Jason Whitlock (3:18)

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Glenn Beck (3:24)

All right, I saw a really nasty post online last night and my first reaction was to react to came from BYU Blue. You know, they went to Colorado over the weekend and the people in the stands were chanting f the Mormons. And you know, I guess we're all getting so coarse. But I don't know how you can do that. I mean, how can, you know, you wouldn't be allowed to chant that, you know, f the evangelicals or at f the Christians or, you know, or the. Or the Jews or the Catholics. But somehow or another this is okay and it's all going to work itself out. It's not what I want to talk to you about. Here's what I wanted to was going to react to until I did some homework. There was a post that said those people were right. God sent one of his true warriors battle tested to sacrifice his life to burn down a false temple. Just like the world would do in the Old Testament. If God favored you, it wouldn't have happened. Now that obviously will get your blood boiling, especially if you're just scrolling through. But I want to talk to you about this and not about Mormons. Okay? Because I want to make something really clear. You know, it was a hard day, a hard couple of days. Sunday and Monday were very hard for anybody of my faith. But I want to make this really clear to you. I don't really care what you label me. I really don't. Whether you call me a Christian or not, it doesn't matter to me. I know what I believe. I know who I follow. I believe in Jesus Christ. He is my savior and my redeemer. I know it because it's worked miracles in my life. He has. I believe he is the Son of God, that he lived a perfect life, that he suffered for my sins, that he died on the cross, that he rose three days later. I believe only through his grace and his power am I forgiven. And Healed and lifted above the natural man. There is no other way except through him to heaven. No other way. So does that make me a Christian? I don't know. I don't care. I really don't care what you think. I know who I serve and worship. Are there differences between my faith and maybe your faith? You know the doctrines that were hammered out centuries ago by Constantine and Nicaea? Yeah. Yeah. I can't believe we can't argue about things that were, you know, hammered out in that council. But it doesn't matter. Again, it doesn't matter because those differences to me pale to the core. And the core is I love my Savior, Jesus Christ. And it doesn't matter to me if you believe that or not. I would like you to, because it would make me feel better. But my feelings don't matter. It doesn't matter. It really doesn't. What matters is that I strive to walk with him. And that doesn't have anything to do with you or what you believe about me. I strive to walk with him. In fact, the more pushback I get on that, the harder I work, perhaps, at striving to walk that path. But he's the one that changes me. He's the one that molds me. He's the one that has made me into something far greater than I could have ever been on my own. And I know because half my life I tried it on my own. The natural man is an enemy to God. Natural man wants all of the things he is. He is running towards sin because it's easier and it feels good. That's how I live my life. The first half. And then I surrendered and I asked for forgiveness and I dedicated myself to follow his path. And my whole life changed. So it doesn't matter what creed you assign to me. And it doesn't matter what creed others assign to you. It doesn't. What matters to me is what kind of man am I? I don't judge people by their race, their color, their creed. I judge them by the content of their character. That's what matters to me. My character, my credibility. Who I am as a man, what I do when nobody's looking. That's what matters to me. And you can say. I mean, people have called me all kinds of names. I don't know why this one bothers me, but it's not going to. I know who I am. And I know I have a huge path to becoming a much better man if I follow him more closely. But what kind of man am I that matters? Am I a Better husband that matters? Am I a better father? A more loving father? Am I a kinder neighbor? Am I a better citizen? That is what matters. Can I find a way to love people who despise me? No, I cannot. But I know following him, I can. It is only possible because his teachings are supernatural. They are beyond nature. I know what? Me, just as a natural man, I know the life I would live. It's not good. I need something supernatural, above nature that can transform me. And it's supernatural and it is radical. And those are the only things that can get you to, at least for me, rise above my selfish instincts. So call me what you will. I don't care. I don't do this show for your approval. I do this show hopefully for your benefit. But if you find no benefit in it, that's okay. And