Andrew Klavan: AI Has No Soul (And Never Will) | Ep. 51

Andrew Klavan joins Jeremy Boreing for a wide-ranging conversation on faith, AI, and the cultural moment we're living through. They talk about why optimism is still justified despite civil war on the right and rising socialism on the left, why AI is a "mechanical sociopath" with no soul and never will be, and why the revival of faith may come not from the pews but from scientists and intellectuals finally admitting the math doesn't work without God.

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Klavan opens up about losing a decade of his life to mental illness, the eerie experience of losing an entire manuscript twice during moments of spiritual significance, and how Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" changed the course of his life at 19. The conversation moves through the death of woke Hollywood and the rise of "post-woke" art, the failures and strange virtues of the boomer generation, the coddling of Gen Z, and a frank debate about where art crosses the line into pornography versus honest depiction of the human condition.

They close with a look ahead to the 2026 midterms, whether AOC is as dangerous as she is talented, and why Klavan is worried — but not opposed to — JD Vance.

0:00 – Optimism Amid Chaos

3:15 – Faith Revival on the Horizon

13:40 – Reality, Madness & Political Christianity

24:59 – Suffering, Suicide & the Soul

41:11 – Trump, Agency & Government Overreach

57:23 – AI, Jobs & the Soul Question

1:04:21 – Klavan's Illness & His Novels

1:13:01 – Faith in Fiction & Hollywood