634: De-Pope-ulated Edition

In this week’s episode, The pope was dying to meet JD Vance, Donald Trump celebrates the resurrection of the messiah with a "grind my gears" segment, and Noah tries to make Heath, Eli, and the listeners jealous for not going to AACon.
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Headlines:
Pope RELUCTANTLY meets with JD Vance on Easter even though the Pope HATES him: nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/pope-franci…
AND IT FUCKING KILLED HIM TO DEATH: nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/pope-franc…
nytimes.com/article/pope-francis-death-health-…
nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/next-pope-…
Oklahoma and Indiana hope to declare official statewide Christianity: friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-republicans-pas… and friendlyatheist.com/p/indiana-resolution-decla…
Hate pastor campaigned to stop lesbian from becoming school superintendent; he lost:
lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/hate-pastor-campaigned…
Trump uses Easter message to disparage enemies, declare he will make America more religious than ever before: religionnews.com/2025/04/21/we-should-be-shock… and newsweek.com/donald-trump-vows-make-america-mo…