{"podcast":{"title":"Head in the Office","slug":"head-in-the-office-4116104","podcast_index_feed_id":4116104,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5f5032c8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepod?fan_landing=true","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/15890914/15890914-1783021300388-246b26286b925.jpg","author":"HITO Media LLC","episode_count":331,"summary":"On Head in the Office, two big-time political gurus, Jeremy & Gage, dissect the weekly news and offer a leftist point of view on recent events. As society flirts with fascism, perpetuates massive inequality, and protects the most privileged, Head in the Office examines why our political systems seem to never function properly and are so terrible all the time through comedy and charming commentary. New episodes every Wednesday and Friday at noon. Early access on Patreon: www.patreon.com/headintheofficepod","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T06:18:33.304266+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104"},"episode":{"title":"Platitude to America: Centrist Democrats Cope and Seethe","slug":"platitude-to-america-centrist-democrats-cope-and-seethe","published_at":"2026-07-01T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104/platitude-to-america-centrist-democrats-cope-and-seethe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/headintheoffice/episodes/Platitude-to-America-Centrist-Democrats-Cope-and-Seethe-e3ler0k","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7648299984.mp3","summary":"Centrist Democrats are still freaking out about the progressive wins in last week's New York primary elections. Elissa Slotkin said we need new leadership in the House and Senate, to which she was met with pushback from multiple establishment Democrats. The boys break down the biggest narratives that have emerged from the centrists trying to discredit the work of progressives. What's in the moderate's new “Promise to America”? Nothing – literally nothing, not unlike their usual statements. Broadly, the Centerist/moderate wing of the Democratic Party is failing to cope with their waning grip on the base. Also, the war with Iran is still on, kind of??? Early access on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepod Substack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQ Subscribe to second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UoTN328OA7fK2dzicP-ZA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheoffice Threads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheoffice Discord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: headintheofficepod@gmail.com (0:00) Elissa FLOPkin (6:26) Intro (8:55) Iran updates: tensions rise, Israel & Lebanon agreement (22:00) Promise to America & other centrist cope (1:16:15) Reviews/ending Seen on this episode: Iran war news, Lebanon & Israel - https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/escalating-us-iran-strikes-threaten-unravel-peace-efforts-rcna352093 https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-washington-deal-hezbollah-da963d9d930698c5b62f8591af7b31ef https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-deal-divisions-protests-beirut.html","meta_description":"Centrist Democrats are still freaking out about the progressive wins in last week's New York primary elections. Elissa Slotkin said we need new leadership…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5479,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/head-in-the-office-4116104/episodes/platitude-to-america-centrist-democrats-cope-and-seethe/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104/platitude-to-america-centrist-democrats-cope-and-seethe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}