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🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Sarah and Beth discuss controversial figure Javier Milei, Argentina’s president whose unorthodox style and politics have captured the attention of Elon Musk and America’s MAGA movement. They examine how he came to power in Argentina, what he’s done there, and how his ideology has influenced conservative thinking in the United States.
Outside of politics, we want to hear about your whimsical habits!
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0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
0:13.2 | This is Sarah Stewart Holland. |
0:15.0 | This is Beth Silvers. |
0:16.3 | You're listening to Pantsuit Politics, |
0:17.8 | where we take a different approach to the news. |
0:19.6 | On today's show, we're going to be discussing Javier Malay. Who's that? Well, let me tell you, he's the guy standing |
0:25.3 | behind Elon Musk as he wielded that chainsaw at CPAC. He is also the president of Argentina |
0:30.6 | and a big inspiration in the MAGA movement. So we're going to talk about him and what he's |
0:34.5 | been doing in Argentina over the past year because we think it has a lot of relevance here in the United States. |
0:40.2 | Outside of politics, we're going to talk about whimsical habits after that roundup made its way around the Internet this week. |
0:46.1 | And I'm really excited about it. |
0:47.4 | Pure delight. |
0:49.0 | Now, if you were like, hey, Javier Malay sounds interesting, but what about the budget deal or the Ukrainian |
0:56.3 | minerals deal or that Gaza video that Trump released? Well, we've got you covered on our bonus |
1:06.4 | episode, which you can find on our substack. We hope you will join us there. All the information |
1:10.7 | to do that will be in the notes. We also you will join us there. All the information to do that |
1:11.2 | will be in the notes. We also kicked off our year-long slow read of Habits of the Heart this week on |
1:15.8 | substack. Spoiler, we are loving it. Despite being written almost 40 years ago, it is providing a lot |
1:22.7 | of perspective on our current political moment. So we hope you'll check that out as well. Next up, let's talk about |
1:27.8 | Javier Malay. Hi, I'm Erica Badon. I'm the CEO of Food 52. I used to be the CEO of Barstool Sports, |
1:34.3 | and I am very excited that I'm launching a podcast. This is a new podcast that navigates the highs, |
1:40.3 | lows, and in-betweens of that very thing that consumes all of our days. |
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