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Pablo Torre Finds Out

The Other J.D.: Meet the Candidate (and Pitcher) America Can Agree Upon

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre

News, Government, Sports, Sports News

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

J.D. Scholten is a state representative from Iowa who went viral for the ultimate call to the bullpen: He left a music festival, a beer-and-a-half deep, to suddenly sign a minor-league contract and pitch into the seventh inning — at 44 years old. But that's just the beginning, because this J.D. might be the opposite of J.D. Vance. In fact, he's unlike most elected officials from either party: He fights punch-down politics. He is selling a real form of populism. Hell, he's running for re-election and says he doesn't even like politics. And, yes, he's still starting for the Sioux City Explorers. Further reading: "You're Probably Getting Screwed" Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.

0:06.0

I'm 44, I'm beer and a half in, my legs are pretty tired and let's call it a day.

0:14.6

Right after this ad.

0:17.6

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. I think she was in the movie about that really big shark.

0:32.7

No, not her.

0:33.7

The Forest.

0:34.7

She's automating invoices on the go

0:36.4

so she can spend more time on that flower wall.

0:39.3

Quickbooks to save you up to eight hours a week

0:42.0

so you could bring your vision to life.

0:43.8

That's how you business differently.

0:45.7

Into it, QuickBooks's.

0:46.9

J.D. Shelton, how old are you? I just want to get this on the record for everybody who's not familiar with your work.

0:58.0

44 years old and all the things that have been, like the headlines and all that at the fact that they

1:03.9

lead with that is a little disappointing but I know that's part of the story.

1:06.5

Well hold on though, hold on because yes that is young for a sitting congressman but for a pitcher a professional baseball pitcher this is why I'm talking to you

1:17.0

today it's both of these things in combination life's a little bit surreal right now and a

1:22.2

little hectic, but you know, how do you make God laugh?

1:26.8

Have a plan. the Okay, so it is late July and the American News Cycle, if you have not noticed, is drowning in surreal and hectic

1:55.2

stories of plans gone wrong.

1:58.6

Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.

2:01.1

Kamla Harris replaced a malfunctioning Joe Biden, and then the focus

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