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'Accept Responsibility,' Find 'Vision': Jordan Peterson Defines a Good Man

Canadian author and psychology professor Jordan Peterson has inspired people around the world with his book “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos.” He’s found a special audience in young men who respond to his commonsense structure and encouragement.

On today’s show, Glenn asked Peterson a key question: As men, what should our specific goals be?

Being a good man starts with envisioning a better world while knowing that evil exists and that it’s up to you to take responsibility for your life and the lives you touch. A man should be someone other people can rely on, and he must realize that those burdens are a part of life.

“We all need a vision of the way that life and the world could be,” Peterson said. “The least amount of suffering … the most freedom for everyone and the best for everyone.”

Peterson shared some advice “particularly, but not only, to young men.” He called on men to “accept as much responsibility as they can tolerate and then build themselves into people who can tolerate even more responsibility and to accept that gratefully because that’s where the purpose and meaning in life is.”

This article provided courtesy of TheBlaze.

GLENN: Dr. Jordan Peterson. Who would have thought that a -- a -- that common sense would come from a university professor from Canada? But he is probably the -- the biggest sensation out there now, with especially -- especially with the youth and young males. Because he is speaking common sense and he's speaking it peacefully. And he's talking about God.

And he's got a best-selling book out. Number one best-seller. Twelve Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.

Welcome to the program, Dr. Jordan Peterson. How are you?

JORDAN: I'm good. Yeah, no. A university profess- --

GLENN: You're breaking up. We had this problem last time.

I don't know where you were standing last time, but can you stand there because you're breaking up and we can't understand you.

JORDAN: Oh, can you hear me?

GLENN: I can hear you now. Yes.

JORDAN: Okay. Good.

Yes. I said, well, Canadian and a university professor, the end times must be near.

GLENN: Yes. It's the clippety-clop of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

I want to talk to you about a few things. Here -- and I don't want to get you into politics, just common sense.

I don't know if you've been following, for instance, the CNN town hall this week and this debate that we're having. But we have 16-year-olds that are demanding that America pretty much disregards the Second Amendment and the -- we're not having sensible arguments at all. There's no reason in -- in the debates that we're having. We're not listening to each other.

Do you have any thoughts on this?

JORDAN: Well, I think that can be -- that's true on a much wider scale than merely the debate about what's going on after Parkland. We're not listening to each other at all. We're polarized to a great degree.

GLENN: So how do we solve this?

JORDAN: Well, you know, I've been recommending -- first of all, let me say that in my book, in 12 Rules For Life, Rule 6, I outlined why such things as the Parkland school shooting occur. And it has very little to do specifically with guns. There's something much deeper and more horrible going on that -- that is rather dreadful to look at. I mean, people who are motivated to do the sorts of things that happened in Parkland, they're possessed by a kind of ill will. An evil ill will, whose magnitude is difficult to describe. And it's a problem of disorientation and meaninglessness. And it's expressing itself in gun violence. But it can express itself in all sorts of ways.

And the problem -- the deeper problem has to be solved, as far as I'm concerned. And that's the problem of nihilism in the face of the tragedy of life. And it's that kind of destructive nihilism that drives the actions of people like the school shooters.

So it's very difficult for us to have an intelligent conversation about that. Because nobody wants to look at the darkness enough to -- to actually understand what motivates people like the shooters. And it's not surprising, you know.

GLENN: But we --

JORDAN: What happens, of course, is that the discussion gets politicized. And it goes down the same rails that it's always gone down. Democrats say their thing. And the Republicans say their thing. And it never really ends up -- the discussion never really ends up being about the school shootings, for example. So...

GLENN: Well, you know, I've been saying all week -- you know, I started the -- the week with a monologue on, you know, nobody even wants to talk about seven out of the nine shooters that were under 30 came from fatherless homes.

JORDAN: Right.

GLENN: We have a breakdown --

JORDAN: Well, there's something there, I would say. Because these -- these men, these young men, they -- they lack purpose and direction. And that's really not a good thing. Because life is very difficult.

