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Hello, and welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, August 26th.

I am Hannah Rosen, and I am Double X's co-editor speaking to you from Washington, D.C.

And we have with us, actually not with me, and in New York without me, is Jessica Gross, the

managing editor of Double X. Hi, Jess. Hi, Anna. Hi. And June Thomas, who is Slate's foreign

editor and a delightful addition to any Slate Gapfus. Hello, June. Hey, Hannah.

Hi.

So today we're going to talk about the big news of the day, which is Sarah Palin and her

influence on the election results of last night and this morning.

And we're going to talk about palliative care, this new study about end-of-life care

and a different way to go about it.

And finally, we're going to talk about why Jennifer Aniston's latest movie The Switch

failed and what that means for the romantic comedy.

So let's start with Sarah Palin.

So I, like every idiot political watcher, was ready to start this podcast this morning as I was preparing last

night and talk about, you know, the horrible, embarrassing defeat for Sarah Palin and her own

backyard in Alaska.

But in fact, something very different happened, which is that Joe Miller, the relatively obscure

candidate who Sarah Palin backed and the Tea Party backed ended up winning.

So, yes, you were probably surprised, too.

Like, we probably had a whole, you know, a whole punditry lined up that is not going to happen this morning.

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