# Impact Audio

The podcast for social impact practitioners looking to connect big ideas with real impact. Join host Sam Caplan as he curates practical advice and inspiring stories from the people changing how we think about social change.

## Episodes

### Season 6: Episode 2 | 29 MIN
**Title:** Dispatch from NGMA 2026: The dust settles  
**Description:** Sam Caplan and Ian Witthoeft discuss themes from the 2026 NGMA conference where 1,800 government grantmakers came together to share strategies about how they’re approaching the rapid changes of the past year.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/dispatch-from-ngma-2026-the-dust-settles)  
**Date:** April 20, 2026

### Season 6, Episode 1 | 57 MIN
**Title:** PhilanthroPunks: Why today’s philanthropy calls for an old-school DIY punk attitude  
**Description:** The people who are pushing philanthropy forward today often possess a unique mix of fearlessness and ingenuity. They’re willing to call out injustice and then do something tangible about it. This Impact Audio LIVE episode brings together five people who came up in the punk scene and now shape philanthropy and the nonprofit world.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/philanthropunks-ia)  
**Date:** March 2, 2026

### Season 5, Episode 15 | 39:28 Min
**Title:** Ann Mei Chang on how data will shape the next era of nonprofit work  
**Description:** Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang shares how the organization is equipping nonprofits with the data they need to rebuild the sector in a new image.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/ann-mei-chang)  
**Date:** January 6, 2026

### Season 5, Episode 6 | 10:37 Min
**Title:** Dispatch from PEAK 2025: Leading with courage  
**Description:** Hear about Sam Caplan’s experience at the 2025 PEAK Grantmaking Conference and how he sees philanthropy meeting the moment.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/peak-2025)  
**Date:** October 23, 2025

### Season 5, Episode 14 | 28 Min
**Title:** Impact Audio Presents: Why don’t more people give?  
**Description:** Sam Caplan explores the subtle ways in which people are nudged toward or away from charitable giving.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/why-dont-more-people-give)  
**Date:** October 15, 2025

### Season 5, Episode 13 | 26 Min
**Title:** Dispatch from ACCP 2025: Andrea Bell & Sam Caplan on how CSR is adapting  
**Description:** Sam Caplan and Andrea Bell from ACCP share their thoughts and takeaways from the 2025 ACCP Annual Conference.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/accp2025)  
**Date:** September 30, 2025

### Season 5, Episode 11 | 45 Min
**Title:** Project Evident on why AI could be philanthropy’s ‘coming of age’ moment  
**Description:** Project Evident’s founder and CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons and CIO Sarah Di Troia break down how AI is opening up new possibilities in the social sector.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/kelly-fitzsimmons-sarah-di-troia)  
**Date:** August 26, 2025

### Season 5, Episode 10 | 39:05 Min
**Title:** All the small print: Government grantmakers redefine their role in 2025  
**Description:** Tip Tucker Kendall and Lashon Brown dig into the new reality in the public sector and how grantmakers can set themselves up for long-term success.  
[Listen now](https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/tip-tucker-kendall-lashon-brown)  
**Date:** August 12, 2025

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