The Charlie Kirk Show - Danica Patrick is Burning All the Boats

00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, Danica Patrick joins the program.

00:00:02.000 Legendary IndyCar and NASCAR racer.

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00:01:30.000 Joining us now is someone who got in a lot of trouble for attending Amfest, Danica Patrick.

00:01:35.000 Danica, welcome to the program.

00:01:37.000 Thank you so much.

00:01:38.000 You are the most accomplished female racer of all time.

00:01:43.000 Yeah.

00:01:44.000 I see.

00:01:44.000 So that's what the internet says, so it must be true.

00:01:48.000 And obviously, been following you from afar for quite some time.

00:01:51.000 So much to cover.

00:01:52.000 I just think it would be fun for you to tell your story.

00:01:54.000 It's an Only in America story.

00:01:56.000 And so we're both from Illinois.

00:01:59.000 And that's where your story started.

00:02:00.000 I was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, but grew up just across the border in Roscoe, Illinois, and just grew up in a really small town, 5,000 people, cornfields everywhere.

00:02:11.000 And my parents were hardworking and they started their own business with nothing.

00:02:16.000 They spent their last $100 on a picnic table.

00:02:19.000 And, you know, just very simple beginnings.

00:02:22.000 And then my sister at eight years old wanted to race go-karts.

00:02:26.000 I was 10, so she's younger than I am.

00:02:28.000 And she wanted to race go-karts, so I said I'd do it, which I have to say, actually.

00:02:33.000 I told her just the other day, her name is Brooke.

00:02:36.000 She's always been very interested in politics, loves you.

00:02:40.000 And I was like, Brooke, you're actually responsible for getting me into racing and now politics.

00:02:46.000 Which is more dangerous.

00:02:47.000 Oh, that's a fantastic question.

00:02:49.000 And maybe there isn't an answer, especially after what you just posted today about those cops talking about assassinating Trump.

00:02:56.000 Just joking about murdering a president.

00:02:58.000 I mean, that's not funny at all.

00:03:00.000 But so we started racing go-karts.

00:03:02.000 I was 10, she was eight.

00:03:03.000 She quit right away, and I kept going.

00:03:05.000 And I moved to England when I was 16 to race. 0.70

00:03:08.000 So I left high school.

00:03:09.000 So I agree with the whole college scam thing.

00:03:12.000 I mean, if you're going to be a doctor, I would appreciate that you did some homework and you went to school to know where to cut me open.

00:03:19.000 But for the most part, I am not on board.

00:03:22.000 I think it's a money, I think it sucks the money out of people.

00:03:25.000 They get into debt, then they're on this wheel that they can't get off of.

00:03:28.000 Anyway, I could go on and on about that.

00:03:30.000 But raced in England for three years from 16 to 19 years old.

00:03:33.000 My family didn't come over there.

00:03:35.000 I came back.

00:03:36.000 I managed to get a ride with Bobby Rayhall and raced Formula Atlantic, which is the series below IndyCar.

00:03:42.000 And then when I was 23, I started racing IndyCars.

00:03:45.000 And my first year was a big year.

00:03:47.000 So I almost won the Indy 500 my first year.

00:03:49.000 And you were the only female competing, correct?

00:03:52.000 Yeah, for the most part, I was.

00:03:54.000 So, and that, again, I'm very much of a layman when it comes to racing.

00:03:54.000 Yeah.

00:03:58.000 I know next to almost next to nothing. 0.96

00:03:59.000 There is not female and male divisions typically correct for the most part.

00:04:04.000 There is Formula One has started a series.

00:04:07.000 It was called the W Series for a while, and now it's the Academy.

00:04:13.000 So that is something that exists now that they've been pushing for, of which I have my own opinions about, and they all know that.

00:04:20.000 So I do some work for Formula One and do some announcing at about seven F1 races a year.

00:04:26.000 So there are these opportunities that women have had, or at least there are women's series, but they're not common for the most part.

00:04:35.000 It's always just girls and boys. 0.64

00:04:36.000 So you kind of became a cultural phenomenon as you were ascending in the racing.

00:04:41.000 And then you won a race in Japan, right?

00:04:43.000 Which was kind of the race herd around the world. 0.99

00:04:46.000 Right.

00:04:46.000 The first big one was when I almost won the Indy 500 in 2005.

00:04:51.000 And then a couple of years later in 2008, I won in Japan.

00:04:55.000 And while it sounds like I won in some other series, it was the IndyCar series.

00:04:59.000 It was just that we had one of our races in Japan.

00:05:02.000 So I won over there.

00:05:04.000 And yeah.

00:05:06.000 And then made my way to NASCAR, which was also another huge platform.

00:05:10.000 So, you know, that was a lot of branding there too.

00:05:13.000 So I enjoyed my time there as well.

00:05:15.000 So do you still race?

00:05:16.000 You're kind of now in a new chapter, right?

00:05:18.000 Which is what brings us all together here.

00:05:20.000 Exactly.

00:05:21.000 I, you know, I retired five years ago, and I have many businesses.

00:05:26.000 I have two wine companies, a candle company.

00:05:28.000 I do, I have a podcast.

00:05:30.000 I do speaking engagements.

00:05:32.000 And I vacation now that I have time.

00:05:35.000 So that's nice.

00:05:36.000 I do a lot of very teach me how to do that.

00:05:38.000 I definitely could, although I'm not sure.

00:05:41.000 I'm not very good at it.

