Future Money Interledger Foundation

We’re thrilled to announce the first Interledger Salon on the Future|Money podcast, a quarterly panel hosted by the Interledger Foundation with facilitation by Chief Program Officer Chris Lawrence. These discussions aim to connect our community to multilateral stakeholders in the digital financial inclusion sector. As such, we invited Jayshree Venkatesan from the Center for Financial Inclusion, Ed Cable from Mifos, and Paula Hunter, Executive Director of Mojaloop Foundation, who all share our dedication to creating a fairer financial world.
We hope you enjoy this episode of the Future|Money podcast presents The Interledger Salon.

#Stay tuned for more!

*This panel was recorded on March 15, 2024,

The Future|Money podcast is presented by the Interledger Foundation

Theme music: “Summer Instrumental” by NazAlakai, from the Tribe of Noise (Tribeofnoise.com).

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Welcome to another episode of the Future| Money podcast. In this episode, we’re talking to Carlijn Kingma from Waterworks of Money, a project that explores the metaphor ‘money as water’. We’ll discuss how Carlijn, as an artist and architect, makes complex topics like monetary systems and financial structures more accessible, engaging, and comprehensible to a broader audience. And we explore how her project, Waterworks of Money, ignites essential conversations to advance financial literacy and inclusion.

The Future|Money podcast is presented by the Interledger Foundation

Theme music: “Summer Instrumental” by NazAlakai, from the Tribe of Noise (Tribeofnoise.com).

Future|Money Podcast by the Interledger Foundation is licensed to the public under CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Welcome back to another episode of the Future|Money series! Today, we’re thrilled to be in conversation with with Felipe Brugues, Ana Rodriguez, and Juan Carlos Leon, an inspiring collective based in Mexico City and Quito. Today we are diving into their project, Re/Simulate. This fascinating artwork digs deep into the effectiveness of financial and economic programs, often found in self-help business literature and political policies across the globe. Using interactive computational simulations of economic models, Re/Simulate steers one huge 3D clay printer. As we explore the sculptural possibilities, the gaps, pitfalls, and even the strengths of digital financial systems and strategies become tangible and apparent.

The Future|Money podcast is presented by the Interledger Foundation

Theme music: “Summer Instrumental” by NazAlakai, from the Tribe of Noise (Tribeofnoise.com).

Future|Money Podcast by the Interledger Foundation is licensed to the public under CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Join this week’s episode where we welcome our newest host, Chris Lawrence, Chief Program Officer of the Interledger Foundation. Chris converses with Dr. Andrew Mangle, an Associate Professor from Bowie State University. They discuss the partnership between the Interledger Foundation and Bowie State, which provides students with learning opportunities in fintech, open-source technology, and Digital Financial Inclusion. Don’t miss the insights into Dr. Mangle’s journey, student motivations, mentorship, and the upcoming event. #amtrackathon.

The Future|Money podcast is presented by the Interledger Foundation

Theme music: “Summer Instrumental” by NazAlakai, from the Tribe of Noise (Tribeofnoise.com).

Future|Money Podcast by the Interledger Foundation is licensed to the public under CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we are in conversation with Lena Ghaninejad. She will be sharing more about her artwork, Liminal Matter. The installation aims to illustrate the evolution of money from tangible matter that originates directly from the Earth (grains, food & stones) into an increasingly immaterial entity that leaves more people behind as financial systems complexify and access to technology remains limited -thus asking the question: how can we best share the planet’s resources?.’

The Future|Money podcast is presented by the Interledger Foundation

Theme music: “Summer Instrumental” by NazAlakai, from the Tribe of Noise (Tribeofnoise.com).

Future|Money Podcast by the Interledger Foundation is licensed to the public under CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we are in conversation with Esther Mwema. She will be sharing about her project, Sikhula Sonke: Living Archives of Afrofuturist Village Banking, which she created together with Jon Adam Chen and three different communities in Zambia and South Africa. Sikhula Sonke is an isiXhosa phrase which means ‘we grow together.’ The project is a mixed media artwork and storytelling project that documents informal savings groups as a way of understanding inclusive financial models in Southern Africa. In recognition of the wisdom that already exists within local communities and is little understood outside of them, the project focuses on women who hold a wealth of knowledge on inclusive, open financial systems.

We will discuss with Esther how this artwork shaped her vision of a financially inclusive future, Her pathway toward becoming an Artist, and how the world influenced her.

The Future|Money podcast is presented by the Interledger Foundation

Theme music: “Summer Instrumental” by NazAlakai, from the Tribe of Noise (Tribeofnoise.com).

Future|Money Podcast by the Interledger Foundation is licensed to the public under CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/