Hi, this is Liz in Ahihik, Halisco, Mexico.

I'm listening to the rockets or coetes, calling the faithful

to Mass at 6.30 in the morning to celebrate the town's patron saint feast,

San Andreas.

It's a nine-day feast.

That's a lot of rockets.

This podcast was recorded at...

11, 12 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

Things might have changed by the time you hear it,

but I'll still be listening to the rockets and the roosters bring on the morning down here.

Enjoy the show.

That all sounds very lovely.

I will say...

Incredible use of sound.

I think hearing a rocket at 6.30 in the morning would give me a heart attack. Yeah, that's definitely true. But this sounded quite beautiful, and she did a really good job with that, and it sounds like a fun place to be. Yeah, I want to learn more about this feast. Sounds very interesting. All right. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover politics. I'm Elena Moore. I also cover politics. And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And today on the show, we're going to be talking about politics. A lot of you are preparing to spend Thanksgiving with your in-laws or your extended family, your friends. And you may be wondering, how do I avoid arguments about politics at a time when Americans are more divided

than ever? Well, today on the show, we're going to weigh in. Domenico, I want to start with you,

because we actually have some polling that kind of like gets around this. There was a recent

NPR, PBS, News, Mayer's poll. And it turns out Republicans and Democrats describe people

in the other political party as close-minded and

dishonest when talking about politics, which is kind of charged. I mean, how big is this divide that we're

talking about here? Well, I mean, when you have more than 8 and 10 in, you know, each party saying that

...