I'm not trying to convince you one way or another of anything. My job is to tell you my opinion on what is happening to us, what is happening in our world. And if you don't agree with it or you don't like it, that's okay. No harm, no foul. I mean, unless you've subscribed, you ain't paying for it, so you're getting what you paid for. You know what I'm saying? Stop listening. Call me what you will. I know I'm anchored in him. And every good thing in my life has happened. Every. Everything that I have done that is good is his work. Everything where I have a shortfall or a misdeed is my work. And I know the difference between him and me. So what does this have to do with that tweet that I just read to you? The natural man in me wanted to respond. I read so much stuff last night. Both beauty and ugliness. And I know how the natural man wanted to respond. But I believe that we all need to pledge to one another that we will think critically, that we will act morally, that we will treat everyone with dignity. No lie, no fear, no crisis is going to rob me of truth or freedom. I can only give those things away. You cannot take my freedom away. You cannot take my dignity away. You cannot take truth away from me. I must surrender it. And I will not surrender those things. But to do that requires us to think. Think critically. So let me go back to the. Let me go back to that online. They were right. God sent in one of his true warriors, battle tested to sacrifice his life to burn down a false temple. Just like they would have in the Old Testament. God would have favored. You wouldn't have happened. You know what that turns out to be almost, almost positively a bot. And if it's a bot, it is almost positively a bot from a foreign nation that is trying to get us to turn on one another. So why. Why would I respond to that with. Other than not fooling me? I mean, I know people exist. I know the killer existed. He was a deeply disturbed man. I do not know what happened in his life that got him to this place. He is going to have to pay a. Well, he did a very heavy price. And we need to know what happened to him. But not to excuse the action, but so we can understand it and we cannot participate. I mean, you know, he was saying to that politician, I do not know if you saw this, he said to the politician who knocked on his door, and the politician said, oh, it is just normal stuff that you would have heard online. Really? Really? Is it normal to call people of faith the Antichrist? Is that really? Because we have been arguing here recently that by calling us, you and me, the president and everybody else a Nazi is going to lead to killings, right? Because if you're a Nazi, if you actually believe that person is a Nazi, that person is Hitler, you don't have a choice. You have to kill them, right? Well, I don't know about you, but the Antichrist is probably a little higher up on the list to kill than Hitler. I mean. I mean, when I weigh Hitler, Hitler's bad, don't get me wrong. But when I'm weighing like, ah, I gotta have lunch with either Hitler or the Antichrist, I think I choose Hitler if I have to choose. So why is nobody noticing that? Wait a minute. If that's causing violence, this will too. We can't. We can't make people into others. We cannot demonize them to that point. We can say we disagree with them. Disagree with my doctrine all you want. That is fine. It is fine. But the Antichrist. So those people do exist. But I don't want to shut them up. I don't want to hate them. I'd like to prove them wrong by my own actions. There was a great article about should Christians forgive Charlie Kirk's killer from Charisma magazine online. Who wrote this? Let me see here. Abby Trivett. And it's just a great article. And she talks about how Erica Kirk talked about forgiving and how I talked about how we cannot. We have the right to hate, but that is not going to be. That is not helpful. We have to love even those who despise us, because that is not the natural man that is supernatural man. So I want to share with you kind of a code of conduct that I want to apply to myself and I think would be good for all of us because we are living in times of total propaganda, Total propaganda. You don't know what's true, you don't know what's not true. So how do you navigate in a world like that? Let me talk to you about burn a launcher. Danger doesn't check to see if you're big enough, strong enough, or trained enough to fight back. It just shows up fast, sudden, without apology. And in that moment, you need more than good intentions. The compact launcher from Burna is built exactly for that kind of situation. It's small enough to carry, discreetly, legal in all 50 states. No permit is required. 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Welcome to the program, Mr. Stuber. Gear executive producer. How excited are you that our gold reserves are over a trillion dollars now?

