Fr. Rocky and Preston on Pope Leo and AI

Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba Part I

Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba Part II

Hour 3 for 5/29/26

Drew, Fr. Rocky, and Preston Allex discuss the Holy Father's new encyclical on A.I. (1:00). Then, Drew welcomes (now-Father) Scott-Vincent Borba to discuss his life as a multimillionaire cosmetics founder (25:01) to Catholic priest (39:18). 

Links:
Pope Leo's Encyclical 
Relevant Radio's Encyclical Overview 

Hour 3 for 5/29/26
Drew, Fr. Rocky, and Preston Allex discuss the Holy Father's new encyclical on A.I. (1:00). Then, Drew welcomes (now-Father) Scott-Vincent Borba to discuss his life as a multimillionaire cosmetics founder (25:01) to Catholic priest (39:18).&nbsp;
Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html">Pope Leo's Encyclical&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/05/an-overview-of-pope-leo-xivs-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanita/">Relevant Radio's Encyclical Overview&nbsp;</a></li>
</ul>

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Fr. Rocky on Pope Leo's Encyclical and Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba's Story

Paul O'Reilly - The Odyssey, the book

Jounrey of a soul

Lessons for Christians

Caller: I enjoyed Odyssey the movie

Jake Tawney - Robot hired as teacher

Properly oriented education

How tech changes those who use it

AI automating higher level thinking

Hour 1 for 7/20/26

Ed welcomes Dr. Paul O'Reilly about the value of The Odyssey thousands of years later (2:04). Topics: why it's a journey of a soul story (6:57), lessons for Christians (20:21), and caller: I enjoyed the movie (26:26). Then, Jake Tawney covers the story of a robot hired to teach at a rural New York school (30:04), properly oriented education (37:15), how tech changes those who use it (42:51), and AI automating higher level thinking (45:18). 

Hour 1 for 7/20/26
Ed welcomes Dr. Paul O'Reilly about the value of&nbsp;The Odyssey&nbsp;thousands of years later (2:04). Topics: why it's a journey of a soul story (6:57), lessons for Christians (20:21), and caller: I enjoyed the movie (26:26). Then, Jake Tawney covers the story of a robot hired to teach at a rural New York school (30:04), properly oriented education (37:15), how tech changes those who use it (42:51), and AI automating higher level thinking (45:18).&nbsp;

The Enduring Value of The Odyssey and Robots in the Classroom

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Laura Wolk Slavis - Nuns and assisted suicide

Repeating the same fight

Catholic teaching

Next steps

Hour 2 for 7/20/26

Ed and Nick pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (1:00). Then, Laura Wolk Slavis from the Beckett Fund covers the new NY Aid in Dying Bill that violates the religious liberty of the Catholic nuns who would be forced to participate (25:59). Topics: repeating the same fight (35:52), why it renders Bishops unable to promote Catholic teaching (41:23) and what the next steps are (47:34). 

Link:
https://catholicreview.org/women-religious-sue-new-york-over-law-they-say-would-force-them-to-assist-in-patient-suicides/
https://becketfund.org/

Hour 2 for 7/20/26
Ed and Nick pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (1:00). Then, Laura Wolk Slavis from the Beckett Fund covers the new NY Aid in Dying Bill that violates the religious liberty of the Catholic nuns who would be forced to participate (25:59). Topics: repeating the same fight (35:52), why it renders Bishops unable to promote Catholic teaching (41:23) and what the next steps are (47:34).&nbsp;
Link:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://catholicreview.org/women-religious-sue-new-york-over-law-they-say-would-force-them-to-assist-in-patient-suicides/">https://catholicreview.org/women-religious-sue-new-york-over-law-they-say-would-force-them-to-assist-in-patient-suicides/</a></li>
<li>https://becketfund.org/</li>
</ul>

Chaplet of Divine Mercy and NY Violates Religious Liberty

Brilyn Hollyhand - Civil Discourse

Influence of Social Media

Disagreeing in the Classroom

Ambassador Joe Cella - Rubio's Speech

How Europe responded

Hour 3 for 7/20/26

Ed and Brilyn Hollyhand discuss his new book Make America Talk Again and the importance of healthy civil discourse (1:58). They also discussed the influence of social media (11:52) on discourse and students can disagree in the classroom (18:08). Then, Ambassador Joseph Cella discusses Marco Rubio's recent foreign policy speeches (28:48) and how Europe has responded (43:00).

Link:

Brilyn's new book

Hour 3 for 7/20/26
Ed and Brilyn Hollyhand discuss his new book&nbsp;<a href="https://a.co/d/05BMO1lE">Make America Talk Again</a> and the importance of healthy civil discourse (1:58). They also discussed the influence of social media (11:52) on discourse and students can disagree in the classroom (18:08). Then, Ambassador Joseph Cella discusses Marco Rubio's recent foreign policy speeches (28:48) and how Europe has responded (43:00).
Link:
<a href="https://a.co/d/0f9aFPDp">Brilyn's new book</a>

Fr. Rocky on Pope Leo's Encyclical and Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba's Story

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