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Hi, everyone, I'm Katie Couric, and this is Next Question.

Wow, 2024. What a year it's been. It's wrapping up, and so is this podcast, at least this season of next question.

To mark the end of this road, we gathered some of the brightest observers of politics, from journalists to consultants, from sociologists to former ambassadors.

And looking back on all the conversations I had,

there is a clear through line. We're in for an unpredictable, possibly perilous, and democracy

shaking four years. There are some bright spots, though, some ways forward, and we'll get to that,

too. But first, let's revisit early November 24,

the day after Donald Trump was elected for a second time. I spoke with my good friend and

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