290: The War Room Council Convenes
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this special New Year’s episode, James and Al welcome a panel of the country’s best and brightest composed of Jane Mayer, Pam Karlan, Roger Altman, George Stevens Jr., and Jill Abramson. They discuss what to expect from Trump and the Republicans in 2025, the war for the soul of journalism, the best of pop culture, the state of the economy, the future of the rule of law, and much more. Then, they take listener questions on the most pressing issues facing us in the year ahead and search for sources of hope going into 2025.
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Get More From This Week’s Guests:
Jill Abramson:
Twitter | NYT | Harvard | Author
Jane Mayer:
Twitter | The New Yorker | Author of “Dark Money” & Other Books
Professor Pam Karlan:
Stanford Law | DOJ.gov | Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Roger Altman:
Evercore | The Hamilton Project
George Stevens:
Oscars.org | IMDB | George Stevens Academy
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to politics war room with James Carvel and I'm Al Hunt. This week we have a special |
| 0:16.8 | New Year episode with our friends, George Stevens, Roger Altman, Pam Carlin, Jane Mayer, |
| 0:24.6 | and Jill Abramson. God, what a collection. What a collection. Remember, we love taking your |
| 0:32.0 | questions, so write into Politics Worldroom at gmail.com or send this tweet to AdPoliticon for next week's show. |
| 0:39.0 | We'll get to as many as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from. |
| 0:42.8 | And news that will excite everybody, the documentary Carville, winning as everything stupid, |
| 0:48.9 | is now streaming on Max. |
| 0:50.9 | Get updates and some great behind-the-scenes content by following James on Twitter at James Carville |
| 0:57.6 | and on his get this now, new TikTok at real James Carville. He can give us a lesson on TikTok later. |
| 1:05.9 | You also can get text updates about what's next for Pliticon and Politics World Room by signing up at |
| 1:11.9 | Pluticon.com. |
| 1:13.4 | Tell your friends about us, remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever |
| 1:18.4 | you get your podcast. |
| 1:20.1 | Please check out the links to our recent sponsors because when you support these |
| 1:24.8 | sponsors, it helps make this podcast happen. |
| 1:28.2 | Every Sunday afternoon is a special time for James and me, a Zoom call with our great |
| 1:33.9 | colleagues and friends. |
| 1:34.9 | We began this four and a half years ago during COVID, and we talk about politics or entertainment |
| 1:40.2 | or sports or the law or anything. |
| 1:42.2 | It moves us that Sunday. |
| 1:44.6 | Today we're going to let you join us. |
| 1:47.0 | It's a preview 2025. |
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