The Glenn Beck Program: Best Of – Key Discussions & Insights

Guest: Jack Brewer (briefly referenced) | Date: November 3, 2025
Host: Glenn Beck | Co-host: Stu Burguiere | Blaze Podcast Network

Episode Overview

This episode dives into the upcoming elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and especially New York City, spotlighting anxiety over radical shifts in Democratic politics with the likely mayoral victory of Zoran Mamdani. Glenn and Stu dissect internal party dynamics, the perceived consequences of political extremism, and Democratic Party fractures. The conversation turns international with a chilling exploration of the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, particularly as it pertains to children, and a disturbing Canadian Supreme Court case about child pornography. The episode closes with a scathingly comedic reading of a book review about Karine Jean-Pierre's memoir, exposing what the hosts describe as the pitfalls of DEI-focused (diversity, equity, and inclusion) politics.

1. New York City Mayoral Election: Cuomo vs. Mamdani

[02:58–11:31]

Key Points:

• Election Landscape: Widespread resignation (and some dread) among the hosts that Zoran Mamdani, a socialist-leaning candidate, is likely to become the next mayor of New York City.
• Corruption vs. Radicalism: The discussion contrasts Andrew Cuomo’s track record of “traditional, corrupt” Democratic politics with Mamdani’s hard-left ideology.
• Why Mamdani’s Winning: Beck suggests voters aren't voting for radical ideology per se, but are tired of entrenched corruption and familiar faces. Mamdani represents the “fresh face” effect—akin to Obama’s “hope and change” narrative in 2008.
• Obama and Legacy Politics: Obama’s endorsement is viewed as a non-factor or even negative among Mamdani’s base, who see him as a “sellout” compared to their “hardliner” values.

Notable Quotes:

• Glenn Beck [05:05]:
  “Mamdani is winning right now, I believe, because ... they’re tired of the corrupt Democratic politician. They’re not tired of Democrats. ... Here comes a fresh face. ... It is the Obama thing where, you know, hope and change.”
• Stu Burguiere [09:02]:
  “My suspicion on Mamdani is he will go even farther than de Blasio did because he's, you know, young and aspirational.”
• Glenn Beck [09:36]:
  “Yeah. It's a devil you know.”

Memorable Moment:

• The hosts joke repeatedly about “communist grocery stores” as shorthand for radical progressive policy proposals.

2. The Fracturing Democratic Party & Mainstreaming of Extremism

[11:31–14:00]

Key Points:

• Mainstreaming the Far Left: Both Mamdani supporters and Republicans could benefit from Mamdani being the party’s new face—Mamdani as a symbol of Democratic extremism might alienate moderates and galvanize GOP voters.
• Diminishing Obama/Clinton Legacies: The left’s turn away from Obama and the forecast that his legacy will “age like Bill Clinton”—fading into scandal and irrelevance as the party moves left.

Notable Quote:

• Glenn Beck [11:31]:
  “I think Barack Obama ... as the Democratic Party becomes so radical, I think he’s going to be even worse because he’s going to look like a total sellout.”

3. Fundraising, Identity Politics, and A New Kind of PAC

[14:00–16:00]

Key Points:

• Rise of AA PAC: Introduction of the Arab American PAC in Michigan—“wildly Islamist,” according to Beck—which the hosts frame as an echo of AIPAC’s influence but with dramatically different politics.
• Worries of ‘What’s Coming Our Way’: Concern that developments in identity-driven fundraising and activism portend further instability and radicalization in U.S. politics.

4. Canada’s MAID Expansion: From Terminal Illness to Child Euthanasia

[16:00–29:00]

Key Points:

• Slippery Slope Reality: Beck delivers a monologue on the expansion of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (assisted suicide) program to include minors as young as 12, warning of “slippery slope” consequences once dismissed as paranoid.
• Comparison to the U.S.: He links it to the “Complete Lives Act” in Obamacare, suggesting a rationing of care based on perceived societal utility.
• Data & Dismay: 2023 saw over 15,000 euthanized in Canada—almost 5% of total Canadian deaths.
• Consent Concerns: Advocacy groups now argue that minors could consent to euthanasia without parental approval, paralleling arguments for youth autonomy in other health matters (abortion, transgender surgeries).

