Let’s Hear It

Let’s Hear It


Latest Episodes

Season Two is Here!
January 29, 2020

Thank you so much for listening to Let's Hear It. It's been a wonderful year, and we're so excited to kick off our second season. In this special episode, Eric and Kirk sit down to talk about their favorite Let's Hear It moments in 2019, what they've lea.

PICO's Ben McBride Practices What He Preaches
December 11, 2019

After spending a number of years in Oakland as a pastor, Ben McBride decided to move his family into a part of Oakland that was known for its challenges in order to better understand the lives of the people he hoped to serve. What happened next, as Ben t.

Apolitical’s Lisa Witter Teaches Us That Bureaucrats Are People Too, and Much More
November 26, 2019

Lisa Witter has always played to win. Since coming into the world "with a bang" after her mother went into labor at a demolition derby, she has focused on the intersection of politics and communications. Running for president on Showtime's American Candi.

Drew Altman of the Kaiser Foundation Pens a Love Letter to Communications
November 13, 2019

Drew Altman took a relatively small grantmaking foundation and transformed it into a media powerhouse. As the President and CEO of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, better known as KFF, Drew has turned his organization into one of the most influenti.

Villy Wang Blazes a Trail
October 31, 2019

Villy Wang's mother wanted her to be a corporate lawyer. Raised by a single mother in public housing in New York, she was supposed to be a hard-charging, successful professional - a leader in her field. And she certainly is, but what she created is not q.

Trabian Shorters Takes Us To School at ComNet 2019
October 24, 2019

This is the third in our bonus series of keynote speeches from ComNet 2019. Trabian Shorters is the CEO and Founder of BMe Community, which provides fellowships for Black leaders in the US, and which trains organizations in matters of diversity, equity, .

Desmond Meade Unites the Voters of Florida in the Cause of Justice
October 22, 2019

In 2018, Desmond Meade helped pull off the unthinkable. He united Florida voters by leading the campaign to pass Amendment 4, a grassroots citizen’s initiative that restored voting rights to over 1.4 million Floridians with past felony convictions. The i.

Stacey Abrams at ComNet 2019 – Let’s Get to Work
October 09, 2019

Stacey Abrams is one of the most exciting and inspiring leaders of our time. Last week, she came to the Communications Network conference and gave the kind of speech that reminds us why we're in this business. Then she sat down with Communications Networ.

A bonus edition of Let’s Hear It – ComNet 19 Preview with Carrie Clyne and Tristan Mohabir
September 25, 2019

We couldn’t resist – ComNet 19 is next week and we’re so excited that we’re bringing you a bonus edition of Let’s Hear It! Eric spoke with two of the staff from the Communications Network who are helping to make it all happen this year - Carrie Clyne, De.

David Morse – A Giant Among Foundation Communicators
September 18, 2019

If you worked in foundation communications in the past thirty years, chances are that David Morse helped you – directly or indirectly. At the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and then the Atlantic Philanthropies, David helped ad.