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Pantsuit Politics

The Good News of 2018

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We know that sometimes turning on the news can be a brutal emotional experience. The positive things happening in the world can get swept up in the avalanche of things that worry or scare us. We wanted to take a step back and appreciate some of the wonderful things that happened this year.  Good News in the Federal Government: Congress Overhauls Sexual Harassment Policies Bump Stocks Banned Cultural Good News: Falling Murder Rate Women-Led Movies Succeed at the Box Office Nobel Prize Awarded for Cancer Immunotherapy Hope in the Face of Climate Change Communities of Faith Protecting Others: Rings of Peace Around Synagogues Muslims Raise Money for Pittsburgh Synagogue Dutch Church Holds Worship Marathon to Protect Migrant Family Dutch Vigil Continues We are so thankful to our wonderful patrons who support the show. If you'd like to join the ranks of our faithful supports and get access to bonus content, visit our Patreon page. Our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), comes out in February! You can preorder it now and lock in the best price! 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

If you're out in London tonight, we'd like you to stop listening to this advert.

0:05.1

Instead, listen to your surroundings.

0:10.5

Look to see who's around you.

0:15.1

And put your valuables out of sight.

0:20.8

You're more likely to be targeted by thieves when you're distracted.

0:23.8

Look up, look out, Matt Pellies.

0:33.0

It is really easy, especially if you feel a sense of distrust about this administration,

0:39.1

to take news like this and think, what's the angle?

0:42.7

I feel like the road to a sainter political environment requires us to just take the good news.

0:50.3

Just take it, take the win.

0:52.8

Because the more we're able to do that, it's like extending trust in order to build it.

1:01.4

This is Sarah from the left and Beth from the right.

1:04.0

You're listening to Pantsy Politics.

1:05.9

No shouting, no insults, plenty of the arms.

1:21.2

Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of Pantsy Politics.

1:24.3

I'm so excited for this special Christmas episode, because we are going to be sharing the good news

1:30.6

of 2018. There was a fair amount of unsettling news in 2018.

1:36.2

So we wanted to shift gears a little bit and focus on some of the bigger stories,

1:40.4

the bigger trends, the things that maybe don't make all the headlines,

1:43.4

but are really, really good news for our communities and for our society.

1:47.1

I'm excited about this too.

1:48.4

So in the first block, we're going to talk about good news in the federal government.

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