Best of the Program | Guest: Marissa Streit | 8/18/25

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Best of the Glenn Beck Program | Guest: Marissa Streit | 8/18/25

Date: August 18, 2025
Host: Glenn Beck
Guests: Stu, Jason, Marissa Streit (CEO of PragerU)
Podcast Network: Blaze Podcast Network

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Overview

This episode of The Glenn Beck Program delivers a blend of political analysis and cultural commentary, focusing primarily on the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, the rebranding of MSNBC, and an in-depth conversation with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit. The discussion threads together themes of media trust, education reform, and the ideological battle over how American history and values are taught to children.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Ukraine-Russia Conflict & Potential Peace Deal

Timestamps: 02:49 - 14:30

• Opening Thoughts on Putin

  • Glenn Beck clarifies his stance as anti-Putin, outlining Putin as a "dictator," "bloodthirsty," and "killer," while emphasizing the importance of never underestimating him (“Is a rattlesnake a good pet? ... As long as you never forget it's a rattlesnake.” - Glenn Beck, 03:44).

• Putin’s Motives & Buffer Zones

  • Jason discusses Putin’s desire for a buffer between Russia and Ukraine, now potentially satisfied with occupied land but not the full expanse he originally wanted.
  • "Putin is willing to go those extra few steps, but he's not a cartoon character. So what you can always expect from Vladimir Putin is he is willing to do the things to ensure the safety of his country." - Jason (05:05).

• Negotiation Prospects

  • The group weighs whether both Russia and Ukraine could accept a compromise: Russia keeps its currently occupied areas (providing a “buffer zone”), Ukraine gains security guarantees (potential Article 5-level protection), but does not concede further territory.
  • “Nobody is going to get everything that they want.” – Glenn Beck (09:24).

• Polls & Ukrainian Public Opinion

  • Stu discusses a poll that shows Ukrainians reject conceding more land, but the nuances play into how much territory might be negotiable (07:25).
  • Key sticking points remain in Russia’s broader land demands vs. Ukraine’s unwillingness to lose cities not yet occupied.

• Role of Trump & International Negotiations

  • Discussion turns to Trump’s involvement and messaging around Article 5-type guarantees, speculating on what has or hasn’t been agreed upon by Putin.
  • “If he can get Russia to accept [Article 5], that’s enormous. Enormous.” – Glenn Beck (12:04).

• Potential Media Backlash

  • Glenn predicts Trump will be called both “Hitler and Neville Chamberlain at the same time” if he brokers a deal involving territorial concessions and peace (14:23).

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2. MSNBC Rebrands as "Ms. Now"

Timestamps: 16:48 - 28:58

• Background on the Name Change

  • Stu introduces MSNBC’s planned rebrand to “Ms. Now,” playing on the loss of association with Microsoft but keeping the “Ms.” for familiarity.
  • “They're spinning them off. So NBC is spinning off MSNBC into its own separate company.” – Stu (18:06).

• Reactions & Satire

  • The hosts lampoon the decision, joking about the logic of the new acronym and comparing it to negative associations (multiple sclerosis, “Miz now”).
  • “Only people think of multiple sclerosis. Nobody thinks of Microsoft.” – Glenn Beck (22:47).
  • “They’re trying to obviously bridge that gap… but it sounds like something I would design for them to either make fun of them or just to be... It’s a guaranteed, flaming, just ball of death as it hits the ground.” – Glenn Beck (23:20).

• Media Industry Critique

  • The conversation evolves into broader criticism of the mainstream media, with the rebrand framed as both a symptom of institutional decline and a marketing disaster.

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3. PragerU, Edutainment, & Educational Battles

Timestamps: 29:00 - 44:16

• PragerU Compared to PBS

  • Glenn welcomes Marissa Streit and addresses recent media labeling of PragerU as “the new PBS.”
  • Streit counters: “We won't take a dollar from the government. That's in our mission.” (29:52)
  • Glenn: “Doesn't that automatically disqualify you from being PBS?” (29:57)

• 250th Anniversary Initiative & "Edutainment"

  • Streit outlines PragerU’s plan to mark America’s 250th anniversary with content for learners aged 4 to 104, celebrating the country’s founding principles through entertainment.
  • “America has never been perfect, but it's the greatest country on God's green earth.” – Marissa Streit (31:00).

• Teaching Real History & Criticism

  • Glenn stresses PragerU’s approach isn’t whitewashing history, citing their forthcoming video on slavery.
  • Streit describes media watch-dogging over their Christopher Columbus video, defending the pedagogical method of historically contextualized character perspectives (33:08).

• Teacher Literacy, Civics, & The "Prism Test"

  • Discussion on state-level efforts (e.g., Oklahoma’s superintendent) to safeguard against "woke indoctrination" by using a new basic knowledge test for teachers arriving from out-of-state (especially CA/NY).
  • “You cannot be a teacher if you don't know these things.” – Glenn Beck, regarding basic knowledge questions (38:08-38:38).

