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Progressive Pockets: a podcast about the untapped power of our wallets to build the world we want — 212 episodes
205. How I finally switched to a more socially responsible index fund
204. Planning a trip? Here's how to respect local cultures and land
203. Self Care for Times Like These (again)
202. Know Your Rights When it Comes to ICE
201. Supporting Minnesota's Immigrants Right Now
200. Did you know Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had radical money beliefs? (replay)
199. Tax write-off today...donate never? Donor Advised Funds. To DAF or not to DAF?
198. Simple tips to host a sustainable Thanksgiving celebration this year
197. Learning from Indigenous Chefs to Prepare a More Authentic Thanksgiving Meal
196. The Family that Gives Together, Grows Together
195. Feeling weird about your inheritance? You're not the only one.
194. Making Your Investments a Force for Good
193. How I Screen Charities Before I Donate
192. Are private prisons hiding in your 401K?
191. Where Mariah Carey donates her money
190. Where the artist formerly known as Prince donated his money
189. How Bill Clinton gives his money away
188. Where Serena Williams donates her money
187. How to vacation a little more sustainably
186. You can be a Financial Ally at your job
185. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: A Book Review
184. Should you donate at the cash register?
183. What happened when a group of friends in Brooklyn decided to donate together
182. Why the Rich Don't Give
181. Five ways to decide how much to donate if you're not very religious
180. A New Way to Buy Diamonds that Lines Up with Your Values
179. How to get your employer to offer matching donations
178. Are you middle class? What do the numbers actually say? Why does this matter?
177. Breaking up with Amazon...gently
176. Three ways to help when there's a social cause you care a lot about
175. How I finally switched to a more socially responsible index fund (ICYMI)
174. Making our investments just a little more Earth friendly
173. Moving your cash to a climate friendly bank
172. Nine Tips for a Sustainable Front Lawn that's still Attractive
171. Dealing with Climate Anxiety
Are you ready for climate month at Progressive Pockets?!
170. The 23 Things They Don't Tell you About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang. A Book Review
169. Why Everyone is Talking About the Great Wealth Transfer...and What They're Leaving Out of the Conversation
168. Will boycotting Target actually achieve anything?
167. Self Care for Times Like These
166. The Financial Activist Playbook by Jasmine Rashid Book Review
165. Jazz and Philanthropy
164. Three Ways to Be More Generous This Year
163. An Intro to the Black Panther Party's Social Programs
162. Revisiting Dr. Martin Luther King's Radical Money Beliefs
161. Where to Donate After the LA Fires and Other Natural Disasters
160. One Hundred Things to do Today Instead of the Inauguration
159. How to live out your values this year
158. Predictions for 2025 and checking in on 2024 predictions
157. Most Popular Episodes of 2024
156. Getting a tax break for your donations this year
155. How Gen Z thinks about Investing
154. Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva: A Book Review
153. Giving Tuesday Goes Global
152. We Can Help to Buy Indigenous Land Back
151. Hosting a Thanksgiving celebration that's just a little more sustainable
150. What now?
149. Changing the political future of our country with our wallets (Replay)
148. Is your bank funding politicians you don't support? Consider these 4 banks instead
147. The surprising truth about what ESG actually means
146. Where do Latine Americans donate their money?
145. Hosting a pop up giving circle for the holidays
144. How to help your clients invest for more than financial returns: how to consider societal values too
143. Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas: A book review
142. Conscious Travel and Tourism
141. Five Sources of Power Every Shareholder Has
140. Activate Your Money by Janine Firpo: A book review
139. Where Serena Williams donates her money
138. Where do Chrissy Teigen and John Legend donate their money?
137. Where does Taylor Swift donate her money?
136. Where does Dolly Parton donate her money?
135. Changing the political future of our country with our wallets
134. Five ways to be a financial ally at work
133. How a group of students convinced their university to divest from apartheid
132. Boycotts, "Buycotts" and Public Shaming
131. How to Align Your Investments with Your Values
130. Effective Altruism, AI, and Sam Bankman-Fried
129. What's your relationship to Juneteenth?
128. "I donate, but am I a philanthropist?" Apparently it depends on your identities...