00:05:42.000 There's a season for everything.

00:05:44.000 And, you know, I retired when I was, I guess, 37, and I didn't do any of that.

00:05:50.000 I would take one trip a year, but I didn't vacate.

00:05:52.000 You know, that wasn't my life.

00:05:53.000 And so you're just blowing up and it's not your season, you know, like this is the season of dig in, especially for the next year of what's about to happen.

00:06:02.000 So I'm not going to be over here whispering in your ear vacation at this point.

00:06:06.000 No, I tried having fun once and I hated it.

00:06:09.000 So what did you try and do?

00:06:11.000 Oh, just vacation.

00:06:12.000 I'm not a good vacationer.

00:06:14.000 If it's more than 48 hours, I start shaking with nervous anxiety.

00:06:18.000 How does your wife feel about that? 0.76

00:06:20.000 She's the best.

00:06:21.000 She understands me.

00:06:23.000 And I mean, we carve time off, but I'm not a great vacationer.

00:06:27.000 So you're in this kind of new season.

00:06:29.000 And I was so thrilled.

00:06:31.000 I saw it and I didn't want to bother you because I saw you post while you were at our event.

00:06:35.000 I was like, oh, I know Danica.

00:06:36.000 I've been following her for years.

00:06:37.000 I mean, she's amazing and super accomplished and a great role model for young women.

00:06:43.000 It's like, I had no idea we were even kind of like-minded, or at least, you know, she was interested.

00:06:47.000 And you put up this beautiful social media post, and all of a sudden, all these nasty articles start popping up.

00:06:54.000 So walk us through kind of how you found yourself at America Fest.

00:06:59.000 Right.

00:07:00.000 Well, your team is incredible.

00:07:02.000 So I received a message from Turning Point from the Instagram account Turning Point, and they asked if I would be willing to come.

00:07:11.000 And they had followed up.

00:07:13.000 And I was, and then I looked at the list of speakers, and I was just thinking, this is pretty amazing.

00:07:18.000 I really want to see a lot of those speakers.

00:07:20.000 So I actually invited my dad at first, and my dad was like, Your sister will want to go.

00:07:25.000 And so I invited my sister and she flew out.

00:07:28.000 She literally was in town for 48 hours.

00:07:31.000 And we went to Monday and Tuesday.

00:07:35.000 So you saw Tucker.

00:07:36.000 Yep.

00:07:36.000 So saw Tucker.

00:07:37.000 I'm bummed that I missed Patrick Bett, David, and Vivek.

00:07:39.000 I would have really loved to have seen them.

00:07:41.000 Come back next year, then.

00:07:42.000 Yes, for sure.

00:07:43.000 And so we went and we just, we had such a great time.

00:07:46.000 And you do, the rhythm of the day is so great with the speakers coming in and out quickly.

00:07:51.000 It's not super long and drawn out.

00:07:53.000 And there's an up and down to the different kind of speakers that you have.

00:07:58.000 Like, you know, everything from, you know, something very serious to something funny and, you know, something about, you know, psychology to something about border control.

00:08:06.000 So it's like, anyway, it's a fantastic event.

00:08:09.000 So I just, you know, posted about it, that I thought it was a great event.

00:08:14.000 And my sister came in for it and we had a good time.

00:08:17.000 And basically what I said was, you know, we love America.

00:08:22.000 And so this is the right place to be at AmFest, AmericaFest.

00:08:26.000 And people just blew up.

00:08:28.000 They were like, when did it become radical to say I love America?

00:08:34.000 When?

00:08:35.000 It's probably in the last couple of years.

00:08:37.000 I mean, so when you first started in racing, because racing I think of as a very pro-America Americana, if you were to say you love America, like yeah, okay, whatever.

00:08:44.000 Right.

00:08:45.000 I mean, I, I mean, I have a tattoo of an American flag on my body.

00:08:49.000 Like, I love America.

00:08:51.000 I got it when I came home from England.

00:08:52.000 I'd lived there for three years.

00:08:54.000 And that was kind of, so I posted a static post about going.

00:08:58.000 And then I replied to everybody's dismay or many's dismay.

00:09:03.000 Also, many people that were really supportive and excited as well.

00:09:07.000 But I was sort of more cathartically writing an Instagram story.

00:09:12.000 So I'm typing out like my feelings.

00:09:15.000 And then I ended up posting it, which, you know, I've found that I don't know how this feels to you, if this resonates, but the times that I post something or say something and I hit send and I know it's the truth and it's my truth, but I'm like, oh, shoot, what did I just do?

00:09:35.000 The one where I call my call my VP and I'm like, just letting you know that I did this.

00:09:40.000 I've had a couple of those.

00:09:41.000 Right, Andrew?

00:09:42.000 And so it's in those moments, though, that I actually get the most amount of traction.

00:09:48.000 And it can be very polarizing, but it's the thing that hits this live stream.

00:09:54.000 It's the one that people pick up.

00:09:56.000 And so that was kind of how it was when I posted that story, which included me saying, I love this country.

00:10:04.000 And I've lived other places.

00:10:05.000 Like, I've lived in different country before.

00:10:08.000 I've been to other countries, many other countries.

00:10:10.000 And this is a great country.

00:10:12.000 But look, it needs help right now.

00:10:16.000 Yeah, it needs help.

00:10:17.000 And I mean, I want to kind of keep on exploring this because in some ways, there's a couple stories similar to yours.

