Progressive Pockets: a podcast about the untapped power of our wallets to build the world we want

Genet "G.G." Gimja

Weekly podcast. Next episode on Tuesday.

A podcast at the intersection of social impact and personal finance that covers questions of how we might spend, donate, and invest more in line with our values.

Hosted by Genet "GG" Gimja
Formerly known as the Spend Donate Invest Podcast

179 episodes • 0 archived •

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172. Sustainable landscaping that’s still attractive: 9 tips for your front yard

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April 15

15 mins

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171. Dealing with Climate Anxiety

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April 8

11 mins

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Are you ready for climate month at Progressive Pockets?!

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April 2

1 min

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170. The 23 Things They Don't Tell you About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang. A Book Review

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April 1

9 mins

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169. Why Everyone is Talking About the Great Wealth Transfer...and What They're Leaving Out of the Conversation

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March 25

10 mins

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168. Will boycotting Target actually achieve anything?

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March 19

13 mins

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167. Self Care for Times Like These

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March 11

15 mins

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166. The Financial Activist Playbook by Jasmine Rashid Book Review

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March 4

14 mins

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165. Jazz and Philanthropy

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February 25

10 mins

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164. Three Ways to Be More Generous This Year

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February 18

7 mins

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163. An Intro to the Black Panther Party's Social Programs

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February 11

10 mins

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162. Revisiting Dr. Martin Luther King's Radical Money Beliefs

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February 4

8 mins

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161. Where to Donate After the LA Fires and Other Natural Disasters

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January 29

9 mins

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160. One Hundred Things to do Today Instead of the Inauguration

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January 20

18 mins

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159. How to live out your values this year

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January 14

10 mins

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158. Predictions for 2025 and checking in on 2024 predictions

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January 7

8 mins

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157. Most Popular Episodes of 2024

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Dec 31, 2024

8 mins

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156. Getting a tax break for your donations this year

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Dec 24, 2024

12 mins

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155. How Gen Z thinks about Investing

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Dec 17, 2024

11 mins

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154. Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva: A Book Review

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Dec 10, 2024

6 mins

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153. Giving Tuesday Goes Global

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Dec 3, 2024

8 mins

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152. We Can Help to Buy Indigenous Land Back

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Nov 26, 2024

8 mins

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151. Hosting a Thanksgiving celebration that's just a little more sustainable

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Nov 21, 2024

14 mins

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150. What now?

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Nov 13, 2024

3 mins

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149. Changing the political future of our country with our wallets (Replay)

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Nov 5, 2024

13 mins

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148. Is your bank funding politicians you don't support? Consider these 4 banks instead

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Oct 31, 2024

12 mins

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147. The surprising truth about what ESG actually means

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Oct 22, 2024

27 mins

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146. Where do Latine Americans donate their money?

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Oct 15, 2024

9 mins

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145. Hosting a pop up giving circle for the holidays

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Oct 8, 2024

12 mins

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144. How to help your clients invest for more than financial returns: how to consider societal values too

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Oct 1, 2024

15 mins

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143. Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas: A book review

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Sep 24, 2024

10 mins

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142. Conscious Travel and Tourism

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Sep 17, 2024

12 mins

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141. Five Sources of Power Every Shareholder Has

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Sep 10, 2024

7 mins

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140. Activate Your Money by Janine Firpo: A book review

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Sep 3, 2024

11 mins

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139. Where Serena Williams donates her money

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Aug 27, 2024

11 mins

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138. Where do Chrissy Teigen and John Legend donate their money?

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Aug 20, 2024

9 mins

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137. Where does Taylor Swift donate her money?

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Aug 13, 2024

8 mins

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136. Where does Dolly Parton donate her money?

