Graham Platner

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2,222 appearances 59 recordings 20 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 9 Jul

Graham Platner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Up First from NPR · Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

We have this concept of masculinity in which like, especially right now with all this kind of manosphere nonsense, this idea that like you're supposed to use your strengths to kind of, to like use power over other people or to offend people, be mean to people, that somehow that's manly.

That's not, that's the act of a coward.

And I think it's important.

It's important.

I mean, it's it's I don't know how to talk about this because it's going to sound like I'm saying I do this on purpose, but I don't.

But like it is important to like have people who can show that you look, you can be a tattooed deep voice combat veteran who makes a living on the sea and also go to therapy.

And think that it is a virtue to show up for your neighbors and care about other people.

In fact, I think those two things go completely hand in hand.

They aren't separate.

But we do have this vision of masculinity in our society right now, which kind of makes one seem like if you're this way, you're supposed to be like hardened and shut off from the world and angry.

Did you used to think that?

I mean, I spent years.

I mean, that was when I was…

When I kind of, as my darkest moments after my military service, I mean, I was extremely isolated.

I was very alone.

I did not feel connected to people.

I was emotionally just fully unavailable.

I mean, I didn't even, and I felt that like, if I opened up to people, if people saw my weaknesses, they would like judge me for it.

And so the best thing to do was kind of put on this sort of tough guy persona.

And that was the unhappiest I've ever been.

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