Deep Dish on The Pope

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week, we say hello to a new pope and goodbye to Nate Moore—Chris’s AEI research assistant, but more importantly, a fellow wretch who’s been a big part of the podcast. We also talk about the Pulitzer winners and the media’s coverage of the declining health of John Fetterman and Joe Biden. Wretch on! Time Stamps: Front Page: 02:22Obsessions: 27:43Reader Mail: 36:10Favorite Items: 38:53 Show Notes: New York Magazine: The Hidden Struggle of John Fetterman AP News: Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say BBC: Five takeaways from Biden’s BBC interview The Pulitzer Prizes: 2025 Pulitzer Priz Herald Leader: The favorite didn’t win the KY Derby again. Here’s what happened behind Sovereignty The Washington Free Beacon: Exclusive Analysis: Kamala’s Stepdaughter, ‘Textile Artist’ Ella Emhoff, Skips Leg Day as Often as She Shaves Her Armpits (Never) Politico: Biden enlists veteran Democratic operative to help defend his reputation (edited)

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0:00.0	Is there anything you would have done differently?
0:02.0	We reported a true story.
0:04.0	Our colleague Brian Williams is back in Kuwait City tonight after a close call on the skies over Iraq.
0:10.0	Controversal Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and questions about Kavanaugh's drinking in the past.
0:16.0	Sean Hannity, come on up, Sean Hannity.
0:18.0	Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment.
0:23.0	Hello, I am Chris Stierwalt.
0:26.6	And I'm Eliana Johnson.
0:28.2	Welcome to The Inkstained Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News Media.
0:35.6	And Eliana Johnson, we are writing a crest of breaking news,
0:41.8	a cresting wave of breaking news with our papal conclave correspondent, my eldest manchild,
0:49.3	a day shy of a 17th birthday, feeding me the hot information as he watches the coverage from Rome as the first
0:57.3	American Pope is crowned. Do you crown a Pope? What do you do to a Pope? You invest a Pope?
1:03.2	You're asking the wrong person. Yeah, we're going from Protestant to Jew. We're moving away from
1:10.6	papal knowledge.
1:11.6	But we'll keep listeners updated on what my son, what my son texts me about this matter as we record.
1:20.9	But it's very good to be with you.
1:22.9	It's very good to talk to you on a harried week, a busy week.
1:27.0	But it's good to hear your voice.
1:29.1	Chris, I feel like we should let people know you, we have a short episode this week because
1:36.5	we'll see how short.
1:37.8	We'll see how short.
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