God In The Machine

About this episode

Jon Favreau discusses the implications of Pope Leo XIV's criticisms of the Trump administration with guest Christopher Hale.

With Pope Leo XIV stepping up his criticisms of the Trump administration this month, the president is out for blood...and not the transubstantiated kind. Christopher Hale, author of the Letters from Leo newsletter, joins Offline to explain the real threat this woke offline pope poses to MAGA. He and Jon discuss why the head of the Catholic Church is so obsessed with AI, how the Democratic Party should make space for more religious people, and the wisdom of Leo’s boomerisms like “an algorithm will never replace a hug.” For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.

People in this episode

Host: Jon Favreau

Guest: Christopher Hale

Topics covered

• religion
• politics
• AI
• Catholic Church
• Trump administration
• MAGA
• woke culture

Keywords

• Pope Leo XIV
• Trump administration
• AI
• Catholic Church
• MAGA
• Christopher Hale
• religion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration, Catholic Church, Democratic Party

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