# The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 8 -- Graham Platner, Iran Deal at Risk and Senator McConnell Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-the-good-of-the-public-the-morning-five-4770116/the-morning-five-wednesday-july-8-graham-platner-iran-deal-at-risk-and-senator-mcconnell Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-the-good-of-the-public-the-morning-five-4770116/the-morning-five-wednesday-july-8-graham-platner-iran-deal-at-risk-and-senator-mcconnell.md Podcast: [For the Good of the Public | The Morning Five](https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-the-good-of-the-public-the-morning-five-4770116) Published: 2026-07-08T13:09:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSF6103102172.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSF6103102172.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/for-the-good-of-the-public-the-morning-five-4770116/episodes/the-morning-five-wednesday-july-8-graham-platner-iran-deal-at-risk-and-senator-mcconnell Duration seconds: 605 ## Resource For the Good of the Public brings you news and weekly conversations at the intersection of faith and civic life. Monday through Thursday, The Morning Five starts your day off with scripture and prayer, as we also catch up on the news together. Throughout the year, we air limited series on Fridays to dive deeper into conversations with civic leaders, thinkers, and public servants reimagining public life for the good of the public. Today's host was Michael Wear.  Thanks for listening to The Morning Five! Please subscribe to and rate The Morning Five on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about the work of the Center for Christianity and Public Life at www.ccpubliclife.org. Today’s scripture: Psalm 19:1-9 (ESV) News sources:  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/07/us/trump-news-nato/cdc29941-9714-5324-b9a7-c6e1ce4a98c4?smid=url-share  https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-nato-summit-updates-07-07-2026  https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/graham-platner-bernie-sanders-maine-senate-7f660348?mod=hp_lead_pos2  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/07/health-rumors-swirl-gop-leaders-say-theyve-spoken-with-mcconnell/  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/07/graham-platner-cancels-fundraisers-00989097  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-begin-pulling-platner-endorsements-after-maine-senate-candidate-faces-sexual-assault-allegation  Join the conversation and follow us at: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@michaelwear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, @ccpubliclife Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichaelRWear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, @ccpubliclife and check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tsfnetwork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/for-the-good-of-the-public-the-morning-five-4770116/episodes/the-morning-five-wednesday-july-8-graham-platner-iran-deal-at-risk-and-senator-mcconnell/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-the-good-of-the-public-the-morning-five-4770116/the-morning-five-wednesday-july-8-graham-platner-iran-deal-at-risk-and-senator-mcconnell.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.