The Financial Griot

Spending for Blacks in the US has gone up to $1.6 Trillion but wages and standards of living are dropping. What gives?

The Financial Griot podcast crew will discuss how to manage money in a time of un…

Here's a bit about our background and who we are:

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap. 

Merriam-Webster defines a Griot …

In this episode (rant), the Financial Griot crew discusses love and money while listening to social media highlights.

Alainta, Lawrence and Lovely gives their take on society at large on the lies and …

This episode is simple. 

The Financial Griot crew is cooking up major heat with their Book recommendations. That being said, these are masterclass books that you need to get you in motion this year. D…

"If the vision is weak so are the results."

In this episode of the Financial Griot podcast, the crew talk about how to set your atomic habits to match your grand vision and vice versa. By February, mo…

To quote a great tweet from @sista_theology, "A God that co-signs everything I do, say, think and believe, is not a God; but an idol of my own making."

Too often in this day and age, we relegate the w…

Hey look social media is doing a thing again and Lawrence doesn't want to participate. Sucks for him, the Financial Griot podcast is doing a full episode based on the #10yearchallenge.

Alainta Alcin, …

Alainta Alcin otherwise known as ATL gets a bae again. I could have sworn we did this before.

Fans requested the modern dating How To(s) since ATL keeps finding quality guys to go on dates with. Find …

In this episode, Lovely Merdelus is recording her first solo episode. It's going to be pure Flame. She is discussing her journey as a social entrepreneur and now as a full fledged business entreprene…

In this episode, Lovely and Lawrence talk about Atomic Habits by James Clear. A truly phenomenal mindset shifting book that we highly recommend. 

What started as a conversation on changing our identit…

In this episode, Lovely and Lawrence talk about the growth of the #DebtFreedomJourney and how it's not always as great as it seems. Popularized by Dave Ramsey in the 2000s, Debt Freedom and #Financia…

Wait isn't that just counseling?

In this episode of The Financial Griot, we are introducing Doreen (Lawrence's Wife)! Yep, this is a special couple's episode where we discuss our thoughts on a social …

"New Year and New Me" is tired right now. Just go out and set a trajectory of forward movement.

In this episode of the Financial Griot, Alainta Alcin and Lawrence Delva-Gonzalez discuss their importan…

"The two most important days in your life are 1. The day you were born and 2. The day you find your purpose." Mark Twain

For the record, this is a trigger warning for a lot of people who have dealt wi…

This Financial Griot podcast episode is based on the New York Times Opinion, "I grew up poor. How Am I supposed to Raise My Middle-Class Kids?" 

In the advent of the internet and social media, it seem…

"Sometimes we stop our own success"

In this episode, Lovely and the crew talk about rebuilding our wealth mindset: seeing and acting on opportunity. When the door opens, sometimes you are confronted w…

Bet you didn't know that the Financial Griot podcast is an homage to the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series.  For the Digitals aka Gen Z before Harry Potter and the Twighlight series, there was Go…

In This episode of the Financial Griot, Lovely and Alainta bait Lawrence to talk about relationship timelines.

Since social media has devolved into pure #GenderWars, allow us to set the record straigh…

Lovely, Alainta and Lawrence talk about the struggle and frustration of being a Black entrepreneur. The conversation versed toward fighting social norms, attitudes and coming to terms with money mana…