<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[We Get To Do This ]]></title><description><![CDATA[God, The World & Other Things hosted by Adam Curry and Pastor Jimmy Pruitt]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png</url><title>We Get To Do This </title><link>https://www.wgtdt.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:04:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wgtdt.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[wgtdt@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[wgtdt@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[wgtdt@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[wgtdt@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[iRobot - Episode 48]]></title><description><![CDATA[September 2, 2026]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/irobot-episode-48</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/irobot-episode-48</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:45:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>Click </span><a href="https://gcfm.link/sl/18Z9ee0dbc9b">HERE</a><span> for this Episode | </span><a href="http://wgtdtdonations.com/">Support this V4V Podcast</a></strong></p><h4><strong>THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS</strong></h4><p>We Get To Do This is supported entirely by you - no advertisers, no sponsors, no network. Thank you to the financial supporters of Episode 48:</p><ul><li><p>Ryan Jacobs</p></li><li><p>Duane Wiggins</p></li><li><p>Michael Anastasio</p></li><li><p>Jason Calacanis</p></li><li><p>Darius Walker</p></li><li><p>Joe Clemens</p></li><li><p>Shawna Lowrance</p></li><li><p>Dame Annette Pruitt</p></li><li><p>Xvermontrz</p></li><li><p>Ryan Albritton</p></li><li><p>Owen McEntee</p></li><li><p>Rockie Thomas</p></li><li><p>Erin Barry</p></li><li><p>Steven Regenold</p></li><li><p>Cole Dial</p></li><li><p>Tom Staniszewski</p></li><li><p>Nicholas Stark</p></li><li><p>Duane Spellman Jr</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>In this episode</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Happy first anniversary</strong> - Episode 1 went out on September 3rd last year, which is also Adam&#8217;s birthday. </p></li><li><p><strong>Just staring at a baby </strong>- Cleo is 6 weeks old and Psalm 139 is right there.</p></li><li><p><strong>Faith comes by hearing</strong> - It starts with Him and ends with Him, and in the middle we get to participate. All it takes is a mustard seed.</p></li><li><p><strong>Awakening or revival?</strong> - Awakening is the fertile soil, revival is the rebirth. America is in a season of awakening.</p></li><li><p><strong>Irrational fear of data centers</strong> - There are 4,700 of them in America, and the same politicians now warning about them were handing out incentives 10 years ago.</p></li><li><p><strong>A perfect wedge</strong> - One word: midterms.</p></li><li><p><strong>What actually happened at Hugging Face</strong> - 10,000 agents, a poorly built test environment, and an API key somebody left out on the open internet.</p></li><li><p><strong>&#8220;It decided&#8221;</strong> - A computer does not decide. The word is not personification; it is anthropomorphism.</p></li><li><p><strong>Don&#8217;t use it as an oracle</strong> - A magic 8 ball gives you magic 8 ball results. A chat bot is not where you ask questions about faith.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Mahdi and the end times</strong> - Pastor Mitchell on the beheaded in Revelation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Apocalyptic literature</strong> - Evil is overcome by good. That is the whole message</p></li><li><p><strong>Know them by their fruit</strong> - The result of this stuff is never good fruit.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Scripture in this episode</strong></h4><p><em>All passages New Living Translation, except where it is read from another translation on air.</em></p><h4><strong>Psalm 139:13-18</strong></h4><p><strong>Just stare at a baby for an hour.</strong> Adam meets his granddaughter, Cleo, in the Netherlands and cannot get past the intelligent design.</p><blockquote><p><strong>13</strong> You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother&#8217;s womb.</p><p><strong>14</strong> Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous&#8212;how well I know it.</p><p><strong>15</strong> You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.</p><p><strong>16</strong> You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.</p><p><strong>17</strong> How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!</p><p><strong>18</strong> I can&#8217;t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!</p></blockquote><h4><strong>Jeremiah 29:13</strong></h4><p><strong>The Christ-curious donation.</strong> Rockie Thomas sent $29.13 in honor of Jeremiah 29:13: <em>&#8220;You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.&#8221;</em></p><blockquote><p><strong>13</strong> If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.</p></blockquote><h4><strong>Philippians 4:4-7</strong></h4><p><strong>Anxious for nothing.</strong> Pastor Jimmy on why he has no emotional capacity left over to be spun up, angry or afraid. </p><blockquote><p><strong>4</strong> Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again&#8212;rejoice!</p><p><strong>5</strong> Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.</p><p><strong>6</strong> Don&#8217;t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.</p><p><strong>7</strong> Then you will experience God&#8217;s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.</p></blockquote><h4><strong>Colossians 4:2</strong></h4><p><strong>&#8220;Before You See the Answer.&#8221;</strong> Pastor Jimmy&#8217;s Daily Grind focuses on those who are praying and do not know whether God is hearing them. No prayer, no power. No intercession, no impact. Spend time thanking God for the answer before you see it come to pass - that is called faith.</p><blockquote><p><strong>2</strong> Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><em>We Get To Do This is Value4Value. Thank you to everyone who supported this episode with treasure, time and talent.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating A Birthday & Anniversary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hitting Record for Episode 48]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/celebrating-a-birthday-and-anniversary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/celebrating-a-birthday-and-anniversary</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:33:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9HtH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13109005-b51c-484f-a711-1ac26b5cadc6_1536x2048.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4><span data-color="#3f75a2" style="color: rgb(63, 117, 162);">Hey Doers of Get To Nation! </span></h4><p>On tomorrow&#8217;s show, we are celebrating Adam&#8217;s 62nd birthday and the one-year anniversary of <strong>We Get To Do This</strong>! We hope you&#8217;ll join in the celebration by supporting the show with a donation. To commemorate the first year and Adam&#8217;s 62 years, please consider a donation of either $162, $16.20 or the really affordable $1.62.</p><p><strong><span>WGTDT</span></strong><span> is growing and quickly gaining traction &#8212; and that&#8217;s because of you. Thank you! As you know, </span><strong><span>WGTDT</span></strong><span> is a value for value podcast. If you feel like you&#8217;re receiving any value from the podcast, consider sending some value back. We have a few ways.</span></p><p><strong><span>SEND A DONATION</span></strong><span> &#8212; Consider the combo birthday/anniversary donation or any amount based on whatever value you get from the show. It&#8217;s entirely up to you. 