Gizzard also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and diagrarium is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals.

It's the thing that deals with like all the little bits of sand and pebbles and stuff that the birds eat.

Why in the world would that go into anything that I eat?

Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

This is a special Thanksgiving edition of our weekly roundup.

And it's showing up here in your feed early because we love politics, but we love our families more.

We hope you're listening on the way to your loved ones.

And in fact, in this episode on top of all the politics news of the week, we're going to share some advice for you for when politics and families intersect.

First, some introductions. I'm Sam Sanders, Campaign reporter here at NPR.

And I'm Esma Khaled, Covered Demographics and Politics.

I'm Dominican Montenoro, Political Editor.

And I'm Sarah McCammon, Campaign reporter.

So today we're going to talk about the latest on the American and French response to the terror attacks in Paris.

Donald Trump's latest comments in response to that story and the whole big messy conversation it's kicked up about Muslim Americans.

And of course, we'll end the show with Can't Let It Go.

It's where we each talk about something political or otherwise that we just can't stop thinking about.

But first, French President Francois O'Lean visited the White House Tuesday afternoon.

He met with President Obama in the wake of last week's terror attacks in Paris.

Here's a clip from their joint press conference.

The faces of the French people we see ourselves.

And that's why so many Americans have embraced the blue, white, and red.

And that's why Americans at candlelight vigils have joined together to sing the Marseille.

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