The Chicago Pope just declared a Holy War on AI? Or did he? Could you use religion to get OUT of using AI at work? Will this make Tom & Travis go back to church and take communion again? Listen to find out more!

[And no, we won’t actually tell you how Game 2 ended.]

Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

Jacobin’s Take: https://jacobin.com/2026/06/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-ai-economy

NCR’s Take: https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leo-calls-disarm-ai-major-document-warns-technologic-threats-humanity

Business Insider’s article on AI religious exemptions: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/she-won-religious-exemption-using-094001949.html

Rowan J. Coleman’s “This is How We Beat AI”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rdSl3CpiCg

The apparent theme song for the holy war against AI: https://open.spotify.com/track/0bUgTRe5st6TMbRCEjKezX?si=5a55298c7968404e

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