# Of Oysters and Manholes | 5.19.26 - The Howie Carr Show Hour 1

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Podcast: [The Howie Carr Radio Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-howie-carr-radio-network-428574)
Published: 2026-05-19T19:09:18+00:00
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## Resource

Howe dives into the midterms with Graham Platner somehow being even weirder and more gross. Plus Thomas Massie and John Cornyn get Trump stopped in the run-up to the mid-terms, and a sad story out of New York where a woman dies after falling in an open manhole. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

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