00:10:24.000 The way you're handling it is really admirable where you just kind of show up to a pro-American event, you're there to learn, and you get viciously attacked.

00:10:31.000 We'll read some of these headlines.

00:10:33.000 And you're kind of like, wait, what?

00:10:35.000 I mean, I've raced cars at hundreds of miles an hour.

00:10:39.000 Like, I'm not afraid of you, right?

00:10:41.000 And they think they can kind of bully you. 0.94

00:10:44.000 In fact, there was one article that was like, we must kick her out of all racing. 0.97

00:10:47.000 Oh, yeah. 0.55

00:10:48.000 Yeah, she shouldn't be speaking on behalf of America.

00:10:51.000 Like, I think that was some of the headlines that included me coming back for Formula One is that she shouldn't be representing America.

00:10:59.000 I'm like, I just said I love America.

00:11:02.000 So it's really, it's very fascinating.

00:11:06.000 So it was truly like posting that and having the reaction that gave me the motivation to dig into this and say, I think I have something to say about this.

00:11:17.000 And I just find it fascinating that people were so mad.

00:11:20.000 So let's figure it out together.

00:11:22.000 We should.

00:11:23.000 Do you have a website you want to plug for people?

00:11:25.000 You mentioned a candle company.

00:11:27.000 I mean, Danica Patrick, everything, DanicaPatrick.com at Danica Patrick.

00:11:32.000 My wines are SomniumWine.com, DanicaRose.com, Voyant Candles, and the Pretty Intense Podcast.

00:11:39.000 Pretty intense, but that's a good one too to also plug.

00:11:43.000 And you have some great guests as well that you've had on, Robert, Kent, RFK, where you say, I guess I'm into politics now.

00:11:48.000 I want to talk to you about that.

00:11:49.000 But also you had Neil deGrasse Tyson and some other really big names.

00:11:54.000 So check that out and really enjoying this.

00:11:56.000 And you guys can check it out, danicapatrick.com.

00:11:58.000 Lots of good things here.

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00:13:13.000 All right, I want to read some of these headlines, okay?

00:13:16.000 Planet F1.

00:13:17.000 I'm sure that's a familiar website for you, right?

00:13:19.000 They blog about a lot of stuff.

00:13:21.000 I can't say I read a lot of blogs, but yeah, I've heard of it.

00:13:24.000 Yes.

00:13:24.000 So I'm going to read this one.

00:13:26.000 Danica Patrick shouldn't be America's ambassador for F1 broadcasting.

00:13:30.000 What is their reason?

00:13:31.000 Because you attended America Fest and had said something nice about it.

00:13:34.000 Marca.com, which I suppose is a website similar.

00:13:39.000 Danica Patrick refuses to apologize for conservative political inclinations.

00:13:43.000 You have to apologize, Danica.

00:13:44.000 Yeah, I was built for this stuff.

00:13:47.000 I think that's really something about me.

00:13:49.000 Like I've been on the chopping block and I've been criticized and ridiculed my whole life.

00:13:56.000 So I think that's another reason why I'm not afraid to finally step forward and why I've, I honestly feel like it's a calling.

00:14:03.000 I'm not, I don't love politics.

00:14:06.000 I'm doing it because I feel called.

00:14:09.000 I feel like I'm frustrated and curious and interested and like I am built for things like this.

00:14:16.000 What is calling you to the wretched industry of politics?

00:14:21.000 What in particular?

00:14:22.000 Truth.

00:14:23.000 Just what is the truth?

00:14:25.000 And digging into it and finding it out.

00:14:29.000 But ultimately, in everything that I do, whether it's my podcast or life in general, it's just about planting seeds in people's minds that will blossom into something and allowing them this opportunity to think differently and look at things through a different lens.

00:14:47.000 And at the end of the day, have critical thinking.

00:14:51.000 I don't really care what's right or wrong.

00:14:53.000 It's just that we figure it out.

00:14:55.000 And so when we just follow along like lemmings, you're not critical thinking.

00:15:02.000 We're not applying all of our minds to this idea.

00:15:05.000 Critical thinking, I think, is so important.

00:15:07.000 And people just aren't doing it anymore.

00:15:08.000 They just follow along with a rhetoric or an idea or a group.

00:15:13.000 And it seems as if politics matters more to our life than it ever has, especially during COVID, where they told you you can't go to the gym, you have to take this vaccine.

00:15:21.000 Do you think COVID for you was a moment that challenged some preconceptions or made you more interested in politics?

00:15:31.000 I mean, I think that if we're looking about peeling away the layers of what's really going on out there, I think Trump did a great job of starting to expose fake media.

00:15:40.000 I feel like for me, that's the first time I was like, oh, fake media?

00:15:43.000 Like I know from my position because I've been in the media for so long that look, if I'm promoting something, that's why I'm on a show.

00:15:53.000 Or that's why I'm doing an interview is because, or that's why I'm in a magazine is because I'm promoting something.

00:15:59.000 Or maybe I have a sponsor that's putting an ad in a magazine and so therefore I'm in it.

00:16:04.000 Like I understand kind of how the wheels turn in that way, but I didn't really realize how much fake news was out there.

00:16:12.000 And so I think for me, that was kind of the first thing.

00:16:14.000 Do you agree?

00:16:15.000 Oh, I totally agree.

00:16:16.000 You know, it's funny.

00:16:17.000 There's a really, really famous billionaire guy that I know.