Stu (Executive Producer) (17:48)

Almost as excited as I am for shutdown day.

Glenn Beck (17:50)

Glenn. Yeah, really? I'm actually kind of excited for shutdown day. Yeah. I'll tell you why here in a minute, but let me just stay on gold here for a second. Has bitcoin gone up 45% in the last 12 months?

Stu (Executive Producer) (18:07)

I believe so. But if your point is that gold is performing very well. It has performed very well as an investment.

Glenn Beck (18:15)

Yeah. I mean, I'm trying to think other than bitcoin, is there anything else that is performing this well?

Stu (Executive Producer) (18:20)

It is up. Bitcoin's up 75%.

Glenn Beck (18:23)

In the last year, 75%.

Jason Whitlock (18:25)

Wow.

Glenn Beck (18:26)

And what do those both have in common, Stu? Why would both of those be going up? Laundry. Curious.

Stu (Executive Producer) (18:34)

I don't know. Maybe it's the constant printing of money that has gone on forever. No matter who the president is, no matter who's in Congress. It's just that's the one thing we all seem to agree on. Printing more money non stop.

Glenn Beck (18:48)

Yeah, we just spend and spend and spend, spend and spend. And the market is telling you, I don't think this is a good idea. That's what the price of gold is telling you. That's what the price of bitcoin is telling you. I don't think this is going to end well. Okay, so anybody who is. I mean, I actually saw people go, this is great. Gold is up. We got a trillion dollars, first of all. A trillion dollars in gold. We have 8,100 pounds of gold or so they'll lead you to believe we have 8100 pounds gold tons.

Stu (Executive Producer) (19:21)

Right? 8100.

Glenn Beck (19:21)

I have tons. Yeah. Thank you. 8100 tons of gold. The next closest they say is Germany with almost 2,000 tons of gold. But I think China is probably way up there. It could be wrong, but I'm not sure any of that gold is there in the first place. And even if we took 8,100 tons of gold and we sold it or exchanged it for our debt, we would get nowhere on our debt. A trillion dollars will cover half of the deficit from this year alone. It won't even cover the full deficit. You sell all of our gold and it won't even cover the short, the shortfall from this year's spending. Maybe I might want to buy some more gold. You know, I might want to buy some bitcoin. I'm just saying because that doesn't bode well, you know, when you have Fort Knox protecting our treasure. And it doesn't even cover the bounced checks. I don't know if you're going to make it, you know, but here's some good news. Let's get into the. Let's get into the shutdown because I think this is a good thing. Stu, give me your opinion on the government shutdown.

Stu (Executive Producer) (20:48)

Well, generally speaking, I feel like the government shutdown puts the government back to some sort of sane size for a short period of time. That's how I typically look at it. It's like if you have a non essential employee that you can let stay home, they should maybe stay home every day. Maybe all of the employees for the federal Government should be essential and those are the only ones we should keep. But really the question with a shutdown like this is what happens with the politics. And we know typically the party who's out of power that is coming up with the demands and not just passing the clean CR is the one that gets blamed for it. But I've got news for you, that might not be the case this time.

Glenn Beck (21:29)

