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This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

This is Beth Silvers.

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics today.

We are excited to bring you a conversation with Democratic data analyst Simon Bazelon, who was one of the authors of the Deciding to Win report that has been getting a lot of attention recently.

This report sought to answer two questions.

Why did Democrats lose in 2024?

And what do they need to do now to win?

So we're going to talk about that with Simon.

Can't wait for you to hear that conversation. Outside of politics, we'll be continuing our holiday themed conversations for the week. We talked about traditions on Tuesday's show. We talked about gifts on the spicy. And now we're going to be talking about meals. What do you do? We just, we, we, we spent all our meal energy on Thanksgiving.

I feel that.

What are we supposed to do next?

So we're going to talk about that outside of politics.

Especially because our energy is drawn on in a lot of respects around the December holidays.

So we're very excited to get your tips for how to channel it around food. But before that, you may have noticed in the month of November, we talked to you quite a bit about substack and how Pantsuit Politics gets made and how we are able to provide two episodes a week for free to anyone everywhere in all the places. And we are very, very grateful for the way that you all responded.

We especially want to shout out the new executive producers. This is our highest tier of support,

the people who really make sure we can pay our bills every month. Thank you so much to Laura,

Lauren, Janil, Teresa, Melanie, Tina, Kelly, Mia, and Jen for joining that amazing, amazing group of people.

I hope it is as valuable to you as it is to us.

And thanks to all of you for your continued support and encouragement of our work here.

Up next, Simon Bazelon.

The holidays bring so much joy, but also so much excess.

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