• Broader State of American Education

  • Both speakers voice concerns about Marxist influence in teacher education colleges – “The problem is the Marxism that they're being taught.” – Marissa Streit (40:16).

• PragerU Global: Hungary, UK, & Exported “Woke” Ideas

  • Streit discusses consulting overseas partners in Hungary, the UK, and Canada to help promote "edutainment" and resist negative trends exported from the U.S., particularly concerns over U.S.-funded gender-ideology programs.
  • “We've been bribing other countries to do the wrong thing—to sexualize their children.” – Marissa Streit (41:53).

• Update on Dennis Prager

  • Streit shares that Dennis Prager is recovering from a severe spinal injury, continues to work, and has completed another book (43:13).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Glenn Beck on Negotiating with Putin:
  “Is a rattlesnake a good pet? ... The minute you start treating it as a pet, like a puppy dog, you're dead. So is Putin somebody you can negotiate with? Yes, as long as you always remember he's Vladimir Putin.” (03:44)

• On Article 5 Security Guarantees:
  “If he can get Russia to accept that. That's enormous. Enormous.” (12:04-12:08)

• Satire of MSNBC’s Rebranding:
  “Only people think of multiple sclerosis. Nobody thinks of Microsoft. ... The only thing you'd rather. They'd rather have you think of a debilitating disease ... than Microsoft.” – Glenn Beck (22:47-23:03)

• PragerU’s Approach to History:
  "We're not avoiding the bad stuff. We're doing something today on slavery." – Glenn Beck (32:47)

• On the Prism Test & Common Sense in Teaching:
  “I like to call it the prison test because, frankly, I think teachers should go to prison if you can't pass this.” – Marissa Streit (35:07)
  “You cannot be a teacher if you don't know these things.” – Glenn Beck (38:08)

• Exporting Woke Ideology Abroad:
  “We've been bribing other countries to do the wrong thing—to sexualize their children.” – Marissa Streit (41:53)

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Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |-------------------------------------------|----------------| | Opening: Theme & Headlines | 00:00 – 02:49 | | Ukraine/Russia Discussion | 02:49 – 14:30 | | MSNBC Rebranding Segment | 16:48 – 28:58 | | PragerU/PBS Comparison & Edutainment | 29:00 – 44:16 |

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Tone & Style

• Upbeat, irreverent, and combative.
• Satirical commentary mixed with earnest debate.
• Frequent use of humor and metaphor (e.g., “rattlesnake as Putin,” “opera with a nose as the protagonist”).

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For New Listeners

This episode offers insight into the Glenn Beck show's trademark style: sharp political analysis with a conservative perspective, punctuated by playful banter, cultural satire, and vigorous advocacy for traditional values in media and education. It features reactions to evolving world politics, media industry trends, and a substantive look at the stakes within America’s ongoing educational and ideological debates.

Transcript

[Glenn Beck]

The big news today is the Trump Putin meeting and now the Trump rest of the world meeting. Is there progress being made to get a deal with Ukraine and Russia that they can agree to end the war? We talk about that also. MSNBC is now Miz. Now msnow Crazy story. And Marissa Strike is with us from Prageru. Apparently I'm the new Big bird if they're the new pbs. We talk about that all on today's show.

[Stu]

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[Glenn Beck]

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[Stu]

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[Glenn Beck]

Together we'll make a difference. And thanks for standing with us. Now, let's get to work.

[Marissa Stride]

You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck Program.

[Glenn Beck]

Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. This is a really hard road to navigate because I am not a Putin apologist. I think Putin is an absolutely evil guy. No ifs, ands, or buts. I think he's a guy who looks at the Cold War and says, well, that ended the wrong way. I mean, he has said those words. He believes in, you know, the former Soviet state. He is a dictator. He is bloodthirsty, he is a killer. So I want to make sure that everything that needs to be said about Vladimir Putin is said because he is, you know, is a rattlesnake a good pet? The answer is no. That's what everybody says. The actual answer is yes. As long as you never forget it's a rattlesnake. The minute you start treating it as a pet, like a puppy dog, you're dead. So is Putin somebody you can negotiate with? Yes, as long as you always remember he's Vladimir Putin. Um, but I think. Well, Jason, give me your view on Vladimir Putin and this whole situation.

[Jason]

Vladimir Putin, I believe, is. I mean, I agree with you. I think that it's very rare in the world to have someone that sees the interests of their country and they're willing to take certain steps to ensure that their country is taken care of. And what I mean by that is willing to just invade a country over it. Willing to, you know, be a bloodthirsty killer over it. That's rare. It's even more rare to have the cartoon villain as a leader like Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Un is a total cartoon character.

[Glenn Beck]

Yes.

[Jason]

It's also very rare for a country to ignore geopolitical laws and rules like a Hitler and go off and just try and, you know, conquer an entire continent. That is also very rare. Most of the people fall in line of someone like, I don't know, not sure the type of leader. Basically pick 90% of the leaders out there. They're willing to go so far. Putin is willing to go those extra few steps, but he's not a cartoon character. So what you can always expect from Vladimir Putin is he is willing to do the things to ensure the safety of his country from how to fit and him, which is also a dictatorial regime.

