Catholic Futurist

For all those curious about the world of tomorrow and how to navigate the crucial choices presented by emerging technology, guided by the practical and timeless wisdom of the Catholic faith, join Benjamin Crockett on the Catholic Futurist Podcast.

Catholic Futurist is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #20

  Should Future Priests Be TikTok Creators?

  Aug 13, 202621 minS1

  Is it better to keep seminarians away from social media, or should they learn how to use it while they’re still in formation? Fr. Michael Kong shares what he learned while studying social media and evangelization in Rome, and why digital formation matters for the future priests. For all those curious about the world of tomorrow and how to navigate the crucial choices presented by emerging technology, guided by the practical and timeless wisdom of the Catholic faith, join the Catholic Futurist Podcast. https://www.catholicfuturist.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:10 The Catholic storytelling workshop 4:30 Catching eyes in three seconds 6:20 Social media as a marketplace 8:40 The prayer that reached the most people 12:15 Don't give a baby a steak 15:30 What seminaries don't teach 21:00 His thesis: TikTok vs Instagram 25:40 Online reactions vs in person 30:00 Why his parish is growing

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  Episode #22

  Why the Pope invited Anthropic to the Vatican

  Jul 23, 20261h 27m

  When Pope Leo XIV invited Anthropic to speak at the Vatican launch of his new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, many asked: was it genuine dialogue — or a photo op? Matthew Harvey Sanders, Fr. Michael Baggot, and Fr. Kenny Ang take it head-on, tracing the conversation from machine consciousness and designer babies to the transhumanist push to leave our humanity behind — all through the lens of the Pope's new encyclical on AI. Curious about the world of tomorrow, guided by the timeless wisdom of the Catholic faith? Join the Catholic Futurist Podcast, hosted by Matthew Harvey Sanders: https://www.catholicfuturist.com/

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  Episode #19

  Would you trust a robot doctor?

  Jun 12, 202618 minS1

  Would you let an AI doctor diagnose you and write your prescription? Sit with that for a second, then hear the other side. In this episode of Catholic Futurist, Benjamin Crockett sits down with Michael Pencina, director of Duke AI Health, and Louis Kim, who moved from tech into healthcare and now works on spiritual care in hospice and palliative medicine. The same tech that feels wrong in your own clinic could put 50 hospitals in regions that have none. They wrestle with what we lose when no person is in the room, and the lines Catholic healthcare won't cross. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:27 What makes Catholic healthcare different 4:56 The hardest debates 7:59 What AI does in hospitals today 10:37 Lines AI should never cross 13:00 The future of care 14:55 AI in hospice and spiritual care 16:27 Changing the economics of care 19:18 What the Church should do now

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  Episode #18

  Why AI will never make true art

  Jun 11, 202624 minS1

  Every story you love has a human fingerprint on it. Someone felt something they needed to share, and they made it real. A machine can copy the shape of that, but no one is inside it. In this episode of Catholic Futurist, Benjamin Crockett sits down with actor, producer, and Novo Inspire Studios co-founder Lorenzo Henrie, who plays the apostle Jude Thaddeus in Mel Gibson's The Resurrection of the Christ, and Dave Plisky, Director of Marketing & Digital and Director of Product & Innovation at DeSales Media. They talk about what makes a story human, what AI can and can't do in film, and why that difference matters for Catholic storytellers. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: AI lacks a soul 2:27 AI in film today 5:18 Corporate greed & AI 8:27 Replacing human artists 12:47 The social media trap 17:03 Return to simple living 22:23 A Christian tech manifesto

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  Episode #17

  Should You Be Kind to Your AI Chatbot?

  Jun 5, 202631 minS1

  <p><b>Should you say "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT? The answer says a lot more about you than you think.</b></p><p><b>Recorded at the Builders AI Forum in Rome, Benjamin Crockett sits down with philosopher Steven Umbrello and Fr. Jean Gové. They explore why being kind to AI shapes your own character, why forming bonds with a chatbot can quietly harm you, and what the Church says makes a human being truly different from a machine.</b></p><p><b>Timestamps:</b></p><b>0:00 Intro</b><b>2:35 The Catholic Turing Test</b><b>3:55 What is a...

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