{"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":"What is Going On with Graham Platner?","slug":"what-is-going-on-with-graham-platner","published_at":"2026-06-03T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104/what-is-going-on-with-graham-platner","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/headintheoffice/episodes/What-is-Going-On-with-Graham-Platner-e3k72d7","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7629351228.mp3","summary":"This week, Graham Platner finds himself embroiled in yet another controversy that probably won't have electoral consequences. Amid the controversy, the HITO boys reflect on the state of the Maine senate race, the Democratic party’s strategy writ large, and the motivations behind most of the anti-Platner forces. On the Iran war side of things, on Monday, negotiations completely broke down as state-affiliated Iranian news announced Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz and no longer consider talks while Israel continues its operations in Lebanon and Gaza. The boys also cover protests outside of Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in New Jersey, where detainees are doing a hunger strike. Trevor Project fundraiser: https://headintheoffice.com/ 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) Susan Collins blames veterans for their own deployment (5:40) Intro (9:30) Iran War CONTINUES (26:20) Graham Platner controversies (54:18) Delaney Hall & Massive anti-ICE protests (1:09:05) Reviews/ending Seen on this episode: Delaney Hall hunger strike - https://www.reuters.com/pictures/protests-outside-newark-ice-facility-hunger-strike-inside-continues-2026-05-28/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/us/new-jersey-ice-facility-protests https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30…","meta_description":"This week, Graham Platner finds himself embroiled in yet another controversy that probably won't have electoral consequences. Amid the controversy, the HI…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5135,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/head-in-the-office-4116104/episodes/what-is-going-on-with-graham-platner/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/what-is-going-on-with-graham-platner.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}