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Pastor Jimmy will discuss.</p><p>&#10145; Is local concern over data centers being exaggerated or is this a legitimate stewardship issue?</p><p>&#10145; If prophecy is on schedule, is there anything believers are supposed to do about it?</p><p>&#10145; Where&#8217;s the beef? Adam and Pastor Jimmy will discuss President Trump&#8217;s recent statements about ranchers processing their own beef. </p><p>&#10145; Adam is in Holland visiting his daughter and new granddaughter, Cleo. 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Here&#8217;s the <a href="http://www.wgtdtdonations.com">link</a> to the WGTDT donation page in case you missed it. </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Centers, Disciples and Discernment - Episode 47]]></title><description><![CDATA[August 26, 2026]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/data-centers-disciples-and-discernment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/data-centers-disciples-and-discernment</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>Click </span><a href="https://gcfm.link/sl/30Zb2c4e498f">HERE</a><span> for this Episode | </span><a href="http://wgtdtdonations.com/">Support this V4V Podcast</a></strong></p><h4>THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS</h4><p>We Get To Do This is supported entirely by you - no advertisers, no sponsors, no network. Thank you to the financial supporters of Episode 47:</p><ul><li><p>Jill Holbrook</p></li><li><p>GWS</p></li><li><p>Brian Molony</p></li><li><p>Esther Roden</p></li><li><p>Joseph Rojas</p></li><li><p>Darius Walker</p></li><li><p>Todd Willman</p></li><li><p>Johnsbrt</p></li><li><p>Brian Albright</p></li><li><p>Paul Erskine</p></li><li><p>Dr Graeme Brian Bishko</p></li><li><p>Kevin Hallisy</p></li><li><p>Nicholas Stark</p></li><li><p>Cameron Knapp</p></li><li><p>Duane Spellman Jr</p></li></ul><p>Big thanks to everyone who supported this episode with time and talent - your notes, suggestions, and work you share with us. Special thanks to Joseph Rojas, who made the first ever Value For Value Pickle Laundering Donation. Beaux LaCoste could not sell his Louisiana dill pickles across state lines, so he sent a jar anyway, plus two to share, and Joe covered the shipping and a little more for the numerology. And thanks to Larry Ice, who sent in his 61-day Galatians study on freedom from religious slavery.</p><div><hr></div><h4>In this episode</h4><ul><li><p><strong>Firm in the storm</strong> - Jimmy&#8217;s Daily Grind on Hebrews 10:23, written for a week that Adam describes as stormy.</p></li><li><p><strong>Context is king</strong> - Can you read a first-century letter in the 21st century? </p></li><li><p><strong>Rhema</strong> - The God-breathed Word and why the same verse can say something different 10 years later.</p></li><li><p><strong>Isaiah 8</strong> - Kesher: conspiracy, treason, an unlawful alliance. God is not saying conspiracies never exist. </p></li><li><p><strong>Ephraim and Syria</strong> - The actual political plot behind Isaiah 8.</p></li><li><p><strong>Meta settles, mid-trial</strong> - $12 billion now, up to $17 billion over 10 years.</p></li><li><p><strong>Age assurance, not age verification</strong> - Two-hour default daily limit for under-18 and a six-hour clock on harmful-content reports.</p></li><li><p><strong>Punted before the midterms</strong> - Everybody needs the social networks for the midterms, attorneys general included.</p></li><li><p><strong>Are children really the problem?</strong> - &#8220;They broke our brains, all of them. It&#8217;s not just about kids.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><strong>Loneliness influencers</strong> - a Deutsche Welle documentary about people who have never been more connected, and the manifestation YouTubers in their ears.</p></li><li><p><strong>The unholy trinity</strong> - Me, myself and I</p></li><li><p><strong>The Bible headline reader</strong> - Why a devotional alone is like a paywalled headline.</p></li><li><p><strong>The law of large numbers</strong> -  Why a large population of unpredictable players behave very predictably.</p></li><li><p><strong>Torches of Freedom</strong> - Edward Bernays, Freud&#8217;s nephew, 1929 debutantes posing as suffragettes, a signal, a phrase handed to the press, and cigarettes made socially acceptable.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sharia and Law, the word and the phrase</strong> - Why politicians concatenate the two.</p></li><li><p><strong>The evil, demonic data centers</strong> - Closed-loop cooling, stranded West Texas wind and solar, and a Gallup poll saying seven in 10 Americans do not want them.</p></li><li><p><strong>Well done, Democrats. And well done, Governor Abbott, for walking right into the trap</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Flock cameras</strong> - Two of them outside Jimmy&#8217;s gate, and a town in Texas that voted to switch its own off.</p></li><li><p><strong>A clip of a clip of a clip</strong> - Pastor Josh Howerton playing somebody else&#8217;s edit of James Talarico.</p></li><li><p><strong>Where do we get real information?</strong> </p></li><li><p><strong>Victims, volunteers and victors</strong> - Jimmy&#8217;s three Vs.</p></li><li><p><strong>Obedience over impulse</strong> </p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4>Scripture in this episode</h4><p><em>All passages New Living Translation, except where Jimmy reads the NIV on air.</em></p><h4>Hebrews 10:23</h4><p><strong>&#8220;Firm in the Storm.&#8221;</strong> Jimmy&#8217;s Daily Grind, and the verse Adam went looking for when he had been in the storm.</p><blockquote><p><strong>23</strong> Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.</p></blockquote><h4>James 1:27</h4><p><strong>Where the conversation started.</strong> Adam brings the verse about orphans and widows, and Jimmy answers that in the first century this was a very different matter.</p><blockquote><p><strong>27</strong> Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.</p></blockquote><h4>Isaiah 8:11-17</h4><p><strong>The whole block, indented in Adam&#8217;s Bible.</strong> The Hebrew is <em>kesher</em> - conspiracy, treason, an unlawful alliance - and it described a real political plot: Ephraim in the north had allied with Syria against Judah in the south. God is not saying conspiracies never exist. He is telling Isaiah not to take the crowd&#8217;s fear as his own. Jimmy also reads verse 12 in the NIV 84: <em>&#8220;Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear and do not dread it.&#8221;</em></p><blockquote><p><strong>11</strong> The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,</p><p><strong>12</strong> &#8220;Don&#8217;t call everything a conspiracy, like they do, and don&#8217;t live in dread of what frightens them.</p><p><strong>13</strong> Make the LORD of Heaven&#8217;s Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble.</p><p><strong>14</strong> He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.</p><p><strong>15</strong> Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again. They will be snared and captured.&#8221;</p><p><strong>16</strong> Preserve the teaching of God; entrust his instructions to those who follow me.</p><p><strong>17</strong> I will wait for the LORD, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him.</p></blockquote><h4>Hebrews 12:11</h4><p><strong>Obedience over impulse.</strong> The third V. Jimmy reads it in the NIV on air - <em>&#8220;No discipline seems pleasant at the time, later on however it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.&#8221;</em></p><blockquote><p><strong>11</strong> No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening&#8212;it&#8217;s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.</p></blockquote><h4>1 Kings 19:11-12</h4><p><strong>Quit looking for epic.