Shaky Ceasefires, Pope Leo’s Leadership, and the School Year’s Biggest Lessons

Pantsuit Politics

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Over the weekend, I started a “lessons learned” Google doc. I love the stark, in-your-face, no-hedging clarity that comes from a bullet point list: “Here are the words that distill years or months of experiences, emotions, decisions, triumphs, and set-backs.” That energy seems to be in the air as Memorial Day unofficially kicks off summer. Pope Leo has distilled his thoughts on the dignity of humans. The public at-large seems to be with him on the indecency and foolishness of war. Universities and schools are changing policies in light of lessons learned, and people running for office are asking what we want our literal lessons to be. Sarah and I discuss the headlines and the lessons we’re learning about school as parents and from teachers. Then, we end in the only way a podcast kicking off summer should: with an ode to ice cream. - Beth Topics Discussed: Texas Senate Primary Iran War Pope Leo and Human Dignity Tulsi Gabbard Resigns Education Policy Outside of Politics: Ice Cream Ready to go deeper? Visit ⁠⁠⁠our website⁠⁠⁠ for complete show notes, exclusive premium content, chats, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:09.5	I listen to Sarah and Beth.
0:11.3	Because I can count on them to bring multiple perspectives to an issue or current event.
0:15.7	From people with actual moral virtues who might feel comfortable being around my kids.
0:21.1	Sarah and Beth do such a tremendous job of listening to each other and to opinions that don't
0:26.6	immediately align with their own.
0:28.6	They've done their homework. They ask good questions and they aren't afraid to change their
0:33.1	minds.
0:35.7	This is Sarah Stewart-Holland.
0:37.5	And this is Beth Silvers.
0:39.0	You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.
0:40.7	We hope everybody had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
0:45.1	Since Memorial Day is considered the unofficial beginning of summer, we thought we would catch up on some headlines and talk about what we're paying attention to this summer. And also,
0:56.2	because we know some of you have weeks of school left, we're also going to do a little
1:02.2	school year wrap-up. Talk about education ideas. Some policies are getting a lot of attention
1:06.7	and higher ed and beyond. And then outside of politics, we're going to talk about summer's
1:10.5	favorite food, ice cream. I like that you just declared it summer's favorite food. Like there is no debate to be had about what summer's favorite food is. It's ice cream. I mean, if there was a vote, do you think anything would get close? I don't think so. No. I think this is a rare moment of consensus for us. Yeah, come on,
1:28.2	guys. This summer also is America 250, which you know we are all in on here at Pantsuit Politics.
1:34.7	We have so many exciting things planned for you. The big finale is our live show in Minneapolis,
1:40.9	because spending time with people in person from all over the country who love
1:46.4	their country enough to listen to a political podcast and then show up in person to hang out
1:50.9	with each other is the best way we could think of to wrap up this occasion. So if you would
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