The Find Out Podcast

One week out from the midterms, the crew argues over Josh Turek’s new ad, which comes out against trans athletes in women’s sports and federal funding for gender surgeries. Was it smart harm reduction in a red state, or a gutless, reactive move that leaves his base cold right before Election Day? Zak defends the strategy but not the timing. Luke brings the numbers on how rare these surgeries are. Rich says Turek took the bait. They also look at how Rob Sand got away with distancing himself from Harris, and how Adam Hamilton in Kansas recovered on the same issue.

Plus: what Texas early vote numbers might be signaling, the 31 fundraising texts Tim got from a House candidate he’s never heard of, Trump’s latest rally detour about Nicki Minaj, and good news from abroad as Lula beats Bolsonaro’s son in Brazil and Serbia’s strongman goes down.

Election night, we’re live at the Gramercy Theater in NYC with Lisandra Vazquez hosting, Gangstagrass, and a long list of creator friends. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour, or watch the stream on our YouTube channel (hit notify).
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Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon calls in from the campaign trail to explain how a state that’s gone red three cycles in a row ended up with a competitive Senate race. She talks about ICE agents going after roofers rebuilding homes in the hurricane-hit Panhandle while FEMA is nowhere to be found, and about insurance companies dodging claims while Ashley Moody, then attorney general, took their money. Nixon also covers the 440,000 Floridians who lost coverage when ACA subsidies expired, her push for a congressional stock trading ban, and what she says when voters ask about the “socialist” label. She closes with a direct pitch to older Floridians on Social Security and health care.

After the interview, Tim, Luke, and Rich take on Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad featuring Dr. Amy Acton’s mother, Susan Collins claiming she couldn’t have known how Kavanaugh would rule on Roe, and Dan Sullivan’s debate meltdown against Mary Peltola. They also announce new guests for our Election Night show in NYC on Nov. 3. Get tickets at wearefindout.com/tour or watch free on YouTube. Support Angie at angienixon.com.

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Two weeks out from the midterms, Republicans are pulling out every old hit: Muslim, trans, socialist, vegan. Less and less of it is landing. Tim, Zak, Rich and Luke start with Abdul El-Sayed’s town hall, where a planted Republican operative kept demanding he “disavow the Muslim Brotherhood” and El-Sayed turned the question around on him. From there: why the trans panic keeps falling flat, and why the socialism attack is the one that still has teeth.

The crew also gets into Elon’s flying car stunt and his one-share-of-SpaceX-per-kid giveaway, Bari Weiss tightening her grip on CBS News, and the Senate races worth watching in Iowa, Maine, Texas and Montana. Then the bigger question: are Talarico, Ossoff and El-Sayed winning because Democrats finally stopped apologizing? And what would it take for a woman to win in 2028?

Join us live on election night, November 3, in NYC with Gangsta Grass opening. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour. On Thursday, Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon joins the show.

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How do men learn what consent actually looks like, and who’s supposed to teach them? Director and content creator Brenna Perez returns to push Tim, Rich, and Zak on the Cornell 7 case: whether assault can happen without intent, why “she didn’t say no” isn’t the bar, and what dads owe their sons and daughters before college ever starts.

Brenna and Zak go at it over Shane Gillis’s SNL monologue. Was the backlash worth it, or does that kind of outrage push away men in the middle who might otherwise come around? Brenna argues that calling women whores is part of the same culture that weakens a woman’s “no.” Zak argues the left needs to pick better battles. Neither backs down.Plus: Brenna takes Team Kelly in the Kelly Clarkson vs. Brooklyn Heights shop owner saga.

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Grace Weinstein, senior correspondent at The Recount and creator of the Who Broke It Substack, joins Zak, Rich, Luke and Tim to explain why voters under 30 are abandoning the right. After delivering for Trump in 2024, young conservatives say they’ve been ignored on the things they care about: no new wars, affordability, and a shot at starting a family. Republicans haven’t made a serious effort to win them back.

Grace also breaks down the James Talarico mental hospital hoax, which fell apart in about two hours, and who smears like that are really aimed at. The crew asks whether Democrats have a plan for young voters beyond “we’re not them.” Plus: Brandon Gill auditioning for Charlie Kirk’s old role, the Macklemore and Ed Sheeran mess, Nate Bargatzi’s UFC photo op, and Enes Kanter Freedom’s sudden obsession with the WNBA.

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