Meet college senior Elizabeth Lane, who is performing at our August 8, 2026 book fair and 1st Birthday Bash, noon to 4pm: Elaine’s, 208 Queen Street in Old Town Alexandria

Hello Inkandescent Kids! We are so excited to bring you another episode of our podcast and video show where we shine a light on the work being done by kids, for kids, and about kids! I’m Hope Katz Gibbs, proud founder and publisher of the magazine, podcast and video show. With my editor, Ellen Smith, we are on a mission to help kids maximize their critical thinking skills, creativity, and learn to think like a reporter. Today is an excitingClick here to listen to the podcast!

A note from Hope Katz Gibbs, producer, Inkandescent Radio — Renee Carleson is a mom to two special needs kids, and that experience has helped her understand the importance of working with other families who need her love and support. Indeed, she is one of those truly amazing women whose story is so powerful that you have no choice but to say, “Tell me more.” Fortunately, we’ll be working closely with Renee and her tribe in 2021, as she is oneClick here to listen to the podcast!

March 26, 2021: A Note from Marguerita Cheng, CFP® — Welcome to my new radio show, “Diary of a CFP® Pro,” where I’ll be sharing insight into how women will learn how to improve their knowledge of financial matters so they can gain financial security. This show is a companion to my upcoming book of the same title. I’ll be doing webinars on the last Friday of the month, where I invite you to join me for “Margaritas with Marguerita” on the InkandescentClick here to listen to the podcast!

January 10, 2021: A Note from Tony Farmer, host, Black Lives Matter Radio Show — It’s a pleasure to introduce our listeners to entrepreneur and tech guru Angela Mitchell, CEO of the Washington, DC-based company CASE Management Consulting. A multi-million, 8(a) Certified, Minority Woman-owned Small Business founded in 2016, CASE delivers secure, high-quality web-based process automation tools and knowledge management solutions. CASE guides an organization through change, focusing on business process and technology. “Our mission is to provide leaders withClick here to listen to the podcast!

Dec. 20, 2020: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, producer, Black Lives Matter Radio Show — How does a young woman go from a small town in Southern CA to rock stardom in Sweden? What makes her trade that in for a career as an educator and academic? You’ll learn about all that and more on tonight’s episode! First, a little back story: I had the privilege of meeting Suzette Love when we took a graduate class in the fallClick here to listen to the podcast!

Sunday, December 6, 2020 — A Note from Tony Farmer, your host, Black Lives Matter Radio Show — Say hello to James A. Samuel, Jr., the Founder & CEO of Pluribus Inc., a big data, geospatial analytics company headquartered in McLean, VA. “I founded Pluribus to lead the world in an entirely new industry: Identity-Based Navigation™,” explains the entrepreneur who has the skills and life experiences that uniquely qualify him to fulfill his vision. On tonight’s show, we talk not onlyClick here to listen to the podcast!

January 2021: A note from Hope, publisher, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness magazine — It is a pleasure to launch 2021 to look to the future. With that goal in mind, we are honored to feature two dynamic young architects who have an eye on the future. Meet Weijia Song and Alex Yuen, founders of Collective Operations, an architectural and urban design, research, and development firm seeking to do things differently. “We focus on design, research, and development because we think that each isClick here to listen to the podcast!

The Home Educators Association of Virginia is a member-supported, statewide, 501©3 non-profit homeschool association founded in 1983, and in the decades since HEAV has successfully worked to promote and protect home education in Virginia by working with the Department of Education and legislators, having a presence during the General Assembly sessions, and providing up-to-date information to homeschooling families, the media, and officials. HEAV, coming from a biblical worldview, serves all homeschoolers—regardless of religious or philosophical beliefs. Membership is, and alwaysClick here to listen to the podcast!

As the Convention Director at Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV), Lauren Bell is responsible for organizing an annual event that attracts nearly 13,000 people who want to learn about homeschooling. In our podcast interview, you’ll learn why she knew she’d homeschool her kids before they were born, and how she’s been effective in helping other parents along the way. Be sure to download our podcast interview!