So here's what's really fascinating. So this has all been done by Russ Vogt. He's the Office of Management and Budget, the omb. And he's the guy actually in charge of, you know, making sure everything is funded, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. He is a brilliant architect of small government. He's all for this shutdown. And here's why. What Congress did is they last week they have a majority in the House. Last week they passed a clean continuing resolution that would fund the government without any meaningful policy changes or add ons and then they left town. Okay, they sent it over to the Senate. Now The Senate requires seven Democrats to join the Republicans to hit the 60 vote threshold. But the Democrats weren't allowed to vote yes unless Republicans agreed to a $1 trillion bunch of new demands. Okay, a trillion dollars. Republicans said no, no, not gonna do that. One of the things they wanted to do was fund Obamacare for illegals. Do you remember you lie. When Obama said you're never gonna have an illegal got any money from Obamacare. That's what they wanted. They wanted money to be able to pay for Obamacare for illegals. Congress said no. Okay, so what happens tonight when they shut things down? Russ Vote is going to be in the driver's seat if Congress shuts down. Now, if the government shuts down, he's going to go to work on some changes. He's already instructed agencies to send reduction in force notices to all employees in programs, projects or activities that check all three of the following. One, they're not paid for by mandatory spending. Two, they aren't covered by the Big Beautiful Bill Act. Three, they aren't in line with the President's goals. And not just for the week, okay? But until the program is reauthorized by Congress, at which point then the people that they've just let go can reapply for their jobs. That's an awful lot of government employees. Okay, just think of this one. If the program is not paid for by mandatory spending, if it's not covered by the Big Beautiful Bill act, or if it's not in line with the government's the president's goals. They're to send pink slips out and they're permanent pink slips until Congress comes back and not reauthorizes a bill, but reauthorizes all of those programs. I think this may be the happiest day I've had in a long time. If that works. This may be one of the greatest things anyone has ever pulled off. And the reason why the Democrats are going to lose is because, you know, Chuck Schumer, he took a heavy blow last time, you know, when he authorized the, you know, first budget earlier this year. And everybody's like, you gotta fight. He's like, I don't really have any tools to fight with here. You gotta shut it down. Okay, so now nobody in the Democratic Party wants to do anything but shut it down unless they get a trillion dollars additional spending for illegals on Obamacare. And all of the radicals, Chuck Schumer is being, you know, gonna be primaried by a radical. And so they know the radicals are gonna get rid of all of the sane people. Not that Chuck Schumer is sane, but all of the relatively sane people. And all they want now is a battle. And so they're gonna get one. And they think that this will work to their advantage. And I don't know, as Stu just said, probably will because the GOP is so unbelievably incompetent.

Stu (Executive Producer) (26:04)

Yeah. And obviously the media is gonna do what they can. I mean, it struck me yesterday, you know, we haven't heard word one about any poor mothers who will be at home without any money if the government shuts down. I mean, usually this is two weeks of lead up of the sad single mom who will be at home and can't pay her bills. And we, every single one of them, over and over and over and over and over again. Have you heard word one of any consequences of a shutdown? None of these people matter, apparently this week. And I wonder why that is. You know, this is the issue here. The media's got to do everything it can.

Glenn Beck (26:43)

What is your possible theory? Remember, gold's at $3,800. It's a data celebrate government's rich.

Jason Whitlock (26:49)

Yeah.

Glenn Beck (26:50)

What is the possibility that you're implying here?

Stu (Executive Producer) (26:53)

Well, the media obviously is. Has abandoned their typical way of covering this because usually what happens in these situations is the party that is out of power, that is demanding these things. I want this cut, I want this expenditure. They're the ones that would be blamed for a shutdown. The Republicans have already passed this bill. It's already been Passed in the House. They're on board for it in the Senate. The only reason that we aren't going to continue spending at these completely absurd levels is because the Democrats are stopping it. Normally the way this works in the media, it would be the Democrats, the out of power party, that would be blamed for this. They're the ones getting in the way of everything, just continuing this wonderful way forward where we continue to spend more money than we have. And in this particular case, I'm not seeing any of that lead up. I have not seen the talks about. I have not met the restaurant and bar owner in Washington D.C. yet. That's gonna have no one coming in and they're gonna have to lay off all of their waitresses and waiters at their restaurant. I have not heard any of the people who rent out homes to those who no longer have jobs and there as landlords are going to be sobbing as they can't pay their electricity bills. I have not heard any of these sob stories, any of the violin music. I haven't heard any of it. This is happening in hours, Glenn. And we have not met any sob story people yet.

Glenn Beck (28:25)

Where are all this?

