Renegade Capital
Renegade Capital is the activist’s podcast for finance and investments. We interview thought leaders who go into the ring every day to fight against the racist, sexist, and exclusive norms established by traditional financial and capital systems. Our listeners walk away inspired by our guests and armed with actionable tips and tools to use money to create the world in which they want to live. Whether you're an expert or a novice, there is something for everyone as we discuss impact investing, philanthropic giving, community lending, diversity in finance, and more.
Episodes
28 episodes
From H.A.L to Chat GPT: Preparing for the Future of AI & Investing, feat. Deepti Doshi, New_Public and Katy Knight, Siegel Family Endowment
S3 Ep8 | What does Artificial Intelligence (AI) have to do with financial activism? And what should investors know as the field continues to evolve? This episode Renegade is joined by Katy Knight, President & Executive Director, Sieg...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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Progressive Pockets Guest Episode: The surprising truth about what ESG actually means
This week Renegade Capital features a special guest episode from the Progressive Pockets Podcast! Hosted by Genet G.G. Gimja, Progressive Pockets is a podcast at the intersection of social impac...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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27:18
How to Invest for Social Justice, feat. Rachel Robasciotti, Adasina Social Capital
S3 Ep7 | What does it really mean to invest in social justice, and how do we know it’s making a difference? And is it something everyone can do? In this episode, Rachel Robasciotti, Founder & CEO of
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:06:22
Making Data a Dynamic Investment Tool for Decarceration, feat. Tanay Tatum-Edwards, FreeCap Financial, Inc
S3 Ep6 | The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with almost 2.2 million people in prison, and 1 in 7 Americans have an immediate family member incarcerated for more than a year. And yet the prison-industrial complex ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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Macguyvering Money for Indigenous Communities feat. Lakota Vogel, Four Bands Community Fund
S3 Ep5 | To “MacGuyver” something is to use something in an inventive way, using what you have in a creative way to repair or make something new. In the context of finance, traditional capital systems don’t always work with the resources...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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Investing in Climate Resilience the Appalachian Way, feat. Andrew Crosson & Baylen Campbell, Invest Appalachia
S3 Ep4 | Climate change is impacting not only our oceans and ozone, but our own cities and homes. That means there are environmental, economic, and social repercussions that we have to start thinking about today. Investing in climate resilience...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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49:56
Increasing Diversity in Real-Estate Development Can Drive Systemic Change In Communities of Color with U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance
S3 Ep 3 | According to a new study, Black and Hispanic real estate developers together make up less than 1 percent of their industry. This gap in the real estate indus...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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51:39
Investing in Women’s Economic Power, feat. Calvert Impact
S3 Ep1| After a year where The Barbie Movie, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce have all broken records in the entertainment industry, the world has gotten a glimpse of the economic power of women. According to the
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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Investing In Women’s Financial Independence, feat. Self-Help Credit Union and FreeFrom
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence. Please listen at your own discretion. S3 Ep1What does financial freedom mean to you? For many survivors of domestic violence, financial freedom...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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Why Small Businesses Need More from Impact Finance: Gabby and Rozalynn Goodwin, GaBBY Bows
S2 Ep 9How do the different pieces of impact finance all come together in the actual experience of small businesses? And when it’s time for the rubber to meet the road, are entrepreneurs receiving support that is truly helpful, or ju...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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When Investing for Impact in Rural America Turns Into “Extractive Capital”: Stephanie Randolph, Deputy Director of Cassiopeia Foundation and Sara Morgan, Executive VP and CIO at Fahe
S2 Ep9When investors turn to rural America, they often bring assumptions about life and communities there, both positive and negative. These assumptions, no matter how well intentioned, can sometimes result in the wrong type of inves...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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Capital Commitments to Black Communities- Real Investment or PR Promise?: Robert E. James II, President & CEO of Carver Financial Corporation
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, we saw a significant rise in commitments to investing in Black communities and businesses. Now, two years later, where do those commitments stand? Did the CDFIs, corporates, banks, and philanthropie...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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Changing the Face of Finance One Conference at a Time: Liv Gagnon & Sonya Dreizler, Co-Founders of CHOIR
Season 2, Episode 6Many of us have stories of attending conferences and feeling like the voices on stage resemble something like a one-note choir. Underrepresentation of women and people of color continues to be a pro...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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Building Inclusive Economies Where Policy and Money Meet: Virginia Senator Jennifer McClellan.
