The Strait Is Closed, But the Nonsense Is Wide Open
Frangela: The Final Word
Frangela Duo
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This week we are not pretending anything makes sense. We kick things off with Virginia voters approving a temporary congressional map redo. The new map could give Democrats up to four extra seats, we’re just saying: when the math starts mathing, we notice.
Then we take a scenic detour to the Strait of Hormuz, which remains basically closed even though Trump keeps insisting there’s a “ceasefire.” We’re just asking: can you call it a ceasefire when folks are very much… not ceasing the firing? Words mean things. Or at least they used to.
Back home, Democrats on the House Judiciary want FBI Director Kash Patel to take a World Health Organization alcohol‑use screening test. We’re not saying anything — we’re just sipping our water and blinking loudly.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with defrauding donors, and the FBI is out here “spearheading the effort” to connect the dots between missing scientists from nuclear and space labs. Because nothing says “relax” like the phrase missing scientists.
The Pentagon announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving. Which is adorable, because we all know “leaving” is Washington‑speak for “don’t let the door hit you.”
And finally, Joe Rogan popped by the White House to kiss the ring and advocate for new PTSD treatments for veterans. A worthy cause, sure — but just in case anyone thought Joe had drifted from Team Trump, he made sure the hypocrisy was neatly gift‑wrapped and hand‑delivered.
Join us as we try to make sense of a week that clearly didn’t try to make sense of itself.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | M.SW. Media. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi, I'm Frances Callier. |
| 0:07.7 | And I'm Angela V. Shelton. |
| 0:09.5 | We are Franjula, and welcome to The Final Word. |
| 0:14.9 | Oh, yeah, it's the Final Word. |
| 0:17.0 | The Final Word with Prangela. |
| 0:22.5 | The Final Word with Angela. The Final World. |
| 0:25.6 | The Final Word. |
| 0:26.7 | The Final Word. |
| 0:27.7 | The final word. |
| 0:28.2 | The final word. |
| 0:31.5 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:31.8 | Get ready for it. |
| 0:32.6 | We hot today. |
| 0:33.8 | I mean, you know, everything. |
| 0:36.1 | I had to stop the conversation so we can start the podcast and do it there. |
| 0:39.8 | Three times on three different subjects. |
| 0:42.3 | Three different subjects. |
| 0:43.6 | So get ready. |
| 0:44.8 | Get your pitch up. |
| 0:46.1 | Turn the volume a little down and get your pitch up. |
| 0:48.4 | Get to pitch up. |
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