Podcasts
Podcasts | April 26, 2022
Fairview Capital’s emerging wisdom about emerging and diverse fund managers (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 26 – Diverse-owned and -managed funds would be more likely to build diverse teams and more likely to invest in diverse founders. …
Podcasts | April 22, 2022
Briefing: Carl Icahn, Elon Musk, and activist investing in the age of ESG
Host Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to decide which type of “activist investor” Carl Icahn is …
Impact Investing | April 14, 2022
Briefing: Catalyzing Climate Capital for Adaptation and Equity
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s call on catalyzing capital for climate adaptation. And we hear from Jonathan Phillips …
Podcasts | April 8, 2022
Briefing: A Civilian Climate Corps in the Bronx, and ‘Community Rounds’ replaces Crowdfunding
ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus joins host Brian Walsh to discuss his story – and photos! – from the frontlines of BlocPower efforts to train a …
Podcasts | April 1, 2022
Political Risk and Impact Investing in Ukraine and Beyond
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to recap this week’s call on how impact investors are approaching political risk and conflict in Eastern …
Podcasts | March 25, 2022
Briefing: The SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules
On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss the surprising breakthrough in the SEC’s new rules on corporate …
Podcasts | March 21, 2022
The Whole Earth, then and now: John Markoff on Stewart Brand (podcast)
I’m dating myself, but for a certain type of youth and I was one of them, “The Whole Earth Catalog” provided not just …
Podcasts | March 18, 2022
Impact Briefing with Dana Lanza.
Host Monique Aiken talks Ukraine, climate action, racial justice and more with Confluence Philanthropy’s Dana Lanza, fresh from Confluence’s annual gathering. Plus, the …
Podcasts | March 11, 2022
Women Driving Alpha, “Live” from Cape Town
Host Brian Walsh catches up with ImpactAlpha’sJessica Pothering from Cape Town, South Africa to talk about women driving alpha in emerging markets. And …
Podcasts | March 4, 2022
The Weaponization of Finance and the Green Way Forward
On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to share a conversation with Jon Lukomnik of Sinclair Capital about the …
Podcasts | February 25, 2022
Russian aggression, the materiality debates, and Carl Icahn’s latest gambit.
Host Brian Walsh convenes the roundtable regulars, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank, to talk about the impact on impact — if any — …
Impact Investing | February 18, 2022
Impact investing’s policy agenda, and the funky sounds and social impact of ElectroSpit
Host Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’sDavid Bank tee up impact investing’s policy agenda (and next week’s Agents of Impact Call), with comments from Satyam …
Podcasts | February 11, 2022
Carbon Crypto, Carbon Markets, and Carbon Quantitative Easing.
🎧 Impact Briefing. ImpactAlpha’sDavid Bank joins host Brian Walsh to round up the takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call No. 37 …
Podcasts | February 3, 2022
Briefing: The rising price of carbon and Kim Folsom of Founders First
Host Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank to preview next week’s call on the real world effects of a rising price of …
Podcasts | January 27, 2022
Impact Briefing: January 28th
Host Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith to make sense of the mixed signals in impact investing …
Podcasts | January 25, 2022
Daniel Pianko, Achieve Partners: Finding the alpha in apprenticeships (podcast)
Daniel Pianko likes to ask CEOs, “What’s the biggest problem you face?” If the answer is, “I can’t find enough trained people to …
Podcasts | January 20, 2022
Larry Fink’s letter, BlocPower’s expansion, and Just Capital CEO Martin Whittaker
Monique Aiken and David Bank react to Larry Fink’s annual letter, BlocPower’s expansion and systemic approaches to income inequality. And, at (5:30), David …
Impact Investing | January 19, 2022
Institutional Shift: ‘Net-zero’ becomes ‘uh-oh’ and other sustainability trends to watch in 2022 (podcast)
Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is going to mean a deep re-engineering of every industry, every corporation, every community, Equilibrium Capital’s Dave …
Impact Investing | January 13, 2022
Briefing: The Roundtable looks ahead to 2022
On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh brings back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to take up private equity scandals, impending …
Photo by Will Francis on Unsplash
Podcasts | December 24, 2021
ImpactAlpha’s Holiday List No. 1: Highlights from a year of podcasts
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 24 – “Too often impact investing is heavy on the investing and diet on the impact,” tweeted the Surdna Foundation’s Mekaelia Davis, …
Podcasts | December 16, 2021
Diversity in Asset Management and The Reconstruction This Time
Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk about Imogen’s Institutional Shift column and how it relates to …
Podcasts | December 10, 2021
Briefing: The Reconstruction This Time
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken reflects on the themes of The Reconstruction podcast – rethink, redress, liberate – with selections from …
The Reconstruction | December 6, 2021
A global bio fund is centering women founders and customers to drive equity and returns (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 1 – Growing up in an unequal society in India prepared Ipshita Mandal-Johnson to overcome limitations. With a new life sciences fund, …
Podcasts | December 3, 2021
Briefing: Shareholder Activism and ReNewCos
On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh and roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank take up the corporate trend du jour: spinning …
Podcasts | November 18, 2021
Impact Briefing: Four Takeaways from COP26
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken checks in with FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau, back from the climate summit in Glasgow. Plus, the headlines. …
Kelly Burton, Black Innovation Alliance
The Reconstruction | November 16, 2021
The Reconstruction: Building an ecosystem for Black and Brown entrepreneurs
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 16, 2021 – As co-convener of the Black Innovation Alliance, Kelly Burton is working to bring together small business owners and …
Podcasts | November 12, 2021
Impact Briefing: “The Marks,” “The Gretas,” and Inflation — Oh, My!
