Barefoot Innovation Podcast

Yaya Fanusie of Aleo joins Jo Ann to explore privacy-preserving blockchain, stablecoins, zero-knowledge proofs, illicit finance, China’s digital currency strategy, and the race to build democratic financial infrastructure.

July 08, 2026

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, smarter, more adaptive supervision.

June 26, 2026

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 the future of regulated finance.

June 11, 2026

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 women entrepreneurs worldwide.

June 01, 2026

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 without sacrificing trust.

May 26, 2026

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 innovation move faster, safer, and smarter.

May 21, 2026

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, and Nick Cook in a special conversation.

May 07, 2026

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 money may be shaped more by machines than people.

April 22, 2026