Sauna Talk is a men’s wellness podcast recorded inside the sauna at LNGVTY Hub in Carrboro, NC. Each episode brings together host Chris McIntyre and owner Tim Pederson, along with rotating guests, for raw, unfiltered conversations about what men are really going through.

In the heat, the walls come down—no titles, no posturing, no pretending everything is fine. Men talk openly about past trauma, depression, shame, addiction, fatherhood, relationships, and the pressure to “hold it all together.” Some guests share their names, others stay anonymous. The focus is safety, honesty, and healing.

Rooted in health, wellness, fitness, and emotional sobriety, Sauna Talk explores how practices like sauna, cold exposure, strength training, breathwork, and better daily habits can support men not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well.

If you’re a man who’s tired of carrying everything alone—or someone who loves a man who is struggling—these conversations are for you. Step into the heat, listen in, and join a new kind of dialogue about what it means to be a man who actually heals.

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In this conversation, Chris McIntyre and JTrain discuss the assassination of Alex Peretti by ICE in Minnesota, exploring the implications of police violence, government responses, and the public's reaction. They draw parallels to historical events, emphasizing the need for awareness and education regarding civil rights and political manipulation. The discussion highlights the hypocrisy in political responses and the importance of understanding the Second Amendment in the context of current events.

Trump allegedly threatened Denmark over Greenland, invaded Venezuela for oil, and tried to hustle a Nobel Peace Prize on top of it all—while openly saying he’d “focus on what’s best for the US” only after not getting the award. In this episode, we break down the wild letter to Denmark, the Venezuela oil grab, the private bank accounts, NATO fallout, and why some are calling this a straight-line path toward World War III and a constitutional crisis at home. If you’ve ever wondered how far one man’s obsession with beating Obama can push global politics, this conversation will piss you off, blow your mind, and make you question how close we are to the edge.

This episode of Almost Above Average features Chris McIntyre and Jtreezy discussing the political and economic fallout from Trump’s tariffs and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that could overturn them.

They explain that Trump originally imposed tariffs which raised consumer prices and harmed the economy, later tried to roll them back, and then saw those changes legally challenged. The Supreme Court has been deliberating whether the tariffs were illegal, and a decision is expected soon.

Jtreezy quotes a Fox News headline suggesting the Court might “do Trump a favor” by striking down the tariffs. He and Chris criticize that framing, arguing that removing the tariffs would benefit the United States, not Trump personally. They note that most experts and polls—across political and international lines—view the tariffs as harmful, citing price hikes of up to 2,000% on some goods.

They predict that if the Court overturns the tariffs, Trump and right-wing media will twist the narrative. Instead of admitting his policy caused harm, they expect Trump will blame “Democrats” for undermining him, claim credit for any economic improvement, and use it as a talking point before the midterms.

The hosts close by urging listeners to recognize the truth: if the economy improves after the tariffs are struck down, that would prove Trump’s economic policies were damaging and illegal, worsening both inflation and national debt—which they say now approaches $40 trillion.

In this episode, Chris McIntyre and JTrain McDougals delve into the controversial Nick Shirley video that has gone viral, discussing its sensationalism and lack of credible evidence. They explore the implications of alleged fraud in Minnesota, the ethics of journalism, and the political corruption surrounding Venezuela. The conversation shifts to military interventions and the Monroe Doctrine, raising concerns about the potential for global conflict and the future of international relations.

Nick Shirley says he exposed a “billion‑dollar Somali daycare fraud” in Minnesota. In this video, that story gets taken apart with actual reporting, records, and basic fact‑checking.​​

What you’ll see here:

• How his video uses quiet parking lots, locked doors, and loaded narration to sell the idea of massive fraud

• What state inspections, CBS/CNN coverage, and public records actually show about the daycares he filmed

• The disinformation tactics behind the edit: selective clips, blurred numbers, and “I’m just asking questions” framing​

This isn’t a defense of real fraud — Minnesota has had serious cases like Feeding Our Future. It’s a reality check on one YouTuber’s attempt to turn suspicion and drive‑by footage into a national panic.

