When I was first asked about working on the Future Money podcast, I wanted to know where we wanted to go and what we wanted to say. Shoutout to Lawil and all the amazing interviews she conducted. This podcast explores the intersections of technology, finance, and culture, but as we reimagine and expand the ideas and applications of finance, we must recognize that financial exchange occurs far beyond traditional banking systems, investment spaces, or fintech conversations.
As we look ahead, the idea of value becomes a foundational tenet in finance. Value moves through communities every day in the form of trust, labor, access, creativity, education, wellness, social networks, and cultural participation. As technology continues to reshape the world around us, Future Money is expanding its lens to examine how these exchanges operate across industries that may not immediately see themselves connected to digital finance, interoperable payments, or economic innovation, but absolutely are.
These conversations have started with Blaze Group'sCasey Diké, a strategic partner at ILF working on strategic finance programs with HBCU’s, CDFIs, banks, and financial institutions, Modi Oyewole, co-founder of swang, a community first organization addressing barriers to entry in golf, who is redefining what access, inclusion, and ownership can look like in historically marginalized spaces and most recently with Kristina Newman-Scott, Vice President of Arts at Knight Foundation, about the role culture, creativity, and community investment play in shaping sustainable futures.
We’ve also stepped out of the studio to extend our reach directly into communities and global conversations around financial innovation. During interviews conducted at the Interledger Summit in Mexico City, we spoke with a range of innovators, technologists, organizers, and builders working across the financial technology ecosystem. Those conversations reinforced something we have long believed: the future of finance is not only about tools or platforms, but about people and how we assign value while examining cultural understanding, accessibility, and trust.
While the world becomes increasingly connected through technology, it is also becoming more siloed through cultural fragmentation, uneven access, and institutional barriers. Because of this, the language surrounding resources, money, community, and interoperability must evolve alongside the technology itself.
So we’re absolutely looking at the Future of Money, while examining the past and present, through the stories. We’re being intentional about direct community outreach, deeper interdisciplinary dialogue, and bringing in guests whose work reflects how financial systems intersect with everyday life. The podcast will continue to spotlight founders, creatives, technologists, artists, organizers, and thinkers who are building new pathways toward empowerment and self-sovereignty, especially for underserved and underbanked communities. More than ever, we are interested in exploring how value is created, shared, protected, and transformed across every sector imaginable. We are incredibly excited to continue this work, expand these conversations, and build a platform that reflects the complexity, creativity, and possibilities of the future unfolding before us.
I’m excited about where we can go and want to thank Chris, Ayesha, and Briana for rocking with me. Until we talk again
K
See all our latest episodes,
S2:E1 Casey Ariel
S2:E2 Voices from the Interledger Summit
S2:E3 Modi Oyewole
S2:S4 Kristina Newman-Scott
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