#1044 - Nick Shirley - Inside Minnesota's $10B Childcare Fraud Scandal

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Nick Shirley is a YouTuber, content creator, and investigative journalist. In just a few weeks, Nick Shirley has gone from relative obscurity to the center of one of the largest political fraud scandals in recent history. By uncovering tens of millions of dollars in alleged fraud in Minnesota, his work has forced immediate reactions from both state and federal officials, something no journalist has accomplished this fast before. So what’s behind this fraud scandal, and how deep does the corruption run at the state and federal levels? Expect to learn how Nick ended Tim Walz upcoming gubernatorial run, the inside story of how Nick Shirley uncovered the child-care fraud scheme in Minnesota, why Minnesota is a prime state to commit fraud in, the places and states Nick wants to uncover fraud in next, what Nick’s new security concerns are since uncovering the scandal, what part 2 to his major expose will look like, some live breaking news during the ep and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59⁠ #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf⁠ #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Who were you on the phone to this morning?
0:02.0	A lot of people have been calling me.
0:03.3	I actually can't even keep track of all the numbers. And so today I just got asked to go talking in front of Congress just a moment ago. So people are just calling me saying, hey, we want some information. Can you tell us about this? We're just trying to gather information. And for instance, today someone just called me, said, hey, we have a meeting we like you get to test them by in front of Congress, January 21st, so I'll see if I'll do
0:25.7	that. Right. So it's starting to hit the bigger levels of sort of real law, real government now.
0:33.6	Yeah, I mean, within just one day of me posting my video, well, it got over 100 million views in 72 hours, but within the first day alone, you had Elon Musk retweet it, you had J.D. Vance retweet it. You had quite literally every major politician retweet it. The next morning, Cash Patel puts out a post on X about it. And then that same day, Attorney General Pam Bondi
0:56.5	also puts out a post mentioning my name in that video. Same day, Mike Johnson as well. So it's spread
1:05.3	across the entire internet and it's the most viral video, the expose on fraud in Minnesota, it's the most viral video by
1:12.3	anybody not named Mr. Beast in an expose format, over 100 million views in 72 hours.
1:19.1	Did you end Tim Walz?
1:20.5	I did end Tim Walts.
1:21.9	He is no longer running for re-election of governor.
1:25.1	Tell me the story then.
1:26.5	So Tim Walts, everyone knows him.
1:28.0	He was almost the vice president of the United States.
1:33.5	And he has a record going on in Minnesota talking about fraud.
1:38.0	Ever since 2019, he's known about fraud.
1:40.6	He's been talking about how they've been fighting fraud.
1:43.4	And he's been enabling
1:45.4	this fraud to happen. And so I go and make this video. And what I showed the fraud happening.
1:51.8	And you would think people would be like, oh, amazing. This kid just showed that fraud's happening.
1:56.2	Instead, Tim Waltz goes on TV. He calls me a white supremacist. He calls me far right. And he also calls me
2:02.3	a delusional conspiracy theorist. Are you any of those things? No. And so then Tim Waltz,
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