Best Andrew Tsao Podcasts (2025)

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Arguing for the freedom to give, speak and invest. Plus, looking ahead to Climate Week NYC 25:45

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7d ago25:45

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Foundation leaders “unite in advance” of expected attacks in the supercharged political environment; how the carbon credit platform Rubicon Carbon is using diversification and ratings to strengthen the market for voluntary carbon credits (07:20); and the bumpy…

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Mobilizing Millions for Climate Tech and Sustainable Fashion 17:35

12d ago17:35

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The All Aboard Coalition's effort to mobilize $300 million for venture capital co-investments in first of a kind climate-tech projects; the role of fashion brands in supporting regenerative cotton in Peru (06:55); and why decentralized physical infrastructure …

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Courts uphold GGRF freeze + the largest employee ownership deal yet 19:38

21d ago19:38

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How green lenders are scrambling to salvage investable deals as a federal appeals court maintains a Trump freeze on billions of dollars from the greenhouse gas reduction fund. Employee ownership takes a big leap forward as a company with 100,000 employees s…

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Roots of Impact introduces Simple Agreements for Future Impact + Impact opportunities in Peru 21:06

28d ago21:06

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editors and journalists from our team. Up this week: Jessica Pothering discusses a new financing tool from Roots of Impact, Simple Agreement for Future Impact. Eric Stein joins from Medellín to talk about impact investing trends he's been seeing during recent travels across Latin America (8:3…

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Wealthy donors are buying tons of carbon just to lock it away 19:19

1M ago19:19

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with ImpactAlpha editors and journalists. Up this week: Amy Cortese discusses the “billionaire buyers club” of wealthy donors buying up tons of carbon just to lock it away. Roodgally Senatus dishes on the big changes underway at Turner MIINT (7:45). And, dealflow editor Jessica Pothering runs down…

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How to fix blended finance + Tsao family office expands impact strategy to Africa 21:01

1M ago21:01

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Can open deal data and standardized reporting might help fix blended finance? How the Singapore-based Tsao family office deploys its capital towards impact (10:00). And, goodbye accelerators, hello venture studios – how emerging market investors are helping st…

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Capturing the market for carbon capture + Who gets jobs in impact? 23:43

2M ago23:43

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How air capture aims to capture the market for carbon my cost effectively removing it from the air. How Boldline Capital seeks to meet the short term liquidity of impact and emerging fund managers (10:34). And, who actually lands a job in impact investing? Har…

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How $3 billion in GGRF funds escaped legal limbo + why biochar is having a moment 24:41

2M ago24:41

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Amy Cortese and senior reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: How nearly $3 billion in Biden era climate financing, thought to be frozen in legal limbo, made it out to some private equity giants. Why biochar is having a moment (09:00). And, how global superstar Rihanna is investing in wome…

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The urgent need for climate adaptation, plus a growing role for community development financial institutions in Indian country 20:54

3M ago20:54

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: New urgency around investments in climate adaptation and resilience in the wake of the tragic flooding in Texas. How Community Development Financial Institutions in Indian country are positioned to step up – with or without promised federal funding (09:02). An…

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Doing more with fewer development dollars, plus a tribute to Andrew Kassoy 20:59

3M ago20:59

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies (09:30). And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movemen…

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Catalytic climate capital in the Amazonian bio-economy 19:08

3M ago19:08

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Teeing up November's Global Climate Summit COP 30 in Brazil with inclusive nature-based, Indigenous-led and catalytic climate capital. A new tool that helps direct scarce concessional capital for adaptation finance to where it's most needed (09:45). And…

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Lessons from Apollo and Mastercard Foundation + The Reconstruction Won't Be Televised 24:09

3M ago24:09

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What the $785 billion private equity giant Apollo has learned in the five years since launching its $1 billion private impact fund; from MasterCard Foundation's Africa Growth Fund to local African funders, a look at the small business investing landscape on th…

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Mobilzing private capital for green lending + European investors still see materiality as material 19:47

3M ago19:47

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Turning the stranded pipeline of green loans into investable deal flow for private capital. Plus, for European investors, material risks are still… material (10:30). And, Taylor Swift, Ryan Coogler, and the emerging ownership economy in music and film (15:10).…

