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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

How To Survive The Holidays Without An Argument

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

Journalism, New York Times, Ross Douthat, News, Society & Culture

4.07.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

A listener's voicemail asks the columnists, does America need a third party? Then, just in time for Thanksgiving, our argumentative trio dishes out some advice for how to handle your own dinner-table debates. And finally, a Coen brothers recommendation to make your holiday weekend a little darker. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

0:01.1

I'm Ross Dauphin.

0:02.3

I'm David Leonhart.

0:03.9

And this is the argument.

0:06.6

This week, does America need a third political party?

0:11.0

I can't believe I'm sharing this podcast

0:13.1

with such a pair of establishment shills.

0:16.2

Then, it's Thanksgiving week.

0:18.3

And we talk about how to have a happy holiday

0:20.7

at a time when everyone is obsessed with politics.

0:24.3

I hate these guides that are, you know,

0:26.0

how to talk to your terrible relative at Thanksgiving.

0:29.2

It's how to avoid having an argument

0:31.9

from the hosts of the argument.

0:34.9

And finally, a recommendation.

0:37.5

I've got no feminist critique of Cohen Brother fandom.

0:48.8

We're going to start with a question.

0:50.4

Does the country need a new political party?

0:53.8

Many people think the answer is yes.

0:56.3

The number of Americans who identify

0:58.0

as either Democrats or Republicans is falling.

1:01.2

And according to a recent Gallup poll, 61% of people

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