Renegade Capital
Episodes
The Business Power of Women’s Sports
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our season finale, we sit down with Danielle Steer, Managing Partner of Tundra Ventures, to explore the explosive growth of women’s sports and th...
How Law Shapes Finance with Osahon Okundaye
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Renegade Capital, we’re joined by Osahon Okundaye, finance and securities attorney and professor, to explore the powerful and often ove...
The Power and Promise of CDFIs
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Renegade Capital, Anna Smukowski joins us to honor the incredible impact of CDFIs and the people who make them thrive. She shares s...
Mergers & Mission: The Strategy Behind Longevity
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we start thinking about our organization’s end game—not as a failure, but as a strategy for lasting impact?In this episode of Re...
Moving Forward through Fear
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Renegade Capital, we talk with Julianne Zimmerman of Adasina Social Capital about what it means to keep moving forward in moments o...
When the Government Shuts Down: CDFIs Left in Limbo
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re hitting pause on our Starfish Stories to talk about what’s making headlines right now — the federal government shutdown. It’s not just p...
Renegade Capital Hosts Share their Starfish Stories
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We said we wanted to hear your starfish stories… but first, we’re sharing ours! In this fun, feel-good episode, Andrea, Leah, and Ebony open up a...
Starfish Stories: The Power of One
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re launching something new — and it’s all about you.In this short episode, we introduce our new Starfish Stories series, inspired by the well...
Finding Alignment in a Time of Competing Priorities
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we sit down with Curtis Peterson who works closely with healthcare-focused foundations and startups. Curtis shares practical tools for navi...
Liberating Wealth with Justice Funders
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to liberate wealth? In this episode, we chat with Lora Smith of Justice Funders about reimagining philanthropy, moving money with cr...
The Reorientation of a Trailblazer: Donna Gambrell's Four-Decade Legacy in Community Finance
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After four decades of transforming how America thinks about community investment, Donna Gambrell is entering a new chapter. As she prepares to step do...
Renegade Capital Season 5: The Pressures and Promises of the Moment
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The activists are back for another season of asking the big questions that matter most. Renegade Capital Season 5 returns this fall with Andrea Longto...
The Giving Pledge: 10 Years Later
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
15 years ago, some of the world’s wealthiest promised to give away at least half their fortunes through the Giving Pledge. Over a decade later, how ...
AI’s Hidden Cost: The Environmental Impact No One’s Talking About
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world—but at what cost to our planet? In this episode, we dig into the overlooked environmental footprint o...
Is Scale the Enemy of Impact?
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As federal funding continues to shrink, many mission-driven organizations are under pressure to grow fast and do more. But is scaling always the right...
Do The Least Harm? A Financial Advisor’s Guide to Ethical Investing
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Maggie Kulyk, seasoned financial advisor and the founder of Chicory Wealth, to explore what it really means to inves...
Trump’s Big, Beautiful REPEAL: What It Means for Climate and Community
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we unpack the far-reaching implications of what’s been called “The Big, Beautiful Bill” — and what it means for environmental...
Let’s Talk About Estate Planning (Yes, Really)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We know—it sounds like one of those topics: boring, scary, or just plain overwhelming. But in this episode, we flip the script on estate planning....
Politics, Perception, and Your Portfolio: Are You Making Emotional Money Moves?
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A recent Wall Street Journal article reveals a surprising trend: more and more people are letting their political beliefs guide their short-term finan...
Women & The Great Wealth Transfer: A $48 Trillion Opportunity
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By 2048, women are projected to inherit a staggering $48 trillion from their spouses as part of the Great Wealth Transfer. Yet, many financial profess...
Audacious Actions for DAF Holders
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores how Realize Impact empowers donors to turn capital from donor-advised funds (DAF) into real-world change through impact investin...
When DAFs Meet Impact Investing 🤯
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs), when used as intended, can help create a better world. Although they are commonly used to provide traditional grants to no...
How to spend $200 billion
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when nonprofits are feeling attacked and experiencing funding cuts, The Gates Foundation is demonstrating how philanthropy can lead. They re...
What's Happening To Green? 💚 🌎😭
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
* Crickets*Have you noticed that the impact industry has gone silent about all things green? In this episode, the co-hosts also discuss the recent can...
S4E2/ Language in an Anti-Woke Era
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you or your organization struggling with how to talk about your work, considering recent government funding regulations? You’re not alone. In th...
The Renegades Are Back
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Renegade Capital is back for season 4! After taking a much-needed break, Andrea, Leah, and Ebony are back on the mic to connect with our fellow renega...
From H.A.L to Chat GPT: Preparing for the Future of AI & Investing, feat. Deepti Doshi, New_Public and Katy Knight, Siegel Family Endowment
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep8 | What does Artificial Intelligence (AI) have to do with financial activism? And what should investors know as the field continues to evolve? T...
Progressive Pockets Guest Episode: The surprising truth about what ESG actually means
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Renegade Capital features a special guest episode from the Progressive Pockets Podcast! Hosted by Genet G.G. Gimja, Progressive Pockets is a...
How to Invest for Social Justice, feat. Rachel Robasciotti, Adasina Social Capital
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep7 | What does it really mean to invest in social justice, and how do we know it’s making a difference? And is it something everyone can do? I...
Making Data a Dynamic Investment Tool for Decarceration, feat. Tanay Tatum-Edwards, FreeCap Financial, Inc
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep6 | The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with almost 2.2 million people in prison, and 1 in 7 Americans have an imm...
