Conclave

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Pope Francis' death not only led to an outpouring of remembrances. It also unleashed a new wave of memes from the Oscar-nominated movie Conclave. It tells a very fun and very fictional story of the secretive process by which a pope is replaced. It's a twisty political thriller, it's a tense jury drama, and it's got some strong commentary on the state of the Catholic Church. Conclave stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini, and it's available to rent or stream at home.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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0:12.1	Learn more at RWJF.org.
0:19.5	Pope Francis's death not only led to an outpouring of remembrances,
0:24.3	it also unleashed a new wave of memes from the Oscar-nominated movie Conclave.
0:29.5	It tells a very fun and very fictional story of the secretive process by which a pope is replaced.
0:35.5	It's a twisty political thriller.
0:37.6	It's a tense jury drama, and it's got some strong commentary on the state of the Catholic
0:41.7	Church.
0:42.7	It stars Ray Fines, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabel Rosalini, and is available to rent
0:48.2	or stream at home.
0:49.9	I'm Aisha Harris.
0:50.7	And I'm Stephen Thompson.
0:52.1	Today on NPR's Pope Culture Happy Hour, we are revisiting our conversation about conclave.
1:02.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
1:07.3	RWJF is a national philanthropy working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.
1:14.0	Learn more at RWJF.org.
1:18.1	Joining us today is Waylon Wong.
1:19.9	She's the co-host of NPR's Daily Economics Podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money.
1:24.6	Hey, Waylon.
1:25.1	Hi, the Lord be with you.
1:27.2	And also with you. Also with us is
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