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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. Sustainable landscaping that’s still attractive: 9 tips for your front yard

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

105. Introducing Progressive Pockets! New name, same great taste

Progressive Pockets Trailer

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)

Interlude: the podcast is 1 year old!

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

13. You moved into a gentrifying neighborhood. Now what?

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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