Stu (Executive Producer) (28:26)

Is everyone just happy now? Everyone's just happy with the shutdown? This one time the media is doing everything they can to try to turn this into a situation where the Republicans will be blamed for it because this is their jobs. This is what they see their jobs as. Figure out a way to blame evil Republicans for everything. This one time they're gonna try to do it this way. And then, you know, next time there's a Democrat in office, the opposite is going to be their approach. But we are at a time where we're gonna figure out yet again whether the media can, if they are still capable of manipulating this into a situation in which the Democrats benefit. And if it works, you're going into a midterm election next year that is already stacked against Republicans. It's already very difficult thing to do in an off year of your first of new term. So this is what their hope is. And this is a big bet by Schumer because as you point out, if he doesn't do this, he gets primaried by AOC and loses. He has to do this for his own political survival. So, you know, it's hard to imagine this getting cleaned up before the shutdown actually occurs. I don't know if there's any chance of that.

Glenn Beck (29:41)

Yeah, I don't think the shutdown is going to occur. I can't believe it's not going to the shutdown is going to occur and then, of course, planes will fall out of the skies. Babies will no longer be able to sucker suckle on their mother's teeth.

Stu (Executive Producer) (29:57)

Really?

Glenn Beck (29:58)

The milk is going to run dry?

Jason Whitlock (30:00)

Oh, no.

Glenn Beck (30:00)

Probably about maybe an hour after the shutdown and it will be all horrible, horrible, horrible. I just can't get over how they have handed the President such a victory. If I understand this right, and I think I do, the victory that they are handing him is long term by being able to fire people and then saying, you got to reapply. I mean, he has just put a monkey wrench into agencies and things that he's wanting to shut down. I mean, it's pretty incredible.

Stu (Executive Producer) (30:48)

I mean, it's a good attempt. I like the idea that they're going to try to push it in the right way. Remember though, they had Doge in there. They tried to do a lot of this stuff. A lot of it got overturned in the courts. I mean, you know, there's a very good chance the same type of thing happens here. I mean, I'm not nearly as confident.

Glenn Beck (31:02)

In this approach as I'm sure because I like it. But yeah, I'm not sure the lasting impact. I mean, on paper, that's what they're trying to do and agree with you on the courts, but on the short term, you can't spend the money that's not there. They have to. They have to cut the government spending and so they'll have to cut it down to the bone. And, you know, again, I go back to essential employees. Everybody else should go home and stay home forever. If you're not essential, why are we paying you? Why am I working all day long so you could have a job that's not essential.

Stu (Executive Producer) (31:44)

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Glenn Beck (31:46)

Beck program and you can find full episodes wherever you download podcasts. I know this is an English speaking show, but we're gonna run a Tide commercial in a second. Why? We're not going to. This is Bad Bunny and I have to tell you, I don't understand Bad Bunny. I don't claim to understand Bad, but I've never heard of Bad Bunny before. And I'm pretty cool with that. I mean, I'm good, I'm good. I've, you know, I'm all Bad Bunny doubt, I guess. Now, Jason, who is a little cooler, Jason Whitlock from Blaze. He's joining us now because he is. You're apoplectic on Bad Bunny?

Jason Whitlock (32:51)

Yes, I am, Glenn. All right, it's. Look, obviously they're trolling Donald Trump, obviously, they're trolling ICE raids and the whole illegal immigration policy enacted by Trump. Obviously they're going out to Northern California where the super bowl is in Santa Clara this year, and they. Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy. Well, this is their headquarters and they want to make a statement about illegal immigration. They want to make a statement about diversity and Spanish speaking people. They want to make a statement about transgenderism and sexual fluidity. And Bad Bunny checks all those boxes. And so that's what they're doing. This has nothing to do with football fans. This is about the left's control of popular culture and control of the National Football League, which is the strongest thing in popular culture. And they're using it to make a big, bold statement about how they feel about Donald Trump, but more importantly, how they feel about Jesus Christ.

Glenn Beck (33:58)

So now, as an expert on Bad Bunny for the last 35 seconds, let me push back on this. I think I agree with you, Jason, but let me push back on you. I see the nf, you know, the NFL, I see the NBA placating China because that's their new place, the NFL all over the world. NFL really trying to get, you know, football to be American football in, in other markets. Why is this not just a continuation of that play to get the Super Bow to be watched in Latin America?

