Host and Producer Marissa Mitchell leads with the heart in powerful conversations with women who have succeeded in their professional and/or personal lives against incredible odds. These women range from nationally-renowned entertainers and speakers to local entrepreneurs and community advocates. This podcast is an invitation to listen and grow from their experiences shared in a safe space. This sisterhood of stories aims to provide listeners and viewers with the opportunity to reflect, connect and heal. This is the “You Go, Girl!” energy women want and need.
Curtis Malone talks redemption after prison in new book
D.C. basketball legend Curtis Malone, co-founder of the renowned, D.C. Assault AAU program, talks about his memoir, “Duplicity.” He has a second chance at life after serving years in federal prison following a drug trafficking conviction. He details his previous double life, finding love again and how he’s helping youth now.
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13 Dec 2025
Local woman uses music, legal expertise to motivate
On this week’s “Motivation with Marissa,” Melanie E. Bates shares how she uses her professional expertise as an attorney and her creative passion as a violinist to inspire people across the DMV. It’s a personal mission she followed after finding herself unfairly placed on the opposite side of the criminal justice system in her youth.
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6 Dec 2025
“Dear Future Wifey” podcast creator Laterras R. Whitfield talks finding love again
On this week’s “Motivation with Marissa,” “Dear Future Wifey” podcast creator Laterras R. Whitfield talks about finding love again and getting married to a woman who was revealed to guests, for the first time, during their recent star-studded wedding. The award-winning producer, who has been open about heartbreak and struggle in his popular podcast, details his love journey and forthcoming book to Marissa Mitchell in a heartfelt conversation you won’t want to miss.
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15 Nov 2025
Overcoming leukemia, lymphoma, and a brain aneurysm
On this week’s “Motivation with Marissa,” a local woman who has battled a series of serious health issues shares her journey. Rhonda Frederick-Stewart not only overcame blood cancers, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but she also dealt with a bone marrow transplant and a brain aneurysm. She documents her life and faith in her book, “The Faith Fighter vs. The Health Destroyer.”
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21 Oct 2025
Portia Bruner talks career, life challenges and advice to youth
On this week’s “Motivation with Marissa,” Portia takes center stage! Portia Bruner is an accomplished journalist, a Howard University alum and a former FOX 5 DC intern. She’s the host of the nationally-distributed lifestyle show, ‘Portia,’ which brings a daily dose of positivity and empowerment. And now Portia is chatting with her former colleague and intern, Marissa Mitchell, about her career, life challenges and advice to youth. Their conversation streams this Saturday at 10 a.m. on FOX Local and FOX 5’s YouTube page. ‘Portia’ airs weekdays on FOX stations in Atlanta and San Francisco, weeknights on FOX Soul and at 12:30 a.m. in Washington, D.C.
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21 Feb 2025
Frank Grimsley | Motivation with Marissa
Host and Producer Marissa Mitchell leads with the heart in powerful conversations.
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7 Feb 2025
Joan Vassos | Motivation with Marissa
Marissa is joined by the star of the Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos.
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7 Feb 2025
Candiace Dillard Bassett talks being a new mom | Motivation with Marissa
Former reality TV star Candiace Dillard Bassett joined Marissa Mitchell for a conversation on motherhood.
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7 Feb 2025
Motivation with Marissa: Chef Lorious
Chef Lorious sits down with FOX 5's Marissa Mitchell.
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7 Feb 2025
Deborah Cox | Motivation with Marissa
Singer, songwriter and actress Deborah Cox joins FOX 5's Marissa Mitchell.
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20 May 2024
Daniella Senior | Immigrant Success Story
In this week’s “Motivation with Marissa,” Colada Shop CEO and founder Daniella Senior talks about her story and all of its ups and downs. She also discusses being a married mother to a young son and how her personal life shapes the work she does at her businesses and in the community.
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13 May 2024
Nadine Jones I Behind the Crown
She may look like a flawless pageant winner who has it all. But Nadine Jones has gone through a multitude of trials, including a devastating divorce, lupus, childhood trauma and raising a son with autism. In this episode of "Motivation with Marissa," the southern Maryland married mother of four chronicles her pain and how she turned it into power.
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6 May 2024
Autumn Joi | The Power of the Pivot
In this episode, the DMV’s own Autumn Joi speaks in detail, and for the first time, about circumstances surrounding her much-talked about departure from DC’s famed WHUR 96.3 FM, a move that came as a surprise to thousands of her fans across the region. Through unfiltered emotion, she opens up about how her life has shifted and how she looks to reinvent herself in the years to come.
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2 May 2024
Kelley Devlin | Motherhood Means Business
Kelley Devlin is no stranger to whipping up a recipe for sweets and for life’s twists and turns.
The northern Virginia married mother of five runs her own company called the Cake Divas. Formerly, Devlin worked as a counselor for grade school students. It was a career pivot she didn’t see coming but felt led to pursue. She sat down with FOX 5’s Marissa Mitchell to discuss her career and family life.
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22 Apr 2024
Candiace Dillard Bassett | My Journey to Motherhood and More
In this episode, “The Real Housewives of Potomac” Star Candiace Dillard-Bassett proves she’s more than a star on one of Bravo’s most popular reality TV franchises. She details her IVF journey as well as how she balances personal struggle and growth with the demands of a budding music career.
Watch the full interview on FOX Local.
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15 Apr 2024
Natasha Graziano | Scripting the Life You Want
In this episode, Forbes’ “Top Female Motivational Speaker Under 40” and Social Media Superstar Natasha Graziano describes how she used her now, uber-popular practice of “scripting” and manifestation to go from being a single mom in poverty to one of the most sought-after life coaches and speakers in the world.
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8 Apr 2024
Monique Samuels | Life after Divorce
n this episode, and for the first time, Monique Samuels, former star of hit reality shows, “The Real Housewives of Potomac” and “Love and Marriage DC,” details her life following her highly-publicized and scrutinized divorce from former NFL Star Chris Samuels. The mother of three also debunks common-held misconceptions about her and her life.
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5 Apr 2024
Motivation with Marissa Trailer
Host and Producer Marissa Mitchell leads with the heart in powerful conversations with women who have succeeded in their professional and/or personal lives against incredible odds. These women range from nationally-renowned entertainers and speakers to local entrepreneurs and community advocates. This podcast is an invitation to listen and grow from their experiences shared in a safe space. This sisterhood of stories aims to provide listeners and viewers with the opportunity to reflect, connect and heal. This is the “You Go, Girl!” energy women want and need.
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