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Pantsuit Politics

Processing the Midterms and Prepping for Holiday Conversations

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sarah and Beth offer suggestions about how to handle the dreaded political conversations over the holidays. Plus, they discuss Congressional leadership moves, the lame duck session, Trump's announcement, and share about their recent trip to Raleigh, NC. TOPICS DISCUSSED Congressional Leadership The Lame Duck Session Trump’s Announcement Handling Political Conversations at the Holidays Outside of Politics: Our Raleigh Trip As we prepare for the holidays, start your shopping with Sarah & Beth’s Favorite Things from 2022 and Sarah and Beth’s books Now What? How to Move Forward When We’re Divided (About Basically Everything) and I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) Please visit our website for full show notes and episode resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce.

0:10.4

Thank you for joining us for Pantsy Politics.

0:26.0

Welcome to Pantsy Politics.

0:27.8

This week many of us will head home for the holidays.

0:31.2

That means lots of people, lots of small talk, my own personal worst nightmare and lots

0:35.1

of opportunities for politics to enter the conversation.

0:38.0

We know this can be anxiety producing so we are here to help you navigate those moments

0:41.6

around the Thanksgiving table.

0:43.8

But before we get to those tips, we're going to take a look at where we stand post-ment

0:47.3

terms.

0:48.6

What the next Congress will look like, what this Congress might still get done in a lame

0:51.6

duck session so we can't wait to tackle that.

0:54.4

And outside of politics we're going to share about our recent trip to Raleigh.

0:58.2

Lots of travel means lots of listening time and if you are eager to hear more from us,

1:04.4

we would love for you to check out the audiobook for now what, how to move forward when we're

1:08.3

divided about basically everything.

1:10.5

We recorded this book in a different way.

1:12.8

We take a different approach to the news here.

1:14.0

We took a different approach to recording an audiobook.

1:16.1

It was very challenging for everyone who worked with us.

1:18.8

Thank you to the many people who navigated this process with us.

1:23.4

But we recorded in studio together.

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