Impact Alpha Podcasts

Briefing: November 13th

November 13, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

Imogen and David join Brian to discuss the word of the week: transition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: November 6th

November 06, 2020 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.58 MB

What else? David and Dennis join Monique to discuss the impact investing narrative in a new political landscape... plus we hear from Amy Domini, Vikram Gandhi and the Rev. William Barber. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: October 30th

October 30, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Amy joins Brian to discuss the energy transition, and we hear from Kesha Cash, who just raised $55 million for Impact America's second fund. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: Week of October 23rd

October 23, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB

Amy Cortese joins Monique to discuss some highlights from SOCAP. Plus this week's Agents of Impact, voters. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Agents of Impact: Dave Chen

October 21, 2020 02:25 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

In the latest edition of our Institutional Shift series, David Bank speaks with Dave Chen of Equilibrium Capital Dave about food system resilience in the face of climate change and COVID. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: October 16

October 16, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

Brian welcomes back Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank for a quick roundtable: ‘From ESG to impact.’ And, we meet this week’s Agent of Impact, the Nigerian activist Aisha Yesufu, who has been part of that country’s protests against police brutality. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: October 9th

October 09, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MB

The word of the week is Reconstruction, and Monique catches up with Anne Price, Ronald Cohen and Sherece West-Scantlebury. Plus, the Headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: October 2nd

October 02, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

SPACs have come to Impact Investing... David and Jessica explain. Plus, we hear from this week's Agent of Impact Archana Soreng-- one of seven members of the UN’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. And, of course, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: September 25th

September 25, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 8.18 MB

Monique brings us highlights from this week's Agent of Impact Call on racial justice investing, redefining pro-business with this week's Agent of Impact RBG, and the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: September 18th

September 19, 2020 22:01 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

It's a roundtable reunion with Imogen, David and Brian to talk about the latest efforts to re-imagine (or is it reset?) capitalism. Plus, Jeffery Ubben is this week's controversial Agent of Impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Agent of Impact: Emmanuel Lagarrigue

September 17, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Emmanuel, the Chief Innovation Officer for Schneider Electric chats with David about decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: September 11th

September 11, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Melissa L. Bradley of 1863 Ventures joins Monique to discuss her call to action for entrepreneurs, plus this week's Agent of Impact, Dave Kirkpatrick SJF Ventures, and the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: September 4th

September 04, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MB

The headlines, plus Amy joins Brian to discuss small business financing in the COVID crisis and this week's Agent of Impact, Beth Bafford. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: August 28th

August 28, 2020 07:00 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MB

Headlines, The Democracy Collective's Jessica Rose on employee ownership, and this week's Agents of Impact: basketball players. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: August 21st

August 21, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 9.1 MB

Why have there been so many agri-food deals lately? Plus, the headlines, and this week's Agent of Impact, Andrew Youn, co-founder and executive director of One Acre Fund. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: August 14th

August 14, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.63 MB

This week's headlines, David and Monique round up our "systemic investing" call, plus Maurice Jones is this week's Agent of Impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Agent of Impact: Pete Stavros

August 12, 2020 00:39 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

The head of U.S. private equity for KKR, the international investment giant, speaks with David Bank about the employee ownership strategy that they've used successfully in the manufacturing sector. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

KKR's Pete Stavros on the private equity giant's employee ownership strategy

August 12, 2020 00:39 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

The head of U.S. private equity for KKR, the international investment giant, speaks with David Bank about the employee ownership strategy that they've used successfully in the manufacturing sector. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: July 31st

July 31, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.57 MB

The headlines, some audio highlights from our latest Agent of Impact call on impact and the 2020 U.S. election, plus Dennis explains this week's theme... "purpose-built." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: July 24th

July 24, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 16.8 MB

The headlines, plus David and Monique talk about Agent of Impact "Aha!" moments, and we hear from this week's featured Agent of Impact, CEO of Native American Natural Foods, Dawn Sherman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: July 17th

July 17, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MB

Blackrock falls short on climate commitments, the Trump administration takes on ESG, and a 1/10th challenge from Ceniarth's Diane Isenberg --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Ceniarth’s Diane Isenberg

July 16, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MB

The founder of Ceniarth -- a family office that provides capital for positive impact in marginalized, primarily rural, populations-- speaks with David about family wealth, catalytic capital and impact-first investing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

