What Are They Distracting Us From Right Now? | TFATK Ep. 1164
The Fighter & The Kid
Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne
4.2 • 17.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Fighter and The Kid, Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen dive into the idea that major headlines might not always be what they seem.
From the latest Epstein file developments to the strange dominance of certain crime stories in the news cycle, the guys debate whether media narratives are steering public attention away from bigger issues. They question who benefits from distraction, why some stories explode while others disappear, and whether the public is being guided toward outrage instead of clarity.
The conversation also touches on the rise of gambling culture, political The Fighter and The Kid TFATK Brendan Schaub Bryan Callen media distraction media narrative manipulation political corruption news cycle Epstein files update gambling epidemic media bias current events podcast conspiracy discussion trending headlines plays, elite hypocrisy, and how modern media shapes perception more than ever.
It’s a wide-ranging discussion about attention, power, and the stories that dominate the cycle. Get this episode and all future episodes AD FREE + 2 extended episodes, Fan Questions, exclusive behind the scenes content and more each month at https://www.patreon.com/tfatk
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, we did, because we back at it again. |
| 0:02.2 | It's the fighter and the kid. |
| 0:03.7 | This is really the fighter and the kid. Come on, baby. What's up, pal? Not much, buddy. Do you look chipper today? Well, I train. I train hard. I do jiu-jitsu a lot. I know, dude. And making progress. I put arrows in my quiver. So that's, I'm doing well. The shirt's nice though. |
| 0:22.8 | Yeah, shirt's nice. |
| 0:24.0 | It's a tight little... making progress i put arrows in my quiver so that's i'm doing well the shirt's nice though |
| 0:22.7 | yeah shirt's nice it's a tight it's new tight is it new true classic thing oh that's true classic it looks |
| 0:28.5 | nice yeah i like it i don't know they have button-ups a collar yeah i got some nice button-ups too nice |
| 0:32.9 | you dressed appropriate you you dressed age appropriate i had to go to my son's school where he had to teach me. |
| 0:38.9 | So it was, it was, he's four. |
| 0:41.4 | And so, you know, you go there and he shows you what he does in school. That's cool. So I had to dress up. Yeah, you didn't want to dress like an asshole. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You didn't want to wear sandals. No. No. No. I saw some sandals in the room. |
| 0:51.3 | Oh, disgusting. |
| 0:52.3 | I was like, no, no, no. |
| 0:53.2 | To bring your dad to school day? |
| 0:54.9 | Yeah, you got to be a little bit presentable. |
| 0:56.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.6 | Uh, how you doing? I saw some sandals in the room. Oh, disgusting. I was like, no, no, no. To bring your dad to school day? |
| 0:54.9 | Yeah, you got to be a little bit presentable. Yeah. Uh, how you doing? All right, man. Dude, when it, when it rains, it pours. Uh-oh. When it rains, it pours, you know, we talked about it started with my, uh, with the Jeep engine blowing up. That I can navigate, right? I have connections to figure that out. And then, someone hit my truck yesterday. It hits your truck. Took out the tail light. Some young kid in a fucking, like, you haul, you know. And he gets out and he's like oh my god i'm gonna lose my job and he's |
| 1:28.5 | like oh shit i know you'm like yeah did you fucked up my truck and that recognizes you yeah but i was |
| 1:34.1 | like yeah don't worry about it you just let him go yeah oh yeah that's what i don't want to lose his |
| 1:38.8 | job also i can i get another tail light coming today i'll just swap it out it's not the end of |
| 1:44.1 | i got hit. |
| 1:44.8 | This guy fucked my car. |
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