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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

FreedomToons to Twisted Plots: The Future of Conservative Storytelling | Seamus Coughlin | Ep. 66

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.5 β€’ 11.4K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Seamus Coughlin, the creator of FreedomToons, joins David Rutherford to talk about his incredible journey from self-taught animator to building one of the most unique storytelling voices online. Together, they dive into the launch of Seamus’ new project Twisted Plots, an anthology animation series with bold themes, sharp comedy, and a vision to reclaim storytelling.

Support Seamus Coughlin's new project, Twisted Plots: www.twistedplots.com 

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:46 - Getting started and creating FreedomToons

08:11 - Launching Twisted Plots

09:48 - Avoiding civil war and the power of media

12:38 - The intention behind the show

22:50 - Developing storylines and fighting the narrative

34:03 - The difficulty of scaling animation work

39:06 - How to support Twisted Plots and the amazing perks you get

56:31 - Twisted Plots Promotional Video

 

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:13.7

When I was a little kid, there was something just absolutely magical about Saturday

0:19.5

morning cartoons.

0:20.8

It was a time where you could just fade into oblivion and really just start to enjoy the beauty

0:27.5

of the art, the funny, the hilarity of the slapstick.

0:31.4

And I think it was just one of these things that said into me that stayed with me my whole

0:36.0

young life and in as an art school and college.

0:39.6

But the problem was, as I got older, I wanted to see more mature comics. And out came the Simpsons.

0:46.1

And then, you know, South Park. And, you know, as I got older and was in the teams and working

0:51.4

for the agency and all that, I got definitely more conservative.

0:54.8

And there were just no conservative-based cartoons out there that were worth a damn.

1:01.4

And I'm telling you what, a few years ago,

1:04.2

I ran into one of the funniest cartoon strips and videos that's out there by far, tunes and so when i'm on x the other day

1:15.2

and all of a sudden i see this advertisement come on that they're going to turn this into a

1:21.0

serious series i lost my mind i talked to jordy i said Right. I'll stop. We got to get Seamus on.

1:29.5

And I'll tell you what, the man who is inundated with being on Tim Pool's show every day going on

1:35.7

trying to raise money for this every day. He had the grace and the courtesy to come and spend time

1:41.9

with us on the David Rutherford show. So ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the famous, the badass, Mr.

1:49.7

Seamus from Freedom Tunes.

1:50.8

Seamus, thank you, brother.

1:52.3

I'm absolutely honored to be here.

1:54.0

Thank you so much for the invite and for all of your kind words.

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