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Hey everyone, it's Mary Harris, Host of Slate's Daily News Podcast, what next?

It's been a long road to election day.

How you doing?

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We've had crazy cat ladies, coconut trees, not to mention a little last-minute candidate swap.

The polling indicates where they're slipping.

I think viewers saw something other than what they were expecting.

In an election that seems as close as this one does, you know, any one of these little factors can

matter so much. But after all that, here we are at the end of the road. Or maybe

it's just the beginning. And what next has got you covered? Every step of the way, for November 5th and the aftermath,

we'll have all the deep insights and tongue-in-cheek political analysis you know and love from Slate. So don't miss out, follow and listen wherever you get your

podcasts. Hey West archive listeners, I wanted to share a story I just released over on the

Revisionist History Podcast about the history of American conservatism and

Halloween candy. It felt appropriate for this election year Halloween.

It's a story that traces the rise of an ultra-conservative political organization,

the John Birch Society, and its attempt in the 1960s

to take over the Parent Teacher Association.

I hope you enjoy it and have a happy Halloween.

I want to read to you from a very important historical document, the April 1962 edition of the Wellby

Way Elementary School Parent Teacher Association newsletter, the Wellby Buzzings, written of course by the PTA of the elementary

school in the West Hills area of Los Angeles.

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