Pip Wood, Adrian Cole, AKA Two Broke Woke Blokes

Gramerica: A Season-Long Journey into Graham Platner's 2026 Senate Race

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Shitposting, F-bombs, and an infamous tattoo. Soaring rhetoric, stage diving, and packed town halls. Since bursting onto the scene in July, oyster farmer and former Marine Graham Platner has thoroughly disrupted Maine politics. After toppling his primary rival, Democratic Governor Janet Mills, and weathering scandals that would sink any other campaign, he's locked in a bid to unseat five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Join Two Broke Woke Blokes as we follow a one-on-one slugfest that could decide the balance of the Senate. If past is prologue, it’s going to be a hell of a ride.

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Pip Wood, Adrian Cole, AKA Two Broke Woke Blokes

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Episode Three: Him Too? 03.06.2026 28:06

Voters in Maine had barely digested the full extent ofGraham Platner’s incendiary Reddit history—and the lingering questions over his infamous skull-and-crossbones tattoo—when an entirely new controversy erupted. A former campaign manager leaked a story to the press revealing that Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, confided in her last year that in the early days of their marriage, Graham had been sexti...

Episode Two: To the Senate from the Sea 13.05.2026 29:44

Welcome back to Gramerica . After Governor Janet Mills’ abrupt exit from the field, oyster farmer and Marine veteran Graham Platner stands as the presumptive Democratic nominee in a fierce, one-on-one contest against the Republican incumbent, Senator Susan Collins. Following intense social media speculation, Collins has revealed she has been living with a neurological condition—a benign essential...

Episode One: Shuck the Oligarchy (featuring political scientist Amy Fried of the University of Maine) 10.04.2026 43:39

Welcome to Gramerica , a new series following the high-stakes Senate campaign of Graham Platner. In our premiere episode, Pip and Adrian unpack the improbable rise of this Maine oyster farmer and Marine veteran as he takes on the Titan of the Senate, Susan Collins. From launching a viral July video to quickly dispatching Democratic primary opponent Governor Janet Mills, Platner has completely upen...