Oct 13, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 18 segments
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…
Grace WeinsteinGuestZakHostRichHostFind Out Co-HostHostLukeHostFind Out Co-HostHostFind Out Co-HostHostAnd this story popped up yesterday that has sort of bubbling for a while, about James Talarico and the right insisting that the reason that he has been off the campaign trail, which they have said is the flu, is that he was flown to a mental health facility in Ohio.
I'm gonna let you take it-
They're, they're known for their quality mental health care down there [laughs].
Right, 'cause there's no, there's no healthcare facilities in, in Texas.
Not in Texas.
The only good ones are in Ohio.
Yeah.
Uh, Grace, can you walk us through what the hell this is and, like, how it hilariously exploded in their faces?
I really wanna emphasize something I think people are forgetting already, lost in the shuffle, which is that Spencer Pratt was the one who really made this go mainstream last week.
Oh my God.
Oh, sweet.
I remember him.
[laughs]
... and reality TV villain, notoriously trustworthy when it comes to inside information on Texas elections-
Yep
[laughs]
The mirror
... did not have the flu and has actually been in a mental hospital in Ohio for the past nine days.
And this story popped up yesterday that has sort of bubbling for a while, about James Talarico and the right insisting that the reason that he has been off the campaign trail, which they have said is the flu, is that he was flown to a mental health facility in Ohio.
I'm gonna let you take it-
They're, they're known for their quality mental health care down there [laughs].
Right, 'cause there's no, there's no healthcare facilities in, in Texas.
Not in Texas.
The only good ones are in Ohio.
Yeah.
Uh, Grace, can you walk us through what the hell this is and, like, how it hilariously exploded in their faces?
I really wanna emphasize something I think people are forgetting already, lost in the shuffle, which is that Spencer Pratt was the one who really made this go mainstream last week.
Oh my God.
Oh, sweet.
I remember him.
[laughs]
... and reality TV villain, notoriously trustworthy when it comes to inside information on Texas elections-
Yep
[laughs]
The mirror
... did not have the flu and has actually been in a mental hospital in Ohio for the past nine days.
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