00:16:20.000 I won't say his name.

00:16:21.000 And he's like, yeah, I wasn't a fan of Trump until I was doing some housework and I had the news on.

00:16:25.000 And all of a sudden, I heard him say fake news.

00:16:27.000 And he was like, yes.

00:16:29.000 And he just stops and points.

00:16:30.000 He's like, that's right.

00:16:32.000 Yeah.

00:16:32.000 Because you've experienced what fake news is.

00:16:35.000 I mean, they could destroy your life and they smear you and they slander you.

00:16:39.000 Sure.

00:16:39.000 And they have an agenda and they're not into actually reporting.

00:16:43.000 And again, I don't remember all the details, but I remember, you know, at one point, media darling, and then they love to try to tear down what they once built up.

00:16:52.000 Oh, God, that's what they do every time.

00:16:54.000 So they'll build you up.

00:16:55.000 In Formula One, that's exactly what happened.

00:16:56.000 They loved me at first.

00:16:57.000 They're like, she's the best.

00:16:58.000 And now they're like, get her out of here.

00:17:00.000 Yes, because what it is, is this, this is why they hate Trump because he built himself outside of the media.

00:17:06.000 So anything, anything they don't build, they can't destroy.

00:17:10.000 And so they're doing everything they possibly can to go after him.

00:17:12.000 And he understands the media better than they understand themselves.

00:17:16.000 But it's almost like it's like a boom and bust cycle, right?

00:17:18.000 So we're going to make money on the way up and make money on the way down.

00:17:21.000 So we're going to build you on the way up and then we're going to destroy you on the way down.

00:17:24.000 And we're going to have ratings on both sides.

00:17:27.000 Yeah.

00:17:27.000 Well, I mean, propaganda in the media has been going on for a long, long time.

00:17:32.000 Isn't that Operation Mockingbird?

00:17:33.000 Oh, yeah.

00:17:33.000 Well, it's funded by the Intel agencies.

00:17:35.000 By CIA, right?

00:17:36.000 Yeah, that's right.

00:17:37.000 And still currently, by the way, Obama, he signed some executive order and made some adjustments where it's still ongoing.

00:17:45.000 The Intel agencies are actively involved in coordination and symmetry of the distribution of media.

00:17:51.000 I want to talk to you in the next segment, Danica, because you have a whole part of your website here about fitness, about lifestyle.

00:17:57.000 You have a whole book called Pretty Intense, which is also the name of your podcast.

00:18:02.000 It's one of my favorite things to talk about.

00:18:03.000 We don't talk about it enough, which is trying to push people to be the best versions of themselves and to kind of break out of the simulation.

00:18:08.000 Right, right.

00:18:09.000 And I know you have a 90-day program that talks about sculpting your body and calming your mind.

00:18:13.000 I really want to dive into that because we could talk about politics all day long.

00:18:16.000 I actually talk about politics all day long.

00:18:18.000 You do.

00:18:18.000 And happy to do it if you want.

00:18:20.000 But I think that there are some really important life improvement attitude and spiritual takeaways that we need to encourage people to follow.

00:18:28.000 I love it.

00:18:29.000 I love it.

00:18:29.000 Well, just like at Amfest, you had plenty of speakers.

00:18:31.000 You had someone on psychology, which I just loved.

00:18:33.000 I was like, kept taking pictures of the screens.

00:18:36.000 It was so fantastic.

00:18:37.000 But the bad guys wouldn't know that because they just attack it as a bad event.

00:18:45.000 Hi, I'm Adriana, a politics major at Hillsdale College.

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00:19:45.000 So Danica Patrick is here. 0.97

00:19:47.000 She shares my enthusiasm for cold water.

00:19:50.000 Yeah, I mean, well, as much enthusiasm as you can have for cold water.

00:19:53.000 Enthusiasm for the benefits.

00:19:56.000 I'm a big believer in cold water.

00:19:58.000 Every person should expose themselves to at least a minute of cold water a day.

00:20:01.000 Cold shower, cold plunge.

00:20:03.000 It's good for you across the board.

00:20:04.000 I agree.

00:20:05.000 And you can do your face too.

00:20:06.000 There's like insane benefits with just even doing your face.

00:20:09.000 But yeah, we were talking about this interview with, I think it was Goggins and Huberman, and that there is a part of your brain that grows when you do things that you don't like to do.

00:20:19.000 And so pretty much everyone doesn't like to cold plunge.

00:20:23.000 You do it because you understand the benefits.

00:20:25.000 But if you do get to the point that you like it, you can go from one to 10 minutes, as they say in the episode, and it won't actually grow this part of your brain.

00:20:32.000 So you actually have to not like something.

00:20:35.000 And so cold plunging is a great way to do something.

00:20:38.000 I gotta find something else.

00:20:39.000 And that they found that in overweight people, this part of the brain was the smallest.

00:20:44.000 You have a whole part of your website and your worldview that I think is really important people know about, which is about pushing yourself to a higher physical standard, spiritual standard, mental standard, which I'm enthusiastic about.

00:20:56.000 And I really wish people would talk more about.

00:20:58.000 And that includes doing things you don't like.

00:21:01.000 And so you have this book, Pretty Intense.

00:21:04.000 When did this book come out?

00:21:05.000 A couple years ago?

00:21:06.000 About five years ago.

00:21:07.000 Okay.

