Pantsuit Politics Flashback: 2016

Pantsuit Politics

Sarah & Beth

Society & Culture, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Pantsuit Politics is celebrating ten years of podcasting this year!

A lot has happened politically, culturally, and personally in the last ten years. This summer, we’re revisiting each of the years we’ve been podcasting with a special flashback episode. Today, we continue the conversation by looking at 2016.

Topics Discussed

The Biggest News Stories of 2016: The Presidential Election, Brexit, and the MAGA takeover of the Republican Party
Outside of Politics: Cultural Highlights of 2016: Hamilton and Lemonade

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:02.7	This is Sarah Stewart-Holland.
0:15.5	This is Beth Silvers.
0:16.6	You're listening to Flashback 2016, a special episode of Pantsu Politics.
0:21.4	We're celebrating 10 years of making Pantsu Politics by revisiting our episodes from each year and today.
0:26.7	Everybody just take a deep, cleansing breath.
0:29.3	Oh, Lord.
0:30.9	We've hit 2016.
0:33.3	We are going to remember.
0:34.8	Wait, I need another breath.
0:35.6	Okay, take it.
0:36.8	It's fair. Because we are going to I need another breath. Okay, take it. It's fair.
0:38.2	Because we are going to remember everything from Brexit and the first election of Donald Trump to Pokemon Go and the debut of Instagram stories.
0:46.6	It's all here.
0:48.1	And if you would like to join the culmination of this series, we would love for you to snag a virtual ticket to our live birthday party on July 19th. Tickets for the in-person event in Cincinnati are sold out,
0:59.6	but you can still grab a virtual ticket and join the fun. You'll be able to participate in the polls
1:04.3	and the audience interaction, even with your virtual ticket. All the information you need for that is in the
1:09.6	show notes.
1:16.9	Next up, let's start talking about the top news stories of 2016. No, I don't want to.
1:22.5	Okay, that's fair. It's episode over. Yay. We did it. We looked back in 2016.
1:23.3	Ugh.
1:35.2	We don't shy away from the big stuff, like politics, current events, and what it means to stay informed and engaged without losing your mind.
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