Fighting the Pope

Episode #256

This week, Bill and Phil take on Donald Trump’s escalating clash with the Pope—from social media provocations and questionable theology to a broader question about faith, power, and political messaging. They then turn to Hungary’s elections as a test of populism’s durability and close with a look at Iran’s viral AI-generated LEGO-style propaganda videos, which are unexpectedly winning the online narrative war.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “I Missed the Part About the Divine Right of Presidents” by David French in The New York Times

• “Iran Out-Trolled the Troller in Chief” by Ali Breland in The Atlantic

• “In the AI propaganda war, Iran is winning” in The Economist

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