Hello and I'm Alyssa Mastra Monaco. I'm Erin Ryan.

And I'm Alyssa Master Monaco.

Alyssa, what's the longest travel day you had?

I think my longest travel day was probably when I tried to drive home from Chicago all in one day at the end of the Obama campaign.

That was me, Shrumb the cat.

I don't know, it felt like three days long, but it's the one that sticks in my memory.

Ooo woof. I had one last Christmas my husband and I made the decision to drive all the way

from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and then to Pittsburgh and then back to Los Angeles and we had planned to take a kind of at a leisurely pace

But then a blizzard was moving into Los Angeles and we ended up up having to do three days worth of driving in one day so we were 15 hours

behind the wheel trying to beat a blizzard it was

Not ideal not ideal.

Not ideal.

Less than I do.

Alyssa, this is a really fun episode.

We say this about every episode, but this one is especially fun.

We talk to Minnesota Senator Tina Smith, who we've wanted to talk to for quite some time and she is

a delight. She's an absolute delight Minnesota's on it and we are so excited for you to hear our conversation with Senator

Tina Smith. Then we bring in a super panel because it's more people than

normal. Super panel to talk about the Pratt Falls of traveling, specifically over the holidays but also, you know, other times of the year.

So many Pratt Falls and some tips.

Some tips and some petties and some Pratt Falls, but all in all it's a really great holiday episode.

So if you're stuck in an airport or if you're sitting in your childhood den, well there's a football game

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