[Glenn Beck]

Regime. Correct.

[Jason]

Willing to correct. So that's. There's ways that you can predict how this is going to go based off of those rules.

[Glenn Beck]

So that's always my. When you're looking at this, how do you think this is going to go? What do you think we end up with, if anything?

[Jason]

So I think that Vladimir Putin initially wanted to just take all of Ukraine because that solved most of their issues. Yes. That keeps NATO out. That keeps, if you look at a map, you know, the border of Ukraine and Russia is just a couple hundred miles from Moscow. So for us, in our own perspective, that's like accepting nuclear weapons in Havana.

[Glenn Beck]

No, it's like New Jersey.

[Jason]

Exactly.

[Glenn Beck]

Right, Right.

[Jason]

So it was a geopolitical, you know, paramount for him to take Ukraine. He failed at that. So now what he's looking at, I need some kind of buffer so armies can't go through Ukraine, NATO armies can't go through Ukraine and get to Moscow in an hour. He's got to do that. So what he's building here, I think, is that now he's established a buffer. Now what he's looking for is an excuse to give to his people. Look, he'll say the special military operation, that's what he loves to call succeeded. We have our buffer zone. I can claim victory for you, his people. Now, what the. He also has to leave open for the Europeans and for Ukraine is a way to also say, we won, we stopped him. He did not take Ukraine. If both sides can do that. And I think we're getting hints that we're getting close to that. The Article 5, like, yes, security.

[Glenn Beck]

If it's real.

[Jason]

Yes, it's real. That's big.

[Glenn Beck]

Yes.

[Jason]

Zelensky saying you can't have territory that you haven't already conquered, as you pointed out.

[Glenn Beck]

Yes.

[Jason]

That's an interesting hint. That means that he might be willing to accept Crimea going their way and other those areas providing that buffer zone.

[Glenn Beck]

And there is a new poll out that shows from Ukraine that the Ukrainians don't want to give any land back. But Stu, who is so good at reading polls, that's not exactly what it says, is it?

[Stu]

Yeah, the poll actually is. They don't want to give up more land that has already been occupied. That's where the 78% comes in. And I think that's going to be a problem because, I mean, Putin seems to want additional land, including, like these two cities that are central to the defense of Ukraine. So that is going to be a real problem in the negotiations, whether they.

[Glenn Beck]

Don'T think so or because if they're not occupied, I think that's where Trump is trying to push them.

[Stu]

I agree.

[Glenn Beck]

Keep the land you already have occupied.

[Stu]

I think that's where Trump is trying to push him, I think.

[Glenn Beck]

And I think there's a good shape. Right.

[Stu]

I think Ukraine would. A lot of different parts of this negotiation have to go a specific way. But I think there's a world in which Ukraine accepts that the problem is, at least at this point, Russia seems to be asking for more than that. They seem to be asking for multiple cities and areas that they do not currently occupy. They want that entire Donbas region, which would include. I agree.

[Jason]

And that's absolutely what Putin wants. If you look at a map, he wants the area from right where you see Belarus and Ukraine connect. He would love to have that area all the way down the coast of Crimea because that's the full buffer zone. That's what he's going to push for.

[Glenn Beck]

Right. But I don't think that's reasonable to add. That's where Marco Rubio is. Like, everybody's going to have to give up something. And, you know, I think if Ukraine can live with they conquered this land, they're in this land, and just, we're just drawing a line there. I think Putin should be willing to accept that it's not what he wants, but he would be willing to accept that because it does give him the buffer zone, does it not, if he just keeps the conquered land that he has now? Yes.

[Jason]

It's not the full buffer zone that he would like, but it is a buffer.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah. Nobody is going to get everything that they want. And I think the polling shows that that is seemingly acceptable to the Ukrainian people, that if you don't, if you're occupying it right now, you got to keep that. We can live with that. And then Ukraine gets the Article 5, which is all they. Is what they said. That's what started this whole thing. They wanted protection from Russia and they wanted to join NATO. The reason why they wanted to join NATO is because they wanted the Article 5 protection. If Russia comes in, then that triggers NATO to come in and fight the war against Russia. That keeps them at bay. So Ukraine, at a very high cost, gets that. Russia, at a very high cost, gets most of what they want in the buffer zone. That's a reasonable ending. Agree or disagree?

[Jason]

No, no, I agree. And it also sets. I mean, and this is far from over. So let's say there's some guarantees that last for five, 10, whatever years, how many ever years. Both sides are going to be looking to play the Chinese perspective on this. And I say Chinese perspective Because if you look at how they treated Taiwan, the Chinese reluctantly gave up Taiwan and we were involved providing security guarantees.

[Glenn Beck]

Correct.

[Jason]

Providing weapons, things like that. That's what, how both, both sides have to be looking to play the long game. You give this up, you make concessions. Now, in the long run, the discussion is still open. Things may happen. You can do, play your little games, all that. You can look towards maybe taking that back, that land in some way in the future. But this is what you accept now and set up this game of chess for longer. And now at least you're not losing 1.5 million people still.