Jason Whitlock (34:39)

Because there's plenty of other Latin American artists they could have chosen if that was the play. They didn't have to pick someone who is so closely associated with demonic activities, so closely associated with promoting gender fluidity and the cross dressing deal. They didn't have to pick someone who's so outsourced, spoken against Donald Trump in his illegal immigration policies. This is the poster boy for Trump hate. And this is the poster boy for sexual fluidity and redefining masculinity. These are things straight out of his own mouth. And look, all money isn't good money. And that's what globalism is teaching us, that we can throw away all of our Christian values, all of our American values in pursuit of global money. And then what are we left with? A drag show at halftime of the biggest platform we have to offer in American culture. And so parents will be having discussions with their kids on Super Bowl Sunday. Mommy, Daddy, why is this man out here dressed as a woman during some part of this act? Why are his fingernails painted? Why is he taking subtle shots at Trump? This is, to me, part of it's a reaction to the Charlie Kirk memorial service. It was such a powerful pro. Jesus Christ Deal. They have their answer now, and it'll be Super Bowl Sunday.

Glenn Beck (36:16)

Let me ask you, because he has. He won't tour in the United States because of ice, right? So he's already sworn off the United States of America as a tour stop because he is so strongly anti ice. You just said that he was also demonic or he pushes demonic things. I want to play a piece of audio that we have from somebody who went to his tour. And then I'd like you to explain for somebody who is Now a full 90 seconds into, you know, what's his name, the Bunny guy, what. What this means. Here's the audio. Listen. Fans are reporting that they felt a demonic presence when attending Bad Boonies Recent concert fans even started to make it into a meme by taking. Saying that the concert just feels demonic. But it became extremely dark when this song Botanico came on where there were masked demons dancing all over him and the concert turned all red. Even the music video to this song is extremely dark. It's this monster looking thing that creeps up into this woman's room and it actually ends up becoming Bad Boonie himself. Those who attended this concert are even advising people, if you're going to go see Bad Boonies concert, then schedule your bathroom break. Any more of this? You know, obviously, AI, the image that they put is Nosferatu, you know, the. The vampire Nosferatu. Tell me what I mean, I've seen a lot of stuff that I feel is pushing demonic forces, especially in the music industry. Tell me what your thoughts are on this.

Jason Whitlock (37:59)

Why it's clear to you the music industry clearly has a close association with the occult movement. This goes all the way back to the Beatles and probably before that. But in rap music, these rappers, American and this guy Bad Bunny and everybody else, they so are out of the closet with the occult symbolism in their music, in their videos, what they rap and talk about. It's undeniable that there is an occult association. And, Glenn, this is funny. Yesterday, as I'm processing this and on Sunday, I started thinking about, well, what song could we use as a protest song for, you know, what they're doing here at the Super Bowl? And I was like, we're not gonna take it. We're not gonna take it anymore. And it's. And I go look it up. Because I just remember from my childhood, and it's Twisted Sister. They had the song we're not Gonna Take It. And then I went and watched the video. And the video is a kid in his bedroom. His dad comes in yelling at him and the kid spins around and like turns into an adult long haired cross dressing man and start singing the song. We're not going to take it. And I holy cow. They've been putting this message in the music and you didn't know this came out in 1984.

Glenn Beck (39:28)

Yeah, I know. I unfortunately was on the radio, you know, playing, playing the hits when that was out. Is it true that Jay Z is responsible for selecting the last six years of the inclusive halftime shows?