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Aug 6, 2024

11 mins

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135. Changing the political future of our country with our wallets

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Jul 31, 2024

13 mins

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134. Five ways to be a financial ally at work

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Jul 24, 2024

13 mins

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133. How a group of students convinced their university to divest from apartheid

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Jul 16, 2024

14 mins

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132. Boycotts, "Buycotts" and Public Shaming

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Jul 9, 2024

9 mins

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131. How to Align Your Investments with Your Values

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Jul 3, 2024

13 mins

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130. Effective Altruism, AI, and Sam Bankman-Fried

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Jun 25, 2024

16 mins

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129. What's your relationship to Juneteenth?

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Jun 19, 2024

8 mins

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128. "I donate, but am I a philanthropist?" Apparently it depends on your identities...

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Jun 18, 2024

6 mins

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127. How I Screen Charities Before I Donate

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Jun 13, 2024

12 mins

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126. Vegan Investing: How to Beet the Market! 🥕

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Jun 5, 2024

10 mins

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125. Are there any prisons in your 401K?

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May 28, 2024

9 mins

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124. What to ask a financial planner if you want them to consider your societal values

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May 21, 2024

10 mins

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123. Poor People’s Campaign

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May 14, 2024

10 mins

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122. How I switched to a more socially responsible index fund

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May 7, 2024

19 mins

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121. New Book Alert: The Social Justice Investor by Andrea Longton

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May 1, 2024

10 mins

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120. Where to find a financial advisor to help you invest according to your values

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Apr 23, 2024

12 mins

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119. Investing According to Islamic Principles

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Apr 16, 2024

11 mins

Announcement

Apr 10, 2024

1 min

118. Maybe banks don't have to suck: An intro to CDFIs

Apr 2, 2024

12 mins

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117. 1% for the Planet

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Mar 26, 2024

11 mins

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116. MacKenzie Scott's Giving Strategy and What We Can Learn From It

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Mar 19, 2024

15 mins

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115. Where do American Muslims Donate Their Money?

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Mar 12, 2024

16 mins

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114. Big Wallets, Bleeding Hearts: Support Groups for the Wealthy

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Mar 5, 2024

17 mins

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113. Celebrating Black Philanthropy (Replay)

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Feb 27, 2024

9 mins

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112. The Black Dollar Index

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Feb 20, 2024

11 mins

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111. Is this stock anti-racist?

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Feb 13, 2024

17 mins

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110. The legacy of Jazz and Philanthropy

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Feb 6, 2024

10 mins

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109. Building a bridge between financial markets & social justice: Rachel Robasciotti, Founder of Adasina Social Capital

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Jan 30, 2024

57 mins

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108. Pros and Cons of ESG investing

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Jan 23, 2024

11 mins

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107. Dr. King's Radical Money Beliefs

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Jan 15, 2024

8 mins

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106. New Year New Us? Planning for more social impact in 2024

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Jan 9, 2024

7 mins

Progressive Pockets Trailer

Jan 1, 2024

1 min

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105. Introducing Progressive Pockets! New name, same great taste

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Jan 1, 2024

4 mins

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104. How to review YOUR money's social impact in 2023

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Dec 26, 2023

8 mins

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103. Predictions for 2024 and Most Popular Episodes of 2023

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Dec 19, 2023

10 mins

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102. Just give them cash: what the data shows about giving people cash versus other types of help

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Dec 12, 2023

12 mins

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101. Tax write-off today, donate never?

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Dec 5, 2023

10 mins

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100. A recap of the last hundred episodes!

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Nov 28, 2023

23 mins

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99 What's your plan for Giving Tuesday this year?

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Nov 22, 2023

8 mins

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98. Decolonizing our Thanksgiving Plates (Replay)

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Nov 7, 2023

10 mins

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97. When Trust Fund Kids Grow Up

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Oct 31, 2023

11 mins

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96. The World's Most Socially Responsible Bank

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Oct 24, 2023

8 mins

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95. Volunteer Tourism

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Oct 17, 2023

11 mins

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94. Why the Rich Don't Give

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Oct 10, 2023

21 mins

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93. Reflections on 2 years of this podcast

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Oct 5, 2023

9 mins

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92. Four more ways to build an organization according to your values

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Sep 19, 2023

16 mins

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91. Building an organization according to your values

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Sep 12, 2023

18 mins

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90. Four Ethical Banks

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Sep 5, 2023

7 mins

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89. Where does will.i.am donate his money?

