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Isaac Saul (0:03)
From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. 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. I'm your host, Isaac Sull, and we have something a little different for you. We do not have a normal podcast. In fact, this is just a message to all of you about what's going to happen here at Tangle the next few days and what I think you should honestly do in your personal life the next few days. The 2024 election season is over here in the United States. Thanksgiving arrives tomorrow, which means most people, from our highest elected official down to your run of the mill, regular old American, are going to get a brief respite from work, the news, politics, to spend some time with their families or their friends or however you spend Thanksgiving. As President Elect Trump continues with his transition process and President Joe Biden wraps up the final days of his presidency, members of Congress are dispersing for the holiday, and I suspect the fire hose of news across the country is getting turned off for a brief moment of calm. As the founder and CEO of Tangle, I get an opportunity to set the tone for my colleagues and our readers about how we should handle moments like this. So here's what I've told them and what I'm now telling all of you, our listeners. Log off. Seriously. Go spend some time with family or friends. Break bread with loved ones. Do some volunteer work for Thanksgiving. If none of that is in your plans, just take a long walk, touch some grass, turn off the tv, Enjoy a break, hit the reset button. Rest. Check in with the real world that surrounds you. Your neighbors, your place of worship, your family, your community, not the one that lives online or in the front pages of our newspapers. Here at Tangle, we just had a year straight of one of the longest, wildest, most unpredictable campaign seasons I have ever witnessed as a journalist. 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 listening to this podcast, you are either a voracious news consumer or someone who is at least spending a few minutes a day trying to stay informed. We're going to keep an eye on things while you take a break and we'll update you on all the things you miss when we return. Which, by the way, will be Tuesday, December 3rd. I've ordered my team to take tomorrow off, all the way through Monday to give them A nice long weekend. So that'll be our first podcast back. For now, I'm just doing something very few media outlets tend to do, but they should do more of. 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 going to do my best to recharge by spending some time with my family. Before we do though, I do want to give you a heads up that right now and until Monday next week, we're actually offering a major discount on our Tangle podcast subscription. So some of you guys are already Tangle members, but we are offering 25% off for black Friday. So if you go to tangle media.supercast.com right now and buy a Tangle subscription, before you purchase the subscription, you can apply a promo code Black Friday in all capital letters and that'll get you 25% off your first year of a Tangle subscription. Just want to make sure people are aware of that because we're advertising it in some channels, but this is probably the place where most people who are interested in that are going to be. So again, if you go to tanglemedia.supercast.com and you buy a Tangle subscription to get ad free and premium podcasts this week only, you can apply the promo code Black Friday in all capital letters to get 25% off. We also have information about that discount in our show notes. Okay, until we get back, if you want to get your last bit of Tango content before we sign off, for a bit reminder that you can always go to our website readtangle.com you can go listen to last week's Sunday podcast, which was run without me, the first ever Sunday podcast sans Isaac. Or you could follow along with our Instagram channel, instagram.comTangle News or our YouTube channel. We are also Tangle News on YouTube. Barring any major breaking news, we will be back with the podcast on Tuesday. And until then, I hope you guys all enjoy your break. Thank you so much for all the support. Thank you for sticking with us through this totally nutty election season. I'm excited to catch my breath and recharge a bit and I can't wait to get back in the host chair with you guys next week. So we'll see you Tuesday. Have a good one. Peace. Our podcast is written by me, Isaac Saul and edited and engineered by John Wall. The script is edited by our managing editor, Ari Weitzman, Will Kabak, Bailey Saul and Sean Brady. The logo for our podcast was designed by Mat Delina Bakova, who is also our social media manager. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet75. And if you're looking for more from Tangle, Please go to readtangle.com and check out our website.