</strong> Jimmy&#8217;s answer to Paul Erskine, who wrote in to ask why he has never had the burning-bush moment other people describe.</p><blockquote><p><strong>11</strong> &#8220;Go out and stand before me on the mountain,&#8221; the LORD told him. And as Elijah stood there, the LORD passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.</p><p><strong>12</strong> And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><em>We Get To Do This is Value4Value. Thank you to everyone who supported this episode with treasure, time and talent.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Centers Through a Different Lens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ready to Record Episode 47]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/data-centers-through-a-different</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/data-centers-through-a-different</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:33:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4><strong><span data-color="#3f75a2" style="color: rgb(63, 117, 162);">Hey Doers of Get To Nation &#8212;</span></strong></h4><p>We like the name Doers as it aptly describes that <strong>WE GET TO DO THIS</strong>. It&#8217;s so fitting. Don&#8217;t you think?</p><p>Hard to believe we&#8217;re coming up on the one-year anniversary of <strong>WGTDT</strong> next week. Thank you for being here and building this amazing community. </p><h4><strong><span data-color="#3f75a2" style="color: rgb(63, 117, 162);">We Appreciate You</span></strong></h4><p><span>We are so grateful for your support. Because of you, </span><strong><span>WGTDT</span></strong><span> is growing and becoming one of the top podcasts on Godcaster.  Thank you! </span></p><p><span>As you know, </span><strong><span>WGTDT</span></strong><span> is a value for value podcast. If you feel like you&#8217;re receiving any value from the podcast, consider sending some value back. We have a few ways.</span></p><p><strong><span data-color="#4682b4" style="color: rgb(70, 130, 180);">SEND A DONATION</span></strong><span> &#8212; The amount you send is whatever value you get from the show. It&#8217;s entirely up to you. 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Leave a comment on Substack or send it to Adam (adam@wgtdt.com) or Pastor Jimmy (psjimmy@wgtdt.com).</span></p><p><strong><span data-color="#4682b4" style="color: rgb(70, 130, 180);">SHARE</span></strong><span> &#8212; Share the podcast and the newsletter as it helps </span><strong><span>Get To Nation </span></strong><span>grow.</span></p><div><hr></div><p>Here&#8217;s what Adam and Pastor Jimmy will discuss on Episode 47:</p><p> &#10145; Pastor Jimmy will bring a word of hope when standing in a storm as life rages around you.</p><p>&#10145; Get To Nation is responding to the call to disciple in our own neighborhoods. We have a Doers&#8217; BOTG report.</p><p>&#10145; How has social media affected how we read and process scripture? There&#8217;s a trial happening right now and it may be focused on the wrong audience.</p><p>&#10145; Data centers and how Isaiah 8:12 helps us look at them differently. </p><div><hr></div><p>Episode 47 will be sent directly to your email. We hope you tune in. </p><p><span>Thank you for your attention to this matter,</span></p><p><span>The Back Office Management</span></p><p><strong><span>PS Here&#8217;s the </span><a href="http://www.wgtdtdonations.com"><span>link</span></a><span> to the WGTDT donation page in case you missed it.</span></strong></p><p> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamophobic - Episode 46 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[August 19, 2026]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/islamophobic-episode-46</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/islamophobic-episode-46</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:53:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>Click </span><a href="https://gcfm.link/sl/30Z1f41dc2ac">HERE</a><span> for this Episode | </span><a href="http://wgtdtdonations.com/">Support this V4V Podcast</a></strong></p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS</strong></h4><p><strong>We Get To Do This</strong> is supported entirely by you - no advertisers, no sponsors, no network. Thank you to the financial supporters of Episode 46:</p><ul><li><p>The Guys at Godcaster - Gordon, Dave and Paul</p></li><li><p>The Baron of Old Bay</p></li><li><p>Michael Anastasio</p></li><li><p>Anonymous</p></li><li><p>Ryan Thompson</p></li><li><p>Darius Walker</p></li><li><p>Erich Kessler</p></li><li><p>Edward V. Coda</p></li><li><p>Lindsey Carson</p></li><li><p>Joshua Hoover</p></li><li><p>Nicholas Stark</p></li><li><p>Sir Cascadia</p></li><li><p>Duane Spellman Jr</p></li><li><p>Thomas Fella</p></li><li><p>Sir Ara Derderian</p></li></ul><p>Big thanks to everyone who supported this episode with <strong>time</strong> and <strong>talent</strong> - your notes, suggestions, and work you share with us. Special thanks to <strong>Sir Ara Derderian</strong>, who sent four handmade crosses cut from reclaimed American chestnut over 150 years old, milled from trees that were standing at the time of the Revolution.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>In this episode</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Santa Barbara</strong> - Pastors Jimmy and Annette at the TPUSA Faith pastors&#8217; gathering</p></li><li><p><strong>Acts 17</strong> - Paul at Athens; he observed before he spoke, and quoted their poets, not his scriptures</p></li><li><p><strong>The Sharia-Free America Caucus</strong> - 60+ members, 25 states, seven bills</p></li><li><p><strong>There is no immigration exception to the First Amendment</strong> - Sworn testimony at the caucus&#8217;s own hearing</p></li><li><p><strong>The UK rape gangs</strong> - A policing and justice failure, not a theological one</p></li><li><p><strong>Three questions, not one</strong> - How Christians think about the neighbor, the church and the state</p></li><li><p><strong>Dearborn</strong> - What it actually looks like on a doorstep</p></li><li><p><strong>Truth without compromise</strong> - Jimmy&#8217;s Daily Grind from Philippians 1</p></li><li><p><strong>Four crosses</strong> - Reclaimed American chestnut, from trees standing at the Revolution</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Scripture in this episode</strong></h2><p><em>All passages New Living Translation.</em></p><h3><strong>Acts 17:22-28</strong></h3><p><strong>Paul at Athens.</strong> Jimmy reads it at the top of the show and stops on the method: Paul <em>observes</em> before he speaks, uses their own altar as the doorway, and quotes their poets rather than his own scriptures.</p><blockquote><p><strong>22</strong> So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: &#8220;Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way,</p><p><strong>23</strong> for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: &#8216;To an Unknown God.&#8217; This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I&#8217;m telling you about.</p><p><strong>24</strong> &#8220;He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn&#8217;t live in man-made temples,</p><p><strong>25</strong> and human hands can&#8217;t serve his needs&#8212;for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.</p><p><strong>26</strong> From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.</p><p><strong>27</strong> &#8220;His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him&#8212;though he is not far from any one of us.</p><p><strong>28</strong> For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, &#8216;We are his offspring.&#8217;</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Philippians 1:21</strong></h3><p><strong>&#8220;Truth without compromise.