Subhash Kak is a computer scientist, poet and Sanskritist. In this episode we talk about Religion as a great unifier and a divider, the politics of Religion, the distortions of hinduism in the western academy and whether Artificial intelligence can replicate human consciousness. We tried to arrive at an understanding of how people can be brought together in these highly polarized times and how religious faith itself can be the glue that ultimately brings us together.