About this episode
Freddie Sayers discusses Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical and its impact on the American populist Right with guests Michael Knowles and Sohrab Ahmari.
Freddie Sayers talks to The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles and UnHerd US editor Sohrab Ahmari to explore how Pope Leo XIV’s landmark AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is exposing deep philosophical and political fractures within the American populist Right over global technology regulation, transnational governance, and the Trump administration's relationship with the Vatican. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Freddie Sayers
Guests: Michael Knowles, Sohrab Ahmari
Topics covered
- AI encyclical
- American populist Right
- global technology regulation
- transnational governance
- philosophical fractures
Keywords
- Pope Leo XIV
- AI encyclical
- Magnifica Humanitas
- American Right
- technology regulation
- transnational governance
- Trump administration
- Vatican
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Daily Wire, UnHerd, Trump administration, Vatican
Books & works: Magnifica Humanitas
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