Hear Me Out: Be The Holiday A--hole

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4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… thanks, but no thanks. Americans are anxiously awaiting their Thanksgiving celebrations this week – for many, with some trepidation. Polls suggest we all know we don’t want to talk about politics around the table… but that most of us will anyway. With keeping the peace at the front of many minds — and civility always at the front of ours — our guest this week proposes an alternative: be a little bit of a jerk, if you need to. And, if you can… it’s okay to avoid the festivities altogether. Our returning guest is H. Alan Scott – comedian, podcaster, and self-described a--hole. Get your gift sets, stocking stuffers, white elephant gifts, and maybe even a little treat, by going to slate.com/shop. If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected] Podcast production by Maura Currie You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is hear me out.
0:02.0	I'm Celeste Hedley.
0:04.0	Thanksgiving is fast approaching.
0:06.0	A lot of us are on edge right now.
0:08.0	We're thinking about the prospect of sitting around that table and talking.
0:12.0	As someone who is constantly asked for advice
0:15.6	about how to talk to people who don't agree with you, this is a busy time for me, but this is also
0:20.5	our show's bread and butter.
0:22.5	You can be civil and polite and still disagree.
0:27.0	So today, our guest is here to argue
0:28.9	that maybe you don't have to be those things.
0:31.6	Consider the possibility. You don't have to fake it and be nice. You can be kind of an
0:36.3	a-hole. And really, you don't have to participate at all. You can't be you and like maybe a change agent at the dinner table if you don't actually
0:45.1	engage and so if you're engaging in the way that maybe isn't the nicest way over the
0:50.4	thing of mashed potatoes well maybe that's a good thing.
0:54.2	H.L. and Scott joins us in just a moment.
0:56.7	Stay with us.
0:57.7	Just a note, this episode will contain explicit language and a lot of it.
1:05.0	Listener discretion is advised.
1:07.0	And before we get started with this episode, we want to say a quick hello to everyone listening on Slate Plus.
1:12.0	We so appreciate your support. In exchange,
1:15.5	we're offering you zero ads on this show and every other Slate Podcast and you're
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