Philip Swenson: The Philosopher's Case for Giving to the Global Poor #26
Can the existence of this extraordinary world really be explained without God, and what does that mean for how we give? JD explores this with Philip Swenson, philosopher at William & Mary, whose work on moral epistemology and the problem of evil brings rigorous academic philosophy to bear on the most practical questions facing Christians who want to change the world. Phil unpacks his extraordinary world argument for God's existence, and why the infinite value of human connection in heaven might be the most compelling reason yet to give generously to the global poor.
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23 Sept 2026
Ben Kolesar: Launching Mobile Money in Africa One Country at a Time #25
Can mobile money really save whole percentage points of a nation's GDP, and unlock an economy in the process? JD explores this with Ben Kolesar, Operations Lead at Wave Mobile Money, whose unlikely path from Congressional staffer to fintech pioneer brought him to the front lines of financial inclusion across Sub-Saharan Africa. Ben unpacks the painstaking work of launching mobile payments from scratch in a new country, the fish traders who became Wave's unlikely first customers in Senegal, and why the most powerful thing a tech company can offer the world's poorest people is simply a cheaper, more reliable way to move money.
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9 Sept 2026
Grace Braithwaite: The Doctor Who Left Medicine to Stop the Next Pandemic #24
Could the next pandemic kill ten percent of humanity, and what would it take to stop it? JD explores this with Grace Braithwaite (https://www.aixbiosecurity.com/about), doctor-turned-biosecurity-field-builder and founder of the Cambridge Biosecurity Hub (https://www.cambiohub.org/), whose journey from the front lines of COVID medicine to the cutting edge of pandemic prevention brought her to one of the most urgent and neglected problems facing humanity. Grace unpacks the terrifying gap between COVID and what pandemics can actually become, the three-part framework of prevention, detection, and response that could save millions of lives, and why the most powerful thing an ambitious Christian can do right now might just be learning to think seriously about the disease that hasn't emerged yet.
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