[Stu]

First of all, two things. First, can we ask a question? Do you guys believe, are you confident in the idea that Vladimir Putin has accepted this pseudo article 5 opposition? I have not heard him say that. And until I hear, because I've heard Trump officials say it, but I am skeptical that he's actually agreed to this. I just haven't heard until I hear him say it.

[Glenn Beck]

So when I played, could you play that Trump sound that we played Cut three, listen to what he said.

[Stu]

We had a very productive meeting. There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say a couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there. But we've made some headlines, stopped.

[Glenn Beck]

I think that's the Article 5 thing. We've, we've made a lot of headway. We have some things where we've made agreements and then we've really made some headway. We haven't really gotten there yet. I think that's what he's talking about is the article 5. And then 1 of his spokespeople come out and say, it's Article 5. We're willing to do the Article 5 thing because that's Trump speaking it into existence. He didn't say it with Vladimir Putin standing next to him, because they're still working on it. And I'm sure Vladimir Putin or somebody else is going, no, I'm not really sure about that. And, and so he has one of his, one of his people floated out there to see the reaction and speak it into existence. Because I think that is if he can get that done, if he can get Russia to accept that. That's enormous. Enormous.

[Jason]

Yeah, I'm of the opinion, yeah, it would be. And I'm of the opinion that Putin has agreed to that in some way, because Putin is very quick to put these things down, especially to his own people, especially if he thinks that he's going to lose public opinion within Russia with ordinary Russians and He has not done that yet. So that's a huge signal to me. Plus, I think that, I personally think that line from Donald Trump is about territorial concessions. I think that is the major sticking point on this and that's what he's had to go back and forth with the Europeans today. And Zelinsky, on what are you willing to concede territorially?

[Glenn Beck]

Because that's what, you know enough about where everybody is going to come down. I mean, I'm sure Maloney is going to come down with Trump. Germany probably will come down with Trump.

[Jason]

No, probably not. It's very hard to predict on the European side because they have more skin in the game. I know on this it's very different argument with.

[Glenn Beck]

But you get, if you can get the Article 5, that's what they've been wanting. Yeah. So I mean that, that, I mean that is such a huge concession. You know, it's weird because you know what the press is going to say if, if he gives up land and we have the article 5 and he gets that deal done, the press is going to call him Hitler and Neville Chamberlain at the same time.

[Jason]

I don't know how that works, but.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, it's Hitler and Neville Chamberlain.

[Jason]

How.

[Glenn Beck]

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[Stu]

Well, I don't know if it'll be covered on msnbc. I guess today that might be true. That might be true, but soon it will no longer be true. Glenn. MSNBC is changing its name.

[Glenn Beck]

They're changing their name.

[Stu]

American Institute of msnbc. It's jarring to lose that close working relationship, which is how it started between Microsoft and NBC.

[Glenn Beck]

Right? Ms. For Microsoft and NBC.

[Stu]

Yes.

[Glenn Beck]

And Microsoft has been out of this for a long time, haven't they?

[Stu]

Yes, they've been out of it for a long time, but they kept the Ms. In there.

[Glenn Beck]

Why?

[Stu]

That I don't know. I can't explain many of the things they do.

[Glenn Beck]

Right, okay. All right. Okay.

[Stu]

I think, I think most people would be, you know, that wouldn't remember it would be shocked to realize that Microsoft was once a big part of this. It was supposed to be, I think it was the first embrace of digital at that level. Right. Like it was a big deal at that time.

[Glenn Beck]

Didn't last all that long. There's nothing that says credibility more than the mainstream media and Bill Gates.

[Stu]

Right.

[Glenn Beck]

When you put those two things together, you know, you got something special. You really do.

[Stu]

So, you know.

[Glenn Beck]

So is NBC suing msnbc? Like we even can't have our name on that.

[Stu]

They're spinning them off. So NBC is spinning off MSNBC into its own separate company. They are apparently hiring right now because they're losing access to the NBC News room. So they need to hire a whole new batch of horrible journalists that make a mockery of the profession to bring over there.

[Glenn Beck]

When does this. When does this happen? When does this go through the official change?

[Stu]

I don't know. This is the first date they're announcing the new name. Let's see if I can find when that actually happens. It launched, by the way, in 1996. In case you were wondering how long this thing's been around, it seems like it's been 1896 or 1796, but so.

[Glenn Beck]

It actually had some credibility at the very beginning. I think Lester Holt started on MSNBC and back in the 90s, it was.

[Stu]

Seen and it was still left leaning, but almost it's left leaning the way you'd expect every other correct piece of crap, you know, mainstream broadcast to be. It was like cnn. Like, it was like left leaning, but not necessarily completely insane. Now both of them since then have gone completely insane. And you know, they went through the Keith Olbermann period. And I mean, they've gone so far off the rails, obviously, at this point. But we know that the new name is. Do you want to. Do you want to guess? Do you have any idea. Have you seen it is crap can. Yes, crap Can News. You're right.