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Dennis Price steps into new role as CEO of ImpactAlpha 16:29

4M ago16:29

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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.…

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Risk misperceptions in climate and emerging markets 17:35

4M ago17:35

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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 decisionmaki…

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Advice for the Gates Foundation spend-down + The state of blended finance 21:16

4M ago21:16

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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…

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Remedies for Impact’s original sins + Carbon removal's moment in the... dirt 19:16

4M ago19:16

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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-…

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The buzz at Milken + Which impact archetype are you? 23:06

5M ago23:06

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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 ast…

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Pages from the playbook for shared prosperity + a report card for pay-as-you-go solar 20:12

5M ago20:12

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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 p…

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For any fellow lone wolves (a voice memo) 4:56

5M ago4:56

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I recorded this straight from my apple watch after a meditation session in the park. I've been wanting to share more solo episodes of myself talking but somehow have felt blocked. Being able to speak directly into my watch, without the pressure of a microphone, camera, or even any text around seemed to allow my creativity to flow. And I always want…

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Climate tech is weathering political turbulence. 16:10

5M ago16:10

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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). R…

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A call to action in response to US political risk 17:00

5M ago17:00

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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 mon…

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A tarrifying week for investors + what's next for global AID 19:44

6M ago19:44

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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 …

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Insurance incentives for wildfire prevention + smarter subsidies for agribusiness 17:30

6M ago17:30

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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 Insuran…

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Proxy battles for universal owners & new models for employee ownership 20:09

6M ago20:09

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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 …

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Bipartisan support for CDFIs under Trump, and Canada's first Employee Ownership Trusts 19:16

6M ago19:16

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🎧 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 …

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A new era for climate leadership (in Canada, at least) 18:38

7M ago18:38

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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 pro…

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Local institutional capital for small and medium sized businesses in Africa 24:56

7M ago24:56

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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/beat…

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Live Coaching with Henry: A Turning Point in His Chronic Pain Journey 59:14

7M ago59:14

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In this special episode, I invite you into a deeply personal and raw coaching session with my client Henry, who has been on a powerful five-month journey of healing, resilience, and self-discovery. After living with chronic pain for over seven years, Henry recently took a major step—undergoing a stem cell treatment in Panama. Together, we reflect o…

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Seeing East African agri-food tech in action, plus the EU walks back sustainability disclosure 21:43

7M ago21:43

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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 clim…

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Navigating the new era for emerging markets, climate and small business investing 18:40

7M ago18:40

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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 Univer…

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Building wealth through community investment trusts 21:15

7M ago21:15

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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 imp…

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DFC faces Trump funding freeze fallout 26:38

8M ago26:38

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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 De…

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Mission driven funders react to feds funding freeze + responsible AI strategies. 19:20

8M ago19:20

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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 D…

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Trump's torrent of executive orders + OZ's get another look 25:05

8M ago25:05

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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 …

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Insurance risk after the LA fires + de-extinction tech gets a raise 23:54

8M ago23:54

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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’ $20…

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Coaching Reflections with Venus: Overcoming The Inner Critic and Embracing Creativity 38:55

9M ago38:55

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In this reflective coaching episode, I sit down with my client Venus, a yoga teacher and advocate for holistic well-being, to look back on her transformative journey. Venus shares how our work together helped her navigate the grip of her inner critic and perfectionism—empowering her to create content from a place of joy, step boldly into her creati…

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My fire meditation, thinking about the victims of the LA fires 7:13

9M ago7:13

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Thinking about the fire today and what it represents. Creating this track helped me process and move through some of complex emotions I'm holding and so that I can keep going, and focus on the things that matter. I'm learning to use art to express all the contradictory, elusive, and layered emotions that's in my body. I hope it can help you on anyt…

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Glimmers of hope for impact fundraising 20:30

9M ago20:30

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Host Brian Walsh takes up the week’s top stories with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering. They discuss Jessica's takeaways from her analysis of ImpactAlpha's 2024 set of actively raising impact funds, how catalytic capital is unlocking regenerative agriculture opportunities in Brazil, and why drones are taking off in India for agriculture and economic…

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The purrfect sound to create an ambient dreamscape around 3:30

