Device & Virtue

Chris & Adam argue the wrongs and rights of technology and faith in everyday life—from A.I. to Facebook to DNA tests—and how a Christian might live in the middle.

Device & Virtue is a religion podcast hosted by Chris Ridgeway & Adam Graber, with 85 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.

Chris Ridgeway & Adam Graber hosts Device & Virtue, a religion show with 85 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  S10E5—Hope: NASA, Television, and Living the Story of the Future

  Apr 8, 20261h 1mS10

  <p>*Fixed audio release* </p><p>Today we're watching the Artemis II, but in the 1960s, our parents watched humanity land a man on the moon from their living room TV. It was a new era of hope, but it somehow disappeared. Can technology make us hopeful people?</p><p>This episode recorded in March 2026, before the Artemis II launch.</p><p>Hope can send us soaring to the stars, but when our lives sink beneath the wind and the waves, what happens to hope then? Amid the hurricanes of today’s technology, hope seems less like a rocket ship so...

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  S10E5 — Hope: Living the Story of the Future

  Mar 17, 20261h 1mS10

  <p>Our parents watched humanity land a man on the moon from their living room TV. It was a new era of hope, but it somehow disappeared. Can technology make us hopeful people?</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope can send us soaring to the stars, but when our lives sink beneath the wind and the waves, what happens to hope then? Amid the hurricanes of today’s technology, hope seems less like a rocket ship soaring above it all and more “like the thing with feathers.” </p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, Adam and Chris look at the mat...

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  S10E4—Friendship: From Christian Community to AI Companions

  Feb 17, 20261h 7mS10

  <p>Aristotle called friendship a virtue. Mark Zuckerberg made “friending” a verb. Next up: AI companions—What happens when they listen better than your fellow Christians? </p><p><br></p><p>Loneliness is being called an epidemic, even as we’re “connected” all day. Online spaces reward hot takes over hospitality, and friendship gets flattened into a friend request, a feed, or a follower count. Meanwhile, Jesus’ most personal message was a passionate prayer for friendship. How can Christians recover real, virtue-shaped friendship in an age of hyper-connected loneliness—when AI affirms us, social media tribalizes us, and smartphones stick closer than a bro...

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  S10E3—Humility: Can Enhanced Humans Imitate Jesus?

  Jul 30, 202457 minS0

  <p>Can we live humbly and still post that photo on Instagram? In the digital age, humility isn't so straightforward. With the smartphone at our fingertips, is pride just one selfie away?</p><p>Many of tech’s biggest names have been anything but humble. Tesla, Edison, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Musk. Does that mean their inventions will re-make us in their image? Or is there a way to hold humility in one hand and our smartphones in the other?</p><p>Drawing from Christian wisdom, Greek virtues, and modern theologians, Adam and Chris look for the borderland between pride and pusillanimity, be...

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  S10E2—Temperance: When Losing the Pleasure is Painful

  Jun 11, 202448 minS0

  <p>The word "temperance" may make us think of prohibition, but this virtue isn't some outdated legislation. Today's technologies are creating all new challenges. Should we be prohibiting them now?</p><p>It’s the season of Virtues! We’re exploring the old-school virtue of Temperance—including how a technology in the 1800s changed the course of American politics, spawned hundreds of Christian organizations and even changed the US constitution! </p><p>Plus, why ice cream could be an moral issue.</p><p>>> Voicemail: Leave us a 90-second voice message about this episode. We may feature it in a future segmen

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