Look at what happened next:

• The Social Security dead‑people myth
  Elon Musk pushed a viral claim that there were “tens of millions” of dead people supposedly getting Social Security checks, waving around a table of improbably old ages as proof of massive fraud.​
  Leavitt took that talking point onto Fox, saying the administration “suspects tens of millions of deceased people are receiving fraudulent Social Security payments,” using it as evidence of Trump’s crackdown on waste and abuse.​

  Fact‑checkers and the Social Security Administration’s own data demolished that story. AFP, CBS and others showed that fewer than about 68.5 million people get benefits at all, and that while there are documented mistakes—including payments to roughly 24,000 dead people—the scale is nowhere near “tens of millions.”​
  In other words, Musk confused Social Security numbers with actual benefit payments, and Leavitt echoed his exaggeration from the podium and on TV as if it were confirmed fact.​

• Rewriting history with “peace through strength”
  In another interview, Leavitt claimed that “nobody understands ‘peace through strength’ better than President Trump” and that he “came up with that motto,” crediting him with originating a phrase conservatives have used for generations.​
  Fact‑checks quickly pointed out that “peace through strength” was a key slogan of Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy in the 1980s and was used even earlier by Barry Goldwater, with roots that go all the way back to Roman political thought.​
  Trump did not invent the phrase; Leavitt was attempting to retroactively crown him as the author of an entire doctrine, turning basic history into just another branding exercise.​

• Turning corrections into “hoaxes”
  When Trump’s second‑term White House stumbled through a messy freeze on certain federal spending, reporters rightly pressed Leavitt for clarity on who would be hurt and whether the policy was being walked back.​
  Instead of admitting confusion or error, she brushed the chaos off as “uncertainty in this room among the media,” while Trump’s communications team blasted out talking points suggesting that reports of retreat or correction were just another “hoax” from the press.​

In each case, the pattern is the point: exaggerate or invent wrongdoing by Trump’s enemies, misrepresent history to glorify him, and frame any pushback as proof that the media is lying to you again.​

It is easy to shrug off any press secretary as “just doing their job.” Every administration spins; every spokesperson cherry‑picks. But what Leavitt is doing is qualitatively different when she repeats baseless numbers about Social Security fraud, rewrites decades of political history, and redefines good‑faith reporting as a hoax.​

Those aren’t harmless soundbites. Seniors hear “tens of millions of dead people” gaming the system and begin to question whether Social Security itself is legitimate. Voters hear that Trump literally invented “peace through strength” and absorb the idea that he is uniquely responsible for any moment of calm in a chaotic world. Citizens watch corrections and basic journalism get relabeled as “lies,” and slowly lose any sense of what a neutral fact even looks like.​

Karoline Leavitt did not create that information war, but she chose to be its face. She walked into the briefing room, promised to tell the truth, and then set about methodically distorting it—sometimes by inflating numbers to conspiracy levels, sometimes by pretending history started in 2016.​
The harm is not just in one lie or one clip; it is in the cumulative erosion of reality when the person behind the seal of the United States stands there, day after day, insisting that the only thing you can trust is her boss’s story.​

In Part 1, the document was shocking. In Part 2, it gets worse. A 13‑year‑old, pregnant, trafficked on Lake Michigan yachts… a newborn allegedly murdered… and names like Epstein and Trump showing up in official files. These are allegations in FBI/DOJ documents, not proven facts, but the story they tell is horrifying.​

In this video, we break down:

• The FBI tip about a 13‑year‑old girl, her uncle, Jeffrey Epstein, and a murdered baby allegedly dumped in Lake/Mona Lake, Michigan

• How Trump’s name appears in the paperwork and why DOJ rushed to label some related claims “untrue” and “sensationalist”

• What local outlets in Michigan and New Mexico are reporting about this woman’s story

• Why the Justice Department says these Epstein files contain a mix of evidence and raw, unverified tips

Sources / receipts:
Epstein FBI tip PDF (EFTA00025010): DOJ document dump
Yahoo explainer on the “Lake Michigan” tip
Detroit Free Press & local coverage in Michigan and New Mexico
CBS / PBS explainers on the broader Epstein files release​

These are serious, disturbing allegations. Nothing in this video should be taken as a legal determination of guilt. The point is to show you what’s in the files and ask why so many of these claims never seem to get a real investigation.​

If you want a Part 3 where we go into who benefits from this release and who benefits from discrediting it, hit LIKE, drop a comment, and share this with someone who still thinks Epstein was just “one bad guy.”