Jason Whitlock (39:45)

Absolutely, all of it. And it actually Jay Z's first Super bowl that he ran I believe is in 2020. He picks Shakira. But the special guest was Bad Bunny. His special guest was bad. So this started in 2020. This is always where it was going. You can find plenty of videos of Jay Z during doing spirit dancing and occult like activities. This is what Jay Z is all about. And much of it is justified and or defended. Diversity, we gotta have diversity. And Jay Z's black and they're just upset because Jay Z's black and no one has to deal with. No, we're upset because he promotes the occult, that he promotes a form of music that is grooming our kids for violence, grooming our kids for sexual fluidity and promiscuity and degeneracy and disrespect for authority. And that's what we don't like about Jay Z. They've used this racial deal and accusations of you're a racist if you criticize Jay Z or criticize anything defined as black culture. And if you're someone like me, they say you're an Uncle Tom at a sellout. And this is why for years I've been running around saying, men, particularly white men, you're going to have to buckle up, get over the fact that they're going to call you racist and defend your values and beliefs. If your values align with Jesus Christ, you defend them and you deal with the consequences. That's what I do. That's what you do. That's what Charlie Kirk did. That's what, that's what we all have to do if we're going to stand up to this madness and insanity.

Glenn Beck (41:39)

So how do you stand up against this? Nobody is going to abandon the NFL. I mean, you know, Jesse Kelly said what yesterday, they were very upset. Everybody's very upset about the outside. They'll have another six day boycott of the NFL.

Jason Whitlock (41:53)

And that's true, Glenn. I do think there's an opportunity here as it relates to the super bowl, as it relates to some sort of counter programming super bowl, halftime at least, or just on the Super Bowl. I've listened to Jack Poseavic and others suggest, hey, we should have a counter deal through TP usa, through the Blaze, through whatever. Can we get Creed to perform? Can we get. In my view, I love Forest Frank and I would love for churches to host events on Super Bowl Sunday in the evening so that we have. Because, Glenn, there's no chance of me watching the super bowl this year. I talked about it last year. I was upset with Kendrick Lamar. This is the bridge way too far for me. I will not watch the super bowl this year. I get skipping out on. I don't think it's the appropriate thing to skip out on the NFL and sports altogether because the Young Men's Christian association, the YMCA in the late 1800s, early 1900s, they organized sports. Sports have been stolen from Christians, and I don't believe in surrendering and just handing it over to them and to the atheists, to the secular crowd. It's a tool God intended for us to use to disciple and mentor masculine men in Christianity. It's been stolen from us by television, and we need to fight to have it back because it's a great tool to disciple young men. So I don't believe in abandoning. But as it relates to the super bowl, no dice for me. There's just. There's not. You couldn't pay me to watch this year's super bowl because I feel like I would be spitting in the face of God.

Glenn Beck (43:51)

Well, I will tell you that, you know, I don't care about sports, but my family cares deeply about, you know, the NFL and depending on who's playing. And you know what? I could see even the Die Hards, you know, my son, I could absolutely see him saying, turning it off. And those ratings matter. The ratings matter. Turning, turning. Not just the game off, but even if you turned off the halftime show, those ratings matter a great deal. If everybody just said, I'm not watching this and turn to something else for the halftime show, that is a half step, but an important half step. Would you agree or disagree with that?

Jason Whitlock (44:31)

I totally agree. And again, I'm using Charlie's memorial service as our blueprint that produced incredible noise all over the Internet anywhere that was broadcast. And I think we could do the same thing with musical performance. If Brandon Lake Forest, Frank Creed, whomever, if offered the alternative that, hey, just turn your TV off or whatever and open up your iPhone or your iPad or whatever, flip over on your smart TV to a counter program super bowl halftime, rather than invite the devil, Satan into your home. I. I think a lot of people would take that option.

Glenn Beck (45:15)

I know I would. I know I would. Jason, thank you so much. How you doing?

Jason Whitlock (45:20)

I'm doing great, Glenn.

Glenn Beck (45:21)

Are you?

Jason Whitlock (45:22)

I'm doing great. I appreciate it.

Glenn Beck (45:25)

I love you. Thank you.

Jason Whitlock (45:26)

Hey, I know this has been a tough weekend for you given the church deal. And so I appreciate you making the time for me today.

Glenn Beck (45:35)

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