<p><em>*Fixed audio release*</em> </p><p>Today we&#39;re watching the Artemis II, but in the 1960s, our parents watched humanity land a man on the moon from their living room TV. It was a new era of hope, but it somehow disappeared. Can technology make us hopeful people?</p><p><em>This episode recorded in March 2026, before the Artemis II launch</em>.</p><p>Hope can send us soaring to the stars, but when our lives sink beneath the wind and the waves, what happens to hope then? Amid the hurricanes of today’s technology, hope seems less like a rocket ship soaring above it all and more “like the thing with feathers.” </p><p>Adam and Chris look at the materials required for building real hope, and they explore whether social media, smartphones, or AI are tools for constructing a home or weapons of mass destruction. Drawing on Scripture, story, and the work of Stanley Hauerwas, they look for the blueprints to build a sturdy hope. And they consider what role technology can play in building a hope that will withstand life’s storms.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Stanley Hauerwas,<a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802878793/the-character-of-virtue/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠<em>The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson</em>⁠</a><em>. </em>Buy a copy and read along with us!</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/science/apollo-11-television.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.1Cx_.nl4Q4vkBaHJd&smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>CBS archives:<a href="https://youtu.be/oMF58ZP681A?si=DPPssnvWqsosOAZk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apollo 11 moon landing leaves Walter Cronkite &quot;speechless&quot;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><ul><li>NYT:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/us/jack-garman-whose-judgment-call-saved-moon-landing-dies-at-72.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.cPYd.Kb8RqwNw7Sn0&smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack Garman, Whose Judgment Call Saved Moon Landing, Dies at 72⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><ul><li>New York Times:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/science/apollo-11-television.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.1Cx_.nl4Q4vkBaHJd&smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Until the Apollo 11 mission, my family didn&#39;t have a television⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><ul><li>Daniel Nayeri,<a href="https://www.danielnayeri.com/everythingsadisuntrue" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠<em>Everything Sad Is Untrue</em>⁠</a></li></ul><ul><li>Jürgen Moltmann,<a href="https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/2126/Theology-of-Hope-On-the-Ground-and-the-Implications-of-a-Christian-Eschatology" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠<em>Theology of Hope</em>⁠</a></li></ul><ul><li>Viktor Frankl,<a href="https://www.beacon.org/Mans-Search-for-Meaning-P602.aspx" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠<em>Man’s Search for Meaning</em>⁠</a></li><li>C.S. Lewis,<a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/prince-caspian-the-chronicles-of-narnia-book-4-c-s-lewis?variant=40027734016078" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠<em>Prince Caspian</em>⁠</a></li><li><a href="https://biblehub.com/nlt/romans/5.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Romans 5⁠</a>, on suffering’s role in Christian hope</li><li><a href="https://biblehub.com/nlt/1_corinthians/13.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">1 Corinthians 13⁠</a>, on faith, hope, and love as enduring theological virtues</li></ul><p><strong>Talk Back</strong></p><p><a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/device-and-virtue/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Leave a comment via Spotify⁠</a></p><ul><li><p>Follow Device &amp; Virtue on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/deviceandvirtue" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠Instagram⁠</a>. </p></li><li><p>Follow <a href="https://www.christianitytomorrow.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Adam on Substack⁠</a>. </p></li></ul><p>Support Device &amp; Virtue.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/deviceandvirtue" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠Learn how⁠</a>.</p></li>