{"podcast":{"title":"Jesuitical","slug":"jesuitical-1116545","podcast_index_feed_id":1116545,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AMMD2442073612","website_url":"https://www.americamagazine.org/jesuiticalshow","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7da8032e-1e25-11eb-809b-33879b279c21/image/ee1b6ac753e4894598a91ab89e271faa.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"America Media","episode_count":442,"summary":"Welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast for young Catholics hosted by two young, lay editors at America—Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless. Each episode features a guest who offers a unique perspective on faith, culture or current events. We also bring you some of the top (and maybe more obscure) Catholic news of the week. And we'll ask: Where do we find God in all this?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T14:20:13.574836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545"},"episode":{"title":"Is the Gen-Z religious revival real or hype?","slug":"is-the-gen-z-religious-revival-real-or-hype","published_at":"2026-04-23T15:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545/is-the-gen-z-religious-revival-real-or-hype","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545","url":"https://www.americamagazine.org/subscribe","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMMD2528936051.mp3?updated=1776956469","summary":"This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac speak with Ryan Burge, author of the “Graphs about Religion” Substack and the new book, The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us. They discuss the polarization of U.S. Christianity and the supposed Gen-Z “religious revival.” In Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac discuss some highlights from Pope Leo’s trip to Africa; what Pope Leo called the not-exactly-accurate media narrative around him and President Trump; and the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death. 00:00 A Gen-Z religious revival? 3:38 Highlights of Pope Leo's trip to Africa 10:05 VP Vance questions Pope Leo's theology 20:37 Remembering Pope Francis 22:50 Moderate Christianity is vanishing 25:49 U.S. religion is coded \"conservative\" 34:54 Catholic demographic trends 37:15 Political implications 40:53 Are young people going back to church? 48:18 Winner churches 52:56 Gen-Z religious trads 1:04:08 Faith Sharing: Pope Francis' humble tomb Links: ⁠Order Ryan’s book, The Vanishing Church⁠ ⁠Graphs about Religion⁠ ⁠Pope Leo walks in the footsteps of St. Augustine in Hippo⁠ ⁠Pope Leo denounces those who use the name God for military gain⁠ ⁠Pope Leo named one of Time magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People of 2026’⁠ ⁠Pope Leo remembers ‘the great gift’ of Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death⁠ You can follow us on ⁠X⁠ and on ⁠Instagram⁠ @jesuiticalshow. You can find us on Facebook at ⁠facebook.com/groups/jesuitical.⁠ Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America magazine at ⁠americamagazine.org/subscribe⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac speak with Ryan Burge, author of the “Graphs about Religion” Substack and the new book, The Vanishing Church: Ho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4220,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jesuitical-1116545/episodes/is-the-gen-z-religious-revival-real-or-hype/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545/is-the-gen-z-religious-revival-real-or-hype.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}