Faith & AI Project Podcast

Pope Leo's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, turns in its third chapter — "Technology and Dominance" — to the hardest question AI forces on us: are we standing on a Tower of Babel that's destined to fall, or can the thing be rebuilt brick by brick? In the final panel of our 3-part series, Edmund Mitchell sits down with three expert guests who live this tension from worlds...

Pope Leo's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, devotes its most unsettling chapter to war, peace, and the "culture of power" that AI is quietly accelerating. In Panel 2 of our 3-part series, Edmund Mitchell sits down with three expert guests who carry this question between worlds that usually don't speak to each other: Taylor Black — Director of AI and Venture Ecosystems at...

Pope Leo's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, just dropped and it goes harder on AI, capitalism, and human dignity than anyone expected. Is this just a regulation document? Or is this document a call for Catholics to recover and embrace a deeper understanding of Catholic Social Teaching?  In the first of our 3-part series, Edmund Mitchell sits down with three Catholic experts working at t...

The Vatican just dropped a major document on AI, transhumanism, and the future of humanity titled: "Quo Vadis Humanitas?" In this episode, we sit down with Fr. Michael Baggot, a bioethicist based in Rome who specializes in transhumanism and emerging technology, to unpack what the International Theological Commission is saying about digital culture as a living environment, brain-computer...

In this episode of The Faith & AI Project Podcast, Dr. Brett Robinson reframes the AI conversation: it’s not just about whether a chatbot gives the “right” answers, but about what kind of environment AI creates and how that environment forms our attention, imagination, and relationships over time. We talk about “communication ecology,” why tech is never neutral, how these tools quietly reshape...

Can a Catholic AI trained on the Church’s documents help people encounter truth… or is conversation with a chatbot fundamentally disordered? In this episode of The Faith & AI Project Podcast, Edmund Mitchell hosts a spirited (and surprisingly charitable) debate between Matthew Sanders (founder & CEO of Longbeard, the team behind Magisterium AI) and Dr. Marc Barnes (editor of New Polity). T...

Silicon Valley is increasingly comfortable talking about end-times, salvation, immortality, and even the apocalypse — often through the language of artificial intelligence and technological progress. Why aren’t Catholics? In this episode of The Faith & AI Project, Edmund Mitchell sits down with John Johnson for a deep and provocative conversation about AI, technocracy, and what’s really at sta...

In this conversation, Edmund sits down with Matthew Sanders, co-founder of Magisterium AI , to explore how Catholics can faithfully and intelligently engage emerging technologies. Matthew brings a refreshing perspective rooted in pastoral reality, human formation, and a deep trust in the Church’s mission. They discuss why AI should not be evaluated in isolation, how good formation dictates good di...

How do spiritual seekers use AI to take their next step toward God? In this conversation with Truthly’s cofounders Zac Johnson  and Jacob Ciccarelli, we dig into what people are actually asking AI about faith, why “companionship” and “purpose” are exploding use cases, and how a Catholic tool can help that hunger by guiding people towards answers and connection with clarity and care. They share sto...

In our season premiere, Edmund sits down with Letti Garcia, Director of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School, to ask a big question: what does faithful, effective leadership look like in the age of AI? Letti shares a practical, hope-filled path—rooted in Ignatian discernment and the “be–know–do” model—for leaders who feel both curious and cautious. They discuss technical vs. adapti...