--- type: podcast-discovery updated: 2026-08-16T16:00:00-04:00 tags: [library, podcasts, discovery] --- # Podcast Discovery Subscription feed: `https://mini.taila1ac2d.ts.net/recommendations.xml` You do not need to type or remember podcast details. Review what appears here and use the checkboxes. - Check **Add to recommendations feed** when an episode looks interesting. It will appear in your private podcast feed within an hour. - After listening, check any reactions that apply. The next daily run learns from them. - Ignore anything uninteresting; unchecked older suggestions are replaced automatically. ## From your subscriptions - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** How Old is Coptic Chant, Really? Dr. Michael Henein - **Show:** The Pursuit of Beauty with Matthew Wilkinson - **Track:** Orthodoxy/theology - **Published:** Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:02:01 +0000 - **Length:** 01:30:45 - **Why it fits:** Directly addresses Coptic tradition through historical and musical evidence. - **What is new:** Adds Coptic liturgical history not well represented by the general Orthodox feeds. - **Link:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matthew-wilkinson1/episodes/How-Old-is-Coptic-Chant--Really--Dr--Michael-Henein-e3nf6iv - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, "God and Knowledge: Herman Bavinck's Theological Epistemology" (T&T Clark, 2021) - **Show:** New Books Network - **Track:** Theology × epistemology - **Published:** Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 36 min - **Why it fits:** Explores a developed theological account of knowledge. - **What is new:** Directly intersects theology with your philosophy-of-knowledge interests. - **Link:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK5205129124.mp3 - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite - **Show:** Conversations with Tyler - **Track:** AI × governance - **Published:** Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:10:00 +0000 - **Length:** 55:38 - **Why it fits:** Connects automation to political economy, elite formation, and liberal institutions. - **What is new:** Moves beyond AI products toward institutional distribution and democratic legitimacy. - **Link:** https://cowenconvos.libsyn.com/daron-acemoglu-on-liberalism-automation-and-the-educated-elite - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** DZ Kalman on the Role of Faith in AI Policy - **Show:** Scaling Laws - **Track:** AI × theology × governance - **Published:** Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 49:34 - **Why it fits:** Examines how religious commitments enter practical AI policy. - **What is new:** A rare explicit bridge between faith and technology governance. - **Link:** https://shows.acast.com/arbiters-of-truth/episodes/dz-kalman-on-the-role-of-faith-in-ai-policy - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** Beyond Free Speech: Why AI Governance Demands Freedom of Thought - **Show:** New Books Network - **Track:** AI × governance - **Published:** Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 58 min - **Why it fits:** Treats AI governance as a problem of cognition, liberty, and institutional power. - **What is new:** Extends familiar speech debates into model-mediated thought and agency. - **Link:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9758463855.mp3 - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** John Scotus Eriugena & The Division of Nature - **Show:** Let's Talk Religion - **Track:** Theology × philosophy - **Published:** Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 1:00:49 - **Why it fits:** A serious treatment of a major Christian metaphysical system. - **What is new:** Adds medieval metaphysics and apophatic thought adjacent to Hart and Eastern theology. - **Link:** https://shows.acast.com/lets-talk-religion/episodes/john-scotus-eriugena-the-division-of-nature - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** On Pope Leo XIV and Human Dignity in the Age of AI - **Show:** On the Record - **Track:** AI × theology - **Published:** Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0000 - **Length:** 57 min - **Why it fits:** Connects Christian anthropology and human dignity to AI. - **What is new:** Offers a theological frame for technology distinct from generic ethics discourse. - **Link:** https://cfrontherecord.podbean.com/e/on-pope-leo-xiv-and-human-dignity-in-the-age-of-ai/ - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** Google's Kent Walker on Regulating Frontier AI - **Show:** Scaling Laws - **Track:** AI × governance - **Published:** Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 26:42 - **Why it fits:** A senior industry legal-policy perspective on frontier-model regulation. - **What is new:** Useful primary-stakeholder view to compare with academic and civil-society accounts. - **Link:** https://shows.acast.com/arbiters-of-truth/episodes/googles-kent-walker-on-regulating-frontier-ai - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** 382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2) - **Show:** Empire: World History - **Track:** AI × institutions - **Published:** Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 56 min - **Why it fits:** Examines AI infrastructure through labor, resources, and institutional power. - **What is new:** Adds material and postcolonial analysis beyond model capability discussions. - **Link:** https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9713803885.mp3 - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** The James C. Scott Memorial Episode - **Show:** Statecraft - **Track:** Governance × anthropology - **Published:** Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:07:47 +0000 - **Length:** 63 min - **Why it fits:** Scott’s work speaks directly to legibility, state schemes, and local knowledge. - **What is new:** Connects governance to your anthropological resistance to flattened accounts of people. - **Link:** https://www.statecraft.pub/p/the-james-c-scott-memorial-episode - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** States’ Protection of Their Elections - **Show:** Executive Functions Chat - **Track:** Governance - **Published:** Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:13:33 +0000 - **Length:** 23 min - **Why it fits:** Focuses on state-level institutional responsibility for election administration. - **What is new:** Concrete implementation detail rather than national political commentary. - **Link:** https://www.execfunctions.org/p/states-protection-of-their-elections - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** Founders & Founders: Laura Davis of USLege - **Show:** Scaling Laws - **Track:** AI × governance - **Published:** Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 - **Length:** 42:18 - **Why it fits:** Looks at technology applied to legislative institutions. - **What is new:** Closely aligned with Congress, institutional capacity, and practical implementation. - **Link:** https://shows.acast.com/arbiters-of-truth/episodes/founders-founders-laura-davis-of-uslege ## New discoveries _The daily run places high-confidence episodes and a few adjacent or challenging choices from outside your subscriptions here._ ## Reaction controls Each recommendation includes these simple controls: ```markdown - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this ``` No written feedback is required. You may add a note only when you want to. ## Current discovery questions - How does agentic AI change institutional capacity, professional knowledge, and verification? - What is distinctive about Alexandrian, Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian Christian theology and formation? - How do governing institutions acquire practical competence, responsiveness, and legitimacy? - What do pragmatism, science studies, and complex systems reveal about models, evidence, and expertise? ## Routine sources These are habitual listening sources, not strong positive-training signals. Their ordinary daily episodes should not appear in this dashboard unless an episode is unusually relevant. - Economist Podcasts (subscriber edition) - The Daily - Daily Orthodox Scriptures ## System details The automation uses an encoded metadata comment followed by a normal Obsidian checkbox. Do not remove the comment from a candidate you may want to select. ```markdown - [ ] Add to recommendations feed - [ ] Good - [ ] Not for me - [ ] More like this - [ ] Too basic - [ ] Too chatty - [ ] Too long - [ ] Already knew this - **Episode:** Title - **Show:** Show name - **Track:** AI × governance - **Length:** 52 minutes - **Why:** Concise explanation of fit and novelty. - **Link:** https://example.com/episode ```