Conversations with Chanda isn’t just a podcast — it’s a movement. Hosted by powerhouse CEO, philanthropist, and unapologetic truth-teller Chanda Smith Baker, this award-winning show cuts through the noise to confront the issues that shape our world: race, power, leadership, justice, and philanthropy. With a fearless voice and a deeply personal lens, Chanda brings listeners into raw, unfiltered conversations with national changemakers like, Robin DiAngelo, PhD, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Caroline Wanga, and Ibram X. Kendi, as well as the bold Twin Cities leaders shaking up business, community, and culture. Whether it's pushing past politeness or unpacking the quiet power behind real change, Conversations with Chanda is where leadership gets real — and personal. This is not just a listen. It’s a call to lead. Subscribe and download now — your next breakthrough starts here.
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Episode #187
Finding Your Village: A Conversation with St. Kate's President Dr. Marcheta Evans
Aug 14, 20261h 5m
Dr. Marcheta Evans is the 12th president of St. Catherine University — and the institution's first African American president — after nearly 30 years in higher education leadership, including as Chancellor and President of Bloomfield College of Montclair State University. In this conversation, she and Chanda talk about what it means to be "the first," why finding your community matters, and how she's led through profound personal loss. Dr. Evans shares the story of an unexpected mentor who helped her finish her doctorate, how she's learned to stay authentically herself while navigating very different rooms, and what she believes today's students — and today's universities — actually need. Find us: https://conversationswithchanda.com/ https://spmcf.org/ IG @chandasbaker, @conversationswithchanda, @spmfoundation
LIVE! Relationships Are Infrastructure: A Conversation with Hali Lee
Jul 31, 20261h 8m
Recorded live for the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation's launch of the Power of Possible Giving Circle, Hali Lee — author of The Big We — joins Chanda Smith Baker to talk collective giving, "Big Phil," and why relationships are infrastructure. Find us: https://conversationswithchanda.com/ IG @chandasbaker & @conversationswithchanda https://spmcf.org/
Minnesota's First Woman Lieutenant Governor | Marlene Johnson on Leadership, Courage & Legacy
Jul 17, 20261 hour
Marlene Johnson was Minnesota's first woman lieutenant governor, a founder of NAWBO, and a leader who believes the only time you can't move forward is when you stop listening. In this conversation, she shares what it really means to be the first—and why that responsibility is ultimately about creating opportunities for others. Drawing from her new memoir, Rise to the Challenge , Marlene reflects on a lifetime of leadership across public service, business, and international education. Together, she and Chanda Smith Baker explore mentorship, courage, intuition, the importance of quiet reflection, and why some of the most meaningful leadership happens when no one is watching. This conversation is a reminder that leadership isn't defined by a title—it's defined by how we show up for others. Find us: https://conversationswithchanda.com/ IG @chandasbaker & @conversationswithchanda
Nobody Ends Homelessness Alone: A Conversation with Cathy ten Broeke
May 22, 202654 min
Cathy ten Broeke, Assistant Commissioner and Executive Director of the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness, has spent more than 30 years working to end homelessness — long enough to know it isn't a problem any one person, agency, or shelter solves alone. She started at 24, working overnight shifts at a Minneapolis shelter, certain she had nothing to offer a conversation about policy. Someone told her otherwise. Thirty years later, she leads the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness — and she's built her work on a simple conviction: the people closest to a problem are the ones who know how to fix it. In this episode, Alphonso Wenker sits down with Cathy to talk about what changes when systems are designed with and by people who have lived through homelessness — and why the difference between staying housed and falling through the cracks is so often a question of who is there to catch you. It's a conversation about home, belonging, and the kind of community that makes sure no one faces homelessness on their own. Find us: https://conversationswithchanda.com/ IG @chandasbaker & @conversationswithchanda
"Without a Title, I'm Nothing": A Master Class with Bill George (Live)
May 11, 202646 min
Recorded live at the Stewardverse Business Forum on Earth Day, Chanda sits down with Bill George — author of Authentic Leadership and True North , former CEO of Medtronic, and longtime Harvard Business School professor — for a conversation that becomes, in her words, a master class. Bill tells the story of an executive who confessed on the verge of retirement: "Bill, without a title, I'm nothing." That moment becomes the thread. Chanda and Bill move through what gets shaped in a crucible, why so many business leaders went silent during the ICE raids while 50,000 community members showed up downtown, and the test Bill says every leader should be running on themselves: when your granddaughter asks what you did to make the world better, what will you say? A conversation about courage, community, and staying true to yourself when the pressure is to be someone else. Hosted by Stewardverse Strategies. Learn more at stewardverse.com . Find us: https://conversationswithchanda.com/ IG @chandasbaker & @conversationswithchanda
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