{"podcast":{"title":"Tangle","slug":"tangle-2208048","podcast_index_feed_id":2208048,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66510864c0852400122bc7be","website_url":"https://www.readtangle.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66510864c0852400122bc7be/1754663840350-d73bf770-ad2c-4062-af8f-2954eda67f56.jpeg","author":"Isaac Saul","episode_count":1213,"summary":"Independent, non-partisan politics news where you'll hear the best arguments from across the political spectrum on the news of the day. Plus, fascinating interviews with people in the political world. Check out our newsletter: https://www.readtangle.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:19:24.513356+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangle-2208048"},"episode":{"title":"The latest Platner controversies.","slug":"the-latest-platner-controversies","published_at":"2026-06-01T19:45:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangle-2208048/the-latest-platner-controversies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangle-2208048","url":"https://www.readtangle.com/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66510864c0852400122bc7be/e/6a1de161302b9e359c0e5c63/media.mp3","summary":"On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal  published  an exposé on the behavior of Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the Maine Senate race. According to The Journal, Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, disclosed to his campaign last August that she had discovered sexually explicit texts between Platner and multiple women on his phone last spring. Furthermore, The Journal found that Platner has an active account on Kik, a private-messaging app often used to arrange sexual encounters. Also on Saturday, The New York Times  revealed  that Gertner had disclosed this information to a senior aide who later left the campaign, and Platner had been sending explicit messages to up to 12 women. The reports represent the latest controversies in Platner’s campaign to defeat Sen. Susan Collins (R) in November’s election. New and improved comments. In case you missed our announcement in Friday’s edition on  our favorite reader essays , our publishing platform Ghost has rolled out several new commenting features! Comment replies now nest more easily, helping you keep track of conversations, and you can now dislike comments that you think violate our  commenting guidelines .  To read more about these changes, you can check out our  FAQ page . And to experience them yourself, comment below! You can read today's podcast ⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ and today’s “Have a nice day” story  ⁠here⁠ . You can  subscribe to Tangle by clicking here  or drop something  in our tip jar by clicking here.   Take the survey: Who do you think will win the Maine Senate election?  Let us know . Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall. This podcast was written by:  Isaac Saul and audio edited and mixe…","meta_description":"On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal published an exposé on the behavior of Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the Maine Se…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1632,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tangle-2208048/episodes/the-latest-platner-controversies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangle-2208048/the-latest-platner-controversies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}