00:21:07.000 And I'm sure it's still as applicable today as it was then.

00:21:11.000 Talk about the book and then talk about, I think we need to do a better job of pushing back against fact acceptance culture in this country.

00:21:19.000 So talk about your book.

00:21:20.000 Yeah.

00:21:21.000 The book is called Pretty Intense, which is then what I called my podcast.

00:21:24.000 And it's broken down into three sections, the mind first, and then it goes into the body with fitness.

00:21:31.000 And I designed a workout and then there's before and after, there's testimonies because we did a trial group for it.

00:21:38.000 And then there's food.

00:21:39.000 And so there's recipes as well that I wrote and photographed.

00:21:43.000 So you said something really cool, which is if you show up for yourself, you'll show up for other people.

00:21:47.000 It's the way that you show up for yourself is the way that you show up for other people.

00:21:51.000 So I think that fitness and health is such a great gateway to just developing those aspects of yourself.

00:22:00.000 So when you discipline yourself to get up, when you push yourself in the gym, when you choose better foods to take care of yourself, you start to mirror that in your life to your family, your children, to other people.

00:22:14.000 And I just think that it's a great hack to just developing better character traits, I think.

00:22:20.000 What is it meant for you to take the physical as a priority?

00:22:26.000 Because sometimes that is the back burner, right?

00:22:27.000 People will say the body doesn't matter that much.

00:22:31.000 I think this is the root of a lot of obesity, type 2 diabetes.

00:22:34.000 We're way too fat of a country.

00:22:36.000 It's not the most important thing.

00:22:37.000 But if you don't take your body seriously, what else would that mean, you think, for your life, for other people's lives?

00:22:45.000 Well, being an athlete and racing since I was 10, fitness is something that I kind of had to do and then have done for a very, very long time.

00:22:55.000 So it seems, so it has kind of been part of my life and I do enjoy it.

00:23:00.000 So I, but I mean, of course, like you have to put in the effort, you have to put in the work.

00:23:06.000 But I just really firmly believe that when you work hard and put that effort in, that, you know, like, let me back up.

00:23:16.000 I've been a fit person generally my whole life.

00:23:19.000 And that kind of took a turn about five or so years ago.

00:23:24.000 I talk about this sort of health journey I had.

00:23:28.000 One of the big elements of it was having breast implants and them making me sick and a cascade of other issues that came as a result of it, one of which was gaining weight.

00:23:39.000 And it was so frustrating because it wasn't a matter of me not putting in the effort.

00:23:44.000 In fact, I started putting in more effort.

00:23:47.000 So for me as a character, as my character would go, when you look at me, I want you to see that I have discipline.

00:23:55.000 I want my body to be an example of my level of discipline and commitment to myself.

00:24:00.000 So when it slipped, I realized I had to sort of dive into the psychology of why I cared so much, what I looked like.

00:24:08.000 And it wasn't because I thought people wouldn't like me or I couldn't get a date or it was more that it looked like I was lazy.

00:24:16.000 And I hate that.

00:24:17.000 That's probably one of the things that I judge the most in people.

00:24:20.000 And you should.

00:24:21.000 Yeah. 0.99

00:24:21.000 Laziness is one of the most just disgusting qualities in a human being to be a sloth. 0.99

00:24:27.000 So what are the couple disciplines you do every day that you don't want to do that you think enhance your life and improve your mood, improve your vitality?

00:24:37.000 What are some of the daily disciplines you incorporate?

00:24:41.000 Actually working out strategically, but less.

00:24:46.000 I do love it, but I used to work out so much, like every day and sometimes twice a day.

00:24:51.000 And now I lift three days a week and I walk a ton.

00:24:56.000 So having the discipline to rest for me, and I know it's like I'm just a different human being.

00:25:02.000 And I know there are other people like me, but I like working out.

00:25:05.000 So having the discipline to do the right thing for my body and like loving my body enough to not kill it.

00:25:11.000 That's actually something that I have to do.

00:25:14.000 I mean, my little morning routine, I would love to wake up and just pour like get a cup of coffee immediately.

00:25:21.000 But instead, I drink my green drink of, I have AG1 and then I put in this Pro-Mix D-bloat orange stuff in it and creatine.

00:25:32.000 Creatine's great for your brain.

00:25:33.000 And that's the first thing I drink every day because it does a good job of taking care of your gut health so that you don't have that acidic coffee hit your stomach first.

00:25:43.000 So I have that first.

00:25:44.000 And then most of the time, unless I'm working out, I'll eat then as well and then have coffee.

00:25:49.000 So like I discipline myself to wait on coffee because I know of the benefits.

00:25:54.000 I mean, Huberman goes at length about the benefits of waiting at least 90 minutes.

00:25:59.000 Yes.

00:25:59.000 Yeah, I try my best and I get to about 60.

00:26:01.000 And also he's big into natural light and all that stuff.

00:26:04.000 Yes, which I'm a big fan of.

00:26:06.000 Yeah.

00:26:06.000 And being here in Arizona is amazing, right?

00:26:07.000 It's a huge, huge strategic advantage.

00:26:10.000 What spiritual disciplines, if any, do you do?

00:26:13.000 Meditation?

00:26:16.000 Actually, I pray.

00:26:18.000 I know that it sounds confusing because we just talked about spirituality for a while.

00:26:23.000 But I pray.

00:26:24.000 I pray every night and I pray during the day even, just various different things.

00:26:29.000 Actually, this necklace says call on your angels.