Notable Quotes:

• Glenn Beck [16:19]:
  “Now, the group is calling for minors as young as 12 to be included in government-funded suicide.”
• Glenn Beck [20:50]:
  “In 2023, more than 15,000 people were killed via MAID ... That’s almost 5% of everybody who died in Canada. One in 20 are now being euthanized.”
• Glenn Beck [29:08]:
  “Canada is really in deep trouble. We should pray for the Canadians. ... We cannot lose them to the darkness. And we are losing them rapidly to the darkness.”

5. Canadian Supreme Court & Child Pornography Sentencing

[28:00–29:08]

Key Points:

• Light Sentencing: Beck recounts a Supreme Court case where a man who possessed and accessed 531 images and 274 videos of child pornography (mainly of kids aged 3-6) received a reduced sentence due to “mitigating circumstances.”
• Broken Justice System: Beck sees this as symptomatic of a broader moral and legal decline in Canada.

Notable Quote:

• Glenn Beck [29:08]:
  “Twelve months is too much for a guy who had all of that? ... Canada. Have you lost your flipping mind?"

6. Book Review: Karine Jean-Pierre’s “Independent”

[29:15–44:21]

Key Points:

• Reading the Scathing Review: Glenn and Stu revel in a verbatim reading of the Free Beacon’s “most scathing review ever,” which mocks the former White House press secretary’s memoir as “the worst political memoir ever written in the history of the English language.”
• Critique of DEI & Identity Politics: The review and Glenn’s commentary argue that Jean-Pierre’s rise and book are emblematic of DEI-driven promotion of unqualified figures.
• Book's Contradictions: The hosts lampoon Jean-Pierre’s claims of “independence” and lack of “blind loyalty” as hollow, since she will not vote Republican or third party.
• Kamala Harris Parallel: Both hosts liken Jean-Pierre’s struggles to Kamala Harris’s struggles—sustained by DEI, but intellectually and substantively out of depth.

Notable Quotes:

• Free Beacon via Glenn Beck [32:30]:
  “She is now widely viewed, in the words of a reporter who worked with her, as the most incompetent and irrelevant White House press secretary ever.”
• Stu Burguiere [40:38]:
  “She's an idiot. ... I'd love to say it’s more complicated than that, but she's just a vapid moron.”
• Glenn Beck [42:37]:
  “Her and Kamala Harris are exactly the same story. It's DEI in action. ... Once they are asked questions, you see, they can't handle it. They don't have any idea what they're talking about.”

Memorable Moment:

• Glenn’s enthusiasm for the review:
  “I love this review. I want to hug the person who wrote this review.” [36:09]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Election Analysis/NYC Mayor – [02:58–11:31]
• Democratic Party Rifts & Obama – [11:31–14:00]
• PACs & Identity Politics – [14:00–16:00]
• Canada MAID & Child Euthanasia – [16:00–29:00]
• Canadian Supreme Court/Child Porn – [28:00–29:08]
• KJP Book Review – [29:15–44:21]
• DEI, Kamala, & Incompetence – [42:37–44:21]

Tone & Language

• Style: Fast-moving, irreverent, often sarcastic, with frequent banter and back-and-forth.
• Language: Unfiltered, blunt critiques of political and cultural trends, leveraging dark humor and occasionally analogizing situations to history or literature.
• Overall Message: The episode dramatizes anxieties about political and societal “darkness”—from local election upsets to Canadian euthanasia and moral decay—while mocking what the hosts see as the failures of identity politics in Democratic leadership.

Conclusion

This episode of The Glenn Beck Program weaves together a dread-laden political forecast, a warning about international cultural shifts, and biting media criticism. The hosts warn that both American politics and Western society are at a tipping point—from the rise of unreformed radicals within mainstream parties to the normalization of child euthanasia and leniency toward egregious crimes. The closing segment skewers the fruits of DEI politics in a segment equal parts cathartic and comedic for the hosts—with the Free Beacon’s review of Karine Jean-Pierre’s “Independent” acting as both satire and cautionary tale.