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EP 114Jun 2, 2026
The Pope Said THIS About AI (Wyatt Graham)

Wyatt Graham returns to read Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas — not the Pope “coming out against AI” but Catholic social teaching applied to the new thing. Technology is never neutral under the condition of the conditioners, the few oppress the many through its instruments, and prudential reasoning is the one thing AI cannot do.

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Not a standalone episode on Magnifica Humanitas, but these sit closest to it by topic.

EP 77Apr 30, 2025
How AI Can Function As Idolatry

When trust in the machine slips into worship, and how a Psalm-shaped discernment names it.

EP 24Apr 4, 2023
Should We Embrace New Tech? Joel and Andrew Disagree

Should our default be to adopt or to resist? Joel and Andrew disagree, working out what posture Christians should bring to every new tool.

EP 118Jul 10, 2026
Books About Building for the Age of AI

Andrew and Joel trade summer reading, seven books that shaped how they build. Range and kind vs wicked worlds, The Lean Startup on testing a hypothesis instead of debating it, Culture Making on why creating beats critiquing, and the evolutionary neuroscience the frontier labs are mining for the next breakthrough.

EP 116Jun 16, 2026
How Should Pastors Use AI? (Scott Hurst)

Andrew and Joel sit down with Scott Hurst, a self-described 'average' Toronto pastor, to hear how the AI conversation actually sounds between pastors. Less 'should AI write your sermon' (nobody is) and more rental agreements, meeting minutes, the capacity for mystery, and the pain points a shepherd should never automate away.

EP 113May 19, 2026
Does God Care if AI Does My Job?

Automation, vocation, and whether God cares if a machine takes your work.

EP 112May 12, 2026
How Christians Can Harness the Power of AI

A constructive case for using AI well in Christian life and work.

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