127. How I Screen Charities Before I Donate
126. Vegan Investing: How to Beet the Market! 🥕
125. Are there any prisons in your 401K?
124. What to ask a financial planner if you want them to consider your societal values
123. Poor People’s Campaign
122. How I switched to a more socially responsible index fund
121. New Book Alert: The Social Justice Investor by Andrea Longton
120. Where to find a financial advisor to help you invest according to your values
119. Investing According to Islamic Principles
Announcement
118. Maybe banks don't have to suck: An intro to CDFIs
117. 1% for the Planet
116. MacKenzie Scott's Giving Strategy and What We Can Learn From It
115. Where do American Muslims Donate Their Money?
114. Big Wallets, Bleeding Hearts: Support Groups for the Wealthy
113. Celebrating Black Philanthropy (Replay)
112. The Black Dollar Index
111. Is this stock anti-racist?
110. The legacy of Jazz and Philanthropy
109. Building a bridge between financial markets & social justice: Rachel Robasciotti, Founder of Adasina Social Capital
108. Pros and Cons of ESG investing
107. Dr. King's Radical Money Beliefs
106. New Year New Us? Planning for more social impact in 2024
Progressive Pockets Trailer
105. Introducing Progressive Pockets! New name, same great taste
104. How to review YOUR money's social impact in 2023
103. Predictions for 2024 and Most Popular Episodes of 2023
102. Just give them cash: what the data shows about giving people cash versus other types of help
101. Tax write-off today, donate never?
100. A recap of the last hundred episodes!
99 What's your plan for Giving Tuesday this year?
98. Decolonizing our Thanksgiving Plates (Replay)
97. When Trust Fund Kids Grow Up
96. The World's Most Socially Responsible Bank
95. Volunteer Tourism
94. Why the Rich Don't Give
93. Reflections on 2 years of this podcast
92. Four more ways to build an organization according to your values
91. Building an organization according to your values
90. Four Ethical Banks
89. Where does will.i.am donate his money?
88. Where does Rihanna donate her money?
87. Where does Paris Hilton donate her money?
86. Where does Beyoncé donate her money?
85. Where does President Barack Obama donate his money?
Introducing the Celebrity Giving Series!
84. On Impact Investing and Social Justice from Narratives of Purpose
83. Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge
82. Divesting from Prisons
81. Creating a Family Mission Statement (Replay)
80. The Five Types of Givers (Part 2)
79. The Five Types of Givers
78. Raising Generous Kids (Replay)
77. Where To Start With Donating (Replay)
Interlude
76. The surprising truth about what ESG investing actually means
75. How to start a values aligned investing club
74. Does it matter where you say "I Do"?
73. It's wedding season! How to go green
72. How much money do Harry and Meghan give away?
71. Women, Men, and Money
70. The legal right to invest according to our values
69. Women, Sex and Socialism
68. Is a donation a good gift?
67. Did Patagonia's founder really give his company away?
66. Supporting the Arts
65. Celebrating Black Philanthropy
64. Giving After a Natural Disaster
63. 2023 Predictions
62. Most popular episodes of 2022
61. Donations of the Rich and Famous
60. When a friend asks you to donate...but you don't want to
59. American Indian Heritage Month meets Giving Tuesday
58. Decolonizing our Thanksgiving Plates
57. Focusing your values aligned investing
56. What to do if your company's 401K goes against your values (Replay)
55. Moved to a Gentrifying Neighborhood, Now What? (Replay)
54. Giving Up Brands with Shaky Values (Replay)
53. Where to Find Charities and What to Ask (Replay)
52. How Much Should I Donate? (Replay)
51. Activist Investing
50. Giving more strategically
49. Socially Responsible Robo-Advisors
48. What to do with a Windfall
47. How to Set Up a Scholarship
46. Three Phases of Impact Investing
45. Creating a Family Money Mission Statement
44. Can our money help with gun violence?
43. Not Your Parent's Giving
42. Pay Transparency for Allies
41. Juneteenth!
40. Give now or wait till I'm rich?
39. Helping with the Baby Formula Shortage
38. Funding Reproductive Freedom
37. Crypto vs The Environment
36. Greenwashing 101
35. Etsy for Ukraine
34. Elon Musk, Twitter, and ESG
Thank You Listeners!
33. What should I pay my first employee?
32. Is it ethical to be a billionaire?
31. Banking till death do us part
30. What's the bank doing with your cash?
29. My 2 Cents and My 2 Cents
28. How to start a giving circle
27. Where should I bank?
26. Sustainable Vacation or Bust!
25. What should I be reading?
24. Should I donate if I'm broke?
23. Raising Generous Kids
22. Recap of 2021 Most Popular Episodes
21. Predictions for 2022
Trailer
20. Where to start with donating
19. Convincing others to shop more sustainably
18. Investing in the Underinvested
17. Can you spare a dollar to help me get home?
16. Where to start with socially responsible shopping
15. Housekeeping and other dirty secrets
14. When your donations aren't stacking up
13. Why we shouldn't worry about a charity's admin expenses
12. For busy people looking for socially responsible investments
11. Moved into a gentrifying area? Now what?
10. Fair trade or bust
9. When your company doesn't offer a socially responsible 401k
8. Where to find charities and what to ask
7. Giving up brands with shaky values
6. Picking a focus for my investments
5. Where to donate when everyone needs help
4. Socially responsible shopping- is there any point?
3. Investing in line with my personal values
2. How much should I donate?
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