What if we made listening, not talking, our greatest act of leadership?

Dr. DeRionne Pollard joins Carrie to talk about transition, intention, and the experiences that shaped her path into national leadership. Her story offers a clear, moving look at how community, memory, and purpose shape the work we choose to do.

When the ground shifted under Baltimore’s nonprofit sector, the France-Merrick Foundation didn’t wait for clarity—they acted, launching a rapid-response fund that reimagines what philanthropy can do in a crisis.

Twenty-one years ago, when I started my first communications firm, a mentor offered a warning I’ll never forget: “Starting a firm focused on nonprofits is bound to fail. There won’t be enough work to sustain you.” ... Twenty-one years later, and we’re still here.

What if design isn’t what we see, but how we see? Designer Anne Kerns and host Carrie Fox uncover the quiet ways design teaches us to notice, to connect, and to build meaning that lasts.

Pete Wright has spent his career as the invisible force behind other people's voices, but when he steps in front of the microphone for his own show about legacy and death, he discovers something unexpected about courage and change. In this role-reversal conversation, Carrie sits down with her own producer to explore the collection of small choices that leads to a well-lived life.

Nine out of ten people can't tell you what a community foundation does—yet these institutions have been quietly holding communities together for over a century. Peter Panepento has spent the last decade trying to solve what might be the most counterintuitive problem in philanthropy: how do you build a national brand for 900 organizations that each insist on being completely different?

When a city loses its paper, what fills the silence? In Baltimore, Lisa Snowden and the Baltimore Beat have found a way to turn local news into the heartbeat of community life.

Everyone says journalism is broken. Michael Bolden thinks the story is more complicated—and that the next generation of reporters may be the ones to save it.

Rich Harwood has spent thirty years in America's most forgotten places and discovered something that could save democracy—but it's not happening where you think it is. After another act of political violence rocks the nation, Carrie Fox sits down with the man who's proven that the path forward isn't through our broken politics, but through rebuilding the invisible infrastructure of how we actually live together.

In this season’s first episode, Carrie Fox sits down with Mike Pope and Elisa Pupko as they trade stability in Brooklyn for a yearlong adventure around the globe with their two children. Their leap is less about travel and more about what it means to embrace the sacred space between goodbye and hello.

Season 11 of Mission Forward explores the power of transitions—hellos, goodbyes, and the space between. Carrie Fox elevates stories of people who’ve leapt before they were ready, stayed when the world told them to move, and discovered the courage that comes from navigating change with clarity and care.