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Glenn Beck
We cover a lot of ground today. We start with the world being upside down and inside out. What is actually happening in the world and what does it mean to not just America, but to the rest of the world? Because the exact same stuff is happening in Europe and here in England also. Hasan Piker, this guy is not dangerous because he's a Marxist. We've lived with this before. Why is this guy somebody that we really should pay attention to and watch? And why can't the Democratic Party get away from him? And a virus update, the hantavirus update, all on today's podcast, Patriot Mobile. You know, every time you pay your Patriot Mobile bill and every time your phone rings, you know, all the blue dye falls out of somebody's, you know, their leftist hair at all. Somewhere it does. It's like an angel get its wings. When you hear your phone ringing, it's, you know, a Patriot Mobile call. Blue dye just comes out. It's weird. It's really weird. Anyway, what. What is true about Patriot Mobile is what they're really all about. They're one of the few companies left that actually understands something really important. Your money has value attached to it. And many of the big mobile phone companies support causes and, you know, activists and everything else that you fundamentally disagree with. Maybe you thought, oh, well, I mean, I got to fund it because I need my mobile phone service. No, no, not like you used to. Patriot Mobile, this is where they come in. They offer dependable nationwide coverage, competitive pricing, real customer service, and they support all the things believe in free speech, religious liberty, the Constitution, the men and women who fight for this country. I think people are really tired of feeling like they have to choose between getting a good service and supporting their values. But with Patriot Mobile, you don't have to make that choice. You get both. Patriotmobile.com Beck patriotmobile.com Beck use promo code Beck and get a free month of service. 972 Patriot promo code Beck 972 Patriot promo code Beck or patriotmobile.com Beck hello, America. You know, we've been fighting every single day. We push back against the lies, the censorship, the nonsense of the mainstream media that they're trying to feed you. We work tirelessly to bring you the unfiltered truth because you deserve it. But to keep this fight going, we need you right now. Would you take a moment and rate and review the Glenn Beck podcast? Give us five stars and leave a comment. Because every single review helps us break through Big Tech's algorithm to reach more Americans who need to hear the truth. This isn't a podcast, this is a movement. And you're part of it, a big part of it. So if you believe in what we're doing, you want more people to wake up, help us push this podcast to the top rate, review, share together, we'll make a difference. And thanks for standing with us. Now let's get to work.
Caller Dion
You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck Program.
Glenn Beck
Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. Inflation is at the worst it has been since 2020. That is not good for the President or for those who wish to support the President. And he's going to China. And I would really suggest you stay home and also be seen listening and working for the people, Mr. President, because this is not, this is not good. This is not good. Ricky just said to me a minute ago that she thought he will play another. He'll, he'll play the same card he played at Mar? A Lago with President Z, she and, and, and retaliate against Iran when he's in China. And that, you know what, that makes sense that that kind of fits into his pattern. And you know, the first term I really thought the guy was, and I thought I said this to him, I said, you know, you're a human hand grenade. What, what do you. Nobody thought that was possible. I said, you're a human hand grenade. He said, what do you mean by that? And I said, you just throw yourself in a room, you blow up and a wall comes down and then you're like, hey, what's behind that wall? And you just find things. I don't know why, I don't know how, but you just do. That was my view in the first term. I think the sky is extraordinarily strategic, but I could be giving him too much credit. I don't think so. But I think he's extraordinarily strategic so it'll be interesting to see what he does. Jason, give me that Laura Ingraham tweet that she gave because I don't like this. If this is what's happening over in China.
Jason
Yeah. So I think we should classify this as rumor because I don't think anybody really knows yet. But Laura Ingraham yesterday tweeted it was a quote from another article about what the President and Xi Jinping were reportedly considering. And it was a quote, deal to allow China to invest 1 trillion in the US largely to build factories on American soil. No, I don't think a foothold in the United States is something that we really want economically by the Chinese.
Ricky
Jason. I Saw some. The list of the people that were traveling with him. And there are a lot of business entrepreneurs. People like Elon Musk are going. I'm wondering if it's an AI discussion, Silicon Valley discussions.
Glenn Beck
I hope not that either. I don't want them involved in any of the AI stuff. We should hold that very close to the. To the vest. Now, if a bunch of entrepreneurs are going over there and they're like, you know what? You're going to open up China so we can, you know, build some factories in China as. As well as build them here in the United States if we're getting something out of it. I mean, you know what. What we need is the money to stay on our shore. That's the problem with all these companies that come in and they build. Japanese come in and they build Toyotas in America. Well, that's great, but it's not an American company. And so the money is going back to Japan and not into the U.S. economy. And you know that. That's. That's the thing. I don't want to enrich the Chinese in any way possible. We're over in London this week because Tommy Robinson is doing a rally. And I have never seen. I've never seen. Well, yeah, I have everybody in on the right in America. I was gonna say, I've never seen anybody so maligned as Tommy. And, you know, in this regard, he was a thug. I mean, when he was young, he admits it, he was a thug. He was a footballer, as they say here. And he was like, yeah, we just used to go out every Saturday after football and we would beat each other up and we were thugs. That's what I grew up in. That was how my town worked. But he has seriously grown up, and I'm really anxious to see. He is. He is right now calling and making sure that everybody who is marching understands. Don't give the government. It sounds familiar. Don't give the government exactly what they want. We know what they want. Do we have that clip from Tommy Robinson?
Tommy Robinson
Look how much they want us to fail. Look at Kia Star. Do you know what we need to wake up on Sunday morning laughing as he calls it a hate march? Don't give him anything. Don't give him any aggression. Don't give him one single little bit to use. And use their media propaganda to paint a. A false narrative of our movement and who we are. So come. Control yourself.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Tommy Robinson
Do not give them what they want. You know what he wants. You know what the media want. You know, they all want. They want to paint us as thugs, hooligans, as extremists. We know we're not right. They're going to put on a beautiful celebration of British identity. Him, he can't unite this kingdom. Yeah, we'll unite the kingdom against him on the 16th of May, this Saturday. So make your plans. That's my appeal. The most important thing now. Control yourselves. Do not give them what they want.
Caller Dion
Man,
Glenn Beck
I don't know, I mean he does, he sounds reasonable to me and he has everything to lose if it gets ugly. But we'll know, we'll be there. And if you join the torch, you'll be able to see it with us on Saturday. Coverage will start about 9am I'm going to be speaking, we think about 10, there's about a mile long march that I'll be marching with some of the other people that are allowed to come in to the United Kingdom. Starmer has started to ban people, including elected officials from other countries. He just banned the duly elected Belgian member of Parliament. He had a valid passport, he had his tickets coming. And then over the weekend he heard, oh no, you're not coming in. Why? Because he was coming to speak at the United Kingdom rally. And he is daring to say what millions of people all across Europe are thinking. That flooding the west with unchecked migration is driving the entire continent and this country and our country into poverty. And they're breaking the laws. They're tearing apart everything that we built. And reporters, politicians, voices of reform all across Europe are being turned away and treated like criminals by the government of the United Kingdom. Common sense is a controlled substance right now. And if you speak it, you're banned here, which kills me. I was thinking about this last night. You can paddle in a little rubber boat across the channel in a dinghy, have no passport, no paper, no job, no family, no intention of ever getting a job. And the red carpet is rolled out. They give you a hotel room, school for your kids, hospital for your families, hotels paid for by the taxpayer. But if you, if you happen to have two wives, polygamy, which is still illegal under British law, both wives will get full benefits. Two sets of taxpayer funded handouts for one guy who just broke the every entry rule that they have here in the United Kingdom. But if you stand up and you say the obvious, hey, Western countries, we're committing suicide by importing people who openly despise our nations and our culture. They don't have any intention of integrating. Some of them, at their most extreme, want to replace our laws with sharia law. And yet you're the dangerous one. You're the one that's kept out of the. The boat can just keep washing up on shore, but you're the threat. And the government protects the boats. I'm sorry. Government Silencing the warnings. This is madness. It's absolute madness. And if you want to see the perfect symbol of it, you walk into the courtyard of the London School of Economics here in London. In the courtyard, in the middle of it, is a giant globe. It's a statue of the globe, except you think it's normal unless you really look at it. And then you realize, wait a minute. The South Pole. The south pole is at the north, and the North Pole is the south. Literally, the entire world turned upside down. London School of Economics, Mission accomplished. Most people don't know this, but the London School of Economics, that's where the Fabian Socialists come from. The Fabian Socialist started here. I mean, that's George Bernard Shaw, the guy who came up with the idea of the gas chamber, you know, for people that are not worthy of living anymore. But the Fabian Socialists, they started this secret society, and now it's right out in the open and it's the intellectual class, you know, here in Great Britain. They're the ones who flipped reality. And just a couple of blocks from the upside down globe is their famous stained glass window, which I used to show on Fox. It is a fascinating. I mean, all you have to do is look at the window. On the window, there is a guy. I'm sorry, she a wolf wearing the cloak of sheep. Over. Okay, that Fabian Society, that's their slogan. Their, their, their image is a wolf in sheep's clothing. And then on this window, it shows a strong man hammering on the globe as somebody else is heating it up. So they heat the world up so they can pound it and reshape it with the motto is on the stained glass window. Remold it nearer to the heart's desire. That's what they're doing. That's what they're doing. They're still heating the world up in a fire of their ideology. Open borders, no questions asked, no loyalty required. Because their heart's desire is a borderless utopia where the nations dissolve and, you know, there's chaos. And they can swoop in and then they can control the chaos because they'll have all of the. All of the tools to keep you in mind, to keep you in, in line. Never mind the poverty, never mind the grooming gangs. Never mind the parallel society springing up where British law no longer applies. And soon it will happen in America. Common sense in England is now extremism. Protecting your own people now apparently is hate. And enforcing your own borders is, I guess, fascism. Telling the truth gets you into trouble while you know, rubber boats just keep washing up on shore. The world is truly upside down. Upside down. But here's the thing. Eventually these guys fall because they're overplaying their hand. People are waking up and the crash is going to be huge and it's going to happen all around the world. And I think that's what Tommy knows and sees coming. And that's why he's saying stand up, speak out before they ban that as well. The globe at the London School of Economics. It's not just art that nobody sees. It is a warning. And we have ignored these people far too long. The world is upside down. Recognize it so we can write it again. Let me tell you about relief Factor. You know, when you're, you're young, you think pain is something that only happens. You do, you know, you know when you're stupid, you twist an ankle playing basketball, you throw your back out trying to move a couch. 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Caller Dion
Really.
Glenn Beck
Now back to the podcast. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program. Let me ask you what happens when these guys. Because the left can't control this. The left encouraged this the whole time. They've encouraged this. I told him from the very beginning, the minute Michael Moore was sitting in the presidential box in 2004, when John Kerry was running against George Bush, I said on the air the next day, you don't put a Marxist into that box. You don't sit him next to former presidents. What you're doing is you're opening the door for radicals. And these radicals are going to come in and you think you're using this. I mean, we should find this monologue. You think you're using them. You think by putting Mike Moore in, which he just had a big Fahrenheit 911 movie out, you think that you're using him, he's using you, and you don't even know it. You're that stupid, and he's going to hijack, and people like him will hijack, and you will be licking their feet. You will be begging for them to keep you alive. And that's exactly what's happening. How are these people going to come out against this stuff now when they've justified everything they've justified. They've justified murder of police officers, justified the murder of CEOs, they've justified the murder of or attempted murder and assassination of Donald Trump. They're fine with it. They're fine with it. They bailed these people out that burn cities down. Tell me, exactly how is anybody going to stand up now and say, you know what? We got to distance ourselves from that. That's not cool. That's not cool. Because what the left will say to those politicians that come out and say that is, oh, my gosh, you've betrayed the. You've. You've betrayed the revolution. You become one of them. And that's exactly how you end up with guillotines in France. Congratulations. But let me go back to Hassan Piker, because he's not dangerous, because he's a socialist. America has survived socialists before. We've survived radicals before. We've survived angry kids, angry college kids carrying marks in one hand and a Che poster in the other. That's not new. That's not what makes this guy dangerous.
Hasan Piker
Well, my understanding is that the property owners who have properties there choose just not to rent it at all.
Jason
Yeah, kill them.
Glenn Beck
Kill those and murder those in the street. Let the streets.
Jason
Let the streets soak in their red capitalist bloods, dude.
Glenn Beck
Okay, how about this one? Here he is talking to a Vietnamese refugee who escaped communism. Listen to this. Because as Vietnamese refugee, we have endured
Jason
suffering under the communist regime and we believe that.
Hasan Piker
Okay, you dude, this refugee. Okay, seriously, this South Vietnamese whatever, like Christian supremacist psychotic refugee living in America now and able to talk that.
Glenn Beck
Why don't you go back and live
Hasan Piker
in South Vietnam in the same conditions, if that's your perspective.
Glenn Beck
Here he is.
Hasan Piker
No, I hate these people, dude.
Glenn Beck
Here he is on Mao. Listen to this.
Hasan Piker
The security checkpoints. I live streamed the entire process. I got stopped by a cop who thought I was like making fun of Mao Zedong, which I never would and never will. Mao Zedong is one of the great leaders of this world, ok? A man who changed the entire universe, the entire planet universe.
Glenn Beck
He's God. He is God. He changed the universe. Yeah, he also killed about 50 million people. But you know, who's counting? Here he is on Chinese communism of today. Listen to this.
Hasan Piker
There is critiques to apply to all forms of governance, even socialist ones.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Hasan Piker
And as far as like getting closer to what I think is, has been relatively successful because if, if ultimately the point of government is to improve the material conditions of all people to the best of your ability, it's not always going to be perfect. But when you are getting, I don't know, the poorest people, the poorest of the dispossessed masses out of a situation where they, they were servile, the landed gentry or they were peasants from an agrarian society, or they were, they were, you know, dominated by the landlords. But then ultimately they were able to, to, to come into modernity and become like a powerhouse, an industrial powerhouse that is competitive with the largest superpower on the planet. I would say, if that's the point of good governance, and I think you guys might agree with me on that, I would say China is probably the closest and there are still plenty of failures within the Chinese system as well. Plenty of issues within the Chinese system as well, but that's probably the closest, I would say, to an example that we should follow and lessons that we should learn from.
Glenn Beck
This is the example. Right here is the example of why he's so dangerous. Because he is dangerous to the Republic, because he has a massive audience and he can normalize moral confusion. Violence is softened. Terror is just. What's the context of it? Hatred is rebranded as justice. I mean, you heard the hate in it. When millions of people are taught that America is uniquely evil, that Western civilization is inherently illegitimate, that the democratic systems deserve not reform but humiliation and collapse, and China and communism is the best system, that's where it matters. That's where this matters. Because he's not some anonymous Internet troll screaming into the void. He's one of the largest political streamers in the Western world. Millions watch him, the Democrats support him. Millions absorb not just his conclusions, but his moral framework. I'd put him against Charlie Kirk any day of the week. Any day of the week. And I know exactly quickly, within two sentences which guy is good and which guy is evil? This framework that he does. If you believe societies are fragile, which they are, look carefully at this pattern. He praises and excuses groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, China and, and he's doing the other stuff. Not because he's an Islamist. He's not. By all available evidence, he is not an Islamist. He's secular, he's rich, he's westernized, he's educated, he's raised in an elite academic environment. His own research trail points much more towards just a revolutionary leftist and an anti American ideology than any kind of religion. And that makes this more important to understand because this is part of the modern Red green alliance. This guy should know you're going to be dead. You're going to be dead. When, when Muslims finally take over because the communists are not going to win, the Muslims will win. It'll happen exactly like it did in Iran. You Marxists got together and helped them with the revolution they overturned and then he killed you all. You'll be the first to die. You'll be the first killed by the Islamists. Okay, good luck with that. But they both share a common enemy, liberal democratic order and especially the American led world system. And these alliances never ever last. Because Marxists and Islamists, they might like each other right now, but they despise one another. They cooperate long enough just to destabilize the existing order. And I think the dumb ones are the Marxist. Watch the pattern. His rhetoric increasingly lives inside the pattern. Not merely a criticism of Israel. Cynicism is legitimate. Okay? Americans can argue about foreign policy all the time. Israelis, they argue about Israeli politics all the time. That's democracy. It's messy, it's ugly. And you disagree and you argue. But when somebody says I'd vote for Hamas over Israel every single time, or compares Zionists broadly to rabid neo Nazis, or praises Hezbollah, or says armed militancy against civilians is perfectly normal, you're no longer hearing nuanced criticism of policy. You're not, you're hearing the moral erosion that republics do not survive indefinitely. And you know, I just told you, the Democrats have absolutely no plan. They have no plan. How are they going to distance themselves from this guy? They are. This guy, he's just way out on the edge. You can't pull him back now. How are you going to pull him back? How are you going to do it? A stable republic depends on citizens believing some things are beyond the pale. Murder, terror, political violence, ethnic hatred, collective guilt, dehumanization. When those things blur, civilizations get shaky really fast and he's the one blurring the lines right now. Watch him, America. Pray for the stability, pray for peace, because your young kids are hearing rebellion and the grand struggle between oppressor and the oppressed. You're listening to the best of Glenn Beck. Need a little more? Check out the full show podcasts anywhere you download podcasts. Can you read the tweet? Ricky?
Ricky
Yeah. This comes from Megan McArdle. She's a libertarian. I happen to know her. Actually writes for the Washington Post. And if you see any half decent editorial come out of the Washington Post, it's thanks to her. But she says people who want to blow off hantavirus because Covid turned out to be no big deal. Covid had a fatality rate of 1% concentrated among the elderly. Hantavirus had an incubation period of up to eight weeks and kills 30 to 40% of people who show symptoms. Whole different beast. It's not pandemic yet and probably won't be, but if it were, the rational action would be locked down.
Glenn Beck
Oh God, Jason, are we doing this again? Can you join us for this, please? I. She's right. That is the logical action. But I don't want my government telling me that anymore. I'm tired of that. I would just want to be like, I'm, I'm locking myself. You go ahead, zombie freak, you go out there all you want, but I'm locking myself in. I don't think you'd have a problem with it for eight weeks. 40% death rate if they come out and it shows that, you know, 40% of these people that were on that cruise ship are dead. Yeah. I think people are going to go, I'm not going to. It'll change. I think people will. Jason, what do you think?
Jason
I, I just don't, I trust nothing from the way the government works on this or especially the global government. I remember when we did that big show of yours on that global pandemic. Remember that Preparation Game, Event 201 and.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Jason
And what I saw from there, some of the notes that I took on that was every. A lot of the things that they war gamed in event 201. A lot of things they ended up doing, they said don't do. And they were like, we absolutely cannot lock people down completely. We absolutely can't restrict travel to certain places. We got to be careful of, you know, you know, individual liberties and private businesses and things like that because this is going to completely, you know, tank everything. But it's almost like they used that as a template to make our lives a living hell during the pandemic. So when I hear of something else coming up, I always think back to event 201 and how they pretty much just use that to exert control. And it's making me to where I don't trust anything that they do anymore, because they're going to take the most radical thing that they have, you know, in their little book, and they're going to turn that into reality. So I don't. They've kind of done this to themselves. I don't really know what to think.
Glenn Beck
They've actually done it to us. They've done it to us. I mean, you elect a leader for a reason. You have to. Society has to have leadership that you can trust. We have to. And none of us trust our leadership. We don't. I don't trust the cdc. I don't trust the. You know who. I don't. I don't trust any of it. None of it. Do you? No. Yeah. No. So you have to. You have to have. You have to have trust as a society. You have to have leaders that you trust. They've done it to us. They have lied to us over and over and over again. And now so many of us are like, you know what? I don't believe them. I don't believe them for. I don't believe they didn't come up with this. You know, that's how bad it is. You know, they came up with. Fauci should have gone to prison for the rest of his life. He killed millions of people. Millions of people. And he did it knowingly. He knew ex. We have all the evidence of it. You know, Jason, it is so crazy. I look back at that. That special that we did back in the day when nobody had done a special yet on Covid, and we're exposing all the documents and showing how the Fed is actually making money with all of these. With all of these, you know, pharmaceutical companies that are coming up with new, you know, new ways to not get the Corona. But. And everything. Everything you did, it made it worse. You got more sick. And yet they were making plenty of money and people were making money like Fauci. We. We have all of the receipts on this one. So now you look at this and you're like, I don't know. I don't know. But how do you save yourself if you don't have a leader that you actually trust? What do you do? What do you do?
Jason
Yeah.
Glenn Beck
You know, how many people are going to say there's no way I'm going to lock myself in. Then what do the police have to do? And I don't. I honestly. This is. This is the Bubba effect. This is the Bubba effect. But instead of Bubba going out and shooting somebody, a Sikh, because he doesn't know the difference between a Muslim and a Sikh, and, you know, Bubba sees that his whole town is now overrun by Sharia law, people that are raping children, and the government won't do anything. And he, you know, kills a Sikh, and everybody in town goes, yeah, you know what? We'll take care of Bubba. What he did was wrong. And we'll. We'll try him for that. You get out of here. Federal government. You have nothing to do here. You cause the problem. The same thing can be said here, except instead of killing somebody, you know, it's somebody saying, I'm not going to stay in. I'm not going to stay in. And you kind of look at them and say, go out. And they're, you know, doing their thing. You kind of like, you know what it's like, Bubba, I see how you can feel that way. Bubba, I get it. You know, it's not your fault. They caused it. They've lied, and they never corrected it. And now I think it's too late. If this actually would be a bad thing, it's going to be too late. Agree or disagree?
Jason
Yeah.
Ricky
Yeah. I'm. I'm.
Caller Dion
I'm.
Ricky
I'm trying to not get nervous. The CDC actually had a press conference yesterday, and they seemed pretty chill about it, or flippant, depending on your WorldView.
Glenn Beck
I trust RFK.
Ricky
I trust Jay Bhattacharya.
Glenn Beck
I do, too. Yeah. That is the. That is the one thing that's going for us is the guys who were there saying, hey, all this is a lie, are now running the cdc. And, you know, well, tell me what
Ricky
you think about this. He said the CDC doctor said there's no guarantees in life. Is that flippant? Is that the right.
Glenn Beck
No, I think that's true. It's true. There's no guarantees in life. I think we should be saying that to people all the time. Oh, life isn't fair. Sucks to be you, doesn't it? That's. My dad used to say to me all the time, dad, this just isn't fair. Wow. Sucks to be you. I'd be like, well, what is that? What do you mean by that? That's kind of insensitive. I never said that to my dad. He would have slapped me across the face. Oh, my God. Gosh grow up. What do I mean by that? Yeah, life isn't fair. Life isn't fair. It never is fair. Who promised fairness? We should strive towards fairness. Yeah. You're not guaranteed anything in life. Life sometimes really sucks. You do everything right, and then you get hit by a bus. Oh, well, nobody promised you anything. It's just the way it is. I just want somebody to do the best job they can in this job. I just want somebody to tell me the truth. And, I mean, we have a right to know. We have a right to know. Jason.
Jason
Yeah. What makes this eerily similar is, you know, kind of that I feel like back during COVID they were. There was a radical loss of common sense, and that was pushed as actual policy, and it filtered all the way down to kids in school, for crying out loud. To this day, that lack of common sense has given us, I think, or opened us up to these Maximum Fear campaigns. And it feels eerily similar to then that. I just want people to inform me. I just want to. I want to know about it for sure, but I also want. I just want to be informed so that I can have a, you know, my. I can use that information and make decisions for myself without the Maximum Fear campaign. And now it feels like the media and anyone else, whether it's a technocrat, whether it's somebody at the cdc, whether it's someone at the. Who. I feel like everything now is directed towards that maximum fear, and instantly my radar goes up. I. I don't really know what to think. And it always goes back to, I just want to be informed, not scared. Can we start there maybe?
Glenn Beck
Yeah. It's not common sense. You just said, you know, I just want common sense to play a role. It's not common sense. It's just truth. I just want truth to play a role. People will use common sense sometimes, unless they're really, really afraid. They'll use common sense. But they took away the decisions. And the reason why they could get away with taking away our decisions is because they were lying to us. They were making things up as they went along. And the ones who really knew Fauci, he was part of it, and he was indeed lying to people as millions were dying. And then the guy was so arrogant, he called himself science. There's no common sense that's needed in that one. What we do need is truth and, you know, common sense with the schools. You know, we let our kids stay out of school. We forced our kids to stay out of school. Look at the damage we did to that generation.
Ricky
I know.
Glenn Beck
Look at the damage we did to that generation. And that wasn't common sense. What we don't. What we need is not common sense. We need a lack of political gamesmanship. Again, a restoration of truth. That was the teachers union. They were the ones. For whatever reason, they were the ones that said, shut the schools down and keep them closed. Even after all of the evidence started to come in that, nope, this is not true. What you're saying is not true. This is actually damaging our kids. They fought tooth and nail for some reason to keep. And it was all political reasons. It wasn't common sense. It was all political reason. So what we need is a restoration of truth. And, you know, maybe this is it. Here's the CDC cut 5.
CDC Doctor
We want to go back to the known aspect of this pathogen. It is not a novel pathogen. It is very difficult to spread. This is a different strand. So we have hantavirus in the United States. It is a different strain of that. And this hantavirus, the Andes virus is one of. Is the only strain that is person to person, but again, very difficult to spread, is close contact with bodily secretions or respiration, sharing things intimately, toothbrush, etc. And so this is very different than a respiratory virus. And that's what I really like to get across. And I appreciate that. We want people to understand we know this virus, it's not novel, and we know what we need to do.
Glenn Beck
I wish I just would have read that. I felt so much better, so much better before I heard him.
Ricky
I mean, honestly, it sounds like it's about as hard to contract as a. Yeah, it does.
Glenn Beck
Let me go to Dion in Colorado. She's a nurse. Dion, go ahead.
Caller Dion
Hey, Glenn. How are you?
Glenn Beck
I'm great. What do you have on this virus?
Caller Dion
So I've been doing this for a long time, and I don't like that. But I have a lot of experience behind me, and I've worked in major medical centers. And I have to say that in 25 years of emergency medicine, I have never, ever, ever tested for hantavirus in the er. And I can guarantee you there's not a single cruise ship whose medical facilities have the ability to test for this.
Glenn Beck
So what are you saying? What are you saying here? I mean, you're gonna have to say it because, I mean, you're just gonna have to say.
Caller Dion
I'll connect the dots very clearly. So I don't know how they can say these people had hantavirus on the cruise ship unless they were put on the cruise ship beforehand, knowing they had it because they. They wouldn't be able to diagnose, confirm that diagnosis on the ship.
Glenn Beck
Could you tell by their symptoms that maybe this is a pretty good guess? Help me out, throw me a bone. I'm trying to stay not black pilled here.
Caller Dion
Right. No, and I appreciate that. No, there's a good. You can say, yes, this looks like this, but you would not want to be alerting the news and confirming death to a. To a virus without knowing what it was. Like that. That's. That's really poor medicine. That's negligence to say, well, yeah, it's this. Without any kind of confirmation.
Glenn Beck
Could somebody have had a ship go by them and they could have thrown the testing stuff over to the other ship? Do. Are we sure that didn't happen? I'm just saying.
Caller Dion
Well, I was. I wasn't there. I. And I appreciate that, like this. This is not a virus you want to kid around with, and I appreciate that. It's very hard to contract, unfortunately. Does have a high mortality rate. But unless they were, they. I mean, I just don't know how they would ask for the metal, the testing supplies to be dropped onto the ship like I wasn't there. So I can't say that's a 100% concern, but that. Like I said, even in the years that I've been in medicine, we've never, like, we've never even sent out a test for hantavirus from the emergency departments that I've worked in, and I've worked in major medical facilities like the ones where they send all the people they can't diagnose and fix. Like, I've worked in like, thousand bed medical facilities, and I've never seen a hantavirus tested for at my emergency departments.
Glenn Beck
So are you saying, Dion, that you think this is all bullcrap? That we. Somebody invented this whole thing?
Caller Dion
I can't confirm or deny that. It's just there's so many holes in the presentation of this. That's what I'm trying to say. Like, it doesn't add up. The math is not mathing, if you want to take that expression. And like I said, I'm not dismissing the virus. I'm not saying that people aren't dead. I don't know that. But it just seems very coordinated and a very odd and random virus to present at an oddly coincidental time right before elections. So I.
Glenn Beck
All right, so. Okay. Okay. Oh, my gosh.
Caller Dion
Didn't mean to throw a wrench in all of this, but.
Glenn Beck
No, I mean. Okay, so. So how Will we know? I mean, there. There. Quarantining these people for eight weeks, which I think is the right thing to do. Do you agree?
Caller Dion
I think that is responsible. I don't disagree. I find it weird where they put them. But you know, I think. I think quarantining is a responsible thing to know for sure. And I'm sure they're testing, but some of the people who had symptoms were negative. And like I said, there's just so much it's not adding up. It's a very suspect story. It is. It's very weird. Absolutely. It's very weird.
Glenn Beck
And have you heard that they are. They were testing for. They were looking for a cure for hantavirus. Is that something that you also find a little strange?
Caller Dion
I haven't heard that part. They. Apparently they've been working on a vaccine for years before, so it's not going to magically show up in six months. But again, with emergency medicine, infectious diseases and like rodent based diseases are not my specialty. But I like.
Glenn Beck
Right. I'm hanging on to that. Could you tell me. I've got only about 45 seconds. Tell me why. Why do you think it's weird where they're putting them?
Caller Dion
Well, like I wouldn't you want to quarantine people with the same concern for the disease all in the same place and not all over the country?
Glenn Beck
Okay. All right. Okay. Yeah.
Caller Dion
Okay.
Glenn Beck
All right. Good boy. Good point. Good point. All right. Dion, thank you so much for your call. It's been a real joy. It's been a real joy. I thank you for this. And please keep an eye on it. You hear any more, call us and correct us at any time. We get it wrong as we are. We don't know our butt from our elbow in this one. But thank you.
Caller Dion
Thank you.
Glenn Beck
Well, good. You bet. God bless you.
Date: May 12, 2026
This episode of The Glenn Beck Program is a sweeping conversation that tackles escalating global tumult—from political instability and upside-down values in the U.S. and Europe to the rise of extremist thinkers like Hasan Piker and the complexity of viral outbreaks. Glenn and his co-hosts blend news analysis, personal anecdotes, sharp cultural critiques, and a touch of dark humor, ultimately urging listeners to recognize societal shifts and reclaim truth and common sense in times of profound uncertainty.
(00:00 – 08:00; 11:00 – 15:00)
Opening Remarks
Glenn sets the tone by describing a world in chaos, where the U.S., Europe, and even the UK are experiencing similar upheaval: open borders, censorship of dissent, and ideological confusion.
London School of Economics Symbolism
Glenn shares his visit to London, highlighting the “upside down globe” statue at the LSE as a warning of intentionally disrupted realities and discussing the Fabian Society’s aims to reshape the world according to ideological desires.
(06:30 – 11:00)
Discussion of Tommy Robinson & UK Immigration Policy
Glenn talks about the demonization of right-wing activists like Tommy Robinson, who advocates for orderly protests without violence. The government’s banning of critics, including European parliamentarians, signals a crackdown on free speech, especially around immigration.
Critique of UK’s Migrant Policy
Beck rails against resources given to illegal immigrants versus the ostracization of critics, warning that voice-of-reason dissent is now treated as dangerous extremism.
(02:56 – 05:19)
Inflation and the President’s Visit to China
Glenn is critical of the U.S. President’s priorities amid historic inflation, expressing skepticism over rumors of a $1 trillion Chinese investment in U.S. factories and possible AI partnerships.
Skepticism Over Tech Collaboration
Co-hosts worry about the dangers of U.S. technology, specifically AI, potentially falling under Chinese influence.
(15:13 – 25:17)
Notable Quotes (Hasan Piker, with timestamps):
Glenn’s Assessment:
Historical Parallel:
(25:17 – 41:45)
Hantavirus Compared to COVID-19
Ricky shares a tweet from Megan McArdle highlighting the severity of hantavirus—up to a 40% fatality rate, much higher than COVID, but not a pandemic (yet).
Skepticism and Distrust of Authorities
Both Glenn and Jason express deep distrust in public health authorities, referencing past CDC failures and Event 201 prep scenarios as evidence of manipulation and unnecessary government overreach.
Societal Impact: Loss of Trust
Glenn laments the loss of credible leadership, the breakdown of common sense during emergencies, and the lasting damage from lockdowns and school closures.
(36:20 – 41:44)
Possibility of Misinformation in Outbreak Reporting
Caller Dion, an experienced ER nurse, voices doubts over the official story of the hantavirus outbreak, pointing out reporting and diagnostic irregularities. She finds it odd that hantavirus would be diagnosed on a cruise ship given the lack of on-board testing capability; she suggests it could be hyped or orchestrated.
Concerns About Quarantine Protocols
Dion finds it strange how those exposed are being quarantined and notes that the story doesn’t entirely add up, especially with a vaccine reportedly in development pre-outbreak.
On flipping the world:
“The London School of Economics, that's where the Fabian Socialists come from ... Their image is a wolf in sheep's clothing. ... They heat the world up so they can pound it and reshape it with the motto...Remold it nearer to the heart's desire.” (11:27–13:45, Glenn Beck)
On radicalization and politics:
“How are these people going to come out against this stuff now when they've justified everything they've justified...Congratulations. But let me go back to Hasan Piker, because he's not dangerous because he's a socialist. America has survived socialists before...That’s not what makes this guy dangerous.” (15:13-16:55)
On trust in government:
“We have to have leadership that you can trust. ... They've done it to us. They have lied to us over and over and over again. And now so many of us are like, you know what? I don't believe them.” (27:50)
| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00 | Glenn’s introduction: Today’s themes, “world turned upside down” | | 02:56 | Inflation, President’s China trip, economic anxieties | | 05:07 | Concerns about U.S.–China tech cooperation (AI, entrepreneurship) | | 06:30 | Tommy Robinson, UK free speech, government bans | | 11:27 | The upside-down globe & Fabian Society in London | | 15:13 | Leftist radicals in U.S. politics, rise of Hasan Piker | | 17:43 | Hasan Piker’s controversial statements; danger of his influence | | 25:17 | Hantavirus vs. COVID: severity, policy responses discussed | | 27:50 | Societal trust, Event 201, skepticism of CDC/WHO | | 31:09 | Yearning for trustworthy, honest leadership | | 34:35 | School closures, call for truth and end to political games | | 36:20 | Nurse Dion’s medical skepticism about outbreak reports |
The conversation is highly candid, often sarcastic, and alternates between world-weary humor and dire warnings. Glenn’s voice is forceful but reflective—critiquing power structures and insisting on the importance of truth, transparency, and critical thinking.
This episode offers a stark diagnosis of modern Western society’s ills: manipulated information, moral relativism, and leaders who have lost public trust. Through stories from America and Britain, the rise of radical online influencers, and the specter of new disease outbreaks, Beck and his co-hosts offer a warning and a call to vigilance—urging listeners to seek truth, value common sense, and be alert to ideological overreach and the loss of civil liberties.