Michael is joined by songwriter and songwriting teacher Aryn Michelle to discuss both her new songwriting textbook, Play Shape Create, and her new album, Bloodline, set to release in July.
Stay tuned at the end to hear Aryn Michelle’s “Upper Hand (Tamar)” from Bloodline.
Michael is joined by long-time friend and Renew the Arts Creative Director, Rusty Hein, for a different take on AI and related topics.
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Chatbot Thinks Upside-Down Cup is Prank Steve McDonald (artist who collaborates with AI) Elon Musk on AI surgeons Audiofeed Music Festival 2026 Porchlight Festival Save the Date!Michael continues his exploration of AI and its impact on the arts, discussing why he has hope the AI revolution will produce positive unintended consequences for artists of integrity and discipline.
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Iain McGilChrist, The Master and His Emissary Chatbot Thinks Upside-Down Cup is Prank Ep 69 on Exploited Art “Has God Really Called You to be an Artist?” The Guardian, “How Hollywood writers triumphed over AI” On Franchise Fatigue Six-Song Country Mashup Christianity Today, “The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul” 87% of Music Producers Use AI 75% of Film Production Executives Cut Costs with AI Audiofeed Music Festival 2026 Porchlight Festival Save the Date!Michael begins the 2026 season of the Renew the Arts podcast with an exploration of the benefits and costs of technology, the history of the book, and how the adoption of AI will force humanity into a crisis of meaning and discipline.
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Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Michael answers an international mailbag full of great questions to close out 2025 on the Renew the Arts podcast, including discussions of how Christians should approach non-family-friendly biblical content, what makes art good, baking and cooking as an art, the Holy Spirit’s role in improvisational art as a prayer offering, and much more. Stay tuned at the end for “Spirit Move,” by Civilized Creature, featuring Isaac Wheadon, from the 2024 album Whose House.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!