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Federalist Radio Hour

Why America’s Future ‘Depends’ On Thanksgiving

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, author and Daily Signal columnist Jarrett Stepman joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the history of Thanksgiving and why, despite attacks from the left, the holiday's traditions live on and are celebrated by many today.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:20.2

I'm Emily Gisinski, culture editor here at the Federalist.

0:22.6

As always, you can email the show at radio at the Federalist.com, follow us on Twitter

0:26.5

at FDRLST, make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.

0:31.1

Today, I'm joined by Jared Stettman, a columnist for the daily signal, also the author of

0:35.5

a fantastic book that's very relevant to the conversation we're having today.

0:40.0

It's called The War on History.

0:41.4

Jared, thanks for joining us again.

0:43.0

Oh, thank you so much for having me.

0:44.4

I appreciate it.

0:45.4

Oh, of course.

0:46.4

And I'll start off just by wishing all of our listeners a happy Thanksgiving.

0:50.1

We are pre-taping this, but it will be running on Thanksgiving for all the folks who

0:54.0

like to listen to podcasts while they do their various Thanksgiving chores, of which there

0:58.4

can be many sometimes.

0:59.8

But, Jared, first of all, why don't you tell us a little bit about how you're spending

1:03.6

the holiday this year?

1:04.8

Oh, absolutely.

1:06.3

Thanksgiving is a very important holiday for my family, especially my wife's family.

1:12.3

And as Stettman, who's a frequent contributor at the Federalist and on your podcasts, I actually

1:19.0

spend it with my in-laws and her family and they're from Poland.

1:24.6

So the Thanksgiving holiday for them is actually, in some ways, incredibly important.

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