342: Happy Holidays with Judy Woodruff & Mary Matalin
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
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4.6 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ramadan is a time to reflect, connect and experience the world more meaningfully. |
| 0:06.5 | In Abu Dhabi, Curiosity leads the way through adventure, wildlife and moments of wonder, culture, movement and well-being create lasting connections, while shared tables and rich flavors turn every meal into a story. |
| 0:24.3 | Travel deeper, travel richer. Experience Abu Dhabi. |
| 0:44.9 | Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carvel and I'm Al Hunt. |
| 0:50.3 | This week we're going to show you what James Carvel and I have in common. We both married above ourselves. |
| 0:53.5 | Our wives, former Republican political consultant, |
| 0:57.0 | Mary Madeline, and the star of American at a crossroads on PBS, Judy Woodruff, will join us. |
| 1:03.8 | Now remember, we love taking your questions, so write to PoliticsWroom at gmail.com for next week's |
| 1:09.8 | show. We'll get to as many as we can, |
| 1:11.6 | but don't forget to tell us where you're from. You can also get text updates about what's next |
| 1:17.3 | for Politicon and PoliticsWRom by signing up at Politicon.com. Tell your friends about us, |
| 1:24.8 | remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever |
| 1:29.1 | you get your podcast. |
| 1:30.7 | And please check out the links to our recent sponsors and past episode show notes, because |
| 1:37.0 | we really thank you for supporting these sponsors. |
| 1:39.7 | It helps make this podcast happen. |
| 1:43.7 | James, on a scale of one to 10, 1 being fabulous, 10 being the worst week in the history of |
| 1:49.6 | mankind, what kind of a week did Trump have? |
| 1:52.7 | Somebody should look, Chris Christie did a very good job this week on ABC. |
| 1:58.3 | You know, he's a lawyer, and he made the tightest summation of how bad it can be. |
| 2:04.0 | And I can't do it as articulately as Governor Christie did, but people should watch that. |
| 2:10.9 | I don't know how you measure. |
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