9M ago3:30

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I heard my cat purr at me this morning and felt inspired to capture the feeling for me. Hope you enjoy! Connect with me: 📸 Connect on Instagram 🌐 Checkout my website 📫 Subscribe to my newsletter 𝕏 Follow me on Twitter/X 💼 Let's link up on Linkedin I am also a creativity coach who can help you rediscover your boldness, your creativity, and most impo…

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Starting the new year with experimenting with reverbs 3:33

9M ago3:33

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I've always liked the sounds of the spacey-ness of reverbs that makes me feel like I have more auditory space to wander and explore. And today I decided to play around with different audio reverb effects and apply it on my own audio and me playing the trumpet. Hope you enjoy! Connect with me: 📸 Connect on Instagram 🌐 Checkout my website 📫 Subscribe…

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Created a dance track with more Jay Chou samples 2:57

9M ago2:57

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I really enjoyed the process of taking samples from some of songs I grew up with so I decided to keep experimenting with it. Comment below if you know which Jay Chou songs I pulled the samples from 😎 Connect with me: 📸 Connect on Instagram 🌐 Checkout my website 📫 Subscribe to my newsletter 𝕏 Follow me on Twitter/X 💼 Let's link up on Linkedin I am a…

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Sampled a Jay Chou song, reversed it to create this song 3:39

9M ago3:39

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Gave myself 30 minutes today to pull a sample from Spotify and have fun with it. I'll give a gold star to anyone who can guess which song I used to create the main melody. Hint: It's not summer. Connect with me: 📸 Connect on Instagram 🌐 Checkout my website 📫 Subscribe to my newsletter 𝕏 Follow me on Twitter/X 💼 Let's link up on Linkedin I am also a…

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Using Ableton Live to create a new trumpet meditation 3:29

9M ago3:29

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It was a big leap for me to go from Garage Band to Ableton 12, it's like playing with legos with finally stepping into a real wood shop, but I'm glad I'm slowly learning my way around the place. What kind of music would you like to hear me try to compose? Connect with me: 📸 Connect on Instagram 🌐 Checkout my website 📫 Subscribe to my newsletter 𝕏 F…

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Why I'm starting this and my intentions 5:37

9M ago5:37

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I'm here to enjoy this journey. Come along, won't you 🙂 Connect with me: 📸 Connect on Instagram 🌐 Checkout my website 📫 Subscribe to my newsletter 𝕏 Follow me on Twitter/X 💼 Let's link up on Linkedin I am also a creativity coach who can help you rediscover your bodlenss, your creativity, and most importantly your truth. I can help you reclaim the p…

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Looking ahead to 2025 18:47

9M ago18:47

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In the final podcast episode of the year, host Brian Walsh takes up the trends that ImpactAlpha will be following in 2025 with editor David Bank. On our radar: Impact investors lean into economic populism with the ownership economy; climate gets a new narrative for the Trump era; and emerging markets attract local capital for local needs as better …

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Policy-enhanced impact investing + community ownership models 22:20

10M ago22:20

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How lobbying and advocacy are being used by family offices for “policy enhanced impact investing.” “⁠These investors are raising their lobbying game to enhance their social impact⁠,” by David Bank. How a California community lender is focusing on community own…

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How much is enough in employee ownership? 20:34

10M ago20:34

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The tale of two different ownership economy models for increasing employee wealth ⁠As private equity firms start to share the wealth, low-income workers get just a little bit⁠ by Roody Senatus ⁠Meet 22 funds raising capital to finance high-impact transitions t…

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Agents of Impact articulate new narratives for a post-election reality 14:14

10M ago14:14

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Highlights from this week’s post-election ⁠Agents of Impact Call⁠; the news that ⁠Donald Trump Jr⁠. is joining a quasi-impact investing fund targeting an underserved market – conservative consumers; and, how ⁠catalytic capital warehousing⁠ could help emerging …

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The search is on for global climate leadership + hospitals investing in social determinants of health 17:41

11M ago17:41

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Previewing next week's Agents of Impact Call (⁠RSVP NOW!⁠) The search is on for ⁠global climate leadership⁠ at COP29-- and ⁠women are front and center⁠. How ⁠hospitals are partnering with community lenders⁠ to invest in the social determinants of health Plus, …