Conversations with Chanda

Chanda Smith Baker

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...

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Conversations with Chanda

Episodes (189)

Fri Sep 11th Taking Care of Cops Is Taking Care of Community: A Conversation with MPD Bureau Chief Ganesha Martin
Aug 31st What 25 Years Inside Wealth Protection Taught Me: A Conversation with Katherine Hayes
Aug 14th Finding Your Village: A Conversation with St. Kate's President Dr. Marcheta Evans

Conversations with Chanda

Sep 11, 2026
50 minutes
46 MB

Ganesha Martin is the Bureau Chief of Constitutional Policing at the Minneapolis Police Department — one of the first civilians to hold an executive rank in MPD — and a nationally recognized police reform leader who served as Deputy Mayor of Public Safety in Baltimore and helped guide that city through its federal consent decree. She joins Chanda to talk about how she got into this work, what Minneapolis's settlement agreement and consent decree actually require, what Community Violence Intervention looks like when it's done right, and why "trust" needs a clearer definition. Find us: https://conversationswithchanda.com...

Conversations with Chanda

Taking Care of Cops Is Taking Care of Community: A Conversation with MPD Bureau Chief Ganesha Martin

Chanda Smith Baker

00:00 -49:41