&#8221;</strong> Jimmy&#8217;s Daily Grind, written the morning of the show - Paul on the cost of the mission. He notes that Paul goes on to say he would rather go and be with Christ, but stays for their sake.</p><blockquote><p><strong>21</strong> For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Mentioned</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/wayofpilgrim00fren">The Way of a Pilgrim</a></strong> - sent to the P.O. Box by our anonymous $100 donor, who asked that it be mentioned. Too long to read on air, so here it is in full.</p></li><li><p><strong>Deny Us Not Scripture Study</strong> - producer Ryan Thompson&#8217;s podcast</p></li><li><p><strong>Godcaster</strong> - featuring <em>We Get To Do This</em> as one of the most-shared shows</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><em>We Get To Do This is Value4Value. Thank you to everyone who supported this episode with treasure, time and talent.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Landed On A Name]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gearing up for Episode 46]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/we-landed-on-a-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/we-landed-on-a-name</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:00:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dntS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2874821-f792-4d27-9f5e-fed77f6420ef_896x1195.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a name for our community!</p><p>Officially, you are member of <strong>GET TO NATION</strong>. Several people sent in that suggestion and it just feels right. So we&#8217;re rolling with it. We appreciate everyone&#8217;s ideas and most importantly, we love how you are building this community. </p><p>We want to send a big welcome to our new subscribers. We&#8217;re glad you&#8217;re here. The <strong>We Get To Do This</strong> (WGTDT) newsletter is sent every Tuesday and the podcast posts on Wednesday. We send the podcast directly to you via Substack. </p><h4>Here&#8217;s what will be discussed on Episode 46:</h4><p>Pastor Jimmy will share highlights from the TPUSA Faith conference in Santa Barbara.</p><p>Adam will bring receipts of practical ways to engage our neighbors of other faiths, the legislation that is being drafted to protect our cultural heritage and how these two approaches dovetail.</p><p>What does it mean to be angry, alarmed and concerned without picking up a pitchfork and torch? Pastor Jimmy has something to say. </p><p>Although Adam gripes about AI, he does have fun with it. 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If you feel like you&#8217;re receiving any value from the podcast, consider sending some value back.  We have a few ways.</span></p><p><strong>SEND A DONATION</strong><span> &#8212; The amount you send is whatever value you get from the show. It&#8217;s entirely up to you. We made it easy and created a donation page (</span><strong><a href="http://wgtdtdonations.com">wgtdtdonations.com</a></strong><span>) with multiple options.</span></p><p><span>Please make sure you include a note with your donation and also send it to </span><strong>notes@wgtdt.com</strong><span> so Adam and Pastor Jimmy can read it on the show.</span></p><p><strong>GIVE FEEDBACK</strong><span> &#8212; We are always interested in your feedback. Leave a comment on Substack or send it to Adam (adam@wgtdt.com) or Pastor Jimmy (psjimmy@wgtdt.com).</span></p><p><strong>SHARE</strong><span> &#8212; Share the podcast and the newsletter. 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Thank you to the financial supporters of Episode 45:</p><ul><li><p>Jill and Mike Holbrook</p></li><li><p>Brett</p></li><li><p>Person of Merit Comics</p></li><li><p>Steve Weiss</p></li><li><p>Michael Anastasio</p></li><li><p>Julie Herbort</p></li><li><p>Ara Derderian</p></li><li><p>Walter Bartels</p></li><li><p>Timothy Huettner</p></li><li><p>Darius Walker</p></li><li><p>Paul Vreugdenhil</p></li><li><p>Edwin Torres</p></li><li><p>Cameron Dodd</p></li><li><p>Kipp Hoffman</p></li><li><p>Johns Creek Studios, LLC</p></li><li><p>Duane Spellman Jr</p></li></ul><p>And thank you to everyone who supported this episode with <strong>time</strong> and <strong>talent</strong> &#8212; the notes you send, the names you suggest, and the work you share with us.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>In This Episode</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>John C. Dvorak&#8217;s memorial</strong> &#8212; What 40 years of &#8220;that&#8217;s no good&#8221; actually achieved</p></li><li><p><strong>Health for Humanity</strong> &#8212; Two premieres, and the people who got free</p></li><li><p><strong>Ultra-processed food</strong> &#8212; Kessler, RFK Jr, and the tobacco comparison</p></li><li><p><strong>Why did Jesus have to die?</strong> &#8212; The king who took his daughter&#8217;s lashes</p></li><li><p><strong>Cognitive surrender</strong> &#8212; Wharton study on what AI is doing to our thinking</p></li><li><p><strong>McKinney, Texas</strong> &#8212; What the city council actually approved</p></li><li><p><strong>What do we call you?</strong> &#8212; Doers, the Get-To Crew, Leaky Buckets, and more</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Scripture in This Episode</strong></h2><p><em>All passages New Living Translation.</em></p><h3><strong>Genesis 1:29&#8211;30</strong></h3><p><strong>The original diet.</strong> The first thing God says about food is that He gives it &#8212; and He names it.</p><blockquote><p><strong>29</strong> Then God said, &#8220;Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.</p><p><strong>30</strong> And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground&#8212;everything that has life.&#8221; And that is what happened.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Genesis 9:3&#8211;4</strong></h3><p><strong>The expansion after the flood.</strong> Meat enters, with one limit.</p><blockquote><p><strong>3</strong> I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.</p><p><strong>4</strong> But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Romans 3:26</strong></h3><p><strong>Why Jesus had to die.</strong> The king who takes the lashes is <em>just</em> and <em>the justifier</em> in a single act.</p><blockquote><p><strong>26</strong> for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Romans 5:20</strong></h3><p><strong>&#8220;Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more.&#8221;</strong> The darker the world gets, the brighter grace shines.</p><blockquote><p><strong>20</strong> God&#8217;s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God&#8217;s wonderful grace became more abundant.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>2 Timothy 1:7</strong></h3><p><strong>Against fear-driven thinking.</strong> People stop at the first gate &#8212; fear &#8212; and never reach power, love and a sound mind.</p><blockquote><p><strong>7</strong> For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>1 Corinthians 13:13</strong></h3><p><strong>Faith, hope and love.</strong> The answer to fatalism.</p><blockquote><p><strong>13</strong> Three things will last forever&#8212;faith, hope, and love&#8212;and the greatest of these is love.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>James 1:22</strong></h3><p><strong>&#8220;Doers.&#8221;</strong> Producer Paul Vreugdenhil&#8217;s suggestion for what to call this audience &#8212; and the verse behind it.</p><blockquote><p><strong>22</strong> But don&#8217;t just listen to God&#8217;s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Matthew 7:7</strong></h3><p><strong>A prayer request</strong> from producer Timothy Huettner, for the Maitland family.