Did JD Vance kill the pope? And: Part one of our conversation about the new Mansons—a queer vegan doomsday cult prepping for an all-powerful AI god. Featuring poet, friend of the pod and the most verbal straight man in all of NYC, Alex Howe.

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Discussed: 

https://newrepublic.com/post/194199/jd-vance-kill-pope-francis-investigation

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-codex-rationalists.html