[Glenn Beck]

No, that's ccn. It might be. Yeah. Different one might be too confusing. All right, go ahead. What is.

[Stu]

Is Ms. Now.

[Glenn Beck]

So let me see if I have this right. Mississippi hasn't been a part of MSNBC since the turn of the century.

[Stu]

Years and years and years.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, right. Yeah, but they're gonna keep the Ms. Part, right? And the N. And the N. And the N. They're only changing two letters. That's what it is. They're like, we can just. We just cut those two letters out of everything and just put OW there instead of bc.

[Stu]

Now, other than the fact that Ms. Now sounds like a plea for multiple sclerosis, do you.

[Glenn Beck]

Do you.

[Stu]

Do you want to take a venture, a guess as. As to what this actually stands for? It's. Each letter stands for something.

[Glenn Beck]

Stands for. It's an acronym.

[Stu]

Yes, Ms. Now News. You're skipping Ms. But yes, News. News is correct. You got that? So that one's right.

[Glenn Beck]

So you got to get the Ms. Too. It's not Microsoft. I have no idea.

[Stu]

Do you want me to tell you what it is?

[Glenn Beck]

I do because I think it's going to be highly entertaining.

[Stu]

Yeah. My source.

[Glenn Beck]

News.

[Stu]

My source Opinion World.

[Glenn Beck]

So we have. Do they have cavemen working at their ad agency? My source news. Opinion World World. Mmm. Fire. Good.

[Stu]

I mean, I will say the IQ level is about there. Yeah.

[Glenn Beck]

My source, news, opinion and world.

[Stu]

Yes. Now, you're a guy who's. Who's done this, right? You've the Blaze. You came up with the name of that GBTV before that torch. The Torch coming soon to you. You also have many radio stations that you programmed back in the day where you would look at what they were presenting. And so if you're looking at all that, as an expert in this field, how would you grade this rebrand for MSNBC?

[Glenn Beck]

Does zero count? Usually it's 10 to 1. 1 to 10. Can I include zero or negative numbers? That is the worst rebounding I've ever heard.

[Stu]

Yeah, it's really bad.

[Glenn Beck]

Just start fresh from the very beginning, come up with something good.

[Stu]

Yeah. They're trying to obviously bridge that gap to, hey, this is what we've always been. So you get the Ms. Gives you a little bit of familiarity, the logo.

[Glenn Beck]

So it's going to be. Wait, wait, wait, wait. So it's not Ms. Now. It's. It's good. They're going to call it msnow.

[Stu]

I think they're going to call it Ms. Now. I think they're trying to keep the Ms. As something, you know, again, that.

[Glenn Beck]

Only people think of multiple sclerosis. Nobody thinks. Nobody thinks of Microsoft. Nobody thinks of Microsoft. Think of multiple sclerosis.

[Stu]

They don't want anybody to think of Microsoft. They haven't been involved in it forever.

[Glenn Beck]

The only thing you'd rather. They'd rather have you think of a debilitating disease.

[Stu]

Yes.

[Glenn Beck]

Than Microsoft.

[Stu]

That is better than their reputation. Yes, it is the other thing, you could look at it if you wanted to, they could go the feminist direction and call it Miz now.

[Glenn Beck]

Oh, my gosh.

[Stu]

That could be something they could try.

[Glenn Beck]

Oh, my gosh, is that a. That sounds like something they would love. Because it indicates to me it's an absolute, guaranteed, flaming, just ball of death as it hits this, as it hits the ground. Miss. Now that just sounds like something that, like, yeah, we should do that.

[Stu]

We should do that message.

[Glenn Beck]

No going to crash this plane into the side of the mountain. It's just going to be a fiery ball of wreckage. It's not good.

[Stu]

To be clear, the plane has only been flying like two feet off the ground for many, many years. Yes. They might actually crash it this time. I could see Miz now actually being the way they go. Which would be even more comical, though that would require them, I think, in theory, to define what a woman is if they went with Miz now, that might not work either.

[Glenn Beck]

This is a tough one. And when is this happening?

[Stu]

I have not seen the exact date. It is supposed to be soon. The spinoff was announced last winter. They initially said they would be keeping its name, but then during the transitional period, they decided that they needed a new separate identity.

[Glenn Beck]

So can I ask you why? Why? Who's making these decisions and hiring NBC? Is NBC like, you know what? We're going to staff and design our competitor?

[Stu]

Yeah, kind of. I mean, because it does.

[Glenn Beck]

Why would you do that?

[Stu]

One of the statements I saw said NBC Universal decided. So I guess because they haven't fully spun off yet, they actually are making these decisions. Maybe they have a bet so they're.

[Glenn Beck]

Just bringing it off. But they're keeping. Are they. Are they keeping it in the Universal Comcast world? I don't think selling.

[Stu]

It's a separate company. I think it's going to be sold. Separate. Separate company.

[Glenn Beck]

Why wouldn't you just sell the position? Why wouldn't you just sell the cable access, you know, like Current did? Remember when Current sold it to.

