In-Kind Chaos

About In-Kind Chaos

In-Kind Chaos (IKC) is the podcast for nonprofit, NGO, and CBO workers who have stories they can't tell anywhere else — without getting fired. Hosted by Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis and Tia McLaurin, two nonprofit veterans turned big tech and state government insiders, IKC is where the sector finally gets to spill: donor drama, leadership chaos, burnout, budget nightmares, HR disasters, and the moments that almost broke you. Anonymous confessions, real talk, zero judgment. Executive directors, development directors, program staff, volunteers — if you lived it, we want to hear it. inkindchaos.com

Publisher

Tia McLaurin + Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Apr 2026

Latest episode

19 May 2026

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 May 2026

   The HR Paradox: When the Lesson Fails Before It Starts | Episode 6

   Tia's got the closet key this week. In this episode, hosts Tia McLaurin and Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis open an InKinder confession about a workplace trans-inclusion training that went sideways before it ever started. The guest speaker handled it with the utmost grace. The irony did not. Anonymous nonprofit and NGO workplace confessions, unfiltered. Got nonprofit chaos? Submit your story anonymously at ⁠inkindchaos.com. ⁠ (https://www.inkindchaos.com/share) Produced and edited by ⁠MGC Media.⁠ (https://www.mishelgomez.com/)

2. 

   12 May 2026

   My Boss Has a Secret - When Work and Family Collide | Episode 5

   Someone found out something about their boss they were never supposed to know. The problem: their boss is also dating their family member. In this episode, Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis tells the confession live to Tia McLaurin — and the dilemma is one some nonprofit and NGO workers know all too well: what do you do when workplace politics and family loyalty collide? What do you do with information like that? What do you do at work the next day? If you've ever had to choose between protecting your family and protecting your job, this one is going to hit. And, Tia awarded our InKinder the Good Girl Award. Anonymous nonprofit workplace confessions, unfiltered. Got nonprofit chaos? Submit your story anonymously at inkindchaos.com. (https://www.inkindchaos.com/share) Produced and edited by MGC Media. (https://www.mishelgomez.com/)

3. 

   5 May 2026

   The Drunk Professor and the Dry Ice Debacle | Episode 4

   Someone showed up to their university TA shift and immediately knew it was going to be that kind of day. In this episode, host Tia McLaurin opens an anonymous confession from the higher education nonprofit world — because universities are nonprofits too, and the chaos doesn't discriminate. Drunk professors, dry ice, and the specific exhaustion of being the most competent person in a room that's actively on fire. Anonymous nonprofit and higher education workplace confessions, unfiltered. Hosted by Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis and Tia McLaurin. Got nonprofit chaos? Submit your story anonymously at inkindchaos.com. (https://www.inkindchaos.com) Produced and edited by MGC Media (https://www.mishelgomez.com/)

4. 

   28 Apr 2026

   The Worst Possible Timing | Episode 3

   The morning before a major international donation meeting, someone found out their Executive Director was suddenly, unexpectedly unavailable. No warning. No handoff. Just chaos. In this episode, Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis and Tia McLaurin react in real time to an anonymous confession about leadership absence at the worst possible moment — the kind of crisis that nonprofit program staff know all too well. Watch Tia's face. It says everything. Anonymous nonprofit workplace confessions, unfiltered. Got nonprofit chaos? Submit your story anonymously at ⁠inkindchaos.com⁠ (https://www.inkindchaos.com) Produced and edited by ⁠⁠MGC Media. (https://www.mishelgomez.com)

5. 

   21 Apr 2026

   The Backlog | Episode 1

   Someone showed up to work one day and discovered a 1,300-message backlog — and nobody noticed. In this debut episode, hosts Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis and Tia McLaurin open the first anonymous nonprofit confession: a story about what happens when understaffing, chronic underfunding, and organizational chaos collide in the most avoidable way possible. If you've ever inherited someone else's mess — or been the mess — this one's for you. Anonymous nonprofit workplace confessions, unfiltered. Got nonprofit chaos? Submit your story anonymously at inkindchaos.com. (https://www.inkindchaos.com) Produced and edited by MGC Media. (https://www.mishelgomez.com)

6. 

   21 Apr 2026

   Closed-Toe Shoes & the Cobweb Clause | Episode 2

   A nonprofit volunteer agreed to cover a shift — and walked into something no orientation could have prepared them for. In this episode, hosts Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis and Tia McLaurin unpack an anonymous confession about what happens when organizations rely on volunteers to fill gaps that full-time staff couldn't handle. Closed-toe shoes were the least of the problems. If you've ever been thrown into a situation with zero context and zero support, this one will hit. Anonymous nonprofit workplace confessions, unfiltered. Got nonprofit chaos? Submit your story anonymously at inkindchaos.com (https://www.inkindchaos.com) Produced and edited by ⁠MGC Media. (https://www.mishelgomez.com)

7. 

   20 Apr 2026

   Introducing In-Kind Chaos: Where the Mission Meets the Mess

   The supply closet is officially open. If you've ever worked in a nonprofit, NGO, or CBO, you know there are two versions of every story. The one that makes it into the staff meeting — and the one that lives in the supply closet forever. In-Kind Chaos is the podcast for the second version. And in case you're wondering about the name: in-kind donations are the goods, services, and resources that keep nonprofits running and help fulfill the mission — but ask any nonprofit worker and they'll tell you, you never know what you're going to get in the donation box. The chaos, the impossible asks, the moments that almost broke you? Same energy. The wildest, most unhinged, and often most necessary parts of this work never make it into the staff meeting. That's what we're here for. Hosted by Tia McLaurin and Ashlea Hitchcock-Francis — two friends who spent over a decade in the nonprofit sector before going on to work in big tech and state government. They've seen it all. They get it. And they've built the safe space to finally spill all the stories we either hide in the supply closet, share only with a therapist, or take to the grave. Every episode features a real confession from a real nonprofit worker — our InKinders — completely anonymous, completely unfiltered. The donor drama, the leadership chaos, the burnout, the budget nightmares, the HR disasters, and the moments that almost broke you — and the ones that somehow didn't. No judgment. No fixing. They just open the door to the supply closet and see what's inside. Because nobody talks about this stuff. Not because it doesn't happen — but because you'd get fired, or put the organization in a bad light, or both. Executive directors, program staff, development directors, volunteers — the stories that live in the supply closet stay there. Until now. Because if we don't laugh about the cobwebs and the cockroaches and everything else we found in the supply closet, we'll actually cry. Submit your story anonymously at inkindchaos.com. (https://www.inkindchaos.com/share) 🟠 Where the mission meets the mess.

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