Holy Smoke: have the culture wars gone spiritual?

Best of the Spectator
09/11/2025 22 min
Holy Smoke: have the culture wars gone spiritual?

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Why are Silicon Valley billionaires obsessing over Heaven & Hell, and what does it tell us about American society today? Spectator World's Arts Editor Luke Lyman joins Damian Thompson on this episode of Holy Smoke to talk about how a fascination with the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist and a techno-utopia – or techno-apocalypse – has gripped the 'tech bros'.Produced by Patrick Gibbons.

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