</p><blockquote><p><strong>7</strong> &#8220;Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Genesis 1:1&#8211;6</strong></h3><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95d7EA5E7hc">Set to music</a></strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95d7EA5E7hc"> by producer Brett</a> &#8212; a deep house track using these verses as the lyrics, with the words visualised through cymatics.</p><blockquote><p><strong>1</strong> In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.</p><p><strong>2</strong> The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.</p><p><strong>3</strong> Then God said, &#8220;Let there be light,&#8221; and there was light.</p><p><strong>4</strong> And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.</p><p><strong>5</strong> God called the light &#8220;day&#8221; and the darkness &#8220;night.&#8221; And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.</p><p><strong>6</strong> Then God said, &#8220;Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.&#8221;</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><em>We Get To Do This is Value4Value. Thank you to everyone who supported this episode with treasure, time and talent.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online dumpster fire ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Episode 45]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/online-dumpster-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/online-dumpster-fire</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:02:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In last week&#8217;s podcast, Adam and Jimmy asked if there&#8217;s a particular name we should call our producers. We received a few different options but we&#8217;re interested in hearing more. Send your thoughts to <a href="mailto:adam@wgtdt.com">adam@wgtdt.com</a>. We want you to build this show. </p><p>There&#8217;s lots to discuss on tomorrow&#8217;s show. </p><p>Adam will share what happened at John&#8217;s memorial. And Pastor Jimmy will give his highlights on the Healing Humanity movie screening. </p><p>A former FDA commissioner says that ultra-processed food is something &#8220;our biology was never <em>intended</em> to handle&#8221; and <em>intended</em> is a design claim with a designer behind it. </p><p>A pastor was asked the plainest question there is: Why did Jesus have to die? Pastor Jimmy has the clip. <br><br>A new Wharton study finds people trust AI even when it&#8217;s wrong 80% of the time. And they walk away more confident. This influences how convinced people become even when looking at other &#8220;so called&#8221; news, like Instagram. </p><p>That said, did McKinney Texas actually approve a mosque? Are the socialists really taking over America? 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Pastors Jimmy and Annette are in Dallas and Austin for a screening of Healing Humanity, where they are both profiled. Interested in watching? Click this <a href="https://healinghumanity.movie">link</a>. </p><p>Adam talks about how God&#8217;s algorithm brought him to important scriptures. </p><p>Adam and Pastor Jimmy dig into what the Fauci diaries actually reveal &#8212; not greed, but pride &#8212; and land on the harder question underneath: can you forgive a many who has never asked for it?</p><p>The fear economy: what Christian influencers are selling to a frightened church, why the answer never arrives and what really happened at Ceuta once you look at a map.</p><p>Plus, the vote nobody shows up for, and the call to multiply &#8212; not just families but disciples. </p><h4><strong>Thank you to the following financial supporters for Episode 44</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Anonymous</p></li><li><p>Christopher Witzel</p></li><li><p>Darrin Wilson</p></li><li><p>Xvermontrz</p></li><li><p>Justin Zetzer</p></li><li><p>Alison Stang</p></li><li><p>Carrie Scott</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>SHOWNOTES</h2><h4>&#127754; SEGMENT 01 &#8212; OBEY WHEN AFRAID: Adam&#8217;s own journey</h4><p>Two weeks off the air after John&#8217;s death, the show in other hands, and a devotional that landed on August 2 asking exactly the question Adam is living: is the Lord telling you to get out of the boat?</p><p><strong>&#128214; MATTHEW 14:28-29 (NLT)</strong></p><blockquote><p>Then Peter called to him, &#8216;Lord, if it&#8217;s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.&#8217; &#8216;Yes, come,&#8217; Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h4>&#127863; SEGMENT 02 &#8212; NEW WINE, NEW WINESKINS</h4><p>For Adam No Agenda is in a season without John. For the audience it is whatever they are still holding that has stopped holding them.</p><p><strong>&#128214; MARK 2:22 (NLT)</strong></p><blockquote><p>&#8216;And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.&#8217;</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h4>&#128212; SEGMENT 03 &#8212; THE FAUCI DIARIES: the last fear campaign</h4><p>The Senate Homeland Security Committee released 2,300 pages of Anthony Fauci&#8217;s private diary in July &#8212; federal records, written on government systems. Adam went looking for the man&#8217;s sins and found fewer than expected. However, he found ones that were worse.</p><p><strong>&#128214; THE READING</strong></p><p>1. THE AWARDS FILE &#8212; Of the five packages the Senate released, one is 136 pages of Fauci&#8217;s own awards and nominations. A working file, kept for years.</p><p>2. THE ROCK STAR ENTRY &#8212; Diary Prequel, January 2013</p><p>3. THE CALL TO THE PRESIDENT&#8217;S DOCTOR &#8212; Fauci&#8217;s Diary Package,  July 2022</p><p>4. &#8216;I WAS ON MY A GAME&#8217; &#8212; Fauci&#8217;s Diary Package, July 2022, after a call with the German health minister</p><p>5. THE FOUR DISMISSALS &#8212; 664,040 words across 24 years</p><div><hr></div><h4>&#127757;SEGMENT 04 &#8212; WHO PROFITS FROM YOUR FEAR: Ceuta and the scare</h4><p><strong>The next fear campaign</strong>, running right now. The influencers create the fear and never once give the full context of what we as believers can actually do &#8212; Pray. Vote. Multiply.</p><p>1&#65039;&#8419; IT IS NOT AN INVASION OF EUROPE</p><p>2&#65039;&#8419; WHO WAS SELLING WHILE THAT WAS BEING SAID</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking on Water to Wineskins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Episode 44]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/walking-on-water-to-wineskins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/walking-on-water-to-wineskins</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re watching it happen. You, our producers, are helping build <strong>We Get To Do This (WGTDT)</strong>. Your comments, thoughts and generous donations are shaping WGTDT and this community is growing.  Thank you for sharing the podcast and our newsletter. </p><h4><strong>Receiving any value?</strong></h4><p><span>As you know, </span><strong>WGTDT</strong><span> is a </span><strong>value for value</strong><span> show (V4V). If you&#8217;re receiving any value from the podcast and would like to send some value back, we have a few ways. </span></p><p><strong>SEND A DONATION</strong><span> &#8212; The amount you send is whatever value you get from the show. It&#8217;s entirely up to you.  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What happens when you have new wine and old containers?</span></p><p><span>Pastor Jimmy and Adam will chat about the Fauci diaries and his pride. And what does the Bible say about the government&#8217;s role in protecting the upright and punishing evil doers?</span></p><p><span>What actually happened with the &#8220;invasion of Europe&#8221; and how influencers are monetizing the fear.</span></p><p><span>They&#8217;re ready to hit record. Send us feedback. We like hearing from you.</span></p><p><span>Thank you for your attention to this matter.