This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the state of the nation--America seems to be going down in flames. From vaccines for children to Uvalde police not allowing parents to protect their own children, we are not in a good place right now. Pope Francis is claiming that all of our problems in the church stem from Vatican II deniers and 'restorationists.' Meanwhile, Archbishop Cordileone is attacked for standing up to Pelosi while Bishop Callahan is celebrated for restoring the gay priest Jeffrey Burrill. And then there's SADS--a sudden new phenomenon where adults unexplainably die.

In current events, oil prices are blamed on all the wrong things. Ukraine still trying to join NATO. Wildfires in Spain and California, earthquake in Afghanistan. Japan rules on Fukushima nuclear disaster victims. WikiLeak's Julian Assange to be extradited to US. FINA says no to trans swimmers. Canada builds defense. Netherlands to start using coal power plants. Canada will ban plastics. Japan bans same-sex-marriage. Juul is banned from the market by FDA.

In the world of nonsense, Dan's daughter-in-law talks a lot. People stuck in chocolate vat. THE is trademarked. France says covered skin is illegal in pools. Disney celebrates pagan holiday. Bees are fish too.