# Maine Squeeze Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/maine-squeeze Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/maine-squeeze.md Podcast: [The Commentary Magazine Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483) Published: 2026-06-01T15:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA7720588165.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA7720588165.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/episodes/maine-squeeze Duration seconds: 4345 ## Resource Contributing editor Eli Lake joins us today to discuss Iran pulling out of talks with the US over Israel's expanding offensive in Lebanon, the American fear of utilizing ground troops, and Trump's only way out of the deadlock. Plus, Graham Platner's latest controversy and the aggressive attempts to tamp it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/episodes/maine-squeeze/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/maine-squeeze.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.