On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh is back from Glasgow and joined for an institutional impact roundtable by Imogen Rose-Smith and David …
Impact Investing | November 5, 2021
Impact Briefing: Young Climate Leaders at COP26
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken catches up on COP26 with ImpactAlpha’sAmy Cortese, who introduces Elizabeth Wathuti of Kenya, Vanessa Nakate of …
Photo credit: Pamela de Marion Silva Diaz
Podcasts | November 4, 2021
Solving for both unemployment and labor shortages with high-quality jobs (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 4, 2021 – It’s one of the paradoxes of the pandemic era. Across the U.S., more than 10 million jobs are …
Photo credit: One Inch Punch
The Reconstruction | November 1, 2021
The Reconstruction: Moving racial justice to the center of climate philanthropy
ImpactAlpha Nov. 1 – Climate justice leaders are mobilizing their own Conferences of the Parties around the world as heads of government meet …
Podcasts | October 29, 2021
Impact Briefing: What’s at stake at COP26
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 29 – Podcast host Brian Walsh is heading to COP26. On this week’s podcast, he enlists roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David …
Podcasts | October 22, 2021
Impact Briefing: SOCAP Week
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to pick out highlights from SOCAP21 and from Monique’s …
Catalytic Capital | October 20, 2021
MacArthur’s Debra Schwartz on catalytic capital, cost curves and contributing to solutions (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 20 – The readers have spoken. When ImpactAlpha asked subscribers last year to rank the topics where they wanted to see more …
Vanessa Roanhorse
The Reconstruction | October 18, 2021
The Reconstruction: The Indigenous wisdom of lending based on character, not collateral
ImpactAlpha October 18 – Current systems of credit are not working. Indigenous wisdom points to more promising approaches: deep local engagement and character-based …
Podcasts | October 15, 2021
Impact Briefing: The U.K.’s surprisingly ambitious climate plans, with the roundtable regulars
On this week’s podcast, roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to discuss the U.K.’s surprisingly ambitious climate plans …
Sherrell Dorsey of The Plug | Photo credit: Mecca Gamble Photography
Podcasts | October 8, 2021
Impact Briefing: Covering Black tech ecosystems, with The Plug’s Sherrell Dorsey
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 8 – On this week’s podcast, The Plug’s Sherrell Dorsey joins host Monique Aiken to talk Black tech ecosystems, the origins of …
Nwamaka Agbo, Kataly Foundation | Photo by Bethanie Hines
The Reconstruction | October 4, 2021
Restorative economics: Creating community benefits by shifting who owns and controls assets
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 4 – Black, Indigenous and other communities of color are often told that economic development projects will bring jobs and services to …
Podcasts | October 1, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of October 1
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 1 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh is joined by John Cochrane from the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance to …
Podcasts | September 24, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 24
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 24 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken is joined by FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau to talk about Climate Week, climate action …
Full Cycle's Stephan Nicoleau
The Reconstruction | September 20, 2021
The Reconstruction: Redressing the past with climate-smart infrastructure for a just transition
ImpactAlpha, Sept 20 – Infrastructure is highways and bridges. And hospitals and airports; broadband, clean water, plumbing and electricity. And it all needs …
Podcasts | September 17, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 17
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 17 – Roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith return this week to join host Brian Walsh for a conversation about Imogen’s …
Podcasts | September 10, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 10
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank preview next week’s Agents of Impact call and sample …
Podcasts | September 3, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 3
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 3 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price and Amy Cortese to talk ‘beta stewardship’ and …
Hurricane Ida | Photo credit: NBC News
The Reconstruction | August 30, 2021
The Reconstruction: Recovery from Hurricane Ida starts with equitable treatment for the ‘resilience force’
ImpactAlpha Aug. 30 – With hurricane winds still blowing and rain falling, essential workers already are stepping up to bring back services and …
Podcasts | August 27, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of August 27
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – On this week’s podcast, guest host David Bank talks with Roodgally Senatus about the earthquake relief efforts and growing …