementation. What is one of your favorite Peace […]…

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Health Resource Partners – Britany Ferrell, Ghana 2010-12 41:54

5y ago41:54

41:54

Health Resource Partners (HRP) founder, Britany Ferrell, decided to join the United States Peace Corps during her last year of college at the University of Alabama. Shortly after her graduation in June 2010, she learned that she was going to be posted in Ghana, West Africa. Three months later, Britany arrived in the village of Eremon to be a second…

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Serving in the First Year – Addis and Jim Chapman, West Pakistan 1961-63 52:33

5y ago52:33

52:33

Photos from Addis and Jim’s Service Addis and Jim Chapman’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? We served in what was then West Pakistan from 1961-63. Ours was the first multidisciplinary project in PC — nurses, teachers, lab techs, librarian, agriculture specialists, even a brick mason. Jobs […]…

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Tough Cookie – Tasha Prados, Peru 2011-2013 48:23

5y ago48:23

48:23

Since leaving Peru, Tasha Prados founded Duraca Strategic, a business and marketing strategy company. Tasha wants organizations that are doing good for the world to have access to expertise from a skilled partner that can help those organizations. She recently left her full time job and will be traveling the world as a digital nomad […]…

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Climbing Cotopaxi with the Warmis – Dana Platin, Ecuador 1997-2000 1:00:45

5y ago1:00:45

1:00:45

In 2001 the first expedition of indigenous women reached the summit of Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world just shy of 20,000 feet. Four Andean women (Warmis) and two American women all joined together to climb in celebration of women worldwide. Dana Platin, serving as a Peace Corps volunteer, was one of the women on that expedition.…