Shot Caller: A Podcast by Shannon Sagawe

Luzius Meisser is back on the podcast! Luzius tells us about his new venture; Swiss based AKTIONARIAT .  On February 1st, 12:01 am, AKTIONARIAT became the first firm in Switzerland to tokenize their shares; 100,000 in total! Those who listened to the podcast back in September 2020 with Luzius, he told us he was helping to write the Swiss legislation that would allow the tokenization of shares for...

Evelyne Pflugi is CEO and Co-Founder of the Singularily Group in Zürich, Switzerland. Evelyn has deep experience in asset management, entrepreneurship, sustainability and technology.  Her and her co-founder Tobias Reichmuth wanted to establish a fund that avoided certain pitfalls with investing in technology companies but still give investors significant upside in their portfolios.  They felt ther...

Monica Talbert, her sister and her mom seemed to have blasted onto the plant based seafood scene from out of nowhere last year.   In reality, this triumphant trio from Virginia had in fact been running a very successful Crab Shack, Restaurant and supplying a variety of grocery store chains with their amazing seafood recipes for over 10 years! As the Van Cleve Seafood Company began to grow rapidly,...

MOGU makes science sexy, luxurious and sustainable!  This is a must listen for anyone interested in mycelium, fungi, architecture and advanced sustainable material science!  MOGU,  founded in 2014, sits at the intersection of luxurious, interior design and the cutting edge of sustainable, micro intelligence!  Utilizing their proprietary disruptive process, MOGU produces materials by growing select...

In this "Veganuary" themed podcast we have the pleasure to hear from Alexandra Clark to talk to us about the food regulation governing innovation in the new "novel" &  "cultivated meat & dairy" economies.  Alexandra is a vegan consultant who spent more than a decade in the EU capital of Brussels, initially working for the Vice President of the European Parliament, helping drive the agenda to reduc...

"Individually we are one drop but together we are an ocean."- Ryunosuke Satoro Yesterday I recorded my last podcast for 2020- a tribute to all the people behind the scenes who have supported, encouraged, championed and provided me invaluable feedback on my journey to create a financially empowered and purpose driven tribe via the Shot Caller Podcast. This was my way to thank them and hear how they...

The Shot Caller Podcast will spend time interviewing Antara Roy and Archana Kanabar from BODY BY ORGANIC over the coming 4-6 months as they proceed on their journey from product development, certification, product packaging, pricing, marketing, branding, product launch, distribution and acceleration.   Our goal is to inspire anyone out there with entrepreneurial ambitions by providing you with an...

Highly opinionated view of two white American women celebrating two black American women; Kamala Harris-the first female, black/SE Asian woman to become VP of the US and Stacey Abrams; whose grass roots campaign helped to turn Georgia blue and invigorate a new electorate. We also link the discussion for the need to increase women voting for women and women funding women! A montage of opinions on t...

Fengru tells us about her passion for cheese and how her search for high quality dairy led to an awakening about poor farming conditions; poor animal hygiene, cows pumped with hormones, contaminated water and more. This all leads to poor quality milk and thus poor quality cheese.  Her journey took her to Indonesia, Thailand and even to Vermont to learn her cheese making trade. In the end, she real...

This is my thank you to my mom, who never let me give up on myself. She told me I could do whatever I want as long as I was willing to work hard for it.  I hope she knows how powerful and effective her words were to this young girl.   We don't achieve our goals alone.  Together we go farther. Poem by Mary Oliver Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hun...

Reet Aus is a PhD-qualified fashion designer, environmental activist, and a natural rebel who founded REET AUS COLLECTION®  and  THE UPSHIRT®.  She is a pioneer in the field of industrial upcycling for fashion, and has developed the  UPMADE®   certification, in order to pass on her knowledge to brands and factories.  Reet also has had the distinction to dress Estonia's President, Kersti Kaljulaid....

Désirée Velleuer is a successful and confident asset manager. Having launched her banking career in the Credit Suisse career start program, she went on to become a top fund manager with GAM-Global Asset Management.  As co-fund manager of the GAM Absolute Return European Fund she helped grow the assets to $3 Billion!  Ready for her next adventure, she decided she did not want to wait for another pr...

Drs. Sandhya Sriram and Ka Yi Ling are the first scientists to ever isolate the stem cells of shrimp.  They asked "why we need to raise an animal for several years, feed it with food that could be fed to humans, slaughter it and then only eat a small fraction of the animal?  Why can't we just grow the meat we want to eat in an ethical, cleaner more sustainable way?"  As cutting edge scientists and...

