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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 1H 20M

Pope Leo takes on AI; Ashley St. Clair Spills Hot MAGA Tea

from The Present Illness · host Alyssa Burgart & Arghavan Salles

Pope Leo takes on AI in first encyclical; Ashley St. Clair spills hot MAGA tea; UFC fight at the White House; Ronnie Chieng commencement speechRFK Jr and snakesPreparations for the UFC fight at the White HouseEbola updates from the WHOUS sends exposed citizens to KenyaDemocrats respond to Stephen MillerFact check: The study Arghavan referenced regarding students learning with AI vs without demonstrated changes in brain connectivity (based on EEGs), not amount of learning. Pope’s First Encyclical:Magnifica Humanitas text, promo videoArghavan’s Instagram post with excerpts from the encyclicalUC Berkeley’s new AI policyAshley St. Clair:Ashley St. Clair’s Tik Tok pageAshley’s video about how MAGA campaigns workAshley on I’ve Had It News talking about Stephen MillerAshley’s video about meeting ElonAshley’s video about Elon and the space lasersAshley’s video about Elon after she got pregnantAlisa Valdes-Rodrigues’ dangerous Epstein reveal💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊Ronnie Chieng commencement speechNew Yorker comics about RFK Jr and SSRIsText us!Thanks for listening to The Present Illness! Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @ThePresentIllnessCreditsProduction by Arghavan Salles & Alyssa BurgartEditing by Alyssa BurgartMusic by Joseph UphoffSocial Media by Arghavan Salles

Pope Leo takes on AI in first encyclical; Ashley St. Clair spills hot MAGA tea; UFC fight at the White House; Ronnie Chieng commencement speech RFK Jr and snakesPreparations for the UFC fight at the White HouseEbola updates from the WHOUS sends exposed citizens to KenyaDemocrats respond to Stephen MillerFact check: The study Arghavan referenced regarding students learning with AI vs without demonstrated changes in brain connectivity (based on EEGs), not amount of learning. Pope’s First ...

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