Pop Culture Catechism

About Pop Culture Catechism

Join Mike Tenney as he and his guests highlight the true, good and beautiful elements found in classic and modern pop culture. He ties the aspects of living our faith to the music and movies that impact the world around us.

Publisher

Mike Tenney

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Aug 2020

Latest episode

22 May 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 94 episodes have a transcript.

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   22 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   92. Can AI Have a Soul? (w/ Fr. Ambrose Little, OP)

   Host Fr. Ambrose Little, OP, interviews himself on whether AI possesses a soul, drawing on Aristotle, Aquinas, and Catholic philosophy to explore personhood and artificial intelligence.

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   22 Feb 2026

   91. Chappell Roan & LGBTQ+ Belonging ft. Anna Carter of Eden Invitation

   Mike Tenney and Anna Carter of Eden Invitation explore Chappell Roan's music, LGBTQ+ Catholic belonging, and how truth and compassion can coexist in the Church.

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   9 Feb 2026

   Bad Bunny’s Blessings (ReRun) w/ Fernando Cartagena

   Bad Bunny just played the Super Bowl and won a Grammy! So let’s revisit this episode from a few years back. Fernando Catragena joins the show to talk about: - How to have hope amidst brokenness - Do our failings define us? - Can we really change? - Are you blessed? - Dealing with haters - Why Puerto Rico is awesome - And much more!

Inside a recent episode

92. Can AI Have a Soul? (w/ Fr. Ambrose Little, OP)

Published 22 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So religion, my plants have souls. It's not like when I pull a plant up and kill it, right? It's going to have a soul that goes to heaven. No, the soul of the plant is what makes it have both a stem and roots and flower and pollen. And all of that is one thing as opposed to say like a heap of sand. So like, say I have like a heap of sand. And like the heap of sand is not really one thing. It's like a bunch of, it's a lot of things, right? So like, it's a lot of things that are put together, but the plant is not a lot of things that are put together. It's one thing and it's coordinated. So Aristotle says, he gives this beautiful image of what's the difference between say a collection of things that we call an artifact as opposed to a natural thing, which is one thing, right? […]

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YouTube views

61,116

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

47 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

51

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