Season 2, Episode 5In this episode, Senator Jennifer McClellan shares her experience navigating the intersection of government and economy in Virginia and beyond. While an influx of capital presents a momentous opportunity for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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“OK Boomer…”: Do GenXers and Millennials Invest Differently Than Their Parents?: Alyssa Greenspan, President and COO and Jessica Botelho, Director of Impact and CRA research at Community Capital Management
Season 2, Episode 4Over the next 25 years, as much as $68 trillion in wealth will pass from baby boomers to their GenX and Millennial children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, studies show that this younger crop of investors place a muc...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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Breaking Open the “Piggy Banks of Charity” to Accelerate Giving: Kat Taylor, Co-Founder & Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank
Season 2, Episode 3Initially billed as a tool to give individual donors more control over their giving activity and accelerate charity, Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) have become controversial in the world of philanthropy. On top of the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Can Small Businesses Benefit from Fintech Too?: David Taliaferro, Co-Founder and CEO of Lenderfit
Season 2, Episode 2 Despite what Hollywood teaches us, technology is not an objective bystander to history. Quite the opposite. Technology imbibes the attitude and biases of the human beings and systems that create it, and in the fin...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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55:25
Uplifting Communities through Real Estate Development: Dave McCormack, President, Waukeshaw Development
Season 2, Episode 1Guest: Dave McCormack, President, Waukeshaw Development Real-estate developers as a class have a less than stellar reputation across much of the United States. You generally don’t become a villainous H...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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48:49
Bonus Episode - Careers with Impact
UNC Chapel Hill’s Impact's Careers with Impact Forum is an annual conference that offers MBA and undergraduate business students the opportunity to learn the skills and perspectives needed for an impact-driven career in business from experience...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:36
Activist Investing: Phuong Luong, CFP, Principal, Saltbox Financial
Can investors be activists?A lot of emphasis is placed on the failures of institutional investment practices to fix the holes in our capital ecosystems, but what if there were ways for regular people to do good with the money they have?...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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58:37
Investing in Main Street, not Wall Street: Stephanie Gripne, Founder and CEO of Impact Finance Center
Why does more money go to Wall Street instead of Main Street? It’s a question that bedevils the world over as income inequality continues to climb and small-businesses shutter in growing numbers. We know from our grounding in the CDFI industry ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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59:27
Meet a real life "renegade investor": Kate Poole, Co-Founder, Chordata Capital
Description Can you support regenerative economies, community-controlled investment, and still earn a reasonable return? What would you do if you suddenly had $2 million? Take it easy? Retire early? Maybe buy that cu...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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53:07
How the NFL’s Washington Football Team got its new name: Geeta Aiyer, President, Boston Common Asset Management
In a broken financial system that frequently rewards short-term profit over sustainability, the idea of investments as leverage for positive change can seem like a pipedream. We know, however, that money does talk. Key corporate walk-backs like...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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51:52
Cannabis: Growing inclusive economies: Khadijah Tribble, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Curaleaf
As the movement to legalize cannabis gains steam across the country, the plant presents opportunities for entrepreneurs to capitalize on a slowly loosening market. Often unsaid in this process of gradually laxing restrictions, however, is the p...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:03
Are CDFIs the original capital renegades?: Donna Gambrell, CEO of Appalachian Community Capital
Certified Developmental Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are government-certified banks, credit unions, loan funds, and other types of capital providers that are dedicated to putting stakeholders first instead of shareholders. These organizations...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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