April 2019

Alexa, Call George Orwell

April 29, 2019

Amazon has developed a computerized system that tracks the productivity of its employees and can generate the paperwork to fire inefficient workers automatically.

HE RIDES thousands of miles on his motorcycle, criss-crossing the country to honor fallen soldiers. Tony Price, author of Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully, tells the story of the Gold Star Ride Foundation and the Gold Star families he’s met through his mission.

SciFriday: Training AIs to Beat Humans (and Each Other) With Online Video Games

April 26, 2019

A team of AI “players” has been steamrolling world-class human gamers at a popular online game called Dota 2. We discuss what the artificial intelligences might be learning from a computer game that combines strategy, war, and a mashup of pagan religions.

What Satan Didn’t Know

April 25, 2019

Pastor Carl Gallups and messianic Rabbi Zev Porat discuss the limits of Satan’s power, one of the topics covered in Gallups’ forthcoming book Gods of the Final Kingdom.

Gods of the Final Kingdom

April 24, 2019

Pastor Carl Gallups and messianic Rabbi Zev Porat join us to discuss the supernatural war described in Gallups’ forthcoming book Gods of the Final Kingdom.

Sons of God, Fathers of Giants

April 24, 2019

Crossing the species barrier between angel and human is just as taboo as the barrier between human and animal.

Study Claims Religious Conservatives are Brain Damaged

April 23, 2019

A new study claims a link between impairment of the prefrontal cortex and religious fundamentalism. The bias is obvious—for example, assuming that refusing to change one’s mind in the face of new information is characteristic of conservative thinking.

‘Bad Moon Rising’ on Disputed Lands

April 23, 2019

Chad Schafer invited me to guest on his Disputed Lands webcast last night to discuss my forthcoming book, Bad Moon Rising: Islam, Armageddon, and the Most Diabolical Double-Cross in History–which, sadly, is far more relevant after the terror attack in Sri Lanka Sunday.

Terror in Sri Lanka

April 22, 2019

Bombings attributed to a violent Muslim group killed 290 Christians and wounded about 500 others Sunday in Sri Lanka. Authorities had been warned 10 days earlier but reportedly failed to act on the information.

Chance Gibson – Preparedness is Not Paranoia

April 22, 2019

BEING PREPARED is not just practical, it’s biblical. Chance Gibson of American Survival Wholesale explains why being ready for anything should be part of our Christian walk.

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