{"podcast":{"title":"Deborah Lebree's podcast","slug":"deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113","podcast_index_feed_id":7041113,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6015089/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast--6015089","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/nuvolari-assets/yellow_square_mic.jpg","author":"Deborah Lebree","episode_count":1000,"summary":null,"last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T20:19:21.411789+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113"},"episode":{"title":"Maine Votes as Graham Platner’s Past Poses New Conundrums","slug":"maine-votes-as-graham-platner-s-past-poses-new-conundrums","published_at":"2026-06-09T09:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/maine-votes-as-graham-platner-s-past-poses-new-conundrums","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/maine-votes-as-graham-platner-s-past-poses-new-conundrums--72434599","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72434599/default.mp3","summary":"On Tuesday, Maine will vote in a high-stakes primary contest for a Senate seat that Democrats think they can win back from Republicans for the first time in decades. Democrats are pinning their hopes on Graham Platner, a progressive who has faced a string of scandals. Today, Lisa Lerer and Katie Glueck discuss what this race means for Maine and for the prospects of the Democratic Party. Guest: Lisa Lerer , a national political correspondent for The New York Times. Katie Glueck , a political reporter at The New York Times. Background reading: Several women who dated Mr. Platner recall “unsettling” behavior . Politicians, officials and strategists have wrestled with how to respond to new reporting on Mr. Platner’s past behavior. Photo: Amanda Sabga/Reuters For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"On Tuesday, Maine will vote in a high-stakes primary contest for a Senate seat that Democrats think they can win back from Republicans for the first time…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2278,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/episodes/maine-votes-as-graham-platner-s-past-poses-new-conundrums/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/maine-votes-as-graham-platner-s-past-poses-new-conundrums.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}