{"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 Trump–Xi summit.","slug":"the-trump-xi-summit","published_at":"2026-05-18T19:09:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangle-2208048/the-trump-xi-summit","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/6a0b63faf37ac16f7cbb00fd/media.mp3","summary":"On Friday, President Donald Trump  departed China after a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which the leaders discussed trade deals, diplomatic relations, the Iran war, and other issues. Trump and Xi each spoke favorably about the other and emphasized their interest in a mutually beneficial relationship between the countries, though the two sides did not mutually announce any major commitments. Trump’s state  trip  to China was the first U.S. presidential visit to the country since Trump’s 2017 visit during his first term. Isaac’s message to college students. On the last stop of his whirlwind college speaking tour, Executive Editor Isaac Saul implored students at St. Olaf College to “choose decency.” In this divided country, Isaac said, “be one of the fair ones. Be curious. Be open-minded. Be willing to say you’re wrong. Don’t treat politics like a team sport but as an opportunity to explore your own views, challenge your beliefs, and adopt new principles and ideas if you find them compelling.” To share what he’s been saying to America’s college students over the past five weeks, we published Isaac’s whole speech on Friday.  You can read it here . If you want to read Isaac’s speech in full — and access all future Friday editions, Sunday editions, and ad-free daily newsletters — become a Tangle member today for just $6/month! Ad-free podcasts are here! To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to  ReadTangle.com  to sign up! 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: What do you think should b…","meta_description":"On Friday, President Donald Trump departed China after a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which the leaders discussed trade deal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1747,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tangle-2208048/episodes/the-trump-xi-summit/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-trump-xi-summit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}