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On this episode I had the pleasure of talking with Scot Pollard, NBA veteran and survivor of both the reality-TV show (Survivor season 32) and a heart transplant. Scot’s the subject of the ESPN documentary Heart of Pearl (streaming now on ESPN+) and a volunteer spokesperson for Pearls of Life, which advocates for organ donations. In addition to discussing the near impossibility of finding a heart big enough for someone Scot’s size (he’s 6’11”—7’ in heels), we also discuss what it’s like to meet the family of your heart donor, the temptations that are thrown your way when you’re a professional athlete, and how that Bryan Johnson dude somehow biohacked his body to look like Data from Star Trek. Scot’s a new friend and my second friend who’s had a heart transplant. Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r     Watch my sketch comedy streaming on Red Coral Universe: https://redcoraluniverse.com/en/series/the-lou-perez-comedy-68501a2fd369683d0f2a2a88?loopData=true&ccId=675bc891f78f658f73eaa46d  Rock XX-XY Athletics. You can get 20% off your purchase with promo code LOU20. https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_ref=7113152.ifIMaKpCG3ZfUHH4  Attorneys on Retainer https://attorneysforfreedom.my.site.com/signupattorneysonretainerus/s/?promoCode=LU51ZEZ324  Support me at www.substack.com/@louperez    Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU  Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d.../the-lou-perez-podcast  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ  Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and the author of THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY. You may have seen him on Gutfeld! , FOX News Primetime, One Nation with Brian Kilmeade, and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan Steinhauser is the CEO of The Alliance for Secure AI. He brings over two decades of experience as a strategic communicator, political campaign leader, and media commentator.  Before founding and co-leading Steinhauser Strategies, a public affairs firm, he managed high-profile political campaigns—including Senator John Cornyn’s re-election in 2014—served as national director of federal and state campaigns at FreedomWorks, and organized the 2009 Taxpayer March on Washington.  We have a new show on Lions of Liberty! The Politicks Podcast! Be sure to subscribe to the standalone Politicks Podcast feed. This is the absolute best way to support the show! Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And remember, they’re all Blood Suckers! Subscribe to John’s Finding Freedom Show solo feed to listen to “Pursuit of Freedom,” which is a new podcast series where John shares the highs and lows of his entrepreneurial journey. Listen and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Follow the Lions of Liberty: Twitter Rumble YouTube Instagram Telegram Get access to all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments and more for as little as $5 per month by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon OR support us on Locals! Check out our merchandise at the Lions of Liberty Store for all of our awesome t-shirts, mugs and hats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Brian McWilliams, John Odermatt, Lou Perez and Brian Nichols every other week for the newest show on the Lions of Liberty Network, the Politicks Podcast! This week we talk about very failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris writing a campaign trail book, the UK's psychotic Child Safety Act, the PELOSI Act, flying WNBA dildos and more. Don't miss any of our fantastic shows on the Lions of Liberty Network as well - https://www.lionsofliberty.com/ @LionsofLiberty@BrianMcWilliams@JohnOdermatt@TheLouPerez@BNicholsLiberty Follow the Lions of Liberty: Twitter Rumble YouTube Instagram Telegram Get access to all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments and more for as little as $5 per month by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon OR support us on Locals! Check out our merchandise at the Lions of Liberty Store for all of our awesome t-shirts, mugs and hats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if I told you a YouTuber just raised $11 million for kids with cancer—without a single law, tax, or politician involved?In this milestone 1000th episode of The Brian Nichols Show, we break down how Ryan Trahan just did what no government program has ever pulled off: unite millions of Americans around a mission that actually worked. We’re talking real impact. No red tape. No forced charity. Just one couple, a minivan, 50 states, and a dream that became a movement.Studio Sponsor: ⁠Cardio Miracle⁠ - "Unlock the secret to a healthier heart, increased energy levels, and transform your cardiovascular fitness like never before.": ⁠CardioMiracle.com/TBNS⁠This isn’t just a recap of Ryan’s incredible 50-day Airbnb tour to benefit St. Jude. It’s a case study in how liberty plays out in real life—voluntarily, compassionately, and effectively. If you’ve ever needed proof that bottom-up solutions beat top-down mandates, this is it. Ryan didn’t wait for permission. He just went out and did the thing.Along the way, Brian gets personal—sharing why Ryan’s story hit close to home, how it connects to his own family’s fight with childhood cancer, and why it perfectly reflects the values this show has stood for through 1,000 episodes. You’ll also hear how The Brian Nichols Show is evolving, with a brand-new 3-show lineup launching this week.If you're tired of waiting for DC to fix problems they helped create—and you want to see what happens when normal people step up and make miracles happen—then hit play. This episode isn’t about politics. It’s about proof. Proof that liberty works when people do. Order ⁠Cardio Miracle⁠ (⁠CardioMiracle.com/TBNS⁠) for 15% off and take a step towards better heart health and overall well-being!Submit Listener Questions to ⁠brian@briannicholsshow.com⁠ to hear your questions and perspectives answered and shared each and every week! WATCH The Brian Nichols Show, available on ⁠YouTube⁠ & ⁠Rumble⁠. With over 1000 episodes featuring local candidates, elected officials, economists, CEOs, and more, each show educates, enlightens, and informs.Follow