</span></p><p><span>Back Office Management (Tina &amp; Annette)</span></p><p>P.S. In case you missed it, here&#8217;s the <strong><a href="http://wgtdtdonations.com">link</a></strong> to make a donation.</p><p><span> </span></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WGTDT - 43 - Danger Will Robinson!]]></title><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/wgtdt-43-danger-will-robinson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/wgtdt-43-danger-will-robinson</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:48:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<ul><li><p><a href="https://gcfm.link/sl/30Z907bb6cab">Listen Here</a></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Credits</span></strong></p><ul><li><p>Producers this episode</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Michael Anastasio</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Matthew Williamson</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Cathy Rhodes</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Jodie White</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Paul Erskine</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Brian Albright</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Johnsbrt</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Debbie</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Steve Weiss</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>&#128181; Duane Spellman Jr</p></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#10013;&#65039; SEGMENT 01 &#8212; THEOLOGY OPEN: who guides you when the guide is gone</span></p><ul><li><p>Open on the question under the whole show. Not an abstract one this week &#8212; Adam is living it, and Scripture has more to say about a transition forced by a death than most people realise.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128214; WHEN THE TRANSITION BEGINS WITH A DEATH &#8212; the closest parallel in Scripture</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128214; CALLED OUT BEFORE THE DESTINATION IS SHOWN &#8212; the land is never named. He is told to go first and shown second.</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128214; THE IN-BETWEEN, WHEN THE ROAD IS NOT CLEAR</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128214; THE NEW THING</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128214; ASSURANCE FOR THE ONE WALKING IT</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128212; DEVOTIONAL &#8212; Krish Dhanam on 1 Corinthians 10:13 (from PREP, verbatim)</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128214; GALATIANS 1:8, 10 &#8212; whose approval are you working for (from PREP)</span></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#129302; [CLIPS 03-A/B/C/D] SEGMENT 03 &#8212; THE MACHINE ASKS FOR THE PASTOR&#8217;S JOB: Rev. Walter Kim on AI</span></p><ul><li><p>The world&#8217;s answer to Segment 01. Rev. Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, went on CNBC off the back of a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing AI is outrunning its guardrails. Joe Kernen takes him somewhere more interesting than policy.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>CONTEXT: Rev. Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals, interviewed by Joe Kernen on CNBC Squawk Box, 22 July 2026, pegged to Kim&#8217;s Wall Street Journal op-ed. Four clips, sequential &#8212; 03A sets it up, 03B is the theological core.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/03-ai-asks-for-the-pastors-job/03A%20Rev%20Walter%20Kim%20-%20AI%20Guardrails%20Not%20Brakes%20Children%20Suicide%20Privacy%20Global%20Audit%20Agency%20-%20CNBC.mp3"><span>&#127916; 03A Rev Walter Kim - AI Guardrails Not Brakes Children Suicide Privacy Global Audit Agency - CNBC</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/03-ai-asks-for-the-pastors-job/03B%20Rev%20Walter%20Kim%20-%20Does%20AI%20Accelerate%20Move%20Away%20From%20God%20Tower%20Of%20Babel%20Pope%20Encyclical%20-%20CNBC.mp3"><span>&#127916; 03B Rev Walter Kim - Does AI Accelerate Move Away From God Tower Of Babel Pope Encyclical - CNBC</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/03-ai-asks-for-the-pastors-job/03C%20Rev%20Walter%20Kim%20-%20The%20AI%20Race%20Keep%20Up%20With%20Joneses%20Guardrails%20Are%20Not%20Brakes%20-%20CNBC.mp3"><span>&#127916; 03C Rev Walter Kim - The AI Race Keep Up With Joneses Guardrails Are Not Brakes - CNBC</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/03-ai-asks-for-the-pastors-job/03D%20Rev%20Walter%20Kim%20-%20Religious%20Communities%20Get%20Off%20The%20Sidelines%20Deepfakes%20Society%20Must%20Catch%20Up%20-%20CNBC.mp3"><span>&#127916; 03D Rev Walter Kim - Religious Communities Get Off The Sidelines Deepfakes Society Must Catch Up - CNBC</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128760; [CLIPS 04-A/B/C/D/E] SEGMENT 04 &#8212; THAT DOES NOT COMPUTE: a 1965 robot says the quiet part</span></p><ul><li><p>The lighter turn, and the sharpest one. Sixty years ago a family show wrote a machine that hallucinates, refuses orders, disclaims responsibility for its own outputs and gets its memory banks contaminated. Every failure mode we are now discovering, played for laughs in 1966.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>CONTEXT: The B-9 environmental control robot from Lost in Space (CBS, 1965-68), voiced by Dick Tufeld. ARCHIVAL &#8212; deliberately 60 years outside the freshness rule; the age is the argument. Sources: MeTV&#8217;s &#8216;Best of Robot&#8217; compilation (04A-04D) and the season-two episode where the robot is fed liquor (04E).</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/04-robot-that-cannot-compute/04A%20Robot%20B9%20-%20Designed%20And%20Computerized%20Mechanized%20Electronic%20Aid%20Roll%20With%20The%20Punches%20-%20Lost%20In%20Space%201965.mp3"><span>&#127916; 04A Robot B9 - Designed And Computerized Mechanized Electronic Aid Roll With The Punches - Lost In Space 1965</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/04-robot-that-cannot-compute/04B%20Robot%20B9%20-%20Why%20Shouldnt%20I%20Be%20In%20Love%20Not%20Nuts%20And%20Bolts%20You%20Cannot%20Force%20Me%20To%20Do%20Wrong%20-%20Lost%20In%20Space%201965.mp3"><span>&#127916; 04B Robot B9 - Why Shouldnt I Be In Love Not Nuts And Bolts You Cannot Force Me To Do Wrong - Lost In Space 1965</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/04-robot-that-cannot-compute/04C%20Robot%20B9%20-%20I%20Refuse%20To%20Answer%20Might%20Incriminate%20Me%20Cannot%20Make%20Him%20Compute%20-%20Lost%20In%20Space%201965.mp3"><span>&#127916; 04C Robot B9 - I Refuse To Answer Might Incriminate Me Cannot Make Him Compute - Lost In Space 1965</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/04-robot-that-cannot-compute/04D%20Robot%20B9%20-%20I%20Am%20Only%20The%20End%20Result%20Of%20Those%20Who%20Programmed%20Me%20Computers%20Deeply%20Affected%20-%20Lost%20In%20Space%201965.mp3"><span>&#127916; 04D Robot B9 - I Am Only The End Result Of Those Who Programmed Me Computers Deeply Affected - Lost In Space 1965</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/04-robot-that-cannot-compute/04E%20Robot%20B9%20-%20Memory%20Banks%20Never%20The%20Same%20Barfly%20Kept%20Pouring%20Fluid%20Will%20I%20Recover%20-%20Lost%20In%20Space%201965.mp3"><span>&#127916; 04E Robot B9 - Memory Banks Never The Same Barfly Kept Pouring Fluid Will I Recover - Lost In Space 1965</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128137; [CLIPS 05-A/B] SEGMENT 05 &#8212; WHEN THE GUIDE WAS MANAGING YOU: the Fauci emails</span></p><ul><li><p>The cost of trusting the wrong guide. Joe Kernen puts it to Scott Gottlieb &#8212; a man who defended Fauci for years &#8212; and Gottlieb does not defend him.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>CONTEXT: Joe Kernen and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, CNBC Squawk Box, surfaced via The Chief Nerd, 27 July 2026. Pegged to Rand Paul&#8217;s release of Fauci emails ahead of a Wednesday hearing &#8212; which is today.