All posts tagged: Roxanne Stone

What JD Vance and the New Intellectual Right Want

What JD Vance and the New Intellectual Right Want

Published by Sam Flores

The Brains Behind the Trump Era Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Pope Leo XIV online over his criticism of the war in Iran. It was a bold move for a Catholic convert, but perhaps not surprising, given the larger ideological commitments that have shaped Vance and his milieu. In a new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, scholar Laura K. Field tracks the intellectual leaders — scholars, policy wonks, think tankers — who have fueled Trump’s political ascendancy. Ranging from Catholic commentator Sohrab Ahmari to former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to internet personality Bronze Age Pervert, Field says they don’t care so much about President Donald Trump as they do about fighting liberal democracy and replacing it with economic nationalism, anti-immigration policies and America First foreign policy. Field joined Katelyn and Roxy for a fascinating conversation about who these men are, what they want, and how they could shape American democracy far beyond the Trump era. GUEST: Laura K. Field is a political theorist as well as a scholar …

It’s an AI World, and We’re All Just Living In It

It’s an AI World, and We’re All Just Living In It

Published by Sam Flores

Don’t worry, ChatGPT told us to just trust the robots… In a shockingly short period of time, AI has gone from tech novelty to a part of our everyday lives. More industries are incorporating AI into daily workflow so that employees have more time for creative work – at least in theory. Roxy’s and Katelyn’s respective professions (journalism and book publishing) are still figuring out the ethical boundaries around AI. Meanwhile, we’ve all seen the dark side of these tools: deep fakes, chatbots encouraging users to harm themselves, and platforms overrun with AI slop. Do these tools portend a bright new age or civilizational collapse? We hash it out, with minimal help from the robots and a lot more help from a leader of a D.C. think tank helping to create policies that keep these powerful tools in their place. GUEST: Meredith Potter is executive director of the American Security Fund and the American Security Foundation, the latter of which works to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) is understandable, controllable, responsible, ethical, and human-centered. She is …

It’s an AI World, and We’re All Just Living In It

It’s an AI World, and We’re All Just Living In It + Meredith Potter

Published by Sam Flores

Don’t worry, ChatGPT told us to just trust the robots… In a shockingly short period of time, AI has gone from tech novelty to a part of our everyday lives. More industries are incorporating AI into daily workflow so that employees have more time for creative work – at least in theory. Roxy’s and Katelyn’s respective professions (journalism and book publishing) are still figuring out the ethical boundaries around AI. Meanwhile, we’ve all seen the dark side of these tools: deep fakes, chatbots encouraging users to harm themselves, and platforms overrun with AI slop. Do these tools portend a bright new age or civilizational collapse? We hash it out, with minimal help from the robots and a lot more help from a leader of a D.C. think tank helping to create policies that keep these powerful tools in their place. GUEST: Meredith Potter is executive director of the American Security Fund and the American Security Foundation, the latter of which works to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) is understandable, controllable, responsible, ethical, and human-centered. She is …

Something Is Happening … But Is It a Revival?

Something Is Happening … But Is It a Revival?

Published by Sam Flores

Every generation gets its revival story. In 1971, Time Magazine ran “The Jesus Revolution.” In 1998, the New York Times wondered if evangelicals were “on the threshold of a huge spiritual revival.” And in 2025, headlines screamed that Gen Z was flocking back to church, that young men were leading a religious resurgence, that Charlie Kirk’s death had sparked mass conversions. On this episode, Katelyn and Roxy ask: Is any of it actually true? Spoiler alert: not really. We’re joined by Ryan Burge, political scientist and religion data aficionado, who brings receipts. Turns out Gen Z is the least religious generation in American history. There’s no male revival — just a female exodus. And, according to Burge, we’re not so much seeing a conservative surge as a hollowing out of moderates as churches polarize along political lines. But anecdotes remain and there does seem to be something going on in Christian America — even if we wouldn’t call it a revival. Guest: Ryan Burge is professor of practice at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and …

From Purity Rings to Shooting Your Dog: How Christian Womanhood Went MAGA

From Purity Rings to Shooting Your Dog: How Christian Womanhood Went MAGA

Published by Sam Flores

When empathy became toxic and cruelty became strength for Christian women. Christian womanhood has changed—and not in the ways we could have expected. In this episode, Amanda Henderson talks with the co-hosts of the “Saved By The City” podcast Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone about the shift from 1990s purity culture to today’s trad wives, MAGA moms, and warnings against “toxic empathy.” They unpack how pandemic burnout, influencer culture, and widening political gender gaps reshaped the ideal Christian woman — and why empathy itself has become a flashpoint. Source link

From Pulpit to Protest: The Clergy Resisting ICE + Michael Woolf

From Pulpit to Protest: The Clergy Resisting ICE + Michael Woolf

Published by Sam Flores

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Millennial Christians Were Set Up for Burnout + Karen Swallow Prior

Millennial Christians Were Set Up for Burnout + Karen Swallow Prior

Published by skeptic

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