This week we look at The Missionary.

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Links and sources:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/themastercast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-missionary/id1494353780
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuadudley/2020/04/30/the-missionary-asks-difficult-questions-about-what-it-means-to-help-children-overseas/

Transcript: 

This is another heartbreaker and trigger warning for crimes against children. It’s an eight-part scripted miniseries about missionary Renee Bach who started a malnutrition program in rural Uganda. Initially, she was recognized at home and in Uganda for doing the Lord’s work but now about a decade later, there are accusations of pretending to be a doctor and the murder of hundreds of children in the unlicensed clinic. It’s made by iheartRadio and has its polish with the voices and audio being professional and engaging. Apple Podcasts has an average star of 4, 834 ratings and 165 written reviews. Each episode is about 22 minutes long with the last one airing in June of 2020. I don’t understand the problem a lot of people had with the host or the podcast in general. The hosts’ (Rajiv Golla, Halima Gikandi, and Malcolm Burnley) voices were fine and the research did its best to show both sides of the story. The pod ends by saying the truth of exactly what happened was hard to find. It addresses the important concept of the white savior complex and is worth the listen.

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