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Apr 2025
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Crosses & Crowns—The Weekly Roundup

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In this week’s wide-ranging Roundup, Ron Steslow and  Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) discuss high profile warnings that AI could outrun us very soon.

Then, they talk about the death of Pope Francis and what’s next for the Catholic Church before discussing christianity’s merger with MAGA, and what that means for the fate of liberalism in America

Finally, in Politicology+ they discuss Bernie Sanders and AOC’s “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” and where economic populism on the left is heading. 

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Related media:

CBS News - Artificial intelligence could end disease, lead to "radical abundance," Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says - CBS News

The Free Press - Ross Douthat: Why It’s Logical to Believe in God

The Free Press - Can America Survive Without Christianity?


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