Alvin D. Hall

Alvin Hall is a broadcaster, author, and financial educator. Alvin created, produced, and hosted the podcast series, "Driving the Green Book" by Macmillan Podcasts. The series received the 2021 Ambie Award for the "Best History Podcast" and the 2021 New York Festivals Gold Award for" Best Narrative Documentary Podcast.” On January 31, 2023, his book, also called "Driving the Green Book," will be published by HarperOne. Alvin hosted the six-part podcast series "Power, Lust, and Glory: The Story of Gold" for Audible. His work in radio includes "The Green Book" (BBC Radio 4), "Alvin Hall Goes Back to School" (The Takeaway, PRI with WNYC, winner of a New York Association of Black Journalists), and "Who Sold the Soul?" (BBC Radio 4, winner of a Radio Academy Bronze Award,), "Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom" (BBC Radio 4, winner of a Wincott Award for Financial Journalism and Broadcasting). While hosting the pioneering BBC television series "Your Money or Your Life", he authored a number of best sellers, including "You and Your Money: It’s More than Just the Numbers," as well as the children’s book "Show Me the Money" which has been published in 20 foreign language editions. The US edition of his book, "Your Money or Your Life," received he WHSmith People’s Choice Award in the UK and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the US. He has also appeared on NPR’s "The Moth."