[Stu]

Right.

[Glenn Beck]

They couldn't sell that. They wouldn't sell. Al Gore would not sell Current TV to Glenn Beck because I was so un American, in his own words, that he sold it to Al Jazeera.

[Stu]

Right.

[Glenn Beck]

I remember this, you know, the company that bought it with oil monies from Al Gore. So that made a lot of sense to him. So why wouldn't. Why wouldn't they just sell that position? Why wouldn't they just go, it's up for sale. Why would you buy something that NBC created that. I mean, so wait a minute. You hired everybody, but you hired them because you wouldn't give anybody on NBC a role there. So you were like, why would you have hired. You find anybody good? You'd be like, yeah, save those guys for NBC. This guy belongs at Miz now. That's what we're calling it from here on out. Stu, that's good.

[Stu]

Miz now is just too good. Now, remember too, at one point, Elon Musk contemplated the potential purchase of msnbc.

[Glenn Beck]

He's smarter than that.

[Stu]

Yeah.

[Glenn Beck]

Why would you want a cable news company? What is he in a time machine? He got back into a time machine. You know, I'd like to do that. And I'd like a printing press, too.

[Stu]

That's a fair point. I just. I will say that. And the color scheme and, like the logo is really basic. It looks terrible, honestly. And this is going to go, I think, poorly, Glenn poorly That's saying something.

[Glenn Beck]

When MSNBC is designing something that you think might be worse than msnbc.

[Stu]

Shocking. Shocking. You could do it, you know, if you put your mind to it. You can. You can accomplish anything, Glenn, including making NBC MSNBC even worse.

[Glenn Beck]

That's like. If we designed it, honestly, it would be like, okay, all right, let's hire a bunch of lefties. We're going to call it Miz now. We're going to. We're going to lead with. Oh, my gosh, look at that. We're going to. We're going to lead with guy cheerleaders and communism. It's going to be big. I mean, that sounds like something I would design for them to either make fun of them or just to be. See if we could. Do you remember when I told you I went to that opera called the Nose? I took my daughter to the opera. She loved opera. And. And it was. Honestly, it was. I don't even know what the story was, but it was. The main character was a nose. So it's a giant nose with feet coming out of the nostrils. And I said at the time, I said, this has to be. This was written by somebody who was like, you know, these opera snobs. I'm gonna write this whole thing. It makes no sense. It's awful. But I'm gonna say, oh, no, you just don't get it. You don't get the nose with the feet coming out. You don't get it. Well, I guess so. And they sold it just because opera snobs didn't want to say, I don't get it. Okay. You had to get it or you weren't cool. I think this is what. I think that's what my. This might be. This is just. Might be a play on, like, how bad can we make this thing to see if we can get these lefties and go, you don't get Miz now. You don't understand that. All right, well, whatever. No, no, I get it. I think it's genius. In fact, I want to pay more for it. What a bunch of dopes.

[Stu]

You're streaming the Best of the Glenn.

[Glenn Beck]

Beck program, and you can find full episodes wherever you download podcasts in the belly of the beast. I'm sitting here with the CEO of PragerU, which we all know. If you watch, you know, CNN or, you know, you saw anything from vox, they are the new PBS there, which I think, because Marissa Stride is the CEO, she's up here at my ranch because we're filming some stuff for Prager U Kids. Right. And does that make me Elmo or.

[Marissa Stride]

I think you're more of a big bird.

[Glenn Beck]

Big bird. Okay. Okay, good. All of a sudden, it doesn't feel so great. So they're claiming that. That you are becoming the new PBS because you're going after our kids. Can. Can you just. First of all, do you get any money from the federal government?

[Marissa Stride]

We won't take a dollar from the government. That's in our mission.

[Glenn Beck]

Well, Stu, help me out. Doesn't that automatically disqualify you from being pbs?

[Stu]

It does, I would say it does, yes.

[Glenn Beck]

I mean, I think the big thing about PBS is they're taking our federal dollars in ways that I don't necessarily agree with, and they can make money on their own. So I don't. I think the press misses what the problem is with pbs. So tell me about what, what you are doing right now, because there's several things. First of all, let's start with the 250th anniversary. What are you doing on the 250th anniversary?

[Marissa Stride]

So Prager U uses edutainment. And so in some ways, they're comparing us to PBS because of that. Because we believe that learning should be fun and it should be entertaining.

[Glenn Beck]

Right.

[Marissa Stride]

And that oftentimes when you're entertained, you can learn. And so in that way, we are somewhat similar to pbs. But what we are doing is we're celebrating America. America has never been perfect, but it's the greatest country on God's green earth.

[Glenn Beck]

Right.

[Marissa Stride]

And when we are teaching kids to grow up and not love their country, it is causing so many problems. It's a national security issue. It's a mental health issue for our children big time. And so we are taking this opportunity for America's 250th birthday to just reignite patriotism and give some perspective that, yes, America has its blemishes, of course it does. But America is a great country and has been a leader in greatness for so many years. And we want to teach that. And so what we are doing is we're creating content for every single learner four years old, all the way through 104, to remember what we're country, our country is about, what our DNA is.

