Russian Catholicism, Jazz, and AI Music w/ Timothy Flanders

The Catholic Culture Podcast · Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 7m

Timothy Flanders rejoins the podcast for a freewheeling conversation in which he and Thomas interview each other. Timothy talks about his upcoming book on Catholicism in Russia, and then Thomas gives his thoughts on the place of jazz in the Western music tradition, improvisation as an analogy to the moral life, and the fundamental problem with AI music: AI has no song in its heart.

Links

The Meaning of Catholic https://meaningofcath.substack.com/

Thomas's lecture on God's role in artistic inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5KBsOIz_Y

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