Barefoot Innovation Podcast

The Hidden Cost of Gradualism: Dante Disparte of Circle

Dante Disparte of Circle joins Jo Ann to explore stablecoins, AI and the future of money, including the hidden cost of gradualism, why trust is everything, and how we can

From the FBI to FINRA: Greg Ruppert on Smarter Regulation

A glimpse into the regulator of the future: FINRA's Greg Ruppert joins Jo Ann to discuss AI, data, financial crime, fusion cells, FINRA Forward, and how regulators can br

Yaya Fanusie on Building Privacy Into Blockchain

Yaya Fanusie of Aleo joins Jo Ann to explore privacy-preserving blockchain, stablecoins, zero-knowledge proofs, illicit finance, China's digital currency strategy, and th

Beyond Pilots & Sandboxes: Cloud, AI & the Future of Supervision

Saket Narayan of AWS joins Jo Ann to explore how regulators can move beyond pilots and sandboxes, using cloud, data, AI, and secure experimentation to build faster, smart

Live Episode: AI, Risk & the Future of Bank Compliance

Live from ABA RCC, Jo Ann talks with Raj Date and Konrad Alt about AI's promise and peril for bank risk, compliance, supervision, financial crime, agentic commerce, and t

Seeing the Gaps: Gender Data and the Future of Inclusive Finance

Wendy Teleki and Tatiana Alonso join Jo Ann to explore why gender-disaggregated data is essential to inclusive finance, smarter supervision, and unlocking capital for wom

Move Fast & Make Things: The FCA is Still Leading on Regulatory Innovation

FCA leaders Colin Payne and Matt Lowe join Jo Ann to explore tech-positive regulation, AI labs, sandboxes, policy sprints, stablecoins, and how regulators can move faster

Compliance as an Enabler

Column N.A.'s Meredith Turner joins Jo Ann to unpack the future of partner banking — where clean tech stacks, real-time data, and compliance-by-design can help fintech in

Episode 250: My Favorite Thought Partners

For Barefoot Innovation's 250th episode, Jo Ann looks back on 11 years of fintech transformation — and ahead to the AI-shaped future — with Kabir Kumar, Matt Van Buskirk,

Rebuilding Money for an AI World

Jo Ann speaks with Radius co-founders Bob Bench and Anders Brownworth on building payment systems for an AI-driven economy, the role of stablecoins, and why the future of

Solvable: We Can Beat Financial Crime Pt.2: Carole House, Ari Redbord & Matt Van Buskirk

AI-powered scams, crypto crime, and global networks are accelerating financial crime — but solutions are within reach. Experts Ari Redbord, Carole House, and Matt Van Bus

You Can't Fight the Wind: Building Trust in the Age of Tokenization

What does it mean to regulate trust in a digital economy? Patrick Murck of Surus joins Jo Ann to talk stablecoins, tokenization, AI, and why financial innovation keeps ch

Crypto Comes of Age: Trust, Rules, & Real-World Use

Crypto is moving from the margins to the mainstream. Stu Alderoty of Ripple and the National Cryptocurrency Association joins Jo Ann to unpack regulation, trust, and how

Stablecoins & Sovereignty: Africa's Digital Money Revolution

Flourish Ventures investor Efayomi Carr and GDF executive Elise Soucie Watts join Jo Ann to unpack Africa's fintech boom, the rise of stablecoins, trust gaps, and what it

Live Episode: The Future of Money — Stablecoins, Trust and Transformation

Recorded live at Aspen Ideas: Economy — Jo Ann talks with Biswarup Chatterjee from Citi and Jennifer Lassiter of Standard Chartered about how stablecoins, digital assets,

We Can Beat Financial Crime Pt. 1: Carole House, Ari Redbord, and Matt Van Buskirk

Financial crime is a G7‑sized economy. Carole House, Ari Redbord and Matt Van Buskirk join Jo Ann to expose how AI has turbocharged scams and why the AML system is failin

Financial Crime & National Security: DARPA's A3ML Program Making Money Laundering Too Expensive to Exist

DARPA's David R. Dewhurst joins Jo Ann to explain A3ML, an audacious plan to make money laundering too expensive to exist. Hear how new graph algorithms, incentives and p

Pathfinder: Sean Neville is Changing How Money Will Work

Join us as Sean Neville, co-founder of Circle & architect of the USDC stablecoin, discusses Catena Labs — building the first regulated, AI-native financial institution fo

Crypto's Crossroads: Regulation & Innovation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses the evolving U.S. digital asset policy landscape, including new legislation, crypto's pot

The Evolution of Money: A Conversation with Tyler Williams, Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury for Digital Assets

Tyler Williams, Treasury's Counselor for Digital Assets, discusses the Administration's crypto strategy, stablecoin legislation, and managing risks. He shares insights fr