00:26:32.000 So I call on them a lot and I call on different ones, but I call on angels a lot.

00:26:37.000 In fact, when I was talking earlier about my tattoo on my back of an American flag, which actually can I tell you this funny story about how I, this was a week or so ago in Aspen and I saw RFK there.

00:26:51.000 And so we were skiing.

00:26:52.000 He gave me a ski lesson.

00:26:53.000 He's a fantastic skier.

00:26:55.000 But we were talking about Cheryl, his wife's sweater having an American flag on it.

00:26:59.000 And I was like, oh, I love your sweater.

00:27:01.000 And then we started talking about how people were, you know, criticizing that I said I love America.

00:27:06.000 And I said, I mean, I love America so much.

00:27:08.000 I have an American flag on my body tattooed.

00:27:11.000 And he was like, where is it?

00:27:12.000 And I stood up and I'm like, oh, man.

00:27:14.000 Okay, I'm going to do it.

00:27:16.000 And I pulled my shirt and it's a lower back tattoo.

00:27:19.000 And Bobby, and Bobby goes, Bobby goes, oh, you got a tramp stamp.

00:27:23.000 And it was like the funniest moment.

00:27:27.000 So I don't know how I derailed, but I found that to be a complicated thing.

00:27:31.000 What is the story?

00:27:32.000 So what's the story?

00:27:33.000 Were you in Cabo or something?

00:27:36.000 Was it a bet?

00:27:38.000 I came back from England when I was 19 because I lived there for three years racing.

00:27:42.000 And my friend also got a tattoo before that.

00:27:46.000 And I was like, I want a tattoo.

00:27:47.000 And I was like, it's an American flag that fades into a checkered flag.

00:27:52.000 And I designed it well and brought it in.

00:27:54.000 And it was.

00:27:55.000 It looked a lot nicer on paper, but I had it done in Rockford, Illinois.

00:27:59.000 And I'm not sure I visited the best tattoo artists in the world.

00:28:04.000 And then, oh, I know exactly why.

00:28:05.000 Because so that was when I was 19.

00:28:08.000 And then when I was 27, as we're talking about angels, I've been praying and talking to angels for my whole life.

00:28:16.000 I had angel wings put around the, I mean, it's just, it's just a wonderful back piece.

00:28:22.000 I had angel wings put around the flag and some yellow stars because that represents my name, which means morning star.

00:28:29.000 Wow.

00:28:30.000 So I, because when I was racing, every time before I went out, I prayed that the angels would surround my car and take care of me.

00:28:37.000 And they did.

00:28:40.000 This sounds like a real work of art.

00:28:42.000 I'm not going to stand up and show you.

00:28:44.000 I'm just absolutely not going to do that.

00:28:45.000 No.

00:28:47.000 I'm sure the internet has it somewhere.

00:28:50.000 One of the things that bothers me is when people start to use excuses and their thought patterns to lower their potential.

00:28:58.000 And this is something we talked about a little bit in a previous episode.

00:29:02.000 And it's easy to get into a rut.

00:29:04.000 It's easy to kind of just use a lot of excuses.

00:29:07.000 When is there a time in life you mentioned when you had some health difficulties five or six years ago when you had to, when you had a moment where you had to change a pattern of thought to consciously try to improve your life or to try and crush a stronghold that might have been challenging you?

00:29:24.000 Well, I mean, we do get into these patterns of thoughts that can be negative and hold us back.

00:29:29.000 And it's a hormonal thing.

00:29:32.000 I mean, it's like it's a, it's a, it's a cocktail that your body's used to used to having.

00:29:37.000 Yes.

00:29:38.000 And so it has sort of like a loop of emotions and hormones that get triggered.

00:29:44.000 And you have to, you stay on that pattern.

00:29:46.000 And the body only wants repetition.

00:29:48.000 Like it's just like the ego.

00:29:50.000 It just wants to know it's safe and wants to keep you safe, even if it means long-term loss, but it's short-term gain.

00:29:58.000 And so we get into these rhythms and patterns and so many of them start in childhood.

00:30:04.000 We don't even know it through our programming through up to about seven years old, they say, is when the subconscious programming happens.

00:30:12.000 So we don't even know why we do things or why we are the way that we are because it's sort of invisible as a background program that runs.

00:30:20.000 So when you try and reprogram something that is well established, it's literally like an addiction because the body is addicted to that cycle.

00:30:32.000 So it should feel very hard, very confusing.

00:30:36.000 For me personally, if I'm sharing some of the things that have been the hardest, like there are many things that I feel pretty strong about and feel very confident and I'm able to push through difficult things.

00:30:48.000 You know, for me, I feel like standing up in politics right now feels like something I'm built for.

00:30:55.000 When I believe something and have conviction, I just pretty unwavered.

00:30:59.000 Like I'm not afraid.

00:31:01.000 I would say that probably in my life, it ends up falling in relationships of certain belief systems, belief patterns I have about myself.

00:31:11.000 The one that I've had most of the time is not being enough.

00:31:14.000 And so like trying to reprogram these thoughts in my head of not being enough or codependency-like characteristics, those are some of the things that I've had to work the hardest on.

00:31:26.000 And I love what you said about being called into the political fight.

00:31:29.000 It's a big year, as you mentioned.

00:31:30.000 I want you to, you know, I'll use this as a tease, the next segment, kind of tell us what you think this next year, how you're thinking about it.