Macguyvering Money for Indigenous Communities feat. Lakota Vogel, Four Bands Community Fund
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep5 | To “MacGuyver” something is to use something in an inventive way, using what you have in a creative way to repair or make something new. ...
Investing in Climate Resilience the Appalachian Way, feat. Andrew Crosson & Baylen Campbell, Invest Appalachia
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep4 | Climate change is impacting not only our oceans and ozone, but our own cities and homes. That means there are environmental, economic, and so...
Increasing Diversity in Real-Estate Development Can Drive Systemic Change In Communities of Color with U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep 3 | According to a new study, Black and Hispanic real estate developers together make up less than 1 percent of their industry. This gap in the ...
Investing in Women’s Economic Power, feat. Calvert Impact
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
S3 Ep1| After a year where The Barbie Movie, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce have all broken records in the entertainment industry, the world has gotten a g...
Investing In Women’s Financial Independence, feat. Self-Help Credit Union and FreeFrom
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence. Please listen at your own discretion. S3 Ep1What does financial freedom mean ...
Why Small Businesses Need More from Impact Finance: Gabby and Rozalynn Goodwin, GaBBY Bows
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
S2 Ep 9How do the different pieces of impact finance all come together in the actual experience of small businesses? And when it’s time for the rubb...
When Investing for Impact in Rural America Turns Into “Extractive Capital”: Stephanie Randolph, Deputy Director of Cassiopeia Foundation and Sara Morgan, Executive VP and CIO at Fahe
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
S2 Ep9When investors turn to rural America, they often bring assumptions about life and communities there, both positive and negative. These assumptio...
Capital Commitments to Black Communities- Real Investment or PR Promise?: Robert E. James II, President & CEO of Carver Financial Corporation
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, we saw a significant rise in commitments to investing in Black communities and businesses. Now, two ye...
Changing the Face of Finance One Conference at a Time: Liv Gagnon & Sonya Dreizler, Co-Founders of CHOIR
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2, Episode 6Many of us have stories of attending conferences and feeling like the voices on stage resemble something like a one-note choir. Und...
Building Inclusive Economies Where Policy and Money Meet: Virginia Senator Jennifer McClellan.
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2, Episode 5In this episode, Senator Jennifer McClellan shares her experience navigating the intersection of government and economy in Virginia...
“OK Boomer…”: Do GenXers and Millennials Invest Differently Than Their Parents?: Alyssa Greenspan, President and COO and Jessica Botelho, Director of Impact and CRA research at Community Capital Management
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2, Episode 4Over the next 25 years, as much as $68 trillion in wealth will pass from baby boomers to their GenX and Millennial children and gra...
Breaking Open the “Piggy Banks of Charity” to Accelerate Giving: Kat Taylor, Co-Founder & Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2, Episode 3Initially billed as a tool to give individual donors more control over their giving activity and accelerate charity, Donor Advised ...
Can Small Businesses Benefit from Fintech Too?: David Taliaferro, Co-Founder and CEO of Lenderfit
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2, Episode 2 Despite what Hollywood teaches us, technology is not an objective bystander to history. Quite the opposite. Technology imbibes the...
Uplifting Communities through Real Estate Development: Dave McCormack, President, Waukeshaw Development
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2, Episode 1Guest: Dave McCormack, President, Waukeshaw Development Real-estate developers as a class have a less than stellar reputation acros...
Bonus Episode - Careers with Impact
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
UNC Chapel Hill’s Impact's Careers with Impact Forum is an annual conference that offers MBA and undergraduate business students the opportunit...
Activist Investing: Phuong Luong, CFP, Principal, Saltbox Financial
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can investors be activists?A lot of emphasis is placed on the failures of institutional investment practices to fix the holes in our capital ecosystem...
Investing in Main Street, not Wall Street: Stephanie Gripne, Founder and CEO of Impact Finance Center
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why does more money go to Wall Street instead of Main Street? It’s a question that bedevils the world over as income inequality continues to climb a...
Meet a real life "renegade investor": Kate Poole, Co-Founder, Chordata Capital
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Description Can you support regenerative economies, community-controlled investment, and still earn a reasonable return? What would you do if you sud...
How the NFL’s Washington Football Team got its new name: Geeta Aiyer, President, Boston Common Asset Management
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a broken financial system that frequently rewards short-term profit over sustainability, the idea of investments as leverage for positive change ca...
Cannabis: Growing inclusive economies: Khadijah Tribble, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Curaleaf
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the movement to legalize cannabis gains steam across the country, the plant presents opportunities for entrepreneurs to capitalize on a slowly loos...
Are CDFIs the original capital renegades?: Donna Gambrell, CEO of Appalachian Community Capital
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Certified Developmental Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are government-certified banks, credit unions, loan funds, and other types of capital providers...
Race, Banking, and Wealth: John Holdsclaw IV, EVP, Strategic Initiatives at National Cooperative Bank:
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How does banking affect the racial wealth gap in America? The racial wealth gap sees massive differences in median net worth between white and black A...
Community, Capital, and Change: Cat Berman, CEO & Co-Founder of CNote
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can we get money into America’s Main Street communities?Cat knows that Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) have been vital in c...
Renegade Capital Series Trailer
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Renegade Capital is the activist’s podcast for finance and investments. Hear why we started this show and decided to interview thought leaders who g...