Name: Leverage by HitsOnlyApache
Duration: 3 min 36 s
Description: If! I leave the game, Are they gon love me!? Leverage!! Leverage!!!

If! I leave the game, Are they gon love me!? Leverage!! Leverage!!!

Leverage

Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar talks about the struggle to build more affordable housing in Connecticut and the three clinics she leads at the Law School that work on housing issues. She also discusses her ideas about making it easier to build housing.

https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/podcast-anika-singh-lemar-confronts-connecticuts-housing-crisis

Anika Singh Lemar Confronts Connecticut’s Housing Crisis

You On You

The Rev'd John Burruss (The Leader's Way ’23 Fellow) and the Rev'd Mary Bea Sullivan join hosts Hannah Black and Brandon Nappi to tell the story of the Threshold Center, a vibrant space designed to address loneliness and foster connection in Birmingham, Alabama. Born from a tragic event in the life of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, the Threshold Center nurtures well-being and connection by engaging practices of the heart, body, and imagination through innovative programs like trauma-informed yoga, listening as an act of love, and peace through poetry. This episode offers rich insights into the power of collaboration, creativity, and radical hospitality.

50: Innovative Parish Ministry with the Threshold Center

In a world where financial inclusion remains one of our generation's greatest challenges, emerging markets are becoming the true laboratories of fintech innovation. While developed economies iterate on convenience, companies operating in regions with limited banking infrastructure are fundamentally reimagining what financial services can look like from the ground up.

Today, we're diving into this fascinating intersection of opportunity and impact with David Lask from Tala. Tala has built a reputation as a pioneer in financial inclusion, providing access to credit and financial services to underbanked populations across multiple continents.

David joins us fresh from the Fintech Americas Miami conference to share his insights on the rapidly evolving Latin American fintech landscape. We'll explore how the unique challenges and opportunities in this region are fostering innovative approaches to financial services, with a special focus on Mexico as a compelling case study of fintech evolution.

Serving the global majority: How Tala is reshaping financial inclusion in Latin America and beyond

A conversation with Janet Bishop, co-curator of the exhibition Ruth Asawa: Retrospective.

Ruth Asawa

In this episode, Dr. Blake Mergler, Dr. Reid Mergler, and Dr. Caoimhe Duffy examine the crucial role of anesthesiologists in recognizing and addressing trauma during labor.Their thorough narrative review highlights the importance of trauma-informed care, which shifts the focus from “what is wrong with the patient” to “what has happened to the patient.” The trio discusses how anesthesiologists can embrace this mindset, promoting empathy and understanding without judgment.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39231043/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39897428/

Anesthesiologist’s role in trauma-informed care

For their third annual Bulldog Days Live episode, Hannah and Mark interview three recently admitted students about how they chose to spend their time in high school. The students share their insights on balancing schoolwork, extracurricular activities,  social life, work, family, and everything else on their path to applying to college.  Admissions officers Skylar and John discuss how the admissions office produces an action-packed three-day campus preview program, including two world-class performance showcases. Hannah and Mark also share dozens of pearls of wisdom submitted by audience members about prioritizing commitments and finding balance.

Bulldog Days Live 2025

In today’s financial landscape, innovation is more than just a buzzword—it’s a driving force separating industry leaders from those left behind. Finding, nurturing, and scaling the right technologies has become a specialized skill set all its own.

Joining us today is Ryan Falvey, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Restive. Ryan has spent the last 15 years at the forefront of identifying and championing market-changing innovations in financial technology. His track record speaks for itself—since 2015, he’s invested in 40 early-stage fintech firms that have collectively grown to represent approximately $3 billion in aggregate equity value.

Before founding Restive, Ryan led the development of the Financial Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking partnership between JPMorgan Chase and the Financial Health Network. His experience also includes developing payment solutions with leading tech companies at Silicon Valley Bank and serving as Strategy Group Lead at Enclude Solutions, where he oversaw global strategy consulting for mobile-enabled financial products.

“We’re not investing in fintech apps — we’re investing in infrastructure,” Falvey explains early on. That distinction underscores a larger trend he sees in the market: a move away from flashy consumer-based apps toward foundational financial APIs. It also focuses on backend tooling and embedded finance capabilities.

Falvey’s insights aren’t theoretical — they’re rooted in his day-to-day decisions as an investor. At Restive, he’s helping startups through early product development. He emphasizes practical scalability and regulation-ready business models. “You don’t build a consumer business by launching an app anymore,” he says. “It’s not about the app — it’s about access, context, and integration.”

From fintech regulation to platform economics, Falvey shares grounded wisdom. He focuses on how successful startups are navigating today’s uncertain investment landscape. What’s emerging is a more nuanced strategy for funding — one that prioritizes durability over disruption.

Venture Capital’s shift from consumer fintech to infrastructure ft. Ryan Falvey

As General Manager of PayPal’s Small Business and Financial Services Group, Michelle Gill is responsible for bringing together the products and services that help small business owners run and grow their business. She is my guest for this episode of the Tearsheet Podcast.

Michelle brings deep financial expertise and experience building platforms and tools that help customers manage their finances to her role on PayPal’s Senior Leadership Team. Michelle was previously Senior Vice President of Intuit’s business money management, payment, and banking service, QuickBooks Money Platform. Prior to Intuit, Michelle successfully integrated and expanded SoFi’s lending business as General Manager and Executive Vice President of Consumer Lending and Capital Markets. Drawing on her early career experience as a Managing Director and Partner at Goldman Sachs, Michelle also served as SoFi’s Chief Financial Officer before moving into the product leadership role. Before that, Michelle spent a decade leading the U.S. Assets business for global investment firm Sixth Street Partners.

Given her career and experiences, Michelle brings a broad view of fintech innovation. She focuses on user-centered solutions. At PayPal, she leads efforts to help entrepreneurs navigate the complicated web of financial tools they often depend on.

“The preponderance of [small businesses] use greater than 15 tools to run their business,” she shares. “What they got into business for is the passion… and yet they end up spending more time on things that are not what they love.”

Our conversation explores how PayPal is actively trying to reduce that complexity. It does so not by offering more tools, but by making the ones they already use work better together. Gill outlines the strategy behind PayPal’s cash flow-based lending model and how it fits within their open ecosystem, whether it’s digital lending, embedded finance, or leveraging open banking.

Will PayPal’s cash flow tools make capital access easier for SMBs? ft. Michelle Gill

THE Father Lizzie is back on The Leader's Way podcast, talking about her new devotional God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us. We talk about the alternative to "billboard Christianity" and how an expansive, inclusive God affects individual spirituality and corporate worship in church. Finally, the Golden Retriever Games are back, baby. Stay 'till the end for "Holy or Horror?"

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