Pantsuit Politics Flashback: 2022
Pantsuit Politics
Sarah & Beth
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2025
⏱️ 71 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 look back at 2022. Sarah explains why she thinks the slap at the Oscars was such a pivot point, and we reflect on the invasion of Ukraine and the January 6th hearings as big moments as well.
Topics Discussed
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2022 as a Pivot Year
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What Mattered Most in 2022?
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Outside of Politics: Cultural Highlights of 2022
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
| 0:02.7 | This is Sarah Stewart-Holland. |
| 0:15.3 | And this is Beth Silvers. |
| 0:16.5 | You're listening to a special episode of Pantsuit Politics Flashback, 2022. We are making our way through time and have arrived at 2020. So much in this year. |
| 0:27.5 | This is the year of the 10. I believe this is the year. I am fascinated by that perspective. We're going to talk about all of it. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the January 6 hearings. |
| 0:39.4 | Lord help us the slap at the Oscars. |
| 0:42.1 | It is a pivot point, Beth. |
| 0:44.1 | It's a pivot point. |
| 0:45.4 | We're going to get into all of it today. |
| 0:47.2 | A lot to unpack with the benefit of a little bit of hindsight. |
| 0:52.5 | We also wanted to let you know that we're going to take the next two weeks off. |
| 0:55.6 | We'll have pre-recorded episodes, maybe some reruns for you on the next two Tuesdays, |
| 1:00.9 | and then the next two Fridays. |
| 1:02.4 | We will finish out the flashback series with 2023 and 2024, and then we'll be back. |
| 1:09.1 | Raring to go on August 12th. Our kids are starting back to school. We're going to get back in the swing of things. It's going to be time. It's going to be time to put everybody to bed, get everybody back on a schedule, including here at Pansu Politics. So get excited for that. I'm ready. I love a routine. I'm ready to be in a routine. |
| 1:31.2 | Next up, let's talk about 2022. Sarah, the Council in Foreign Relations is with you. |
| 1:48.3 | It said 2022 may be a hinge in history, marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. |
| 1:54.5 | I really do. I think it's the year. It's the year where I felt myself just take a turn. |
| 2:01.4 | Like, I just was like, okay, I'm done clinging to like before COVID, before |
| 2:06.8 | Trump. |
| 2:07.5 | I'm just going to acknowledge that things are different and that they not just different, |
| 2:15.3 | but like, I don't know, I think I just accepted a lot of change and rejected |
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