Rod and Kale catch up after Rod's return from Italy and his meeting with Pope Francis. They talk about:

• The aftermath of Hurricane Ida's destruction of Louisiana
• Meeting Pope Francis during his trip to Rome
• The Ruling class's conflation of Nazi liberation with LGBTQ+ initiatives
• Do members of Conservative Inc. understand how far the Overton Window has shifted?
• Academic disruptions at Princeton, and Catholic schools Bostock violation
• Noone really wants to be weird, especially the W.I.E.R.D.
• Lewis' Inner Ring
• Rod's pilgrimage to Galgano