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The hosts poke at tech cliches and the lazy takes that pass for wisdom about technology.

First in a series on church and tech: Chris Martin on marketing the gospel without manipulation.

Keith Plummer on what it means to be technologically literate, and why discernment beats reflex.

Alastair Roberts reframes amplification, print, and even AI through the incarnation, where God's chosen medium is human flesh.

Bluesky surges as users leave X. Is the new platform actually different, or just the next hype cycle?

Meta's Orion glasses point past AR to a deeper bet about mediated reality, and what motivates the company building it.

Section 230, algorithms, and regulation: the hosts unpack a shift that could remake how social platforms work.

A biographical conversation with co-host Austin Gravley on power, formation, and finding a voice inside digital Babylon.

Joseph Minich explains how managed, mediated modern life quietly erodes the felt presence of God, and how hospitality restores it.

What is a teen worth to a platform? A conversation on youth, Instagram, and how parents and pastors can respond.

Threads launches against Twitter, and the hosts ask whether yet another platform can be used without using us.

If our apps are engineered to hook us, what does freedom look like? A practical, pastoral conversation on habit loops, dopamine, and rest in God.

Chris Martin on the anxiety social media breeds, the gap between our front- and backstage selves, and how churches should show up online.

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra on a theology of play: when do games simply delight us, when do they disciple us, and how should parents think about both?

Is authenticity overrated? Using BeReal as a test case, the hosts ask what 'be real' actually demands of us, and whether any app can deliver it.

If distraction is engineered, how do we push back? Five counter-practices for reclaiming attention in an economy built to fragment it.