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Small Fires

Hope Traficanti and Amy Bennett

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Small Fires is a podcast featuring people making positive change in the world. Activists and advocates, these everyday heroes talk about what led them to step forward and fight for change. They challenge us to examine actions both large and small that we can each take in our own lives to contribute to the world we want. We explore the issues, the people, and the stories that are making a difference. Small Fires is hosted by Hope Traficanti and Amy Bennett, and produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network in New York City.

Recent Episodes

SEP 25, 2026
Episode 2: Muang Sawyeddollah
At 16, Maung Sawyeddollah fled Myanmar with his family and thousands of other Rohingya people from a military-led genocide, settling in the world's largest refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Still a teenager,.Maung, or Sayed as he is known, began to speak up for the rights of Rohingya. He founded the Rohingya Student Network to connect dispersed Rohingya youth and advocate for their right to education. Now the first Rohingya person to graduate from NYU, he talks about how he has brough...
28 MIN
SEP 11, 2026
Episode 1: Cara Yar Khan. Disability Rights Advocate
Cara Yar Khan has traveled the world as an advocate for removing the physical and societal barriers faced by persons with disabilities, including as a Presidential appointee to the US Department of State. This candid discussion delves into the experiences that fueled jher passionate advocacy - from a multi-ethnic upbringing to a career with the United Nations to her diagnosis with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Fearless and candid, Cara shares how, through storytelling, personal experienc...
28 MIN