What We're Putting In Our 2024 Time Capsule

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What would you save to remember 2024 in politics? In the second part of our end-of-year series on the 538 Politics podcast, the crew builds a time capsule to capture the political essence of the year. From a Dean Phillips bumper sticker to President-elect Donald Trump’s 16-page indictment and the 538 polling average, they debate what deserves to be preserved. Plus, a discussion on the looming government shutdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is crypto perfect?
0:01.9	Nope.
0:02.7	But neither was email when it was invented in 1972.
0:06.0	And yet today, we send 347 billion emails every single day.
0:12.1	Crypto is no different.
0:13.5	It's new.
0:14.2	But like email, it's also revolutionary.
0:17.6	With Crackin, it's easy to start your crypto journey with 24-7 support when you need it.
0:22.6	Go to crackin.com and see what crypto can be. Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the
0:26.7	money you invest. This is a high-risk investment, and you should not expect to be protected if something
0:29.4	goes wrong. What is everyone's favorite holiday tradition? My birthday?
0:34.5	That's a good one. Because I'm a Christmas Eve, maybe.
0:40.3	My favorite holiday tradition is also Jeffrey's birthday. Aw.
0:41.3	What a coincidence.
0:42.3	That's so sweet.
0:43.3	What is the psychological toll of always being trumped by Jesus?
0:46.3	Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast.
0:58.2	I'm Gailen Rook.
0:59.6	It's holiday season here at 538.
1:02.2	Nathaniel has been busy hanging printouts of graphs on his Christmas tree.
1:06.6	Jeffrey has been baking cookies in the shape of all of his favorite electoral districts.
1:11.1	And myself, haven't grown up in a multi-faith household, I've been polishing my
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