This administration is so good at building mountains out of dust.

And so you want as little dust around the process as possible.

This is Sarah. This is Beth, your listening to Pantzoo politics,

the home of graceful political conversations.

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

We spend a lot of time talking about how to prepare for those tough conversations about politics

around the table. And if you had really positive experiences or conversations,

please share them with us. We would love to see if all our hard work paid off and you guys

talked about impeachment or values or anything else around the holiday table with your loved ones.

We also want to know what your favorite episode of the year have been. We have narrowed the field

with the help of our patrons to five choices. There's going to be a link in the show notes and

you'll also find this on social media. For you to go to our Patreon page, you do not have to be a

Patreon supporter to be able to vote. This will give us some insight into what kind of programming

you really love as we plan 2020 out. And we're also going to do something a little bit special with

that favorite episode. So let us know your thoughts. Today we are going to catch up on the news

around the globe and in the United States as well as sharing what's on our mind outside politics.

We will start with the United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change. This is the 25th

Conference on Climate Change. It's a two week program in Madrid and we want to give a mad

shout out to Madrid, who's hosting on a moment's notice after unrest and chilly,

led them to cancel on hosting. And you know, we are all kind of stressed when we get a last minute

party. Can you imagine being Madrid and be like, oh, we're going to host nearly 200 countries

and 25,000 people for a two week climate summit with like a moment's notice. So well done, Madrid.

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