A Fast Guide To The Week’s Political Chaos
About this episode
The episode discusses the political chaos of the week, focusing on the clash between Pope Leo and President Trump over Iran and the implications of social media and AI in geopolitics.
A single week manages to hit every nerve: faith and war, social media spectacle, nuclear brinkmanship, and institutions that feel like they’re losing the plot. We start with the clash between Pope Leo and President Trump over Iran, including the moral claims being made about war and peace and the very modern problem of a viral AI image becoming part of the geopolitical conversation. We’re not interested in performative outrage, so we talk through what’s actually knowable and where people are ...
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