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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Ding Dong Merrily on High – How to win Christmas arguments

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What do veganism, Donald Trump and Brussels sprouts have in common? They’re all points of contention at Christmas time. But how do you deal with the terrible opinions of family and friends? Marie Le Conte is joined by Christmas elves Tom Peck and Seth Thévoz to discuss navigating conversations with Brexit-y uncles and Corbynista cousins. “Everyone talks to me about politics, and it's so boring.” –Tom Peck My dad is France’s last remaining Emmanuel Macron fan.” – Marie Le Conte “Communists to the left of me, Nazis to the right, here I am – the only liberal – stuck in the middle with you.” – Seth Thévoz Presented by Marie Le Conte with Tom Peck and Seth Thévoz. Producers: Jet Gerbertson and Alex Rees. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Robin Leburn. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved

0:05.5

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I loved going to college.

0:14.0

It's good you can retrain and do something.

0:16.0

Yeah, yeah.

0:17.0

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0:22.0

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0:30.0

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0:32.0

From those happy greetings at the door to the warm cuddles on the sofa.

0:37.0

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0:55.5

after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome back to the bunker daily I'm Marie Lacont.

1:12.0

Much as it pains me to admit it as someone with

1:14.4

Grinch-like tendencies, Christmas is now upon us. Presents are being bought. Train

1:19.1

tickets are tentatively being booked and everyone is looking forward to spending their break eating themselves into oblivion.

1:25.0

Still and as much as we love them, our families can often be a bit tricky at Christmas.

1:30.0

From the Boris loving uncle to the Corbinista cousin, arguments about politics have been known to ruin the festive mood.

1:36.0

How should we go about interacting with the relatives we don't always agree with?

1:40.0

Should we stick to them inspires and avoid political chats altogether?

1:43.2

With me today to discuss the thorny and serious topic,

1:46.3

our journalist and historian Seth Devo, and independent sketch writer Tom Peck.

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