Radical Truth

Are the SDGs just a list of 17 goals, or a revolution in global responsibility? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein is joined by Paula Caballero, the "Mother of the SDGs" and Regional Managing Director at The Nature Conservancy. Paula reveals the "radical truth" behind the genesis of the Sustainable Development Goals. She explains how a small team from th...

FOR SPOTIFY (UNDER 4000 CHARACTERS): Why Social Capital is the Real Currency of the New Economy | Bert-Ola Bergstrand Is our focus on financial capital blinding us to the power of human connection? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Bert-Ola Bergstrand, a systems entrepreneur and leading architect of the "New Economy." Bert-Ola reveals why Social Ca...

Are you drowning in ESG data but starving for insights? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Dr. Grégory Schneider-Maunoury, one of Europe's leading economists and ESG data experts. Grégory reveals his "Radical Truth" on the practical realities of sustainability metrics. Moving beyond theory, he walks us through three detailed case studies demonst...

Is your company's ESG strategy actually aligned with reality? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein is joined by B. Lorraine Smith, a veteran sustainability advisor and "corporate mischievist" who has been challenging global corporations since 2004. Lorraine shares her "Radical Truth" on why most ESG disclosures are misaligned with the actual needs of o...

Can we plant our way out of the climate crisis? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Thomas Crowther, Professor at ETH Zurich and founder of the Crowther Lab and Restor. Thomas shares the "Radical Truth" about large-scale restoration—moving beyond tree planting hype toward the complex science of ecosystem regeneration. We explore how biodiversity acts...

Can the private sector save the planet? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Kavita Sinha, Director of the Private Sector Facility at the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Kavita pulls back the curtain on how the world's largest climate fund channels billions into transformative projects. We explore the "Radical Truth" of de-risking: how GCF uses catalyti...

Why is closing a funding round still so slow and expensive? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein welcomes Anthony Rose, co-founder and CEO of SeedLegals and the tech visionary behind the BBC iPlayer. Anthony shares his "Radical Truth" on how technology is finally disrupting the opaque, lawyer-heavy world of venture capital. We explore how SeedLegals has become the U...

Is Web3 destined to fail like hype cycles before it, or are we witnessing the birth of a new economic paradigm? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Eddy Travia, CEO of Coinsilium and one of the world's earliest blockchain venture capitalists. Eddy provides an unfiltered look at the "Radical Truth" of digital assets. From his early days as a top-r...

Can we make sustainability a disciplined, investable reality? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein is joined by Ambassador John A. Simon, Managing Partner of Total Impact Capital. Ambassador Simon shares his "Radical Truth" on how to move beyond "aspirational" ESG toward investment strategies that deliver measurable social progress alongside strong financi...

Did you know the world's major religions own 8% of Earth's land and manage trillions in assets? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, host Robert Rubinstein welcomes Martin Palmer, Chief Executive of FaithInvest and long-term collaborator of the late HRH Prince Philip. Martin reveals the "Radical Truth" behind the shift from "good intentions" to massive faith-aligned inve...

Is ESG just a checkbox, or a core driver of value? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, we sit down with Matt Christensen, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing at Allianz Global Investors. As a pioneer in the field, Matt moves past "glossy reports" to discuss the reality of integrating sustainability at the institutional level. What You'll Learn: Beyond ESG Screening - How...

FOR SPOTIFY (UNDER 4000 CHARACTERS): Erasing $10 Billion in Medical Debt: The $1 to $100 Leverage Model | Allison Sesso In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, we sit down with Allison Sesso, President & CEO of Undue Medical Debt. This groundbreaking nonprofit has already erased over $10 billion in medical debt, restoring financial dignity to millions of Americans. Medical debt is an American cris...

What if the fundamental math behind your investment strategy is wrong? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, we sit down with Graham Boyd, founder of Evolutesix, to uncover a concept most investors "don't know that they don't know": Ergodicity. While traditional investment theory relies on the "convenient simplification" that capital grows ergodically, market reality is n...

Energy efficiency is the "first fuel" of the energy transition—but how do we finance it at scale? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, we are joined by Jonathan Maxwell, CEO and Founder of Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL). As one of the world's most experienced investors in low-carbon solutions, Jonathan provides a masterclass on mobilizing capital for the infrastructure of...

In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, we sit down with Jackie Logan, SVP at Honeycomb Credit, to discuss a revolutionary shift in how we fund our communities. Honeycomb is a platform that allows everyday people to invest directly in local small businesses, bypassing traditional gatekeepers to build wealth from the bottom up. The "Radical Truth" here is simple: small businesses are the back...

Is the future of food found in a lab or in the soil? In this TBLI Radical Truth Podcast, we sit down with Chris Smaje, farmer, social scientist, and author of the controversial book "Saying No to a Farm-Free Future." We live in an era where techno-utopians dream of a world fed by vertical farms and lab-grown meat. But Chris argues that this "farm-free" vision is ecologically na...

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Ady Beitler, co-founder and CEO of Nilus — a social enterprise dismantling the "poverty penalty" by making healthy food affordable in low-income communities and food deserts across Latin America. Through technology-driven disintermediation, food rescue, and community group buying, Nilus is proving that inefficient supply chains are...

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Professor Robert Earhart, Associate Professor of Management Ethics and Marketing at the American University of Paris — a rare voice in academia who has navigated sustainability consulting, international management, and purpose-driven education without compromising his integrity. From the hidden ethical tensions inside CSR to using film and st...

🎙️ SPOTIFY / APPLE PODCASTS DESCRIPTION Are we overlooking the world's greatest untapped resource? In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Dr. Eric Dawson, co-founder and CEO of RIVET — the world's first consumer-facing micro-financing platform built to harness Gen Z's collective spending power to fund youth-led social innovation globally. With 1.8 billion young people...

🎙️ SPOTIFY / APPLE PODCASTS DESCRIPTION Is biodiversity the secret to de-risking your portfolio? In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Dr. David Brand, founder and Executive Chair of New Forests — one of the world's foremost authorities on sustainable forestry investment, with over four decades of experience in forest management, science, and public polic...

🎙️ SPOTIFY / APPLE PODCASTS DESCRIPTION Is the "Green Transition" a logistical impossibility? In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, host Robert Rubinstein sits down with Professor Simon Michaux, Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) — one of the most provocative and rigorous voices in the global energy transition debate. Simon brings decades of m...

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Professor Olinga Ta'eed — global pioneer in blockchain, social impact measurement, and AI-driven investing — to explore why ESG as we know it is fundamentally incomplete, and what a genuinely comprehensive measure of value looks like in 2026. From advising the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to speaking at The Vatican, Professor Ta'eed h...

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Jim Rutt — complexity thinker, tech pioneer, and one of the leading voices behind the Game B movement — for a sweeping conversation about the fatal flaws of our current civilisational operating system and what a genuinely better world could look like. Game A — the system of short-term competition, systemic exploitation, and zero-sum thinking...

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Michael Madden — one of the most seasoned frontier market entrepreneurs in global financial services. With over 30 years of experience building banking and fintech businesses across Russia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the former Soviet Union, Michael's career is the definitive blueprint for what it means to create financial infrastr...

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Martin Rich, Co-founder and CEO of Future-Fit Foundation — one of the most rigorous and credible critics of modern ESG from the inside. With 25 years spanning investment banking at JP Morgan, HSBC, and UBS to the frontlines of social finance and impact investing, Martin offers a rare insider-turned-innovator perspective on what it truly takes...