637: Saul Good Edition

In this week’s episode, our surgeon gets a lot more general, Celine Dion's heart will go QAnon, and we’ll get started with all new papal nicknames.
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Headlines:
Vatican goes with a white guy again: nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/who-is-rob… and cnn.com/2025/05/09/world/sexual-abuse-mishandl…
Catholic Bishops Defy New US State Law To Report Child Abuse: newsweek.com/catholic-bishops-defy-new-us-stat…
Trump nominates pseudoscience NOT A DOCTOR to be surgeon general:
ground.news/article/everything-trumps-surgeon-…
nytimes.com/2025/05/07/science/casey-means-tru…
wonkette.com/p/what-nonsense-does-trumps-welln…
Jim Bakker claims he needs a million bucks to stave off homelessness: yahoo.com/news/televangelist-jim-bakker-says-n…
Kentucky police agencies paid for proselytizing canine training at Ark Encounter: courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/…
Celine Dion might be a baby-eating illuminati demon queen: wonkette.com/p/is-celine-dion-a-baby-eating-il…