Jennifer Brandel is a co-founder of Hearken, which she’ll talk about extensively today, but she’s also behind Zebra's Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Democracy SOS and WBEZ Chicago's Curious City. She joins Carrie Fox for a conversation on approaching the most challenging problems with an open and curious perspective in this rebroadcast from season 7.

In this rebroadcast from Season 7, Bread for the City CEO George Jones sits down with Carrie to talk about making a difference at the intersection of race, racism, and poverty in Washington, DC.

Dr. Katelyn Jetelina has taken her modest public health email for friends and family and fashioned it into a public health powerhouse of a newsletter influencing hundreds of millions of readers. How did she do it? This week she reminds us all to keep it simple.

This week, kicking off the eighth season of the Mission Forward podcast, Carrie sits down with Dr. John Izzo, author and advisor who has dedicated his mission to helping companies and individuals find theirs.

Art Taylor is president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance. In this rebroadcast we talk about his work with some of the nation's most effective charities to build a more trusted charitable sector.

In this rebroadcast, Glenn Harris, President of Race Forward and host of the Facing Race Conference, and Ashton Lattimore, editor-in-chief of Prism, join Carrie Fox for a conversation on hope, love, and social justice in a divided country.

Ryan Pintado-Vertner joins Carrie to reflect on the last year of his experience as Social Entrepreneur in Residence with Mission Partners, and what the program means for future communications leaders

Master Sergeant (Ret.) Erinn Watkins joins Carrie for a conversation on owning our emotions and defining our space in the universe on the cusp of the release of her new book, PathfYnder: How I Use Emotional Control to Build Success and Get What I Want.”

John Trybus is a professor at Georgetown University and Director of the Center for Social Impact Communication. He sat down with Carrie Fox for a conversation on the role and power of social impact communications on the cusp of the release of her book, "More Than Words: Communications Practices for Courageous Leaders." Our thanks to the University for offering the event to us to share with you.

This week, we offer a preivew of Carrie’s new book, an excerpt from chapter one, and an invitation to explore what it means to use communication to drive change in the world.

Nicole Lynn Lewis joins Carrie this week to share her story, the story of a pregnant girl, and how that story went on to create a movement.

Shilpi Chhotray is the co-founder and executive director of People over Plastic. This week, she joins Carrie to share a story of waste colonization, social divides, and the work her team is doing to lift the intersectional stories of environmental racism.

Lisa Cron is a story coach, a teacher, a speaker, a former literary agent, and the author of many books, including "Wired for Story," "Story Genius," and most recently "Story or Die: how to use brain science to engage, persuade, and change minds in business and in life." She joins Carrie this week to unpack the unparalleled power of story.

Jennifer Brandel is a co-founder of Hearken, which she’ll talk about extensively today, but she’s also behind Zebra's Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Democracy SOS and WBEZ Chicago's Curious City. She joins Carrie Fox for a conversation on approaching the most challenging problems with an open and curious perspective.

Art Taylor is president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance. He joins us this week to talk about his work with some of the nation's most effective charities to build a more trusted charitable sector.

Tyler Meier is the director of the University of Arizona Poetry Center and the co-editor of Dear Vaccine: A Global Vaccine Poem, a project that invited anyone to share experiences of the pandemic and vaccination through poetry. Tyler joins Carrie Fox this week to share insights into the power of language to change the world.

Bread for the City CEO George Jones sits down with Carrie to talk about making a difference at the intersection of race, racism, and poverty in Washington, DC.

Buzz Maury is founder and co-director of the Theater Lab School of the Dramatic Arts in Washington, DC and founder of Center Stage Communications, a consulting firm specializing in the application of acting techniques to the business world. He joins Carrie this week to share his insights on the value of public speaking to change minds and change the world.

Brandon Nightingale is a historian and the Black Press Archives digitization project manager at the Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Brandon's project: to research and document the history of the Black press.

In this rebroadcast from season four, Houston Kraft joins Carrie for a discussion on kindness, the vitamin concept, and the difference between “nice” and “kind” as they reflect on his book, “Deep Kindness.”