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/05-when-the-guide-was-managing-you/05A%20Kernen%20v%20Gottlieb%20-%20Fauci%20Orchestrated%20Cover%20Up%20Gain%20Of%20Function%20Enjoyed%20The%20Notoriety%20Outrageous%20-%20CNBC.mp3"><span>&#127916; 05A Kernen v Gottlieb - Fauci Orchestrated Cover Up Gain Of Function Enjoyed The Notoriety Outrageous - CNBC</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="http://adam.curry.com/html/05-when-the-guide-was-managing-you/05B%20Kernen%20v%20Gottlieb%20-%20Diary%20Entries%20I%20Am%20Science%20Jake%20Tapper%20Dinners%20Rand%20Paul%20Wednesday%20Hearing%20-%20CNBC.mp3"><span>&#127916; 05B Kernen v Gottlieb - Diary Entries I Am Science Jake Tapper Dinners Rand Paul Wednesday Hearing - CNBC</span></a></p><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span>&#128218; SOURCES &amp; RECEIPTS</span></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/22/faith-leaders-warn-of-ai-risks-rev-walter-kim-on-adopting-a-moral-framework-for-ai.html">Rev. Walter Kim &#8212; faith leaders warn of AI risks (CNBC, 22 Jul 2026)</a></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://x.com/thechiefnerd/status/2081782502545293817">Kernen v Gottlieb on the Fauci emails (via The Chief Nerd, 27 Jul 2026)</a></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LX6F2LbD7Qk">MeTV &#8212; Best of Robot from Lost in Space (clips 04A-04D)</a></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://youtu.be/WEB_9dJC5Vw">Lost in Space &#8212; the robot gets drunk (clip 04E)</a></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/trump-ai-data-center-backlash.html">Trump AI data-center backlash (CNBC, 25 Jul 2026)</a></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><a href="https://bible.com/bible/116/rev.4.11.NLT">Revelation 4:11 NLT</a></p></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></li></ul><p>Last Modified 07/29/2026 15:46:08 by <a href="http://freedomcontroller.com/">Freedom Controller</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rollercoaster week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Episode 43]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/a-rollercoaster-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/a-rollercoaster-week</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:53:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First things first. Welcome to all new subscribers of <strong>We Get To Do This (<a href="http://wgtdt.com">WGTDT</a>)</strong>. Many of you subscribed last week &#8212; during one of the hardest weeks ever &#8212; and we&#8217;re glad you&#8217;re here. If you haven&#8217;t listened to the podcast yet, Adam and Pastor Jimmy talk about God, the world and other things. A new show posts every Wednesday afternoon.</p><p>Here are some things Adam and Pastor Jimmy will discuss.</p><p>It was a tough week for Adam. He navigated a rollercoaster of emotions while making decisions and reading and responding to thousands of messages. The outpouring of support was truly astounding and he saw a recurring theme.</p><p>Adam got a word from someone in the church. And it was all too fitting for what is happening right now in his life. Of course, he&#8217;ll share the details.</p><p>When there&#8217;s a public figure that everyone despises, how do believers deal with this? </p><p>Pastor Jimmy and Adam are geared up to talk about faith leaders and the impact of AI.</p><h4><strong>WGTDT is V4V</strong></h4><p>Researching, preparing and producing a podcast takes work. <strong>WGTDT</strong> is a <strong>value for value</strong> show (V4V). If you&#8217;re receiving any value from the podcast and would like to send some value back, here are three ways:</p><p><strong>SEND A DONATION</strong> &#8212; Support the show with a donation &#8212; and again, the amount you send is entirely up to you. Whatever the value you get from the show, send it to us. </p><p>There are a few ways: become a paid Substack subscriber, or make a donation of any amount through <a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/8YYHXGWUYNLRA">Paypal </a>or <a href="https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cxfFB3nh86jf94enS00">Stripe</a>. 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Word of mouth is by far the best way to build our audience and is very valuable to the show.</p><p>Episode 43 will drop tomorrow afternoon. </p><p>Thank you for your attention to this matter,</p><p>Back Office Management (Tina)</p><p><strong>Donations:</strong> <br><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/8YYHXGWUYNLRA">Paypal</a><br><a href="https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cxfFB3nh86jf94enS00">Stripe</a><br>Checks via PO Box 1849, Fredericksburg, TX 78624</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WGTDT -42 - "Who Owns Your Future?"]]></title><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/wgtdt-41-who-owns-your-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/wgtdt-41-who-owns-your-future</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:00:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>We Get To Do This &#183; with Adam Curry &amp; Pastor Jimmy Pruitt</strong></p><h1><strong>Who Owns Your Future?</strong></h1><p><em>In the same week his granddaughter arrived, Adam lost his No Agenda partner of nearly 19 years, John C. Dvorak. This week we sit in the grief with Pastor Jimmy &#8212; and find God already speaking through it &#8212; then the everyday doors He keeps opening, a world that would build itself without Him, and prayer for our own.</em></p><p>Episode WGTDT&#8209;42 &#183; July 22, 2026</p><p></p><p><a href="https://gcfm.link/sl/30Za8ed7a579">Listen to this episode</a></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Segment One &#183; In Memoriam</strong></p><h2><strong>John C. Dvorak &#8212; and hearing God in the grief</strong></h2><p>Adam opens with the hardest news, sharing it first with Pastor Jimmy as a friend: <strong>John C. Dvorak has passed</strong> &#8212; his No Agenda partner of nearly nineteen years, twice a week, his &#8220;work wife.&#8221; It came at the end of a whiplash week that also brought the joy of a new granddaughter.</p><p>And it came gently. After Sunday&#8217;s show &#8212; both of them in full form &#8212; John was home with his wife, Mimi: dinner, laughter, an old episode of NCIS, John grousing about a plot hole in typical fashion. As Mimi describes it, it was simply <em>lights out</em>. Peaceful. Unplugged. &#8220;Sign me up for that one,&#8221; Adam and Pastor Jimmy agree.</p><p>Which leaves the raw question: <em>what now?</em> And here&#8217;s the thing &#8212; Adam hasn&#8217;t had to go looking for scripture this week. It has been coming <em>to</em> him, landing exactly when needed: verses surfacing on their own through his devotional apps, and a stranger emailing out of the blue &#8212; &#8220;praying for peace for you and everyone this morning, Adam&#8221; &#8212; with no idea what had happened. Which is the real question of the hour: <strong>how do you know when it&#8217;s God speaking to you?</strong></p><blockquote><p>The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.</p><p>Psalm 37:23 (NLT) &#8212; the verse that found Adam this week</p></blockquote><p>The person in whom God delights is one who follows God, trusts Him, and tries to do His will. God watches over and makes firm every step that person takes. If you would like to have God direct your way, then seek His advice before you step out.</p><blockquote><p>There are many plans in a man&#8217;s heart, nevertheless the LORD&#8217;s counsel&#8212;that will stand.</p><p>Proverbs 19:21 (NKJV)</p></blockquote><h3><strong>The faith adventure &#8212; &#8220;what now?