Listener sentiment
The most recent ratings continue a strongly positive overall picture, with listeners praising Tangle as a calm, trustworthy antidote to polarized political media and crediting host Isaac Saul's transparency, intellectual humility, and even-handed presentation of left and right perspectives. The subscriber access problem flagged previously appears to have receded as a live complaint in the newest window, though the recurring critiques remain: the rapid, monotone delivery is still described as hard to follow (with some listeners convinced portions sound AI-generated), and a contributor added to the Sunday episodes divides opinion, with some enjoying the looser conversational format and others feeling it dilutes the show's core formula. A persistent minority from both flanks disputes the show's neutrality—conservatives claim the host's personal takes lean left, progressives fault its coverage of immigrant enforcement and marginalized communities—and there are scattered requests for more female voices and fewer experiments that stray from the tight news format. On balance, loyalty remains high and the criticism is largely about polish and format rather than trust in the journalism itself.
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Summary generated Sep 30, 2026
