Marc Barnes and Alex Denley are happy to announce the next New Polity Magazine, Issue 7.3, on AI: The Hype vs The Real. In this podcast, they discuss the loss of textual communities, AI generated homilies, the technocratic paradigm, and other topics from the new magazine. Subscribe by August 15th to receive Issue 7.3: https://newpolity.com/magazineWe are running a Summer Sale on all books and magazines! Check it out here: https://newpolity.com/summer-saleNew Polity is starting a blog series on AI with new articles every Friday. Subscribe to our email list here: https://newpolity.com/essays/#subscribePlease donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate

Marc Barnes and Joe Heschmeyer are from the old world of the Catholic blogosphere. With catchy titles like "Bad Catholic" and "Shameless Popery," the Catholic blogs were the place for long comment threads and an active community. Social media has made that community mostly obsolete, and social media is the default place where people go. In this podcast, they discuss producing content for social media algorithms and how to preserve and encourage attention. New Polity is running a summer sale on all our books and magazines! Check it out here: https://newpolity.com/summer-saleSubscribe to New Polity magazine! https://newpolity.com/magazineDonate to help us make more. Thank you! https://newpolity.com/donateHere is the essay by Simone Weil referenced by Joe: https://rohandrape.net/ut/rttcc-text/...

In The Seven Ranges, Will Hoyt sought answers to how and why small, self-sufficient landholders in eastern Ohio consented to the destruction of once-thriving townships and even topography itself via strip mining in the 1960s. In his new sequel, Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas, Hoyt describes the collapse of Western Civilization as experienced by residents in eastern Ohio, Cleveland, and Michigan between 1994 and 2024. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews Will Hoyt about his new book and how a sense of America and its grandeur can be brought back. You can buy a copy of Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas from New Polity here: https://newpolity.com/books-in-inventory/fear-and-trembling-in-las-vegasSubscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. https://newpolity.com/magazine New Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate

In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Star Plato discuss the final chapters of the Book of Judith. Specifically, they look at the prayer at the end of the Book, where Judith praises God for victory. This is final part of the series on Judith. You can view the full series here.Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. New Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more!

America is a special place. And, it even has its own heresy. In this podcast, Reuben Slife and Marc Barnes discuss Leo XIII's condemnation of "Americanism," and the controversy that it caused. Some US bishops replied to the Pope that no one actually adhered to Americanism, and that it was effectively a "phantom heresy." But, is there something particular to the American way of being Catholic that needs correction? How does this teaching on Americanism relate to America today, on the 250th anniversary?New Polity Press has just released a new book by David L. Schindler, America in the Mystery of Christ and the Church, which addresses this central question: What does it mean to be holy in America? Order it now at https://newpolity.com/books-in-invent...Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. https://newpolity.com/magazineNew Polity is a non-profit organization entirely supported by listeners like you. Please donate to help us make more! https://newpolity.com/donate

Magnifica Humanitas has been called the "AI Encyclical," but there's far more to the document: a thorough analysis of Catholic Social Doctrine, an extensive treatment of modern warfare, and how power works in the world today. In this podcast, Alex Denley and Andrew Willard Jones discuss the political philosophy of Magnifica Humanitas, and how the Pope's analysis helps us to understand our future with AI, how the powerful will use it, and what we as Christians can do about it. If you haven't read the encyclical yet, don't watch this! Spend some time reading (and re-reading) the document here. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Check out our essays.Donate to help us make more! Thank you.

The anti-chatbot alliance is growing. With support from the Future of Life Institute, New Polity is hosting a landmark event on AI this October in Steubenville Ohio, bringing together leading Catholic organizations and thinkers to discuss, debate, and chart a path for our world with AI. Event details and tickets will be available in July. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews participants at the Future of Life event in Washington D.C. on their projects, thinking on AI, and how an anti-chatbot alliance can be formed.<br><br>Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August.<br><br>Shon Pan is a former technologist and author of "⁠What Christians Should Know About AI: Navigating Artificial Intelligence with Biblical Wisdom⁠".<br><br>Michael Marinaccio is the Executive Director of the ⁠Center for Responsible Tech⁠.<br><br>Michael Toscano is Senior Fellow and Director of the Family First Technology Initiative at the ⁠Institute for Family Studies⁠.<br><br>Lily Abadal is an assistant professor of instruction at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. ⁠Her research⁠ focuses on virtue ethics and moral formation, particularly in relation to emerging technologies.<br><br>Timestamps:<br>0:00 A Big Win for Humanity Event<br>12:20 Shon Pan<br>23:40 Michael Marinaccio<br>38:05 Michael Toscano<br>58:00 Lily Abadal<br>

What does it mean to be holy in America? In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Reuben Slife discuss the newest release from New Polity Press: America in the Mystery of Christ and the Church by David L. Schindler, available now. David L. Schindler, for forty years editor of the American edition of the international theological journal Communio (founded by Joseph Ratzinger, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Henri de Lubac), devoted much of his career to a theological analysis of American culture. In the 1980s and ’90s, he carried on a high-profile debate on the question with George Weigel, Michael Novak, and Fr. Richard John Neuhaus. Until now, however, none of his books has focused directly on the topic."America in the Mystery of Christ and the Church" brings together Schindler’s key writings on American culture, presenting his profound and multi-faceted thought in full. It contains a complete chronology-bibliography of his works on America and of the debate with Neuhaus, Novak, and Weigel. In addition, an extensive, original Critical Introduction gives a synthesis of his thought, with special attention to the theme of holiness and to the easily-overlooked positivity of his pursuit: to purify, in Christ, the uniqueness and gifts of the United States.Available for order at https://newpolity.com/books-in-inventory/america-in-mystery-of-christ-the-churchSubscribe to New Polity Magazine! Donate to help us make more.

In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Star Plato continue their discussion of the book of Judith. Specifically, they discuss Judith's "strategy" of using her beauty to trick the Assyrians. What is the meaning and power of female beauty?We're running a last chance sale on our 2026 Conference "Man, Woman, Tyrant, Slave." Get your tickets now! Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Read our essays.Check out our Catholic Social Teaching Masterclass.

Do men and women differ only in regards to the body? Or, can we speak of there being a "feminine" soul and a "male" soul? How do we explain the different ways that men and women relate to their bodies? In this podcast, Marc Barnes and D. C. Schindler discuss the different ways of explaining sexual difference. Specifically, they discuss Schindler's recent article in New Polity Issue 7.1/2, and a possible way to metaphysically understand the body/soul problem in relation to men and women. We're running a last chance sale on our 2026 Conference "Man, Woman, Tyrant, Slave." Get your tickets now! https://newpolity.com/2026Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! https://newpolity.com/magazineRead more: https://newpolity.com/essaysCheck out our Catholic Social Teaching Masterclass: https://newpolity.com/masterclass