Philanthropy Bites
Philanthropy Bites is a bi-weekly podcast powered by the LSE’s Marshall Institute and the Philanthropy Centre at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Each 20 minute episode will offer a deep dive into the lives and work of inspiring and visionary leaders- all of whom are working to change minds and move money to address some of the most critical issues of our time. Designed to spark action and enable us to learn from one another at a time when the world faces escalating social, environmental and economic challenges like never before.
Episodes
8 episodes
Per Heggenes on IKEA Foundation’s drive for meaningful social & environmental impact
Per Heggenes is CEO of the IKEA Foundation, one of the largest foundations in the world tackling root causes of inequality: poverty, climate change and lack of resources. He is a tireless advocate for children living in some of the world’...
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Episode 8
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29:26
Cara Mertes on storytelling for impact
Cara Mertes is a preeminent practitioner and theorist of storytelling for social justice. She is currently Founding Director of a new donor collaborative, International Resource for Impact and Storytelling (IRIS). Prior to this, she...
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Episode 7
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19:58
Richard Curtis CBE on global poverty, storytelling & advocacy
Richard Curtis CBE is a film writer and director, responsible for films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Mr Bean and Love Actually. This 20 minute podcast dives into the other side of Richard’s extr...
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Episode 6
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27:34
Rt Hon David Miliband on helping people in crisis to survive, recover and rebuild their lives
Rt Hon David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Having come from a refugee family, David brings a personal commitment to the IRC's...
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Episode 5
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25:14
Mabel van Oranje on advancing equality, freedom and justice
Mabel van Oranje is a serial entrepreneur for social change working globally to advance equality, freedom and justice. During the last decade, she played a catalytic role in the global movement to end child marriage, including the creation and ...
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Episode 4
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22:18
Sir Ronald Cohen on Impact Investing
Sir Ronald Cohen is one of the most influential figures in impact investing over the past 50 years. Having fled Egypt as a refugee in 1957, he worked his way upwards to become widely known as the father of European venture capital and imp...
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Episode 3
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24:13
Jacqueline Novogratz on impact investing, social entrepreneurship and moral imagination
Impact investing, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy have gained significant momentum in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. But what does success really look like in these spheres? Jacqueline Novogratz built Acumen by investing ‘patient cap...
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Episode 1
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22:00
Professor Johan Rockström on climate change
Recorded just days before the start of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, this discussion explains the implications of 1.5 degree warming, and what needs to be done to avert further crisis. By some estimates, le...
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Episode 2
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22:09