Answers to the 3 Big Questions about Homeschooling, with guides to getting started and assessing your progress and success By Hope Katz Gibbs About the book project: It’s the decision of a lifetime to homeschool your kids. Will they get the education they deserve? How will it impact their social life? Will they get into college? And that’s just the start of the investigation. In this playbook, podcast and documentary video series, our mission and vision is to provide caseClick here to listen to the podcast!

David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American™ Foundation is dedicated to restoring enthusiasm in American history for kids, and adults. Founded on President’s Day 2014, the mission of the organization is to provide insight and increase interest in the people and events that helped establish the United States. And the first phase of the project will highlight the work and lives of the founding presidents, from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. On July 4, 2016, David launched a new website that isClick here to listen to the podcast!

Are you hungry to eat healthy? Do you want your kids to learn to cook well? Do you have a secret desire to become a professional chef? Have you always wanted to work in the restaurant business? Or, are you stumped about how to boil water? Do you live to eat, or eat to live? Then you’ll want to meet Ann Butler, CEO and founder of Edible Education. The former high school cooking teacher took her skills to new heightsClick here to listen to the podcast!

When the 2015 awards were presented for the 41st annual National History Day Contest on June 15, Cathy Gorn was grinning from ear to ear. “These are my kids,” says the woman who has been at the helm of the international organization for decades. Indeed, more than 600,000 students from around the world competed in five categories: documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances, and websites. Why did nearly 3,000 middle and high school students present their work related to the 2015 theme,Click here to listen to the podcast!

Much has been written about the cost of a college education and the debt burden being placed on our children. In fact, 2014 college graduates have the dubious distinction of carrying the highest student loan debt in history. According to the “Wall Street Journal,” today’s grads are saddled with, on average, $33,000 in student loans — nearly twice the amount of just 20 years ago. Start factoring in advanced degrees or more expensive schools, and you can see how theClick here to listen to the podcast!

Much has been written about the cost of a college education, and the debt burden being placed on our children. In fact, 2014 college graduates have the dubious distinction of carrying the highest student loan debt in history. According to the “Wall Street Journal,” today’s grads are saddled with, on average, $33,000 in student loans — nearly twice the amount of just 20 years ago. Start factoring in advanced degrees or more expensive schools, and you can see how theClick here to listen to the podcast!

Shining a light on the stars of American history is the focus of the Grateful American™ Foundation. In this podcast for David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American ™ Radio Show, Smith and co-host Hope Katz Gibbs interview John Gray, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and Bruce Cole, the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities — two men who have spent their careers bringing history to life. In this podcast you’ll learn: Research showsClick here to listen to the podcast!

Colleen Mudlaff is the president of the DC-based Women’s Diplomatic Series (WDS), an organization that she and a handful other women founded in the fall of 2009. The goal is to encourage women to be better global citizens, through exposure to Washington’s distinguished diplomatic community. And they are certainly hitting their target. We were honored to join the group in the fall of 2014, and have already visited with the ambassador of Pakistan, Jalil Abbas Jilani, and his wife, ShaistaClick here to listen to the podcast!

Doug Bradburn is the founding director of Mount Vernon’s Fred W. Smith National Library. In this episode of the Grateful American™ Radio Show, co-hosts David Bruce Smith and Hope Katz Gibbs interview the specialist on George Washington, who provides insights in the man behind the myth. Before coming to run the library at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Doug was a professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the History Department at Binghamton University. He taught college-level classes at a varietyClick here to listen to the podcast!

When it comes to teaching American history, James G. Basker is known for being able to bring to life the stories, facts, and events of the past. As president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History since 1997, Basker has overseen the development of history education initiatives nationwide—including history high schools, teacher seminars, traveling exhibitions, digital archives, and the National History Teacher of the Year Award program. In this podcast interview you’ll learn: What excites Basker most about AmericanClick here to listen to the podcast!

What were James and Dolley Madison really like? For insights into the lives of these founders of the country, we visited with Kat Imhoff, who has been president of The Montpelier Foundation since January 2013. You’ll be fascinated and delighted to learn more about this couple, including how quickly they married. Did you know: After a brief courtship spanning the spring and summer—26-year-old widow Dolley Payne Todd married 43-year-old Congressman James Madison on September 15, 1794. Her first husband, JohnClick here to listen to the podcast!