69. The Young Pope, Episode Ten

Hot Confessor Summer comes to a close as Regan joins John for her final (or not final, Lenny willing?) popely appearance on NQGB. Not only do they discuss the plot and character apotheoses in the finale, they also ask the divine questions of the series as a whole. Did Lenny experience character growth? Is this show a melodrama? What is Paolo Sorrentino doing with the final flourish of the show? What is the show saying about its characters and our relationship to them? What is the show's perspective on Cathlolicism? Did Regan make a good life decision when agreeing to embark on YP podcasting this summer?! 

There is still plenty (seriously, a lot) of time for commending the acting of Diane Keaton and Javier Camarra, bonus saint names and trivia, the Popes of Xmas Past, Andrew Bird (and, oddly, The Fray), Regan's The New Pope predictions, Papal underwear, and a Proustian-Aquinas blowout in The Cave. 

*podcast app slowly zooms out to encompass the whole earth, fin*

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This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the show being covered here wouldn’t exist. 

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