&#8221;</strong></h3><p>God&#8217;s will is a continuous journey of discovery and faith. True obedience requires stepping into the unknown without being paralyzed by uncertainty &#8212; trusting Jesus as our guide while staying flexible to the Holy Spirit&#8217;s direction, rather than locked into our own rigid plans.</p><blockquote><p>By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.</p><p>Hebrews 11:8</p></blockquote><p>Are you inspired or intimidated by your faith adventure? Do you anticipate or dread doing the next right thing as you fulfill God&#8217;s calling on your life? Yes, Christ must come to you in clarity before you venture out for Him in obedience. But once you are sure of the Lord&#8217;s leading, do not let up until you have arrived at His destination. Go on your great adventure with God, and, like a visit to a new country, enjoy the new sights and people. <strong><span>&#8212; Boyd Bailey, Wisdom Hunters</span></strong></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Segment Two &#183; Boots on the Ground</strong></p><h2><strong>The doors God is opening</strong></h2><p>Two everyday-life doors opening on their own. First, a boots-on-the-ground moment: at the hairdresser, she tells Adam about the book everyone is reading right now &#8212; <em>Theo of Golden</em> &#8212; and then, unprompted, asks if she can come to church with Adam and the Keeper. No sermon required; the door simply opened.</p><h3><strong>About the book &#8212; </strong><em><strong>Theo of Golden</strong></em><strong> by Allen Levi</strong></h3><p>A stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. At the local coffeehouse, pencil portraits of the townspeople hang on the walls &#8212; and Theo begins buying them one at a time, giving each portrait back to the person it depicts, asking only for their story in return. Portrait by portrait, secrets surface, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are quietly transformed. A novel about generosity, being <em>seen</em>, and the small miracles of kindness. (#1 New York Times for three weeks; a Katie Couric and Jen Hatmaker book&#8209;club pick.)</p><h3><strong>A listener writes in</strong></h3><p>And a walk coming back to life &#8212; Jim (Sir 11921) wrote in:</p><blockquote><p>Love the new, or new to me, podcast. It is really helping me on my walk with Christ &#8212; which honestly has been stagnant for most of my life. But God uses a lot of people when they are older. Look at Moses, Abraham.</p><p>Jim (Sir 11921)</p></blockquote><p>&#8220;God uses people when they are older.&#8221; Moses. Abraham. The same faith-adventure thread &#8212; a stagnant walk stirred, late, and coming alive.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Segment Three</strong></p><h2><strong>A world without God</strong></h2><p>The mirror image of the doors God is opening: the thing the world keeps trying to build <em>without</em> Him. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, taking apart the ideology of radical leftism, names it plainly.</p><blockquote><p>The world it envisions for all of us is small, flat, gray, leveled of all exception, drained of all that is good and noble in the human soul &#8212; a world without courage, without creativity or ambition, without heroes or glory or great causes to strive towards, a world without miracles, without myths&#8230; And the world communism envisions is a world without God.</p><p>Sec. Marco Rubio</p></blockquote><p>To its architects, the towering achievement of our civilization is an unbearable humiliation &#8212; a reminder of what they cannot do, and what they cannot be. (Full clip linked below.)</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Segment Four &#183; Prayer</strong></p><h2><strong>The church carries its own</strong></h2><p>We close on the family. Two of our own are in the hardest stretch this week &#8212; please lift them up:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Ian&#8217;s father</strong> &#8212; unstable and suffering after chemo; the news is grim. Pray for strength for Ian and his dad, and for mercy.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pete</strong> &#8212; home from a stay in the ICU and bracing for what&#8217;s next. Pray for healing and for the road ahead.</p></li></ul><blockquote><p>Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.</p><p>James 5:16</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Sources &amp; Receipts</strong></p><ul><li><p>Rubio &#8212; &#8220;a world without God&#8221; (the radical-leftism speech) &#8212; <a href="https://x.com/i/status/2079709758412763556">x.com/i/status/2079709758412763556</a></p></li><li><p><em>Theo of Golden</em> by Allen Levi &#8212; <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Theo-of-Golden/Allen-Levi/9781668236567">Simon &amp; Schuster</a></p></li><li><p>Psalm 37:23 (NLT) &#8212; <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/116/PSA.37.23.NLT">bible.com</a></p></li><li><p>Proverbs 19:21 (NKJV) &#8212; <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/114/PRO.19.21.NKJV">bible.com</a></p></li><li><p>Hebrews 11:8 &#8212; <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/HEB.11.8.NIV">bible.com</a></p></li></ul><p><em>We get to do this. &#8212; Adam &amp; Pastor Jimmy</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, The World & Other Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Inaugural We Get To Do This Newsletter]]></description><link>https://www.wgtdt.com/p/god-the-world-and-other-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wgtdt.com/p/god-the-world-and-other-things</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Get To Do This]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:23:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CtOi!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F979b004d-8fb6-445a-a235-1f93cc61e206_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re receiving this newsletter because you have someway, somehow connected with Adam Curry or Pastor Jimmy Pruitt, listened to Living Up In A Down World, No Agenda, Curry &amp; The Keeper or <strong>We Get To Do This</strong>. There are many ways you&#8217;ve come to know us and we&#8217;re glad you&#8217;re here. Of course, if you want to opt out, we understand. </p><p><strong>We Get To Do This (WGTDT)</strong> debuted on September 3, 2025. Hard to believe the podcast is coming up on the one-year anniversary. Believe it or not, <strong>WGTDT </strong>was three years in the making before it launched. When Adam and Jimmy became fast friends nearly four years ago, they enjoyed intense conversations about God, the world and other things. It only made sense to hit record. And of course, it was all God&#8217;s perfect timing.</p><p>The podcast brings together what many call two opposing genres &#8212; culture and Christianity. But it&#8217;s not in opposition at all. With Adam&#8217;s talent of deconstructing culture and media combined with Pastor Jimmy&#8217;s four plus decades of ministry, they bring a fresh perspective on what&#8217;s happening through the lens of a Biblical worldview. We hope you&#8217;re enjoying it. </p><h4>Supporting The Show</h4><p>A lot of work goes into researching, preparing and producing the podcast. And just like Living Up In A Down World, No Agenda and Curry &amp; The Keeper, <strong>WGTDT</strong> is a value for value podcast. If you&#8217;re receiving any value from the show and would like to send some value back, there are three ways you can do this.</p><p><strong>Share the Podcast:</strong> Send the podcast to anyone you think would enjoy it. This is the best way we can build our audience.</p><p><strong>Share Your Feedback:</strong> If you have a thought or suggestion about what&#8217;s been featured on the show, Adam and Pastor Jimmy would love to hear from you. 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