Talking Politics At Thanksgiving, And A History Of The Turkey Pardon

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

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🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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With Thanksgiving approaching, 58 percent of Americans are dreading the prospect of talking politics over dinner, according to a poll that also looks at civility in politics. With new allegations of sexual harassment in the news, including against Congressman John Conyers, that may well come up, too. And President Donald Trump kept with tradition and pardoned a turkey today. This episode, host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Susan Davis and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's GuyRaz here host of How I Built This with a quick recommendation every holiday
0:05.5	weekend comes with a lot of waiting traffic, airport security lines.
0:09.9	And so while you're waiting, why did you just binge on How I Built This?
0:13.6	Each episode I speak with a founder of a company who has an incredible story of how it all
0:18.0	began.
0:19.0	You can find how I built this on the NPR1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.4	Thanks for listening to the NPR Thanksgiving podcast.
0:31.1	Happy Thanksgiving, the podcast was recorded at 2.13 p.m. on Tuesday, the 21st of November.
0:38.9	Things might have changed by the time you hear this.
0:45.2	Okay, here to show my mommy.
0:48.4	Oh, buddy, that was my little guy.
0:51.4	Your son was also in the intro.
0:53.7	That's right, my son Jack was in there too, so very proud of both of them.
0:57.5	Yeah, they got the words out.
0:59.4	It did a great job.
1:00.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast here with an early special Thanksgiving episode.
1:07.2	After months of speculation, President Trump issued a pardon today to a turkey named
1:13.2	Drumstick.
1:14.2	But seriously, are you looking forward to talking about politics at the holiday table?
1:18.6	If so, you are totally in the minority, we've got a new poll to prove it.
1:24.2	And another uncomfortable topic likely to come up at many tables is sexual harassment.
1:29.6	Shoes are dropping in the political world in a big way.
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