00:31:37.000 What are the big issues that are facing the country?

00:31:40.000 And it's a really exciting time because, you know, just yesterday I had coffee with Rob Schneider, who is amazing.

00:31:46.000 He did a great job at Amfest.

00:31:48.000 Yeah.

00:31:48.000 And I mean, I never would think that I'd have Rob Schneider and Danica Patrick.

00:31:53.000 It's like kind of this interesting new group of people that all believe in free speech and believe in the Constitution.

00:32:00.000 And we might have different opinions on certain particular political issues, but the big stuff we're in full agreement on, there's something happening.

00:32:07.000 You could call it an awakening.

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00:33:15.000 Anything you want to plug in addition, things you're working on, your podcast, pretty intense.

00:33:20.000 Yeah.

00:33:20.000 So you're a pretty intense person.

00:33:23.000 I mean, do you think?

00:33:24.000 I don't know.

00:33:25.000 It definitely came about because that sort of describes my personality.

00:33:29.000 But I think that it will get pretty intense.

00:33:31.000 And it's actually a perfect pivot into, you know, talking about the future of this next year because I do want to interview people like yourself.

00:33:42.000 RFK was on.

00:33:43.000 I'm happy to come on.

00:33:44.000 Having people come and have the platform, have the conversation.

00:33:48.000 And so I'm not an expert in this category, but I'm going to be vulnerable and learn.

00:33:53.000 And I'm curious.

00:33:54.000 And so it might actually start some conversations that are a little unconventional because I haven't been in this world.

00:34:02.000 You will learn a lot.

00:34:03.000 Aristotle famously said in the first line of the metaphysics: all men seek to know.

00:34:08.000 And so that is, if you seek to know, then you are in the pursuit of philosophy.

00:34:12.000 I love that.

00:34:13.000 So philosophy is the love of wisdom.

00:34:15.000 So 2024, what do you think of this crazy presidential year?

00:34:19.000 You're now in the political game, Danica, whether you like it or not.

00:34:22.000 You're in.

00:34:23.000 Welcome aboard.

00:34:24.000 I mean, I'm here, which means I'm definitely in the game.

00:34:26.000 Yes.

00:34:29.000 I think that it's going to be the best and the worst things that we've seen.

00:34:33.000 I think that we'll probably...

00:34:34.000 It'll be the best of times and the worst of times.

00:34:36.000 Yeah, and I am scared and curious and slightly fascinated to see what kind of antics will be pulled over the next year to control whatever wants to be controlled by people that don't have good intentions or people that just want to hold power at least.

00:34:55.000 Let's just say that.

00:34:57.000 So we've seen so many things go down over the last few years that seem nonsensical and crazy.

00:35:04.000 And so I'm sure that that won't end because what it feels like before we went to break, you said an awakening feels like it's happening, which I said is a pretty spiritual thing to say.

00:35:13.000 But it does feel like the place that doesn't feel scary to me is that I'm conscious of that, I feel like.

00:35:22.000 I'm like ready for something crazy to happen.

00:35:24.000 Even this Miami alien thing that happened.

00:35:27.000 The Nephilim. 0.75

00:35:28.000 I mean, is that what they call it?

00:35:29.000 Yeah, the Nephilim is a biblical term.

00:35:31.000 The Nephilim for the large people. 0.85

00:35:32.000 For the giant people, yeah.

00:35:33.000 Yes, yes, yes, correct.

00:35:35.000 And I even look at that and I think to myself, okay, apparently that's supposed to happen, supposedly happened Monday, but came out Friday.

00:35:42.000 So that's interesting.

00:35:44.000 And we've been hearing about, we're going to know about aliens soon.

00:35:48.000 But the question is, is it going to be our doing?

00:35:52.000 Is it going to be, is it going to be to distract?

00:35:55.000 Is it going to be fake?

00:35:56.000 Is it going to be, what is it really going to be?

00:35:59.000 So I'm like, okay, did that really happen or not?

00:36:02.000 So I'm already like looking through everything with the lens of, is this true or is this not true?

00:36:06.000 So if Trump is the nominee and it's Trump v. Biden, and let's say Bobby Kennedy is not competitive, because I know you like him, who do you think would be a better shot to help save the country?

00:36:17.000 I mean, I'm really interested in what Vivek's saying these days.

00:36:21.000 I'm interested in what his angle is because I feel like he's coming at it just full force.

00:36:27.000 Say anything, go anywhere.

00:36:29.000 I mean, right now he's racing around Iowa, going to, I think he said like 99 counties and going everywhere twice.

00:36:35.000 Like, that's ambitious and passionate.

00:36:40.000 But, you know, backing Trump and states that he's not going to be on the ballot, he's like, I won't, I'm going to take myself off.

00:36:45.000 Good for him, right?

00:36:46.000 Good for him.

00:36:47.000 And I just, I wonder what his angle is because on some level there's competition here.

00:36:52.000 But I think that what he has to say is really interesting.

00:36:54.000 And I love all these truth tellers.

00:36:56.000 And I think the ones that are telling the most truth are the ones that are in these open format.

00:37:01.000 They're non-scripted.

00:37:02.000 They're long-form podcasting.

00:37:04.000 Someone that's just not afraid to be asked questions because they just know who they are and they know what they stand for.

00:37:10.000 Would you ever run for office?

00:37:12.000 You're in the game now.

00:37:14.000 Oh my God.

