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The Cynical Cast blends investigative grit with community storytelling. We cover everything from youth sports reform and coaching accountability to bipartisan political shit-shooting with anyone brave enough to step behind the mic. Our conversations range from field dynamics to Capitol dysfunction, all tied together by one goal: truth over tribalism.

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The day we make Congress coexist, drop the tribal mentality and gang-like paradigm, is the day this country becomes elite again.

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