This New Year season, we amplify this conversation between Dan Buettner and Carrie Fox as he shares his exploration of life-nourishing Blue Zones on the release of his book, and a career bringing understanding as a National Geographic Explorer.

To many people, narrative change is just another jargon term that gets tossed around in politics and philanthropy. To us, it’s a powerful tool to shift how we interpret and understand the world around us, with the goal of making the spaces between us smaller.

Philanthropist, founder, and "old-school nerd," Craig Newmark joins Carrie Fox to talk about how philanthropy clears the way for good in the world.

We can’t have it all. We can’t expect that strong body without putting in the work, just like we can’t commit to a bold plan or a set of clear values and then decide to compromise them. But how do you know, clearly and definitively, who you are, and who you are not, at your core?

Mitch Album is the author of Tuesdays with Morrie. This week, we present a special live conversation between Carrie Fox and Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie, recorded November, 2022 on the heels of the book's 25th anniversary.

Michael Gordon Voss is publisher at Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), and this week’s conversation is all about trust.

If you’re a regular listener to this show, you know that our conversations run the gamut; from interpersonal communications to corporate communications, we’re interested in communications that change lives. Today on the show, we’re going even bigger.

In 2020, the video game world learned something special about Marvel’s newest Spider-Man character, Miles Morales. Turns out, the signs were there all along.

Schroeder Stribling, President and CEO of Mental Health America, joins Carrie Fox to talk about mental health, the narrative we've written around it as a society, and why it's time to get serious and teach one another to approach trauma with compassion.

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.

Our words and our actions matter. This week, if you’re serious about what you say, make sure your actions reflect it. Otherwise, you may be the one apologizing.

Mission Partners COO Bridget Pooley joins Carrie Fox to share the power of purpose, and the driving forces that make becoming a B Corp one of the most important, sustaining missions of the modern economy.

The stories we pass down need not limit the stories we are capable of writing for our future selves. Two little words have the power to change HOW we communicate and HOW we connect with and understand one another as a result. Those two words? This week we offer a lesson in what if.

Knowing how to talk about public health can have a direct impact on the health of a community, so understanding what works is essential. Public Health expert Mark Miller joins Carrie Fox to explain just how important this message is.

Anthony Shop is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Social Driver and Chairman of the National Digital Roundtable. In this rebroadcast from last season, Anthony helps us make sense of the trends and strategies for brand engagement that crosses our digital divides.

Two little words have the power to change HOW we communicate, and HOW we connect with and understand one another as a result. Those two words? What If?

Ashton Lattimore joins Carrie Fox to talk about her role as Editor-in-Chief at Prism, an independent nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color.

Have you ever told yourself that you were going to do something — maybe launch a new initiative at work, make something of that hobby you’ve always loved, or take on a lofty personal goal — but found that something gets in the way of your progress?

Our guest this week is Mia Birdsong: pathfinder, community curator, and storyteller, who steadily engages the leadership and wisdom of people experiencing injustice to chart new visions of American life. She has an extraordinary gift for leveraging the brilliance of everyday people so that our collective gifts reach larger spheres of influence, cultural and political change, and create well-being for everyone.

“Anyone can play the notes,” he would tell students; “music is what goes on in between the notes.”