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Pantsuit Politics

What We Got Wrong About Joe Biden and Democratic Politics

Pantsuit Politics

Sarah & Beth

Society & Culture, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Sarah and Beth discuss the revelations about Joe Biden's health and capacity and what it means for future democratic politics and our democracy.

Topics Discussed:

  • Former President Biden’s Health and an Aging Democratic Party

  • The Responsibility of the Media, What We Can Say, and Who Decides

  • Outside of Politics: Valedictorians

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:15.3

This is Sarah Stewart-Holland. This is Beth Silvers. You're listening to Pantsuit

0:20.4

Politics, where we take a different

0:21.9

approach to the news. Today, we're talking about the news that former President Joe Biden has been

0:27.8

diagnosed with cancer. The blockbuster bestseller alleging a cover-up around Biden's declining

0:33.1

health and what all this means for the media and the Democratic Party. Outside of politics,

0:38.6

it's high school graduation time, and we're going to talk about valedictorians. We have discovered

0:44.1

that in Beth and I's personal life, we represent both sides of a debate, whether there should be

0:50.2

one valedictorian or whether it's okay to have, I don't know, 30 co-valedictorians.

0:57.0

So we'll have that conversation outside of politics at the end of the show.

1:00.3

Before we get started, we have to say thank you because many of you became subscribers to Pansuit Politics on Substack last week and we are so grateful.

1:07.9

Your support is not just appreciated. It is essential. We would not exist

1:12.4

without the financial backing of this amazing community. We keep saying it because we want to make

1:16.2

sure it's heard. You make this possible. We talk about support every week because in today's

1:22.0

media landscape, it is wild, especially for a small independent podcast like ours. So your subscription is what keeps

1:29.3

this show alive and thriving. If you've not joined us yet, we still need you. We celebrate every

1:33.4

single new subscriber as well as those of you who have been with us for years. And we still need

1:38.9

you if you have not yet subscribed. For $15 a month, you can join our community at Substack, and we have created

1:45.6

something special this summer to motivate you. Look, it doesn't matter where you live. We're all

1:52.7

feeling a little run down, a little depleted, if you will. Everyone's worried about the country.

1:58.8

Everyone is stressed by the headlines. Everyone feels like the

2:02.5

tank is running a little low. And so we decided to create a very special series reimagining

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