ImpactAlpha Podcasts

Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to discuss Rose-Smith’s latest column on how private equity learned to stop worrying and love ESG. We also hear from Netflix star Cooper Connelley – a nice guy, loyal husband and impact investor. Plus, the headlines.

Monique Aiken brings us the headlines, and ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price catches up with Illumen Capital’s Daryn Dodson about bias in asset management and what a new era of disclosure could mean for diversity in the industry.

Nuclear fusion: a grand climate solution or a longstanding pipe dream? A number of startups claim to be on the verge of technological breakthroughs that could bring fusion energy to the grid by the 2030s -- and investors are buying it. Host Brian Walsh is joined by Amy Cortese and David Bank to hear more about the growing interest in fusion, and one MIT based startup that's trying to bring it to scale.

Monique talks with PolicyLink’s Michael McAfee about “the curb-cut  effect,” closing the racial wealth gap, and other takeaways from this  week’s Agents of Impact Call No. 29: Capitalism Reimagined. Plus, the  headlines.

David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to reimagine capitalism. We also hear from Rev. Dr. William Barber II, PolicyLink’s Mahlet Getachew and Omidyar Network’s Chris Jurgens for a preview of next week’s Capitalism Reimagined Call. Plus, the headlines.

Lisa  Mensah, CEO and President of the Opportunity Finance Network, joins  Monique to reflect on our newest federal holiday, the sudden widespread  interest -- or should we say investment -- in community lending, and  today’s opportunity for a just Reconstruction.

Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join Brian Walsh to re-imagine capitalism and review some of Imogen's recent and upcoming hot takes in her IA column. Plus, how the Gates Foundation’s strategy for global access to COVID vaccines worked -- or didn’t. And. as always, the headlines.

With Omidyar Network, ImpactAlpha is exploring emergent ideas, rules and power relationships of a resilient 21st-century economy. Visit the Capitalism Reimagined landing page for podcast summaries, as well as original coverage, impact voices, features and Agents of Impact.

Monique brings us some 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. Plus, the headlines.

Brian Walsh is joined by Amy Cortese and David Bank to break down the big news coming out of Exxon, Chevron and Shell. Plus the headlines.