Aug 24, 2026 · 55 min · 9 segments
Nobody asked for this. But we said we'd talk about Graham Platner someday, and that day has arrived. We were all super excited about Platner. That excitement turned out to be misplaced. So what are…
Aaron RegunbergHostMatt DaSilvaHost
We said a while ago that we were going to, at some point, talk about the Graham Plattner situation.
Maybe no one remembers that we said that, but we [laughs] felt like we, uh, we, we, we said that, so we, we gotta do it.
... and so we, we just thought we would have our own little no guest- ... episode that first of all is talking about all that stuff, but then also just kind of a, uh, we're coming to the end of the primary season.
You know, this podcast was clearly on the, the Graham train, um, from the beginning.
Uh, you know, the, the thesis of our, of our show that the way you fight fascism is with a real economic populism that's, that's, uh, articulating the villains, [laughs] the actual villains.
Um, he f- felt like he, I don't know, not- to use a, to use a Trump term, [laughs] felt like, you know, kinda came out of central casting in some ways of like a, had the look of a, of what I would think of as like a rough and tumble Mainer, the oyster boat, the whole thing, and was articulating a message in such a, like, a clear and compelling way of, like, really just, like, naming the enemy.
And it was, uh, yeah, it was exciting to watch, and he was, like, d- dealing with, like, different types of issues in really great ways.
Like, and, and just sort of staying on message in a, a really, uh, exciting way, and then it turns out he was just a big old liar [laughs] and a piece of shit.
Well, you, you said out of central casting, and obviously that's been a big part of the story.
We said a while ago that we were going to, at some point, talk about the Graham Plattner situation.
Maybe no one remembers that we said that, but we [laughs] felt like we, uh, we, we, we said that, so we, we gotta do it.
... and so we, we just thought we would have our own little no guest- ... episode that first of all is talking about all that stuff, but then also just kind of a, uh, we're coming to the end of the primary season.
You know, this podcast was clearly on the, the Graham train, um, from the beginning.
Uh, you know, the, the thesis of our, of our show that the way you fight fascism is with a real economic populism that's, that's, uh, articulating the villains, [laughs] the actual villains.
Um, he f- felt like he, I don't know, not- to use a, to use a Trump term, [laughs] felt like, you know, kinda came out of central casting in some ways of like a, had the look of a, of what I would think of as like a rough and tumble Mainer, the oyster boat, the whole thing, and was articulating a message in such a, like, a clear and compelling way of, like, really just, like, naming the enemy.
And it was, uh, yeah, it was exciting to watch, and he was, like, d- dealing with, like, different types of issues in really great ways.
Like, and, and just sort of staying on message in a, a really, uh, exciting way, and then it turns out he was just a big old liar [laughs] and a piece of shit.
Well, you, you said out of central casting, and obviously that's been a big part of the story.
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