The Future is Human

Zac Crippen

zac@creedalpodcast.com

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Booking Overview

This show brings Catholic theology into dialogue with technology and culture, hosted by Zac Crippen and featuring global guest voices. It’s a strong booking target for theologians, cultural commentators, and tech/ethics researchers who can translate doctrine into public-facing analysis.

Metrics

Episodes: 166

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 137 followers

Contact Information

zac@creedalpodcast.com

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Host

Zac Crippen - Zac Crippen discusses Catholic theology (and culture through the lens of Catholic theology) with guests from all over the world.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Recognized Catholic theologians and scholars or writers; cultural journalists/theologians; plus for tech episodes, researchers with strong ethics/technology background (e.g., academic affiliations such as PhD research roles). Guests typically have published essays/articles and/or credible subject-matter expertise that can be connected directly to Catholic theology and culture.
Required Achievements:  
Published essays or commentary in known outlets, Academic research credentials (e.g., PhD research role), Maintains a theology-focused blog or regular publication track record

Recent Guest Discussions

Larry Chapp - Pope Leo Xiv’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; Christological Anthropology; Augustine Social Thought; Perspectives On AI Consciousness And Just War Theory

Conor McGlynn - AI And Technology Criticism; Techno-optimism; Data-center Power/undemocratic Effects; Technology “doom” As Unfolding Now

Iben Thranholm - Europe’s Re-christianization; Young Conversions To Catholicism; Explanations For “new Atheism” Decline; Spirituality And Life Lived Through Screens

Recent Topics

Catholicism, Theology, Philosophy, Ethics, Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Future is Human
:

We Cannot Ensoul Silicon: Larry Chapp on Magnifica Humanitas

June 01, 2026

In this episode of The Future Is Human, I'm joined by theologian and blogger Larry Chapp for a wide-ranging conversation on Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Larry — who writes at GaudiumEtSpes22.com and is a regular contributor to Catholic World Report — brings his characteristic blend of patristics, Augustinian social thought, and sharp Vatican-watching to the document. We dig into the encyclical's Christological anthropology, the Pope's Augustinian reading of the Tower ...

Technological Doom Is Already Here w/Conor McGlynn

May 25, 2026

In this episode of The Future is Human, I'm joined by Conor McGlynn — a writer and PhD researcher at Harvard's Program on Science, Technology, and Society — to discuss his Compact essay "AI and the Myth of the Machine." Drawing on the 20th-century technology critic Lewis Mumford, we talk about techno-optimism as a kind of secular faith, what the Amish and Orthodox Jewish communities understand about adopting technology on their own terms, why the data-center boom feels so undemocrat...

Atheism is so Last Year: Iben Thranholm on Europe's Re-Christianization

May 11, 2026

In this episode of The Future is Human, I’m joined by Danish journalist, theologian, and cultural commentator Iben Thranholm to discuss her recent First Things essay, “Dawn of a New Pre-Christian West,” and the unexpected wave of young people flooding into the Catholic Church across Europe and the United States. We talk about why the New Atheism collapsed, why Muslims are converting to Christianity in record numbers (often after seeing Christ in dreams), the spiritual cost of lives lived thro...

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