The Criterion Institute Podcast
By Joy Anderson
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How do we disrupt the entrenched power dynamics in finance to advance a more equitable future? Join us for the Criterion Institute Podcast as Joy Anderson, a global thought leader in business and social change, leads us through a series of discussions, interviews, frameworks, rants, and re-frames that will help you better understand how to use finance as a tool for transformative systems change. Learn more by visiting us at www.criterioninstitute.org.
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#88: The Politics of Time in Investing: Exit Horizons, Runways, and the Futures We Finance
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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#87: Thank You for Naming It: The Early Days of Gender Lens Investing
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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#86: A Tale of Two NAPs: National Action Plans and Much-Needed Naps
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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#85: Changing Your Frame Not Your Mind: Ensuring Your Actions Follow What You See
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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#84: Narratives, Local, and the Stories That Shape Finance
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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#83: Trust as Infrastructure: Trade Lenda and the Power of Informal Markets
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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#82: How Staying in Paradox Can Sustain Hope and Drive Systemic Change
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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#81: AI at the Door: Grace, Hospitality, and Who We Talk To
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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#80: What Are You Willing to See? Disruption, Fault Lines, and the Moments That Matter
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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#79: From Invitation to Trust: Rethinking Relationships in Finance
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May 21, 2026 |
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#78: Intermediation Is Not Overhead
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May 07, 2026 |
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#77: Strength Is the Strategy: A Conversation on Movement‑Led Finance
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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#76: Bring Your Expertise: Why AI Needs More Voices
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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#75: When the Moment Arrives: Acting on Systems Opportunities
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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#74: No Permission Required: Volunteerism as a Power Shift
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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#73: Search Funds Reframed: Expanding Access to Business Ownership
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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#72: From Add-on to Operating System: Rethinking the Role of Services in Local Value Creation
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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#71: Time to Pause: How We Learn to Let Go, Listen and Pivot
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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#70: Financing Patience: Movements, Markets and the Long Game
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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#69: The Stories We Choose: Finding Meaning in the Broken Glass of 2025
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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#68: Clarity is Relational: Leadership in Complex Systems
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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#67: Financing the Reduction of GBV: From Insights to Infrastructure
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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#66: Designing Finance for Context: A Conversation with Joanna Levitt Cea
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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#65: Investing as if Hope Mattered: The Church, Finance, and the Imagination to Act
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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#64: Joy as an Act: Birthday reflections on what is in a name
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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#63: From Scarcity to Power: Reimagining Finance for Feminist Movements
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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#62: Pipelines of Trust: Rethinking Local Capital Mobilization in Africa
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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#61: In Conversation: Building the Future of the Field from Convergence to Action
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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#60: Building Momentum: Convergence 2026 and the Future of Finance in Ending GBV
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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#59: The Art of Dialogue: Transforming Conferences into Conversations
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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#58: Check List or Trust List: Power, Performance, and the Politics of Procedure
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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#57: Investable Hope: A Conversation with Susie Pan on Financing the Future
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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#56: Maybe I’m Just Cranky: Burnout, Autonomy, and the Cost of Leadership
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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#55: If You’re Here, You Must Be Fine: Watching HBO's Hit Show 'The Rehearsal' with Power in Mind
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#54: Parallel Lives Born Q4 1967: A Conversation with Joyce-Ann Wainaina on Purpose, Family, and Finance
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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#53: Looking at Costs: Why Gender Isn’t Expensive—But Resistance Is
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May 22, 2025 |
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#52: Reimagining Resourcing for Social Transformation - Part Two
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May 08, 2025 |
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#51: Reimagining Resourcing for Social Transformation - Part One
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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#50: Celebrating 50 Episodes: Joy & David Bank on Impact, Media, and the Future
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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#49: When Optimism Meets Uncertainty: Finding Grace on a Monday Morning
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#48: The Future We Demand: Organizing, Mobilizing, and Resisting Together
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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#47: Spelling it out: Gender Lens Investing Deserves Words, Not Acronyms
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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#46: Challenging Toxic Masculinity: Is there a Business Case for Investing in Good Men?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#45: Making Sense of Complexity: Frameworks That Work (and Those That Don’t)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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#44: Four Futures: Reimagining Gender Lens Investing in a Changing World
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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#43: Building Resilient Economies with Lilian Mramba: The Power of Funky Banking
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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#42: 10 Years On: Reflecting on the State of Gender Lens Investing
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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#41: On Being Christian: Identity and Action Through Investments
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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#40: Gender Lens Investing in a Time of Backlash: Why it Matters Now More Than Ever
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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#039: Financial Tools for Social Change: Ending Gender-Based Violence
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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#038: A Birthday Reflection: Embracing the Limitations and Possibilities of Aging
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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#037: Making the Invisible Visible: Advocating for Widow Rights in Africa
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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#036: Advanced Practices to address gender and power dynamics in African Finance: A Conversation with Dr. Ola Brown
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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#035: The Core Pillars of Our Strategic Plan: Valuing the Future of Equality
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#034: Disrupting Fields: How to Build Frameworks for Analyzing Power Dynamics
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#033: The Core Pillars of Our Strategic Plan: Inviting Financial Imagination
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#032: Pioneering Collaboration: The Story Behind the 2024 Joan Bavaria Award
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#031: From Cards to Contracts: Innovating Legal Structures for Impact
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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#030: You Are Welcome: Hospitality, Strangers, and Family Myths
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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#029: Words of Kindness: Language and Systemic Change
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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#028: Investing in Trust: Creating Safe Containers for Unlearning and Healing
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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#027: The Core Pillars of Our Strategic Plan: Financing the Reduction Of Gender-Based Violence
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May 23, 2024 |
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#026: Convergence: Stories of Dialogue and Transformation
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May 09, 2024 |
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#025: Choirs of Change: Harmonizing Finance for Systemic Impact
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#024: The Power of Informality: Redefining Innovation Over Tea
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#023: Systemic Shifts: Rethinking Risk in Investment Strategies
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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#022: Navigating Paradoxes: Competition, Collaboration, and Systemic Change
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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#021: Shifting Power in Investment Practice: Designing an Investment Thesis
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#020: Shifting Power in Investment Practice: The Costs of Doing Business
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#019: Shifting Power in Investment Practice: GBVH Risk
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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#018: Shifting Power in Investment Practice: An Introduction
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#017: A Lens to See (Unintended Consequences) More Clearly
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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#016: We Made This System Up, We Can Change It.
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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#015: The Core Pillars of Our Strategic Plan: Unleashing the Power of Policy
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#014: The Core Pillars of Our Strategic Plan: Reframing Narratives in Innovative Finance
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#013: Stories of Relationships
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#012: Valuing Expertise
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#011: Five strategies for using finance for social change
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May 18, 2023 |
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#010: A Couple Rants on Innovative Finance
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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#009: Wandering Around Wondering
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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#008: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: An Opportunity for Change?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#007: Knowledge and Power. Part One.
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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#005: Imagining Alternative Futures and Contingencies
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#006: Why the Future Matters in Finance
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#004: Designing an Investment Thesis for Gender Lens Investing
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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#003: Bringing Financial Imagination to the Afghanistan Crisis
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#002: Checking Our Power in the Work of Building Fields
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#001: Fix the Capital, Not the Company. Part One.
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#000: Welcome, Here’s What You Can Expect from this Podcast
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Oct 03, 2022 |