Friendsgiving Menus and Politics
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Lairer on WNYC, and we will end today with a call-in on the question, what did you eat |
| 0:14.6 | and what did you talk about at your Friendsgiving over the weekend? |
| 0:19.1 | 212-433 W-N-YC. |
| 0:22.4 | What was the vibe? |
| 0:23.3 | What was the talk of the table? |
| 0:24.5 | What was on the menu? |
| 0:26.0 | Report on your 2025 Friendsgiving. |
| 0:29.2 | And maybe you can say what makes a good Friendsgiving. |
| 0:31.7 | Why do you have Friendsgiving? |
| 0:33.3 | Maybe you'll inspire other listeners to have one. |
| 0:36.3 | 212-433. W-N-YC, you can call or you can text. |
| 0:41.4 | 212-433-9692. |
| 0:45.5 | Now, for those of you who don't know what that is, you're saying, what, |
| 0:48.3 | Friendsgiving, what's it? |
| 0:49.5 | The word kind of defines itself, but with Thanksgiving coming up next week for a lot of people, |
| 0:55.5 | that means one thing on the weekend or two prior, and that is Friendsgiving, the unofficial |
| 1:01.9 | warm-up, you might call it, the practice round, and also the chance to gather differently |
| 1:07.5 | with the people who you may be most connected with voluntarily in your life |
| 1:12.6 | or day-to-day in your life before everyone scatters to families, airports, long drives. |
| 1:18.1 | So we are inviting you to say, what did you eat? |
| 1:21.3 | And what did you talk about at your Friendsgiving over the weekend? |
| 1:25.5 | 212-433 W-N-YC. |
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