CDC Group's Nick O'Donohoe

July 13, 2020 12:31 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MB

David speaks with Nick about how CDC Group, the UK's Development Finance Institution, is approaching risk during the COVID crisis, and more... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Agent of Impact: CDC Group's Nick O'Donohoe

July 13, 2020 12:31 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MB

David speaks with Nick about how CDC Group, the UK's Development Finance Institution, is approaching risk during the COVID crisis, and more... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: July 10th

July 10, 2020 18:09 - 7 minutes - 7.38 MB

Monique brings us the headines and David discusses the word of the week: topple. Plus, your agent(s) of impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: June 26th

June 26, 2020 16:22 - 8 minutes - 16.7 MB

The headlines, a new handbook aims to help scale up the amount of impact capital, and Dennis profiles Tynesia Boyea-Robinson. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: Juneteenth

June 19, 2020 18:34 - 16 minutes - 29.7 MB

Monique brings us the headlines, Jessica chats with Candide Group's Jasmine Rashid, and Amy Cortese profiles Aurora James --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

ROI Interview: Andy Kuper

June 15, 2020 00:24 - 29 minutes - 47 MB

Leapfrog’s Andy Kuper on impact, exits and scaling growth in emerging markets through the COVID crisis --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: June 12th

June 12, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 29.3 MB

The headlines, plus Amy Cortese speaks with Philip Reeves and Todd Leverette about employee ownership as a way to help close the racial wealth gap. And Dennis Price profiles this week's Agent of Impact, Helen Adeosun. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Interview: Joy Anderson

June 10, 2020 00:59 - 29 minutes - 48.1 MB

David interviews Joy Anderson, president and founder of The Criterion Institute. We spoke at the end of May about gender and the COVID recovery --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: June 5th

June 05, 2020 19:17 - 39 minutes - 65.2 MB

Guest host Monique Aiken brings us the headlines, and leads a frank and personal discussion of the events triggered by the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd. She is joined by Living Cities’ Demetric Duckett, Colonial Consulting’s Angela Matheny and Castleberry’s Donray Von --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: Friday June 5th

June 05, 2020 19:17 - 39 minutes - 65.2 MB

Guest host Monique Aiken brings us the headlines, and leads a frank and personal discussion of the events triggered by the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd. She is joined by Living Cities’ Demetric Duckett, Colonial Consulting’s Angela Matheny and Castleberry’s Donray Von --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: May 29th

May 29, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 22.5 MB

The headlines, plus Jessica Pothering speaks with Aunnie Patton Power about redesigning venture finance, and Dennis Price profiles this week's Agent of Impact, Sarah Kerney from Prime Coalition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Agents of Impact Call 17: 10x’ing community capital

May 29, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 90.4 MB

It could be that the crisis is the catalyst to finally strengthen and scale the small business finance and support ecosystem that has existed outside of mainstream financial channels for decades... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: May 22nd

May 22, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.2 MB

The headlines, plus David Bank and Amy Cortese on what to do with the mountains of cash corporations have been sitting on, as well as this week's Agents of Impact: Andrew Behar and Danielle Fugere. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: May 15th

May 15, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.1 MB

The headlines, plus David Bank on "systems change," and Dennis Price profiles Heron's Dana Bezerra. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

ROI Interview: Visa Foundation’s Graham Macmillan

May 11, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 48 MB

Graham Macmillan joins David Bank for a conversation about the Visa Foundation's mission... and how they're approaching it in light of COVID-19, supporting small and micro businesses run by women. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: May 8th

May 08, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 21.2 MB

Featuring the headlines, plus Dennis Price on a forgiveness and patience as catalytic capital, and a special Agent of Impact birthday surprise... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: March 1st

May 01, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MB

The headlines, plus Jessica Pothering on a microfinance lenders lessons from the Ebola crisis, and Dennis Price profiles Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, co-founders of Partners in Health --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Briefing: May 1st

May 01, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MB

The headlines, plus Jessica Pothering on a microfinance lenders lessons from the Ebola crisis, and Dennis Price profiles Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, co-founders of Partners in Health --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Roundtable: Private capital for public good... or not?

April 29, 2020 03:10 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MB

Impact investing has posited the role of private capital for public good. The roundtable regulars - Imogen, Brian and David -- are back to answer the question: how is that position faring through the crisis? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

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