Brian on social media: X.com/Twitter ⁠(https://www.briannicholsshow.com/twitter⁠) & Facebook (⁠https://www.briannicholsshow.com/facebook⁠) Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to ⁠The Brian Nichols Show ⁠for more captivating interviews and insights into common sense solutions for local problems!Tags/Keywords: Ryan Trahan,Ryan Trahan St. Jude,Ryan Trahan $11 million,Ryan Trahan 50 state tour,how to raise money without government,voluntaryism works,libertarian charity,St. Jude fundraiser,libertarian podcast,real world liberty,Brian Nichols Show,how liberty works,charity without taxes,government can’t do this,decentralized charity,libertarianism that works Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Mean Age Daydream: Trump's tariffs seemed to have... worked? Also, unhinged leftists pick a new idiotic hill to die on with Sydney Sweeney's "nazi" American Eagle ad, Hollywood goes DEI dumpster diving again on old IP and Collective Shout censors games as platforms cowtow to a leftist mini-mob. Check out ⁠⁠https://Joincrowdhealth.com⁠⁠ and use code lions to get started for just $99 and take control of your healthcare! Help support what we do and grow our show! ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠⁠ OR support us on Locals! ⁠⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠⁠ Subscribe to the all new FIRST EPISODE PODCAST! ⁠⁠https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ENTS⁠⁠... First Episode Pod on Rumble: ⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/c-5679432 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a special episode of The Lou Perez Podcast. So special, in fact, that it’s not even an episode of The Lou Perez Podcast. No, it’s my appearance on Isaac Simpson’s podcast, The Carousel. Isaac was kind enough to have me on to take a deep dive into possibly the most important article to come out this year, Jean Garnett’s “The Trouble with Wanting Men,” as published in the New York Times. OK, it’s definitely not the most important article, but it’s damn entertaining and revealing about where and when some of us are. (It even tricked me into buying a subscription to The Times.) Isaac and I get all the way into Garnett’s 5,000 words to talk about Garnett’s heterofatalism and total lack of self-awareness. Dear, Jean: Maybe dating is hard for you because you’re so annoying and this is the breed of “man” you’re seeing: ‘He tends to signal, in various ways, his exemption from the tainted category of “men,” and it is perfectly understandable that he would wish to do so. It must be mildly embarrassing to be a straight man, and it is incumbent upon each of them to mitigate this embarrassment in a way that feels authentic to him.’ I hope you enjoy our straight, unabashed, and authentic convo and please subscribe to our Substacks. Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r     Watch my sketch comedy streaming on Red Coral Universe: https://redcoraluniverse.com/en/series/the-lou-perez-comedy-68501a2fd369683d0f2a2a88?loopData=true&ccId=675bc891f78f658f73eaa46d Rock XX-XY Athletics. You can get 20% off your purchase with promo code LOU20. https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_ref=7113152.ifIMaKpCG3ZfUHH4  Attorneys on Retainer https://attorneysforfreedom.my.site.com/signupattorneysonretainerus/s/?promoCode=LU51ZEZ324  Support me at www.substack.com/@louperez    Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU  Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d.../the-lou-perez-podcast  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the 500th episode of Finding Freedom/Felony Friday! Crazy how fast the time has flown by. To celebrate I had my friend and long time Lion Marc Clair on the show to talk about the old days and to peer into what the future may hold. May the future of Finding Freedom be as rewarding and enriching as the first 500! Thank you to all the listeners and supporters over the years. I would have quit a long time ago without you all. Stop paying health insurance companies your hard-earned dollars. Go to Join Crowd Health now and experience freedom from health insurance. Healthcare for under $100! You get access to a team of health bill negotiators, low cost prescription and lab testing tools, as well as a database of low cost high quality doctors vetted by CrowdHealth. And what if something major happens? You pay the first $15K, then the Crowd steps in to help fund the rest.. Go to Join Crowd Health and get started for $80/mo for the first three months by using promo code LIONS at sign-up. We have a new show on Lions of Liberty! The Politicks Podcast! Be sure to subscribe to the standalone Politicks Podcast feed. This is the absolute best way to support the show! Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And remember, they’re all Blood Suckers! Subscribe to John’s Finding Freedom Show solo feed to listen to “Pursuit of Freedom,” which is a new podcast series where John shares the highs and lows of his entrepreneurial journey. Listen and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Follow the Lions of Liberty: Twitter Rumble YouTube Instagram Telegram Get access to all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments and more for as little as $5 per month by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon OR support us on Locals! Check out our merchandise at the Lions of Liberty Store for all of our awesome t-shirts, mugs and hats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are your tax dollars funding animal cruelty—and why hasn’t anyone stopped it yet? In today’s jaw-dropping episode of The Brian Nichols Show, we expose one of the biggest blind spots in American politics: factory farming and its disturbing alliance with government funding. From hormone-injected meat to unethical animal treatment, we break down exactly how federal bureaucracies—yes, even ones you’ve never heard of—are propping up industrial agriculture using your money. This isn’t just about food. It’s about corruption, cronyism, and what happens when we let the state dictate what’s on our plate. We have a new show on Lions of Liberty! The Politicks Podcast! Be sure to subscribe to the standalone Politicks Podcast feed. This is the absolute best way to support the show! Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And remember, they’re all Blood Suckers! Studio Sponsor: ⁠Cardio Miracle⁠ - "Unlock the secret to a healthier heart, increased energy levels, and transform your cardiovascular fitness like never before.": ⁠CardioMiracle.com/TBNS⁠ Liam Gray from the Wilberforce Institute joins us to walk through how these government-backed practices are harming not just animals, but your health, your wallet, and your local economy. We tackle the deeper questions: Why are taxpayers footing the bill for Big Ag’s bad behavior? What alternatives exist that don’t involve banning meat or forcing a vegan agenda? And how can we pursue liberty and moral responsibility at the same time? We also highlight real-world solutions like Thomas Massie’s PRIME Act and the recent Supreme Court rollback of Chevron Deference, showing how decentralization and consumer awareness are finally starting to push back. You’ll learn how some states are taking their food sovereignty seriously—and how small farmers are finding ways to thrive without bureaucratic interference. If you’ve ever looked at a grocery store steak and wondered what’s really behind the label—or if you’re just tired of being forced to subsidize industries that don’t align with your values—this episode is for you. It's time to reclaim your dinner plate from the hands of unelected bureaucrats.❤️ Order ⁠Cardio Miracle⁠ (⁠CardioMiracle.com/TBNS⁠) for 15% off and take a step towards better heart health and overall well-being!📧Submit Listener Questions to ⁠brian@briannicholsshow.com⁠ to hear your questions and perspectives answered and shared each and every week! 🎙️ WATCH The Brian Nichols Show, available on ⁠YouTube⁠ & ⁠Rumble⁠. With over 995 episodes featuring local candidates, elected officials, economists, CEOs, and more, each show educates, enlightens, and informs.🔗Follow Brian on social media: X.com/Twitter ⁠(https://www.briannicholsshow.com/twitter⁠) & Facebook (⁠https://www.briannicholsshow.com/facebook⁠)🔔 Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to ⁠The Brian Nichols Show ⁠for more captivating interviews and insights into common sense solutions for local problems! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Brian appreciates Hunter Biden simply being Hunter Biden in a new interview, laughs at the DNC firing it's $20M obese, annoying, latinX female influencer after she fails to woo males to the party, and ponders if Obama will actually be jailed for Russiagate. That and the BBC HILARIOUSLY puts out an anti-racism work training vid. Check out ⁠⁠https://Joincrowdhealth.com⁠⁠ and use code lions to get started for just $99 and take control of your healthcare! Help support what we do and grow our show! ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠⁠ OR support us on Locals! ⁠⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠⁠ Subscribe to the all new FIRST EPISODE PODCAST! https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ENTSL2339145308?selected=ENTSL8335444169 First Episode Pod on Rumble: ⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/c-5679432 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the podcast I try to persuade disabled award-winning filmmaker and President of The Mobility Independence Foundation, Thomas Quiter, to go to war with Shaquille O’Neal. (That would be a real power move.) In the meantime, enjoy our conversation and more importantly, check out Thomas’s doc, The Power to Move. Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r     Watch my sketch comedy streaming on Red Coral Universe: https://redcoraluniverse.com/en/series/the-lou-perez-comedy-68501a2fd369683d0f2a2a88?loopData=true&ccId=675bc891f78f658f73eaa46d Rock XX-XY Athletics. You can get 20% off your purchase with promo code LOU20. https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_ref=7113152.ifIMaKpCG3ZfUHH4  Attorneys on Retainer https://attorneysforfreedom.my.site.com/signupattorneysonretainerus/s/?promoCode=LU51ZEZ324  Support me at www.substack.com/@louperez    Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU  Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d.../the-lou-perez-podcast  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ  Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and the author of THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY. You may have seen him on Gutfeld! , FOX News Primetime, One Nation with Brian Kilmeade, and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV. During his tenure at WTI, Lou made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.’” As a stand-up comedian, Lou has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith, and toured the US and Canada with Scott Thompson. Lou has also produced live shows with Colin Quinn, the Icarus Festival, and the Rutherford Comedy Festival. For years, Lou performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. Greg and Lou is best known for its sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views on YouTube alone. In addition to producing sketch comedy like Comedy Is Murder, performing stand-up across the country, and writing for The Blaze's Align, Lou is on the advisory board of Heresy Press, a FAIR-in-the-arts fellow, and host of the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast (which is part of the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network). How’d Lou start out? He began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where he was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. Lou was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with Lorne Michaels’s Broadway Video; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. Lou hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Punching Up Comedy at Freedom Fest, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. Lou taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute. Lou worked with The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression as Communications Manager and later as a producer and consultant. Their video "Taking a Knee in Sports? For what?" was broadcast during a USC vs. Notre Dame football game and was a SILVER ADDY® WINNER at the American Advertising Awards. Lou is also a brand ambassador for XX-XY Athletics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices