In her retirement from competitors, Danica Patrick has turn out to be a recurring visitor pundit and analyst throughout a big swath of racing protection on tv. She has appeared on NBC’s protection of the Indianapolis 500, within the NASCAR on FOX commentary sales space, in the course of the SRX short-track sequence on CBS, and on Sky Sports activities’ F1 protection in Britain, simulcast within the U.S. on ABC and ESPN. Although, the one place to listen to from Patrick on a weekly foundation is her podcast “Fairly Intense.”
Danica Patrick retired from racing after a one-off look in the 2018 Indianapolis 500. She spent the final 5 years of her profession as a driver within the NASCAR Cup Sequence however grew to become a family identify in IndyCar. Patrick grew to become the one girl to win an IndyCar race in 2008 and completed third within the 2009 Indy 500, the perfect consequence by a lady within the marquee occasion.
“Fairly Intense” gives a view of Danica Patrick exterior the world of racing, a model of the star by no means seen on tv. Listeners will hear Patrick and her company spout weird beliefs on relationships, self-help, wellness, and aliens. Sure, aliens. A number of rivals from her racing profession, akin to Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, and Clint Bowyer, have appeared on the present, however fringe figures are the norm.
Based mostly on YouTube’s figures, the preferred episode of Patrick’s present featured extremist right-wing determine Jordan Peterson as a visitor. A clip from the episode garnered over 4 million views.
Final week, Patrick launched an episode with Kashif Khan as a visitor. Khan claims that aliens edited human DNA simply earlier than the beginning of recorded historical past to limit lifespans to a most of 120 years. Khan said that his unfounded perception stems from characters in historic myths dwelling for hundreds of years. Patrick doesn’t problem it, hypothesizing that these legendary figures may need been aliens themselves or human-alien hybrids.
The dialogue with Khan isn’t an outlier. Patrick has invited company to speak about aliens secretly dwelling amongst us, how the reality about UFOs being saved from the general public, and bizarre concepts about the pyramids. You already know, regular stuff from somebody who ought to most likely additionally keep off the racing commentary circuit.