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