Spare A Thought For Sparing Turkeys?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It's a holiday tradition unlike any other — the annual pardoning of Thanksgiving turkeys. But not everybody is a fan of giving the birds clemency, especially if they've had to report on it for more than a decade straight.

This episode: Politics Podcast producer Elena Moore, and senior political editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore. It was edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Fact-checking by Katherine Swartz.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Tamara Keith, and we've got a special holiday edition of the NPR politics
0:05.6	podcast for you today.
0:07.3	And spoiler alert before we get started, it has to do with Turkey.
0:11.6	So hopefully by the time you hear this, you're not sick of it all yet.
0:15.4	Our very own senior political editor and correspondent, Dmitriko Montanaro, is going to explain
0:20.5	the ins and outs of one of the funniest events in Washington every year, the Turkey pardon,
0:26.0	which is the annual tradition where the president of the United States literally partens live
0:30.8	turkeys at the White House.
0:32.4	Meaning they get spared their typical Thanksgiving fate, getting eaten.
0:36.4	But, as Dmitriko is about to tell you the event is more than just dad jokes about Turkey.
0:42.0	And that's saying something because there are a lot of those.
0:44.6	Okay, enjoy the show.
0:46.0	Hey there, it's the NPR politics podcast.
0:54.9	I'm Elena Moore.
0:55.9	I am a producer that works on this show.
0:58.6	And today we are talking Turkey pardon and there is no better person to do that than NPR's
1:05.5	Dmitriko Montanaro.
1:06.5	Hey Dmitriko.
1:07.5	Hey, thanks for making me do this.
1:11.9	Yeah, thanks for forcing me to talk about this.
1:16.6	So you have complicated feelings about the Turkey pardon.
1:20.3	You've been a long time Turkey reporter.
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