Overthinking About The Election

Magical Overthinkers

Amanda Montell & Studio71

Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.3 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Is it just us, or do thought spirals about the forthcoming American presidential election seem to hum in the background of nearly every quotidien conversation these days? When asked to submit their overthinkiest thoughts on the matter, listeners had lots to say: Is it wrong to feel hope? Is it wrong to feel fatalistic? Would a Kamala Harris win provoke civil war? Why are we still tolerating the two-party system? How can we communicate with our family members who plan to vote differently or not at all? Are we screwed either way? Do we need to move to Canada? To help dial down the temperature on our election-centric magical overthinking, host Amanda Montell (@amanda_montell) is joined by former Obama speechwriter, Crooked Media co-founder, and host of the podcasts Pod Save America and Offline, Jon Favreau (@jfavs). Further Reading: How Trump Could Ban Abortion Upgrade your business and get the same checkout Amanda uses. Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at https://Shopify.com/magical (all lowercase) Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to https://Zocdoc.com/MAGICAL to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. - Join the "Magical Overthinkers Club" by following the pod on Instagram @magicaloverthinkers. - To access early, ad-free episodes and more, subscribe to the Magical Overthinkers Substack. - Pick up a hard copy of Amanda's book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, or listen to the audiobook. To watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/MagicalOverthinkersYouTube ; Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, DM, email, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/MagicalOverthinkers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Magical Overthinkers podcast, a show for thought spirallers, exploring the subjects we can't stop overthinking about, from imposter syndrome to social media comparison.
0:17.7	If you can connect to the idea that despite living in the information age, life
0:22.6	only seems to be making less sense, then you're in the right place. This podcast is here
0:28.4	to soften the clash between our innate human mysticisms and the overwhelm of this time,
0:35.4	to help us think less about the things that don't matter and more about
0:39.4	the things that do. I'm your host, Amanda Montel. Today, we're overthinking about the election.
0:53.5	Out of the gate, let me preface by saying that this episode is going to be dedicated
0:58.1	95% to my interview with today's very special guest, John Favreau, a former Obama speechwriter,
1:06.9	co-founder of crooked media, and host of podcasts including Pod Save America and offline.
1:13.1	And a note for those who may be tuning in to the magical overthinkers podcast for the first time.
1:18.7	This is not a politics show.
1:21.4	Some regular listeners might not even keep up with politics that closely.
1:25.2	Instead, this is a show for overthinkers who tend to spiral
1:28.2	about all kinds of pressing life concerns, including, for today's purposes, the election.
1:34.4	And so we will be approaching the topic through that overthinkers lens. Most of the interview
1:39.3	will be dedicated to relaying thought spirals and questions submitted by listeners. Thank you so much for
1:45.6	sending those in. But I also want to confess that there were so very many thought spirals submitted
1:50.7	for this episode. Out of respect for John's time during this very busy election season, I was
1:55.8	not able to get to anywhere close to all of them. There's one I wish I would have asked, though, specifically
2:02.3	about what abortion access would look like in the United States under Trump and Project
2:07.4	2025. Because we didn't get to go there, I'm going to drop a link in our show notes to a really
2:12.6	helpful Vox Explained video that addresses that. I also want to mention the date when I'm recording this
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