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April 25, 2026
Offline with Jon Favreau
God In The Machine

In This Episode

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.”

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