We're taking a break, and you should too (please, hear me out).
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Here at Tangle, we’ve just had a year straight of one of the longest, wildest, most unpredictable, campaign seasons I've ever witnessed. From two assassination attempts on Donald Trump to the shocking first debate to Joe Biden dropping out to Kamala Harris's coronation as top Democrat and everything that happened after that and in between. If you are reading this newsletter, you are either a voracious news consumer or someone who is at least spending a few minutes a day trying to stay informed.
To that end, I'm doing something very few media outlets tend to do: I'm telling you to look away. Just for a few days. It's okay. It'll all be here when you get back, and if you genuinely take a break you’ll feel refreshed and ready to return when it’s time. We're going to take a break, too, and I’m planning to recharge.
We'll keep an eye on things for you while you take a break, and we'll update you on what you missed when we return (which will be Tuesday, December 3rd — I've ordered my team to take off tomorrow through Monday).
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and we have something a little different for you today. We do not have a normal podcast. |
| 0:34.7 | In fact, this is just a message to all of you about what's going to happen here at |
| 0:39.8 | Tangle the next few days and what I think you should honestly do in your personal life the next |
| 0:45.2 | few days. The 2024 election season is over. Here in the United States, Thanksgiving arrives |
| 0:51.6 | tomorrow, which means most people from our highest elected official, |
| 0:55.7 | down to your run-of-the-mill, regular old American, are going to get a brief respite from work, |
| 1:01.6 | the news, politics, to spend some time with their families or their friends or however you spend |
| 1:07.7 | Thanksgiving. As President-elect Trump continues with his transition process, |
| 1:13.4 | and President Joe Biden wraps up the final days of his presidency, |
| 1:17.7 | members of Congress are dispersing for the holiday, and I suspect the firehose of news across the |
| 1:23.1 | country is getting turned off for a brief moment of calm. |
| 1:29.9 | As the founder and CEO of Tangle, |
| 1:33.5 | I get an opportunity to set the tone for my colleagues and our readers about how we should handle moments like this. |
| 1:36.6 | So here's what I've told them and what I'm now telling all of you, our listeners. |
| 1:41.5 | Log off. |
| 1:42.8 | Seriously, go spend some time with family or friends, break bread with |
| 1:47.2 | loved ones, do some volunteer work for Thanksgiving. If none of that is in your plans, just take a long |
| 1:53.5 | walk, touch some grass, turn off the TV, enjoy a break, hit the reset button, rest. Check in |
| 1:59.7 | with the real world that surrounds you. Your neighbors, |
| 2:02.3 | your place of worship, your family, your community, not the one that lives online or in the front |
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