00:37:14.000 That's so far from my mind.

00:37:17.000 I went on Tucker's show last week.

00:37:19.000 I flew to Florida and we were messaging afterwards and I just said, thank you so much for having me.

00:37:28.000 And he was grateful for me stopping by and he appreciated the interview.

00:37:32.000 And he said, I don't know where things are going to go for you, but I bet it's going to be unexpected.

00:37:36.000 So like that was the back of my mind thought.

00:37:40.000 I was like, that would be literally the most unexpected thing I could ever imagine for my life.

00:37:46.000 But you couldn't have imagined showing up to you thought you were going to go to AmericaFest, have this beautiful time, and now people are calling for this.

00:37:53.000 But like you said, you're made for this.

00:37:55.000 I'm built for the resiliency.

00:37:57.000 I'm built for the criticism.

00:37:59.000 I'm built for the judgment.

00:38:01.000 And I think that, you know, Patrick, I was bummed.

00:38:04.000 I did not see Patrick Bett David speak, but I know.

00:38:06.000 I got you guys.

00:38:07.000 I know that he was at Amfest when this clip showed up because of obviously the amazing stage that you guys had.

00:38:14.000 But when he went in, like, it motivates me when he spoke about this is a time where leaders are going to come through and we're going to wonder where did he come?

00:38:21.000 Where did she come from?

00:38:22.000 And I mean, to me, that this is where you're going to find them.

00:38:27.000 I love this because it was so powerful.

00:38:30.000 And he feels more optimistic than ever about what's coming.

00:38:33.000 And I would agree with that because I think, as I said, it's going to be the best and the worst we've ever seen come through in the next year.

00:38:41.000 I think that the good will prevail.

00:38:44.000 And that the reason is because when you get people to finally speak up that have just gone about their life and just want to live the life they want to live, however they want to live it, everyone else can do the same thing.

00:38:58.000 But when they finally get pushed to the limit that they need to stand up for themselves and what they feel like is now everyone else and feel called to do that and feel like they have to, which is kind of where I got to, you don't know what it's like to see those people in their power.

00:39:16.000 Like there's a conviction and a like to the death like energy that you don't get from someone that isn't in their truth.

00:39:25.000 Yes.

00:39:26.000 And you feel that you're hitting that flow.

00:39:28.000 And I feel like I hit that.

00:39:31.000 So that's kind of where I do.

00:39:33.000 I don't know.

00:39:33.000 I mean, you've been living this, I feel like, for a while.

00:39:36.000 I have been.

00:39:36.000 Yeah.

00:39:37.000 And look, the decision that had to be made was in 2020, not the Trump.

00:39:42.000 It was the COVID and the race stuff. 0.67

00:39:44.000 And we had to make a conscious decision.

00:39:46.000 And I would still be friendly with some kids I grew up with in Chicago.

00:39:49.000 It was, that was the great ending of all of it.

00:39:52.000 The stances you took on COVID and the stances you took on BLM defined the whole trajectory.

00:39:58.000 And then you just are a free person.

00:39:59.000 You can say whatever you want and you don't care.

00:40:01.000 And you don't care about advertiser boycotts or any of that.

00:40:04.000 And you find advertisers that share your values and you find team members that share your values.

00:40:09.000 And you don't care if you say something that might be a little spicy because you're not owned by anybody.

00:40:14.000 It's an amazing existence.

00:40:15.000 It's what Tucker was talking about at Amfest.

00:40:18.000 Yes.

00:40:18.000 Is that when you are in your truth and you speak your truth, you get stronger inside.

00:40:24.000 And that stronger inside is what gives you the strength and conviction and momentum and energy to do what needs to be done.

00:40:35.000 And that's why I think that it's going to end up better than ever.

00:40:38.000 And I share those thoughts that Patrick has as well about it's going to be better than ever because that is what prevails.

00:40:47.000 Yes, the truth ultimately wins.

00:40:49.000 So check out danicapatrick.com.

00:40:52.000 Do you have some fun podcast guests coming up?

00:40:54.000 Well, we're about to get rolling on some fun podcast guests like yourself, right?

00:40:58.000 Let me know.

00:40:59.000 I'd be happy to.

00:41:00.000 I'm going to, I've started to make my list of all the people that I need to talk to.

00:41:03.000 I think Vivek might be coming up.

00:41:06.000 These people reached out.

00:41:07.000 So, yeah.

00:41:09.000 I mean, I need to get some people from the other side, too.

00:41:11.000 Got to be fair.

00:41:12.000 Sure, if they'll come on.

00:41:14.000 If they will have long-form, substantive conversation of the tough questions and all that, I will see it.

00:41:19.000 Danica, thank you so much.

00:41:21.000 This is awesome.

00:41:22.000 And welcome aboard.

00:41:23.000 There's no going back.

00:41:24.000 You know that, right?

00:41:25.000 It's the old, I've burned the boats.

00:41:26.000 Do you know that metaphor where you go to the island and you are the military and you say, we're going to burn all the boats, meaning there's no going back.

00:41:34.000 We have to take the island.

00:41:35.000 Yep.

00:41:36.000 I'm not on board.

00:41:38.000 I'm on the island.

00:41:39.000 I love it.

00:41:40.000 All right.

00:41:40.000 Danica, thanks so much.

00:41:41.000 Thank you.

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The Charlie Kirk Show - January 10, 2024

Danica Patrick is Burning All the Boats

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