Jul 1, 2026 · 59 min · 7 segments
Dr. Vandana Arcot, Founder of Komselj, Talks Global Women- Led Community Projects of Impact and Purposeful Philanthropy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Vandana ArcotGuest
Ali FrenchHostErica SteinHost
I got to sit down with Dr. Vandana Arkot this week, and I really loved our conversation.
Um, one of the things we explored, which we're gonna go into in just a minute, but, like, was...
You know, she's, she's a medical doctor, um, is her background, um, in women's health and gynecology, but she has really spent her life af- sort of, like, emerged from that in pu- in the public health space.
And we really talked about, like, sort of international public health, um, crises and also her work in these spaces in different countries around the world.
But she's then kind of gone into the philanthropic space, so she kind of creates these relationships where, um, people can donate and know that th- their money is going to a place where they're kind of funding effective programs, if that makes sense.
But we've never really talked about it in that way, about that in this way on this podcast before.
Um, but before we get into her intro, we're gonna do our usual sort of fun weekly updates.
It's summer, so I'm gonna kick it over to Erica to see what's, what's your update.
This is one Ali did solo, and so I, I can't wait to get to be a listener this week as well.
I really am trying to, like, enjoy the seasons, and I think especially, you know, I shared, like, a little grief update in last week's intro.
I got to sit down with Dr. Vandana Arkot this week, and I really loved our conversation.
Um, one of the things we explored, which we're gonna go into in just a minute, but, like, was...
You know, she's, she's a medical doctor, um, is her background, um, in women's health and gynecology, but she has really spent her life af- sort of, like, emerged from that in pu- in the public health space.
And we really talked about, like, sort of international public health, um, crises and also her work in these spaces in different countries around the world.
But she's then kind of gone into the philanthropic space, so she kind of creates these relationships where, um, people can donate and know that th- their money is going to a place where they're kind of funding effective programs, if that makes sense.
But we've never really talked about it in that way, about that in this way on this podcast before.
Um, but before we get into her intro, we're gonna do our usual sort of fun weekly updates.
It's summer, so I'm gonna kick it over to Erica to see what's, what's your update.
This is one Ali did solo, and so I, I can't wait to get to be a listener this week as well.
I really am trying to, like, enjoy the seasons, and I think especially, you know, I shared, like, a little grief update in last week's intro.
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