ImpactAlpha Podcasts

In this special episode of This Week in Impact, Brian Walsh discusses the evolution of ImpactAlpha with editor-in-chief David Bank and newly named CEO Dennis Price. The discussion centers on the leadership transition and the new teams and tools being developed at ImpactAlpha to support Agents of Impact. Read the full announcement .

David catches up with Navajo Power CEO Brett Isaac and COO Michael Cox to learn how the indigenous-owned company is building out utility-scale solar projects, not just in Navajo Nation but on tribal land across the country. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Navajo Power and Its Mission 03:11 The Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy 05:45 Community Engagement and Project Development 09:11 Navi...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Pegasus Capital’s contrarian play for orphaned climate projects in emerging markets. How a Ugandan pension fund is creating its own new savers with investments in small business and agriculture (07:45). And, should impact have a veto in investment decisionmaking (12:20)? Story links: “ Ever contrarian, Pegas...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Unsolicited advice for the Gates Foundation following the announcement that it would increase its giving and spend down its endowment by 2045; How California's massive public pension funds find alpha in emerging fund managers (09:45); And, glimmers of hope for blended finance in the face of a global foreign...

There are nearly as many people in the US over 65 years old as there are under 18, and we’re not getting any younger.  “It's genuinely a mega trend that's going to impact every aspect of our economy,” Next50’s Peter Kaldes tells David Bank on this Agents of Impact podcast. “We would be missing out on a profound investment and impact opportunity if we don't build this framework.”

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Two views on the future of impact investing from Calvert Impact and Innovative Finance Initiative. Temasek makes the case for the private equity opportunity in climate adaptation and resilience (09:10). And, how Mati Carbon plans to leverage its  $50 million X-Prize to remove carbon and support farmers in tr...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering . Up this week: With US markets all over the place, investors at the Milken Global Conference shift their focus to ownership, AI, and the rest of the world. How impact investors are responding to proposed cuts to health and medical research (8:33). And, forget your astrological sign – Phenix Capital proposes four arc...

JFF Ventures’ Yigal Kerszenbaum joins David Bank on the latest Agents of Impact podcast. The venture capital fund is betting on a high-road vision of workforce innovation – and AI – to expand economic mobility for workers amid technological disruption and economic uncertainty. Read Kerszenbaum's op-ed on ImpactAlpha . Timecodes: 00:00 The Role of Impact Investing in Economic Mobility 04:44 Navigat...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Some initial entries into the playbook for shared prosperity. How inflation and economic instability is affecting pay-as-you-go financing in the off-grid solar market (08:40). And, why Tom Steyer see now as a buying opportunity for climate investors with dry powder to deploy (13:50). Relevant links: “ Galvan...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: How climate tech founders and funders are planning to ride out the political storm. What the lackluster fundraising totals for TPG NEXT means for emerging and diverse managers (07:00). Plus, five promising pages in the playbook for shared prosperity (11:56). Relevant links: Climate tech is counting on fallin...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: A call to action from impact investors in response to the growing political risk in the US market. Plus, how the idea of employee ownership is bringing lawmakers together across the aisle (7:55). And the strategies and structures LPs are using to get their money back in a volatile market environment (11:55)....

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank , live-ish from the Re:Construction road show. Up this week: How impact investors are reacting to a tariffying week for Wall Street and global trade. What comes next for foreign aid in the wake of the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID (7:10). And, why it’s critical to continue assembling a playbook for shared pros...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering . Up this week: Climate insurance in California that incentivizes landowners to reduce wildfire risks. Plus, making subsidies smarter by targeting the operating needs of agriculture businesses and the funds that support them. Chapters (00:00) Innovative Climate Insurance Pilot in California (08:17) Concessional Capit...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: With proxy season here, how shareholders can apply a system stewardship model for the companies they own; why strategies to share the wealth via employee ownership are attracting popular support, and a look at our spring “Re:construction” tour, which offers a playbook for shared prosperity. Chapters (00:00)...

🎧 This Week in Impact . Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Why Trump's order to cut a Main Street lending program led to a rare GOP rebuke. How Canadian employee ownership trusts offer a path to shared prosperity along with protecting national sovereignty (06:17). And finally, as private equity fundraising becomes more competitive, how GPs c...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: The significance of noted green banker Mark Carney’s new role as Canadian Prime Minister; what’s at stake as US climate policy heads to the courts (06:41); and, why one impact fund manager says low-income customers are more profitable – and has the data to prove it (12:25). Story links: " ⁠Canada puts a gree...

Host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s emerging markets reporter Lucy Ngige . Up this week: Why the mood at two impact investing conferences in Nairobi was hopeful, despite the US foreign aid freeze. Plus, a roundup of some of the most interesting recent emerging markets deals. Check out all of the deals here: https://impactalpha.com/browse/beats/dealflow/

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering . Up this week: Jessica digs in on food and agriculture in East Africa. Emerging fund managers in the ownership economy deliver returns to investors by sharing the wealth with workers, families and communities. And, what the EU Commission’s revamped rules mean for climate and sustainability disclosure. Timecodes: 00:...

This week, Brian and David discuss the resilience of impact investing amidst political upheaval, focusing on emerging markets, small businesses, and climate strategies. Also, the evolving dynamics between limited partners (LPs) and general partners (GPs) in the investment landscape, particularly through co-investments. Finally they cover the University of Utah's new initiative to become a hub for...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: An innovative investment vehicle turns a strip mall in Portland into a community investment trust that’s helping local renters build family wealth; the Liist gets a facelift and the importance of highlighting the raises of emerging fund managers; plus, why impact investors are split on President Trump's...

On this episode of 'This Week in Impact' Brian Walsh and Jessica pother discuss the implications of the Trump administration's freeze on development finance, the evolving landscape of voluntary carbon markets driven by corporate buyers, and the challenges facing private equity in the healthcare sector. 00:50 Impact of the Trump Administration on Development Finance 10:09 Corporate Buyers and Volun...

In the latest Agents of Impact podcast, Ravit Dotan , an AI governance advisor and researcher in Pittsburgh, joins David Bank to share insights on the new state of play for responsible AI in the early days of the Trump administration and what Deepseek, the Chinese competitor to Open AI, means for intellectual property, open-source code … and national security.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories featured in this week's episode: Mission-driven funders scramble to respond to federal funding freeze⁠ , by Amy Cortese and David Bank Call roundup: https://impactalpha.com/calls/ How machine learning and AI can be harnessed for mission-based lending⁠ , by Mar Diteos Rendon, Nicole Jansma and Sachi Shenoy

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories covered this: “ Trump’s executive orders will affect investments in climate, equity, AI and global development ,” by Dennis Price, Isaac Silk and Amy Cortese “ Investors look for Opportunity Zones to get an extension and a fresh dose of tax-advantaged capital ,” by Roodgally Senatus “ Adding a dash of guaranteed li...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: How the devastating LA wildfires are putting a spotlight on wildfire prevention tech and what the disaster means for California's fragile insurance market; examples of outcomes-based financing driving systemic change in education; and Colossal Biosciences’ $200 million raise to revive the wooly mammoth a...