[Glenn Beck]

And the nice thing is, is that it is. It's actual history. I mean, we. We cut something yesterday. We're working on several of these videos that are going to be used in AP classes. Right. So this is AP history in high schools.

[Marissa Stride]

Yes. I mean, look, so many Americans are learning history through the lens of Howard Zinn. For those who don't know who Howard Zinn is, I think he categorically destroyed.

[Glenn Beck]

The.

[Marissa Stride]

History classes in America. Right. Teaching a perspective. Not all of it was a lie, but it's the footnotes. It's without the greater perspective of what America is. And so we are taking American history, and we're making it fun and engaging and so that students who would watch this course that we're creating together will not learn, not only learn the truth about America, but will have a perspective and enjoy doing it at the same time. That's the edutainment piece of it.

[Glenn Beck]

And it's really amazing because we're not avoiding the bad stuff. We're doing something today on slavery.

[Marissa Stride]

Yes.

[Glenn Beck]

And, you know, I saw somewhere I read, you know, they were accusing you guys of. Prager U is dismissing slavery and saying it's no big deal. And I'm like, on what planet, in what parallel universe is Prageru saying that?

[Marissa Stride]

Well, what they're saying is we made a video that teaches about Christopher Columbus, and we basically paraphrased what he would have said to two young kids. And from Christopher Columbus's perspective, he probably thought that slavery was okay because that's what he did. And so because we had the cartoon Christopher Columbus say, oh, I think slavery is okay. And then the kids responded back to him in this show that we made. Well, actually, slavery is abhorrent. It is a horrible thing. We know today that it was a terrible thing that the world engaged in slavery. And then Christopher Columbus in this cartoon responds and says, oh, wow, I didn't have that perspective. I didn't know that is why we are being attacked, because we are paraphrasing what Christopher Columbus would have said. And so what does the silly media do? I mean, it's completely cuckoo. They're claiming that Prageru is claiming that slavery was okay because the character in our cartoon, that character Christopher Columbus, said it was okay.

[Glenn Beck]

You know, it's amazing. I think this stuff is coming undone quickly, and they're panicking. I mean, look what you're doing with teachers. These teachers are moving from, you know, deeply blue states into red states. And the states rightfully, you know, are saying, we don't want any of that California crap in our schools, but if they're licensed to be a teacher, they can teach anywhere. But that's now changing because states are saying, no, you're coming from California. You're coming from New York. I want to make sure that, you know, the things that, you know are True. And we're not having any of this woke crap. This test that you're giving now and you've been asked by the states to develop this test and it is so, to me, first grade kind of questions. I can't believe there is a problem with this at all.

[Marissa Stride]

I mean, we're living in shocking times, Glenn. It's shocking. People can see the test. We've made this test available. They can go to our website, they can check it out. The test is so very basic. The fact that the media and the administrators of woke schools are squealing over this test is unbelievable. It is so very, very basic. But you're right. In California, teachers are required to take a course called the prism test. I like to call it the prison test because frankly, I think teachers should go to prison if you can't pass this. Yes, it's crazy. The prism test is given to Californian teachers. It's not a test, it's a course. It's a six part course that teaches a teacher how to not differentiate between a boy and a girl, how to actually bring all of this sexualization that we've been complaining about in classrooms. And so it's not just superintendents of education that have approached us with questions, how do we help teachers do the right thing? It's also parents. Parents are coming to us and saying, well, we don't know if we can trust these teachers anymore. We're going to send our kids to our schools and have a teacher that can't pass a basic civics test, that can't pass a basic literacy test, that can't pass a basic understanding of what a boy is and what a girl is. So superintendent of Education Ryan Walters of Oklahoma approached us and said, can you just do something very basic? Because the complaints are coming in when parents are sending their kids to schools where teachers who have come in from California and New York are in charge of a classroom and are bringing in the woke indoctrination that they've received in California.

[Glenn Beck]

Any idea how many teachers are failing this test?

[Marissa Stride]

Well, we are launching this test now. So this is a brand new test. But I can tell you how many teachers have been forced to pass the prism test in California. Almost every single one of them.

[Glenn Beck]

So listen to some of these questions, Stu. This is multiple choices, not a setup. This is multiple choice. So I mean, you'll get everyone. What's the primary, this is the first question. What's the primary biological distinction between males and females? A, height and weight. B, hairstyle. C, personal preference. D, chromosomes and Reproductive anatomy.

[Stu]

That's a tough one.

[Glenn Beck]

That's a tough one.

[Stu]

Leaning hairstyle.

[Glenn Beck]

At birth. How is a person's biological sex typically identified? A, personal feelings. B, parental choice. C, online registration. D, visual anatomical observation and chromosomes.

[Stu]

It's a fascinating one. I mean, obviously the answer is D, but I would say a lot of people on the left would say B. Right. Like it's parental preference or something.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, right. Or personal feelings. I mean, you know, this only gets hard if you are completely disconnected from science and reality.