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Aug 29, 2023

8 mins

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88. Where does Rihanna donate her money?

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Aug 22, 2023

11 mins

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87. Where does Paris Hilton donate her money?

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Aug 15, 2023

9 mins

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86. Where does Beyoncé donate her money?

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Aug 9, 2023

17 mins

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85. Where does President Barack Obama donate his money?

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Aug 2, 2023

14 mins

Introducing the Celebrity Giving Series!

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Aug 2, 2023

1 min

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84. On Impact Investing and Social Justice from Narratives of Purpose

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Jul 25, 2023

30 mins

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83. Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge

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Jul 18, 2023

12 mins

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82. Divesting from Prisons

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Jul 11, 2023

13 mins

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81. Creating a Family Mission Statement (Replay)

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Jul 4, 2023

8 mins

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80. The Five Types of Givers (Part 2)

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Jun 20, 2023

19 mins

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79. The Five Types of Givers

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Jun 13, 2023

12 mins

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78. Raising Generous Kids (Replay)

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Jun 7, 2023

11 mins

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77. Where To Start With Donating (Replay)

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May 30, 2023

5 mins

Interlude

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May 24, 2023

4 mins

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76. The surprising truth about what ESG investing actually means

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May 16, 2023

27 mins

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75. How to start a values aligned investing club

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May 9, 2023

15 mins

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74. Does it matter where you say "I Do"?

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May 2, 2023

10 mins

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73. It's wedding season! How to go green

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Apr 25, 2023

13 mins

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72. How much money do Harry and Meghan give away?

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Apr 11, 2023

9 mins

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71. Women, Men, and Money

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Apr 4, 2023

8 mins

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70. The legal right to invest according to our values

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Mar 28, 2023

12 mins

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69. Women, Sex and Socialism

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Mar 21, 2023

12 mins

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68. Is a donation a good gift?

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Mar 14, 2023

10 mins

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67. Did Patagonia's founder really give his company away?

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Mar 7, 2023

13 mins

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66. Supporting the Arts

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Feb 28, 2023

7 mins

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65. Celebrating Black Philanthropy

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Feb 21, 2023

9 mins

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64. Giving After a Natural Disaster

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Feb 14, 2023

8 mins

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63. 2023 Predictions

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Feb 7, 2023

20 mins

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62. Most popular episodes of 2022

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Jan 31, 2023

6 mins

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61. Donations of the Rich and Famous

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Dec 13, 2022

12 mins

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60. When a friend asks you to donate...but you don't want to

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Dec 5, 2022

8 mins

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59. American Indian Heritage Month meets Giving Tuesday

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Nov 14, 2022

15 mins

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58. Decolonizing our Thanksgiving Plates

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Nov 7, 2022

10 mins

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57. Focusing your values aligned investing

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Oct 31, 2022

18 mins

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56. What to do if your company's 401K goes against your values (Replay)

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Oct 24, 2022

6 mins

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55. Moved to a Gentrifying Neighborhood, Now What? (Replay)

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Oct 11, 2022

5 mins

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54. Giving Up Brands with Shaky Values (Replay)

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Oct 3, 2022

6 mins

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53. Where to Find Charities and What to Ask (Replay)

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Sep 27, 2022

10 mins

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52. How Much Should I Donate? (Replay)

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Sep 19, 2022

9 mins

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51. Activist Investing

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Aug 29, 2022

12 mins

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50. Giving more strategically

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Aug 22, 2022

11 mins

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49. Socially Responsible Robo-Advisors

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Aug 15, 2022

9 mins

S3 E48

48. What to do with a Windfall

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Aug 8, 2022

7 mins

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47. How to Set Up a Scholarship

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Aug 1, 2022

11 mins

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46. Three Phases of Impact Investing

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Jul 25, 2022

8 mins

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45. Creating a Family Money Mission Statement

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Jul 18, 2022

6 mins

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44. Can our money help with gun violence?

