Podcasts | July 30, 2021
Impact Briefing: July 30
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken checks in with David Bank, who has been in South Carolina’s Lowcountry exploring the history of …
Podcasts | July 26, 2021
The Reconstruction: How philanthropy unbound can put humanity back into investing in all its forms
ImpactAlpha July 26 – Renée Joslyn wants to restore philanthropy to the roots of the word: love of humanity. Joslyn, the founder of …
Podcasts | July 23, 2021
Impact Briefing, Week of July 23
ImpactAlpha, July 23 – On this week’s podcast, Brian Walsh hosts roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to discuss Imogen’s latest column, How …
Podcasts | July 16, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of July 16
ImpactAlpha, July 16 – On this week’s podcast, Monique Aiken and Dennis Price check in with Illumen Capital’s Daryn Dodson about bias in asset …
John Duong, Kind Capital
Podcasts | July 12, 2021
The Reconstruction: Practicing kindness to disrupt venture capital and deepen diversity
ImpactAlpha July 12 – Can venture capital be kind? This simple question is at the heart of the impact investing firm Kind Capital …
Podcasts | July 9, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of July 9
ImpactAlpha, July 9 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk fusion, the transformational …
Podcasts | July 2, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of July 2
ImpactAlpha, July 2 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken talks with PolicyLink’s Michael McAfee about “the curb-cut effect,” closing the racial wealth …
Gangstas to Growers in Atlanta | Photo credit: Gangstas to Growers/Facebook
Podcasts | June 28, 2021
The Reconstruction: Building community power and agency to redress racial wealth gaps in Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, June 28 – Atlanta has been the de facto headquarters of the civil rights movement since the 1950s and ‘60s. A 1971 …
Podcasts | June 25, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 25
ImpactAlpha, June 25 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to reimagine capitalism. We also hear from Rev. Dr. …
Podcasts | June 18, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 18
ImpactAlpha, June 18 – Lisa Mensah of Opportunity Finance Network joins host Monique Aiken to reflect on Juneteenth, community lending and today’s opportunity for …
Tommy Johnson and Fennie Wang of Made with Black Culture
Blockchain/AI/IoT | June 14, 2021
The Reconstruction: Certifying products made with Black culture to build an ethical marketplace – on blockchain
ImpactAlpha June 14 – Made with Black Culture is developing a certification process to authenticate products of Black culture. Through a blockchain-based cryptographic …
Podcasts | June 11, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 11
Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank are back on this week’s podcast with host Brian Walsh to reimagine capitalism, detail the pension …
Capitalism Reimagined | June 8, 2021
Omidyar Network’s Chris Jurgens on mobilizing policies and power for an economy that works for all
ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Entrepreneurship is up, stakeholders are in and the President of the United States is vowing to “change the paradigm.” The …
Podcasts | June 4, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 4
Host Monique Aiken looks back and looks forward, with highlights of her conversations with Tiffany Crutcher and Greg Robinson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Anne Price of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland, Calif.
Anne Price of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development | Photo credit: Insight Center
Podcasts | June 1, 2021
The Reconstruction: Anne Price on centering Blackness in the economic liberation of all Americans
ImpactAlpha, June 1 – The recovery from both the COVID pandemic and the long legacy of racism in the U.S. presents an opportunity for …
Podcasts | May 28, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 28
ImpactAlpha, May 28 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank and Amy Cortese join host Brian Walsh to unpack the stunning news at …
Screenshot of rare color footage of Tulsa's thriving Greenwood District | Image credit: The Smithsonian
Podcasts | May 26, 2021
The Reconstruction: How the legacy of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre is shaping a more just future
ImpactAlpha, May 26 – Nearly 100 years ago, on May 31, 1921, Oklahoma’s Tulsa Tribune released a falsified news story describing an accusation by …
Podcasts | May 21, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 21
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about financing The Reconstruction.
Patience Marime-Ball of Women of the World Endowment
Podcasts | May 17, 2021
The Reconstruction: Patience Marime-Ball on driving change by changing who controls capital
ImpactAlpha, May 17 — Women are not waiting to be saved. Women are doing the saving. That’s the mantra of Patience Marime-Ball, who …
Podcasts | May 14, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 14
ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk about pulling the levers of risks and returns in new financial structures for unlocking capital in emerging markets.
ESG | May 11, 2021
Transparency is elusive as investors assess governance risks in China
ImpactAlpha, May 11 – There are by now dozens of ways to measure corporate exposure to climate risks, but few good methods to assess …
Podcasts | May 7, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 7th
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about generational inheritance, politics, history and leadership.
Kelli Saulny of Camelback Ventures
Podcasts | May 3, 2021
The Reconstruction: Accelerating Black entrepreneurship to build wealth across generations
ImpactAlpha, May 3, 2021 – Inheritance is not only about the wealth we pass down from grandparents to parents to children. It is …
Podcasts | April 30, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 30th
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 30 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh welcomes back Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to discuss truth in advertising around …
Podcasts | April 23, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 23
Host Monique Aiken checks in with Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Rey Ramsey and The Case Made’s Tiffany Manuel
Rey Ramsey of The Nathan Cummings Foundation | Photo credit: The Org
Podcasts | April 19, 2021
The Reconstruction: Rey Ramsey on deploying 100% of foundation assets toward positive impact and racial equity
ImpactAlpha, April 19 — The case for breaking down philanthropy’s historical divide between the investment side of the house and a foundation’s mission …
Podcasts | April 16, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 16
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 16 – In this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh takes stock of two of the premier showcases for student talent in impact …
Institutional Shift | April 13, 2021
Institutional Shift: Charting the flow of capital through dairy waste, SPACs and the end of externalities
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 13 – Institutional investors took awhile “to get comfortable with the fact that we were going to process manure and urine and …
Tiffany Manuel of TheCaseMade | Photo: Tiffany Manuel
Podcasts | April 12, 2021
The Reconstruction: Seeing the world of our children’s children to help make the case for justice
ImpactAlpha, April 12 – Tiffany Manuel’s handbooks for social change warn about messaging “backfires.” These days, she’s wielding such tools to overcome backlash. …
Capitalism Reimagined | April 9, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 9th
Host Monique Aiken speaks with B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy about why impact-driven businesses and investors are stepping up their policy advocacy.