[Marissa Stride]

Well, you mentioned science and reality. I have spoken to pediatricians and doctors who are, frankly, from all over the country who are forced to erase the question of whether they have a boy or a girl in the medical charts when they're receiving a new patient. So this is not just a problem in schools, but this is a problem in pediatric offices as well. So, yes, sadly, we are living in the twilight zone where teachers have to be taught very basic common sense.

[Glenn Beck]

Listen. Listen to this. Name one reason the colonists fought for the British. Fought the British. A, avoid working the land. B, higher social standing. C, resist forced army service. D, protest high British taxes without representation. I mean, honestly, fifth graders. In my day, fifth graders would. Would be able to take this, you know, 100 years ago, first graders would be insulted by these. Who was the first president? John Adams, Thomas Jefferson? Greg Washington or George Washington? I'm pretty sure it was Greg. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Ended prohibition. Freed Confederate generals, Freed the slaves in the north, freed the slaves in the South. Honestly, you cannot be a teacher if you don't know these things.

[Marissa Stride]

We agree. We agree. And as much as we're giggling about it and, you know, it sounds funny, but it's really not funny, Glenn. It's really sad and it's really upsetting. Part of what this test is doing is it's actually recalibrating what is happening in the classrooms. It's reminding teachers to focus on what matters. It's reminding teachers to actually look at the world through common sense, a lens of common sense. And sadly, the teacher indoctrination centers, which is basically the teacher seminaries, the colleges for teachers, have been turning the world upside down, and they're training these young teachers to go into our classrooms. And you're lucky if they know nothing. The problem is the Marxism that they're being taught.

[Glenn Beck]

I know, I know. Talk to me a little bit about Hungary, because you just got back from Hungary. Didn't you, last. Weren't you there last week?

[Marissa Stride]

Yes, we were in Hungary last week.

[Glenn Beck]

What is happening in Hungary.

[Marissa Stride]

So what is happening now is the world is realizing that there's a real attack on common sense everywhere and there's an attack on values. And Prageru, through our edutainment model, has been successful here in the United States. I mean, as you could see, cnn, New York Times, they're all upset that we're becoming the new pbs, as they call us. And we don't want to just create a system that helps America. We want to create an industry that helps the world. We want the world to be a better place. Glenn. And so when other places, when other countries approach Prageru and say, hey, how do we do edutainment in our own country? Our answer is yes. And so we have created now a training system for other countries so that they can bring these wholesome, patriotic values to their own countries. So we flew to Hungary to train them. Them. We've been training some folks in the uk, Canadians have come out to Prageru. We've done the same training for them for a very long time. I hate to say this, over the last 10 years, America has been exporting some real bad ideas. USAID, USAID has been a huge problem. It's been propagating a lot of this gender blur stuff.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah.

[Marissa Stride]

And.

[Glenn Beck]

And to countries that were dead set against it but were starving. You can't get the aid unless you teach this.

[Marissa Stride]

Exactly.

[Glenn Beck]

And they did because they had to.

[Marissa Stride]

We've been bribing other countries to do the wrong thing.

[Glenn Beck]

It's awful.

[Marissa Stride]

To sexualize their children. And so we feel that as an organization that is helping save America, we are trying to undo that damage as well. And if we can train other countries to undo the damage, then that's what we're going to do.

[Glenn Beck]

So do you base that on their stuff or do you base that on like the American understanding of freedom?

[Marissa Stride]

So our, we have a set of values at Prageru, which is the Amer, what we call the American DNA, our understanding of freedom.

[Glenn Beck]

Right.

[Marissa Stride]

We are not looking to export American ideas to other countries. What we are looking to do is teach them the model of how edutainment works and to teach them a model of how Prageru follows its values. Now, many of them, and we do make sure that, that the folks that we're working with do honor and respect our values. We're not going to train a bunch of Marxists in doing so. And many of them are using some of our videos as a baseline for teaching.

[Glenn Beck]

Well, you're doing God's work and I am so proud to partner with you and to call you friend and Dennis the same. Can you give me a quick update? I've only got a couple of seconds. Quick update on Dennis. How is he doing?

[Marissa Stride]

So Dennis had a very severe injury. For those who don't know the background, he fell down. He hit his spinal cord. The spinal cord injury is at the top of his spine, and so it makes it very, very difficult for him to breathe. And that's why the recovery is taking so long. It's been already nine months that he's been laying down. His mind is there, his body is not there. But he has. The good news is he just completed another book. So Dennis is living his values.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah. Well, we pray for him all the time. Thank you so much. By the way, if you want to give to Prageru, Mercury one has given a Prageru. Tanya and I donate to prager U. I mean, I really, I believe these guys really are saving the republic. It's one of the most important movements this month. They are doing a matching dollar for dollar. So you give a dollar, somebody else will give a dollar to match it. So you double the the effect. Please give to prageru. Go to prageru.com prageru.com thank you.

[Marissa Stride]

Better you than the government. We don't take a dollar.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, good.