Nadera is a practicing psychologist who works with mothers by providing them support in their personal and professional lives.  Nadera launched "Sassy Momz" coaching in 2019, where her mission is to help women "rediscover their self-worth to become BOLD, SEXY & FREE! She takes mothers through her proprietary approach to equip them to handle challenges, nurture self-love and organize their personal...

Welcome to another Shot Caller Podcast where we bring you the most inspirational, innovative and groundbreaking change makers we can find. Luzius Meisser is an early Bitcoin investor and a " 2019 Digital Shaper " in the world of digitalization.  Luzius is on the board of the global powerhouse crypto financial services firm Bitcoin Suisse .  In addition, Luzius co-founded the Bitcoin Association of...

Welcome to our new BULL MARKET B & STOCK MARKET SHANNON   bi-monthly chat on current stock market action! We talk: hotly anticipated IPO's stock trades we have made recently what B likes the most in the market where Shannon sees future opportunities and investment trends  exciting new technologies  venture capital funding rounds This is an opportunity to hang out with two chicks who love to talk a...

Episode 2 of 2: In the second part of this podcast, we hear more about how Seven dealt with the dark hole of depression, investments in their health being one of the most important things they could do for themselves and emerging with renewed vigor of liberation from a former life that did not serve them any longer. Seven tells us how they set themselves an annual challenge to do something terrify...

Episode 1 of 2: Seven is a British intersex activist, comedian, filmmaker and playwright, and drug addiction counsellor. Born as "Sarah" in 1969, she would come to learn at the age of 24 that she was actually born an Intersex person; both female and male body parts. Sarah's discomfort with her identity started early and would only be truly understood at the discovering of her intersex status. Neit...

Welcome to another Shot Caller Podcast where we bring you the most inspirational, innovative and ground breaking change makers we can find. Anne-Flore Marxer embodies everything a Shot Caller could embody; adventurous, brave, passionate, curious, fierce and willing to speak up when she sees an injustice.   In this podcast, Anne-Flore tells us how her World Class Snowboarding career took off.  We l...

Your next Shot Caller story is told by Elisabeth Dewey, co-founder of Organic Mondays, a plastic free period company that delivers your organic, bespoke box of feminine products on a monthly basis .  They are a modern and ethical brand. The subscription comes as little as Euro 15.50 a month and can be cancelled at any time! They ship around the world! The Inspiration: Elisabeth and her co-founder...

Fashion Bulimia "We don't need any more clothes! If we stopped making clothes today, we would have enough clothes to dress the planet for the next 50 years!" Dana Thomas- Fashionopolis From modelling in Rome and Paris to becoming a Washington Post Journalist, advocating for less "fast fashion" and a more conscious consumer.  Dana Thomas' first job was as a model for local department stores, making...

From building a very successful business in Switzerland, managing a divorce with young children as an expat, taking charge of her financial well-being , going on a journey of self-love and addressing the important topic of race on a micro and a macro level we get very REAL in this episode. Dancoise Koechler is a strong black woman, but she will be damned if you try to give her any label that she h...

John Wood (founder of A Room to Read) and his wife Amy Powell (co-founder of Toasst Wines) inspire us with their story of -# Operation Mask Lift- bringing KN95 masks to those most in need "None of us can do everything but all of us can do something!" It all started with an email from a friend in Oregon!  When Amy heard that a doctor friend could only get 1 KN95 mask every 2 weeks to protect himsel...

Claire Smith (@beyondinvest) is the founder of Beyond Investing , Beyond Animal , Beyond Bags and the recently launched US Vegan Climate Index and the US Vegan Climate ETF (Ticker: VEGN).  Claire is a veteran in both banking and sustainable and impact investing.  She founded 100 Women in Finance in Geneva in 2007 and oversaw its growth in Switzerland through till 2014, as a member of the London Bo...

"HeiQ Fresh, In one day of 6 hours of daylight in a normal standardized room, destroy up to 98% of the formaldehydes, thereby cleaning the air of toxic components, making them into fresh air components." https://heiq.com/2019/12/04/new-technology-in-the-heiq-fresh-range-turns-curtains-into-air-purifiers/ Your next Shot Caller story, told by Carlo Centonze , CEO HeiQ Group in Switzerland ( www.heiq...