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Chapter 1: What inspired the creation of the Find Out Podcast?
Hi, everybody, and welcome to the first episode of the Find Out podcast. My name is Tim Fullerton, and I'm going to try to be the wrangler of my other five co-hosts here. You've heard us talk a lot about needing to create a space for people to organize and get together, in particular men on the Democratic side.
So we are very excited after a 40-minute delay as all of us were trying to get our shit together. And talk to you guys today and tell you a little bit about what we are doing here, what you can expect from us, and also how we all can work together to make sure that the next election turns out much differently than the one we just had in November.
So to kick it off, we are going to kick it off and I'm going to kick it off and give it to Zach, who was the one that actually came up with this idea. So we put him in charge. So if you have any complaints, please send them Zach's way instead of the others. So Zach, tell us a little bit about what we're doing here today.
Sure. I mean, I actually made a TikTok to sell these guys on doing this. And I think it's an important thing because the biggest issue that I have right now looking at just left-wing media, right-wing media, right-wing media is killing us. And they're killing us because of, at least in my mind, perceived authenticity, right?
They are not authentic people, but they come off as saying what's on their mind, right? And I looked at podcasts and pretty much everything the left does in social media and went, nobody's doing this. Nobody's doing this at all. And then we have a larger group chat, but six of us are in a group chat where we kind of just shoot the shit and talk like real human beings.
And we don't have like, you know, we're just being ourselves. And I couldn't find anywhere in left wing media where that was like the point. It exists like people are being themselves, but there's nothing that was made to go like, hey, Let's just have an honest dialogue with no filter in it. That's a huge problem for the left and it needs to be solved.
And I think like we can't solve it on our own, but we can contribute to trying to start to solve it. So like my intent was let's get a bunch of very opinionated guys together and not hold back. And that's kind of what this is hopefully going to be.
And for a little more background, before I kick it to the other guys, like we all were part of something called White Dudes for Harris, which you may have heard about in the summer last year. I was one of the organizers of that group.
And one of the tasks that I was given as part of that group was to find white men TikTok influencers to help carry our message and also to get people together, because as Zach said, there isn't really anything on the side and Democrats tend to be rather splintered from a lot of the time. And so we all met each other there.
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Chapter 2: How did the hosts come together and what is their background?
already like an oversimplified narrative. We're able to simplify why they're wrong. And, you know, I think if the Harris campaign had done a better job of doing that, they probably would have won. But, you know, I think we have become successful because we tell an easy story. And that's exactly what the right does. And easy story is just inherently more entertaining.
And that's why the right is doing so well with this stuff.
I just need to butt in real quick. Tim, you're breaking your own rule. You're wheezing into your microphone. Oh, God. Yeah.
i'm sorry i yelled at these guys for like 10 minutes about not doing that and then i'm the one that's doing it so i i apologize it's that sleep apnea it's coming back so you know i i think that my politics and political evolution it it happened earlier than than zach but um when i got out of the army in 2007 i i was self-described far right now that term doesn't mean today what i feel it
Back then, this was pre-Tea Party. But I was – the first political awakening that I ever had was Ron Paul, was libertarianism, was get the government out of my life. As someone in the army, I was – uniquely sensitive to the government being in my life. And that perhaps drove me really hard in that direction.
But we are proof that you can go from regular Republican, Libertarian, even Donald Trump Republican over to, I think, the side that supports reality in today's politics. Because I'll be honest, I went to college after those Ron Paul years. And it was only then that like I studied economics 101 and I was like, oh, okay, I'm a fucking moron. So let me shut up for a little bit and learn some more.
Isn't it amazing how, sorry, isn't it just amazing how it feels like only liberals are able to even utter that sentence that you just uttered? Like, the completely horrific lack of self-awareness on the right, especially among right men, where not only can you not say, like, I was wrong or I'm an idiot, but you can't even let yourself think in that direction.
It's created this world where it's like they're on top of the mountain and they're so fragile and have all the power and still view threats and see themselves as a victim everywhere. Like, they've just put themselves in this little bubble of delusion and parent party.
That's all they are. That's all they are. All they do is complain. Like I watch any Trump speech. It's 90 percent complaining. It's like, how can this be the guy they like? All he does is bitch and moan. It's so like I watched his speech to the DOJ yesterday where he said that CNN and MSNBC are illegal.
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges facing left-wing media?
Yeah, well, it's also like to me, just to end that, but I think it's a leadership style thing as well, right? Like the Trump is just kind of being like, I'm the dictator of the Republican Party. You're going to do exactly what I say. This is what we're doing. And not to say that I think Democrats should mirror that exactly.
But Obama had a position at that point in time where he could have been like, I don't give a shit what you think. You're voting this way or I'm going to fuck you over. And like that, I think as much as I don't love that approach all the time in these big moments, sack up and say that shit. It's enough.
Like Obama should have gone to all those senators who could get to that 60 and been like, I don't give a shit if you have reservations. I'm going to torch your ass if you don't go for this, because it's the most important thing we're going after right now. Shouldn't be doing it all the time like Trump does for like any little petty grievance. But for big shit, Democrats got to sack up.
Hey, look, I agree with Zach on something.
Well, that was my take on on the whole continuing resolution issue. I mean, we and I wrote about this. So it's top of mind. We are terrified to sacrifice anything or take any risks. And And when I look back at, like, Obama's debacle with guns and Bibles or guns and religion, right, was what he said in Pennsylvania. He was caught on a hot mic saying they turned to their guns and religion.
Everybody lost their mind. And he apologized. He, like, went on an apology tour across the country, you know, saying, like, I should never characterize. You weren't wrong. And it doesn't have to be bad, right? Like, Just lean into it and say, hey, we've given you reasons to turn to your guns and religion. Like, you could just say that. But instead, it was like, oh, that was really insensitive.
Does Trump go around apologizing? Like, he wins because he just doesn't care. He will sacrifice every possible thing that is required, even things that he never wanted to sacrifice or never intended to sacrifice. If there's an opportunity to throw that under the bus to win, he'll be like, oh, here, you know, take my kids. Yeah.
Has he ever apologized for anything? No, never. Didn't he apologize for the Hollywood tape?
Did he really?
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