Traveling for the holidays? Here’s what to know before your next flight

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  Hey there, it's Shemitah here.

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  Every so often we're going to recommend a show that we think is worth you checking out.

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  Decoder Ring from Slate is a podcast about cracking cultural mysteries.

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  In each episode, host Willa Paskin explores a question object or habit, reveals its untold history and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters.

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  Check out Decoder Ring on Apple Podcasts.

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  During this big week of Thanksgiving travel, we're bringing you an episode from our archives.

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  We ran this over the summer when air travel was really wild.

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  But a lot of it still applies today and maybe you'll find the tips useful for your next flight.

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  Enjoy.

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  This is in Conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  Today why air travel is such a mess right now and what we can do to fix it.

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  This was supposed to be the summer of revenge travel, of finally getting back to planes and passports and vacations and family visits.

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  But when we asked listeners to tell us your summer travel nightmare stories, boy did you deliver.

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  Hello, my name is Brian and I'm from South Carolina.

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  Hi, my name is Joanna and I'm from California.

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  My name is Ben Shaw and I am from Syracuse, New York.

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  My name is Michael.

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  My name is Jennifer.

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  My name is Claude.

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