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Olivia Julianna thought she’d be up until 2 a.m. waiting for Texas election results. Then the early vote came in from Denton County. She joins the full crew to tell the story of the moment she knew James Talarico was going to win and break down how he and Gina Hinojosa reached different voters, why the Republican redraw backfired, and how Tejano star Bobby Pulido turned a jab about singing at quinceañeras into a campaign strategy. The guys also dig into the races that got buried under the Senate headlines, including why the Texas State Board of Education matters to kids outside the state. Plus, what Democrats need to do to keep the voters they just won over and why Olivia wants Talarico glued to his Senate seat when the 2028 presidential chatter starts. Also, Rob Sand’s skateboard video, Trump’s baffling George Washington crypto comparison, and a debate over what Democrats should do first with their new majority. Do they pursue impeachment or put bills on health care and tariffs on Trump’s desk and make him decide whether to veto them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tim and Zak are back after election night in NYC, and even their best-case predictions didn't go this far. They break down the biggest surprises in South Carolina, Kansas, and Texas, Susan Collins finally losing in Maine, and the massive shift among male voters. Plus, Mississippi's still-undecided Senate race, where Scott Colom's razor-thin lead means the work isn't over. Then, the question Democrats have to answer: what are they actually going to do with this power? The guys talk about sending popular bills to Trump's desk, restoring health care funding, investigating the administration, and whether another impeachment would accomplish anything. Zak also pitches a world where Trump embraces universal health care—as long as he gets to call it Trumpcare. Also: the expensive failure of anti-trans ads, Tim's Maine victory lap, and why Trump's broken promises finally caught up with Republicans. Help Scott Colom's team keep fighting in Mississippi, and support Find Out on Patreon, Beehiiv, or YouTube as we build toward 2027 and 2028.  Scott's campaign: https://act.link/gi-y8HSlp?refcode=f2610 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Haley Stevens backed Mike Rogers days before the election, and the guys want to know what happened to all that talk about party unity. Tim, Rich, and Luke dig into her reversal on Abdul El-Sayed, the staffers caught off guard, her brutal Anderson Cooper interview, and whether the backlash could actually help the Democrat she abandoned. Before that, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones joins the full crew to talk about the surge in small-dollar donors, what it takes to help candidates run and win, and why Democrats can't pack up their organizing efforts after Election Day. Plus, a little teasing about the 2028 presidential field. Also: Tucker Carlson's latest nuclear-war prediction, the internet's conspiracy spiral, and the guys' election-night picks—including what Democrats need to do if they win back Congress. Election night is live in NYC on November 3 at the Gramercy Theatre, sponsored by ActBlue. Join us in person or watch live on our YouTube channel. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every red Senate seat Democrats flip next week stays blue through the next president’s entire first term. Tim, Rich, and Luke explain why that makes this midterm bigger than any one race. Nevada’s early vote has swung about 64,000 toward Democrats, South Carolina is tied, Roger Marshall is dragging Kansas Republicans down with him, and Lisa Murkowski just endorsed a Democrat for Alaska governor. Meanwhile, MAGA is spending the final week melting down because Obama compared Trump’s gold-plated White House to a Cheesecake Factory. Plus: RFK Jr. claims Arabs don’t win Nobel Prizes, new reporting on Ken Paxton’s 350 taxpayer-funded trips out of Texas, and Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Join us election night, Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET, live in New York City or free on YouTube. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Thanks to our Sponsors: Download the Quince app or go to ⁠https://www.quince.com/findout ⁠and get free shipping and 365-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.   Thanks to our Sponsors: Download the Quince app or go to https://www.quince.com/findout and get free shipping and 365-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Follow Brenna @PerezBrenna. Catch our election night show live in NYC on November 3 or stream it free on YouTube. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Catch us and some of your favorite creators live in New York City on election night! Tickets are on sale now at wearefindout.com/tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump never misses a chance to say he loves the troops. The reality on the ground looks very different. Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Gordon (USMC Angry Veteran) joins the crew to talk about what DOGE cuts have done to the VA, including a clinic in his area of upstate New York that now has no mental health therapist for roughly 10,000 veterans. He explains why caring for veterans should be counted as a cost of war, and what a real Democratic platform for vets would look like.We also get into how the war in Iran has burned through U.S. missile stockpiles and credibility, new reporting that Netanyahu was warned before October 7th, Matt's theory about a 25th Amendment move to put JD Vance in charge, and the story from Hillbilly Elegy that Vance probably wishes everyone would forget. Matt joins us live in NYC on November 3rd for our election night show. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour, or watch the free livestream on our YouTube channel.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Lisandra Vazquez joins Rich, Luke, and Tim to talk about the gap between calling yourself an ally and actually showing up for women. They revisit the Cornell Seven case, dig into why “what did she expect?” lets men off the hook, and talk about consent, victim blaming, and why threatening to beat up predators doesn't replace doing the work in your own life. Then, Lisandra relives going from feeling hopeful at the Power to the People concert to hearing Tom Morello say he didn't vote for Kamala. The conversation turns to political purity tests, getting backlash for meeting Hillary Clinton, and who pays the price when people decide no candidate is good enough. Also: Lisandra's growing collection of Karoline Leavitt crosses, the prosthetics behind her Trump impression, and Vivek Ramaswamy's losing battle with picking up a child. Election night is live in NYC on November 3rd, or watch for free online! Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cornell Seven case is back open, and the guys want to know why it took a civil lawsuit and a student newspaper to get it there. Rich, Luke, Tim, and Zak dig into the group chat 57 people saw and said nothing about, why New York law makes this so hard to prosecute, what justice could realistically look like, and what it means to raise kids in a world where this keeps happening. Before that, Tim relives Sen. Eric Schmitt accusing Jack Smith of perjury on live TV because he mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes, plus the right-wing influencers who posted the "gotcha" in unison and deleted it just as fast. Also: Trump's mystery leg brace, the Sharia law Tim was promised and never got, and your NPR name (drop yours in the comments). Election night is live in NYC on November 3. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Bland, executive director of Black Men Vote, joins Tim, Luke, and Rich to break down what actually moved Black men toward Trump in 2024: not policy, but a democratic party that only shows up at the last minute, talks in jargon, and attacks the idea of getting rich. Mike makes the case for a message built on entrepreneurship, real financial stability, and straight talk (a $35 insulin cap is "we saved your family $20,000," not a seven-minute explainer). With gas and daycare squeezing everyone, and Black men now the most unemployed group in the country, Mike's read is simple: the bromance with Trump is over, but Democrats still have to earn the vote.Learn more and get involved at blackmenvote.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Diesel prices are doing what a year of messaging couldn't. Tim, Luke, Rich and Zak break down how the spike became the catalyst for Democrats' midterm surge, why $7 diesel could keep undecided Republicans home, and what a wave of new polls from Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Alaska and Kansas says about the map. Plus Byron Donalds scrubbing Trump from his campaign site, and the races nobody's watching, like Minnesota.Then the crew gets into what voters actually want from a leader. Zohran Mamdani walked out of the Oval Office looking stronger than Trump, while Hakeem Jeffries' quiet meeting with Jared Kushner landed badly. That leads into a blunt argument about Kamala Harris and 2028: whether her problem was a double standard or a lack of conviction voters could feel, and why Newsom keeps getting credit as the fighter in the room. They close with a plea to drop the purity tests, back strong candidates where they can win, and give to reach races while the money can still be spent.Election night is coming. Watch it with us, free online or live in New York. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour.Next Tuesday: Michael Bland of Black Men Vote.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump is at 29% approval with diesel at record highs, and his move is to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. The full crew breaks down why that's what losing looks like, how Democrats should actually sell taxing billionaires, Trump's sniper-filled triumphal arch, and the MAGA meltdown over halal Tillamook cheddar. Plus, the tour is now one big NYC election night watch party on November 3, packed with a bunch of your favorite creators. Tickets at wearefindout.com/tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices