meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Pantsuit Politics

Pantsuit Politics Flashback: 2020

Pantsuit Politics

Sarah & Beth

Society & Culture, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

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 are looking at the big moments and lessons learned from the rich text that is 2020.

Topics Discussed

  • Parts of 2020 that were Not Covid
  • Covid-19

  • Outside of Politics: Tiger King and TikTok

Visit our website for complete show notes, premium shows, show merchandise, and more.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:02.7

This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

0:15.3

This is Beth Silvers.

0:16.9

You're listening to Flashback 2020, a special episode of Pantsuit Politics.

0:24.0

Today's flashback episode, Sarah, stands out to me in part because we've already looked back at 2020 in a lot of different ways.

0:32.0

If you are a brand new listener, welcome. We're so glad you're here. We will link two episodes for you that I still

0:37.7

think about all the time. One of them is called Lessons from the COVID War, an interview with

0:42.2

Dr. Charity Dean about public health professionals after action review of the pandemic. And another

0:47.1

we recorded in August 2023 called What We Got Wrong About COVID. So I guess this all goes to show that

0:53.5

2020 is a rich text, and at least for people our age,

0:56.9

a seminal year in our lives. And I think today it's important to just continue to discuss

1:01.1

what we see with the benefit of hindsight.

1:04.3

Before we do that, we just want to remind you that virtual tickets for our live show in

1:07.9

Cincinnati are on sale. You can watch the live show in real

1:10.8

time from the comfort of your home, or you can watch it when it's convenient for you. Either

1:14.6

way, we'd love for you to join us and our families for a night that promises to be filled

1:18.3

with laughter and probably a few of the best kind of tears. Tears through laughter.

1:23.2

You can find a link for those tickets in the show notes.

1:27.2

And now let's revisit 2020 with a little more distance and perspective.

1:33.3

I don't want to.

1:34.6

No one wants to.

1:49.6

No one wants to. Should we just start there?

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 6 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sarah & Beth, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sarah & Beth and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.