Blessed Be the Shade: Papal Edition
Frangela: The Final Word
Frangela Duo
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Final Word, the crazy gets even crazier and we are asking the only question that matters: has Trump ever met someone from Chicago before? Trump and Vance thought they could intimidate a Chicago Pope. Adorable.
Meanwhile, over in the Senate, Republicans blocked the same Democratic resolution for the fourth time — yes, fourth, as in “we’ve seen this episode already” — that would’ve forced Trump to stop U.S. military action in Iran without Congress signing off. And Trump is still insisting the war is “almost over,” which is starting to sound like when someone says they’re “five minutes away” but they’re still in the shower.
J.D. Vance admitted that young voters “do not love” Trump’s Middle East policy. We’re shocked, shocked we tell you. House Democrats rolled out articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Hegseth, and Trump threatened — again — to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At this point, we’re thinking he’s collecting threats like Pokémon cards.
Then Attorney General Todd Blanche said Americans should be “happy” that Trump is personally involved in Justice Department decisions. And right on cue, the Justice Department asked to vacate the Jan. 6 convictions of a dozen former Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members. We’re not saying the timing is suspicious, but we are saying we’ve watched enough crime shows to know when the music gets ominous.
And finally, we take a moment to appreciate the sudden downfall of Representative Eric Swalwell. See? This is what it looks like when a party cleans its own house.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Frances Calliard. |
| 0:02.5 | And I'm Angela V. Shelton. |
| 0:03.9 | And we're Franca. |
| 0:05.6 | You know what you need in your life? |
| 0:07.1 | The Final Word podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | Yes, you do. |
| 0:10.3 | That's right. It is the final word on all things political and pop cultural. |
| 0:14.1 | Where we make real news real funny. |
| 0:16.5 | We inspire you so you can hashtag resist. |
| 0:19.8 | Subscribe and get a new episode of the Final Word podcast each week. |
| 0:23.7 | It's the news we think you need to hear. |
| 0:26.1 | That's right. We think you need to hear it. |
| 0:28.2 | Okay. |
| 0:28.9 | Yeah, it's what we say so. |
| 0:30.4 | That's right. |
| 0:30.9 | And because all we do is give every Thursday you can listen to our hysterical podcast, Idiot of the Week. |
| 0:36.5 | We round up the stupid because you know what? Somebody has to. Okay. All we do is give. M.S.W. Media. |
| 0:57.3 | Hi, I'm Francis Callier. |
| 0:59.8 | And I'm Angela V. Shelton. |
| 1:04.6 | We are Franjula, and welcome to The Final Word. |
| 1:10.0 | The Final Word with Frangela! The Final Word. The Final Word with Angela. |
| 1:14.0 | The final word. The final word. |
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