Hey everyone Sam Sanders here. So John John Tommy and Dan are taking a much needed break to gear up for 2024 and in the meantime I'm here to give you all some fun content.

You may recall me as a guest on Pod Save America previously.

But I also co-host a podcast called Vibe Check.

And I'm very excited to share right here in this feed today an exclusive clip from the newest

episode of Vibe Check with y'all right here.

In this clip, me and my co-host, Zach and Saeed,

we're gonna look back at some of the most important news

moments of this year, specifically

the war in Israel and Palestine, and what it says about America's changing place in the world.

Also, this year being the year of protest sweeping every industry across the country

and perhaps showing us a new way forward for

our politics. And then thirdly, abortion on the ballot this year has seen

referendums in many states across the country in the aftermath of

row falling. These referendums kind of forecast what next year's election

might be. I'm calling it the control election. We'll explain. All right here's my

chat with Zach and Saeed on those stories and more.

All right we're back We're going to keep this conversation going, talking about the biggest

moments of the year. I want us to use this segment to talk about our biggest newsy or political moments of

2023 and Zach we're gonna start with you.

All right well I think the story that has defined this year for me in so many ways is the Israel

Hamas conflict that began on October 7th when Hamas attacked Israel resulting in a thousand people dead and the responding

attack from Israel that has now engulfed the entire region. This is a story

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