Suspension of the rules: Isaac, Ari and Kmele talk Trump, Putin, Zelensky, a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a deep discussion about MAiD.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 818 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
It's a new day and a new name for the Sunday podcast. Literally. We are moving our fan favorite podcast from Sundays to Fridays, and giving it a new name. SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk the latest with Trump, Putin and Zelensky. They also get into it about a very interesting report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lastly, they pivot to a deep discussion about medical assistance in dying, specifically referring to a very intense article from The Atlantic about Canadian's and medical assistance in dying.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up, we talk the Trump, Russia, Zelensky, latest, a very interesting report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| 0:09.2 | And a discussion about this very, very, very intense article from the Atlantic about Canadians and medical assistance in dying. |
| 0:19.1 | Yes, a quick warning that we are going to do a whole segment on something that is |
| 0:22.9 | pretty related to medically induced suicide. |
| 0:25.6 | So fair warning for anyone who has any kind of particular sensitivities to that issue. |
| 0:33.6 | It's a really good, interesting episode. |
| 0:35.7 | You guys are going to enjoy it. |
| 0:40.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:50.0 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to suspension of the rules. |
| 1:00.7 | Our newest podcast here from Tangle Media, Tangle News, whatever we're going to decide to call ourselves. |
| 1:06.1 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul. |
| 1:07.5 | I'm here with Camille Foster, our editor at large, and Ari Weitzman, |
| 1:11.4 | our managing editor. And I just got done reading about an Eric Adams advisor trying to give |
| 1:17.4 | a journalist a bag of potato chips full of cash, which is maybe my favorite New York City |
| 1:23.2 | corruption story of all time. How are you gentlemen doing today? |
| 1:28.6 | I'm doing good, although I don't know if we can call $100 a bunch of cash. |
| 1:34.4 | Depends the denomination. |
| 1:36.2 | I know journalists aren't doing that well, but come on. |
| 1:39.1 | Did you see, I think my favorite part of the whole story was that the woman was her like attorney reached out and said that it was, she apologized, it was part of her Chinese culture to just get you. |
| 1:52.4 | Every time I hear it. |
| 1:53.8 | It's a bribe. |
| 1:54.3 | Every time. |
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