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Jul 11, 2022

11 mins

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43. Not Your Parent's Giving

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Jul 4, 2022

10 mins

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42. Pay Transparency for Allies

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Jun 27, 2022

12 mins

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41. Juneteenth!

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Jun 19, 2022

9 mins

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40. Give now or wait till I'm rich?

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Jun 13, 2022

6 mins

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39. Helping with the Baby Formula Shortage

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Jun 6, 2022

8 mins

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38. Funding Reproductive Freedom

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May 30, 2022

12 mins

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37. Crypto vs The Environment

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May 23, 2022

9 mins

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36. Greenwashing 101

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May 16, 2022

8 mins

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35. Etsy for Ukraine

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May 9, 2022

6 mins

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34. Elon Musk, Twitter, and ESG

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May 2, 2022

12 mins

Thank You Listeners!

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Apr 25, 2022

2 mins

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33. What should I pay my first employee?

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Apr 18, 2022

9 mins

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32. Is it ethical to be a billionaire?

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Apr 11, 2022

11 mins

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31. Banking till death do us part

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Apr 5, 2022

8 mins

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30. What's the bank doing with your cash?

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Mar 29, 2022

10 mins

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29. My 2 Cents and My 2 Cents

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Mar 21, 2022

4 mins

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28. How to start a giving circle

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Mar 15, 2022

4 mins

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27. Where should I bank?

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Mar 7, 2022

6 mins

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26. Sustainable Vacation or Bust!

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Mar 1, 2022

6 mins

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25. What should I be reading?

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Feb 22, 2022

8 mins

S2 E24

24. Should I donate if I'm broke?

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Feb 15, 2022

7 mins

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23. Raising Generous Kids

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Feb 7, 2022

11 mins

S2 E22

22. Recap of 2021 Most Popular Episodes

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Jan 31, 2022

7 mins

S2 E21

21. Predictions for 2022

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Jan 18, 2022

6 mins

Trailer

Jan 17, 2022

1 min

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20. Where to start with donating

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Dec 20, 2021

5 mins

S1 E19

19. Convincing others to shop more sustainably

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Dec 13, 2021

4 mins

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18. Investing in the Underinvested

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Dec 6, 2021

8 mins

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17. Can you spare a dollar to help me get home?

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Nov 29, 2021

7 mins

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16. Where to start with socially responsible shopping

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Nov 22, 2021

3 mins

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15. Housekeeping and other dirty secrets

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Nov 15, 2021

11 mins

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14. When your donations aren't stacking up

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Nov 10, 2021

6 mins

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13. Why we shouldn't worry about a charity's admin expenses

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Nov 7, 2021

6 mins

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12. For busy people looking for socially responsible investments

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Oct 25, 2021

7 mins

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11. Moved into a gentrifying area? Now what?

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Oct 18, 2021

5 mins

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10. Fair trade or bust

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Oct 11, 2021

4 mins

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9. When your company doesn't offer a socially responsible 401k

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Oct 4, 2021

6 mins

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8. Where to find charities and what to ask

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Sep 27, 2021

10 mins

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7. Giving up brands with shaky values

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Sep 20, 2021

6 mins

S1 E6

6. Picking a focus for my investments

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Sep 13, 2021

5 mins

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5. Where to donate when everyone needs help

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Sep 10, 2021

6 mins

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4. Socially responsible shopping- is there any point?

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Sep 9, 2021

6 mins

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3. Investing in line with my personal values

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Sep 8, 2021

11 mins

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2. How much should I donate?

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Sep 7, 2021

9 mins

S1 E1

1. Welcome to Spend, Donate, Invest!

S1 E1·

Jul 17, 2021

5 mins

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