Podeo award for ‘Best Podcast for Social Change’ in 2024

In a world obsessed with hot takes and hustle culture, the award-winning Something to Consider podcast slows the scroll. It’s not about branding your beliefs; it’s about understanding them. What drives us? What blinds us? What changes us?

Hosted by strategist and storyteller Dana Alhanbali, each episode invites thinkers, makers, and challengers of convention to go beyond the polished narrative, to sit in the tension between what we know and what we’re still figuring out.

This space is an invitation to slow down, think deeply, and find something real to consider.

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The Mind Behind the Mic: Dana Alhanbali

Dana Alhanbali is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Bark & Berg, a creative studio at the intersection of storytelling, strategy, and cultural innovation. She helps leaders and brands turn story into strategy — and strategy into impact.

An award-winning strategist, TEDx speaker, and systems thinker, Dana has spent 16+ years advising 150+ brands across sectors. Shaping narratives, building ecosystems, and driving creative and economic change across the MENA region.

She is also the co-founder of Beattie + Dane, a multi-award-winning creative firm recognised globally at Cannes Lions and Dubai Lynx.

Her mission: to redefine how strategy feels; more human, more intentional, and undeniably effective.

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Something to Consider exists to challenge how we think, lead, and connect. A reminder that true empathy isn’t a performance, it’s presence.

This is not self-help. It’s self-interrogation.

It’s where thought meets feeling, where friction builds understanding, and where the most human thing we can do is consider.

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"Best Podcast for Social Change” on Podeo in 2024!

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"Best Podcast for Social Change” on Podeo in 2024! 〰️

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