As the religious sages have always had it, life is suffering. And you need to set something positive against that suffering, or it corrupts you. And when it corrupts you, you become vengeful and vindictive and murderous and genocidal. Those are the stages. And the school shooters are two-thirds of the way towards genocidal, by the time they perform their actions. And it's because they turn against life because life is so difficult. And they have nothing to set -- nothing positive to set against it. It's a real catastrophe. And the fact that we're transforming ourselves into ideologues, both on the right and the left, is a reflection of the same problem. Is that because people lack genuine engaged meaning in their own personal lives, in large part because they don't understand how necessary it is to take responsibility, they turn to pseudosolutions. And ideology, right or left, is a pseudosolution to the problem of the meaning of life. And it's very dangerous. We saw that in the 21st century, as you pointed out, just before our talk.

GLENN: So how do we find -- how do we find meaning as a group, when -- I mean, especially with young men, there is a concerted effort, at least it seems, to eviscerate men. The new catchphrase is toxic masculinity.

JORDAN: I know. In my book 12 rules for life, which is rule 11, don't bother children when they're skateboarding. You know, it's kind of a tongue-in-cheek feel, but it's a very, very serious chapter. And it's about the confusion between masculine -- (cuts out) -- and masculine -- you know, the problem is --

GLENN: Oh. You know what, we're going to have to take a break. We're going to have take a break and see if we can get you to a better space so we can hear you. You're breaking up again. We got to send you a hard-wired phone. That's what we have to do. We'll come back in just a second.

More with Jordan Peterson.

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GLENN: Just so frustrating when he's on with us. Because there's nobody I want to hear every single word of more than Jordan Peterson.

STU: One of the chapters is "Speak Precisely," and yet we can never hear what he's saying.

GLENN: It's like, "Yeah, and what -- and that -- and that's what really -- what really -- really need to remember."

GLENN: Jordan Peterson joining us now on a land line. Thank you, Jordan. I'm sorry for the hassle on that.

JORDAN: Oh, no. No problem.

GLENN: So. So let's pick the conversation up where we were. Where we left it off. And that's toxic masculinity and -- and how do we find meaning? How do -- how do young men find meaning in their life, when society is -- is tearing them down and saying, you know, you're -- you're bad. You're worthless. You're not needed.

JORDAN: Yeah. Well, it's part of an all-out assault as far as I can tell, in some sense, mostly from the radical left on the idea of competence itself. And there's a confusion between tyranny and power and confidence.

You know, in our society, which is a pretty free society. So let's say Western societies. Most of our hierarchies are mostly predicated on competence, which means that if you can do the job, you tend to rise in the organization.

Now, that's contaminated a little bit with tyranny and power, of course. Because no organization is perfect. And what we have is a claim, essentially from the radical left, that male competence is indistinguishable from male tyranny and power. And so that it should be all torn down. Not the hierarchies, but the spirit that generated the hierarchies. And that's fundamentally the masculine spirit, even symbolically and psychologically speaking.

So what we see is an all-out assault on the masculine spirit. That was actually -- that was actually formalized by Jack HEP. He called western culture HEP fellowgocentric. Fellow from HEP felas. And logo from logos. So it was male-dominated and driven by logos. And, of course, that's the Christian word and also the root -- idea behind the word "logic."

And so it is part of an all-out intellectual -- an all-out war of ideas and the people who are bearing the brunt of that at the moment are I would say young men. Yeah. It's really not good.

GLENN: So what is the -- what is the end goal? Is it -- I mean, is it as clear as it seems to be, that it is the end goal and the -- the -- the motivation is just to destroy the West? Can you -- with you find any logic in there that is -- that is more than that?

JORDAN: Look, if you buy the idea that the West is a corrupt patriarchy, then that's the logical -- that's the logical end goal. I mean, the more radical disciplines at the universities, women's studies and those sorts of disciplines have said for decades that their goal was the destruction of the patriarchy.

It's like, it's very often, you know, that people tell you what they're doing. You just to have listen to them. If you read the school shooter's documents, like the kids from Columbine High School. They told you exactly why they did what they did. If you go onto the websites and read the curricula and the dictates of women's studies, disciplines at universities, they tell you exactly what they're doing. If the West is a corrupt patriarchy, then the right thing to do is tear it down.

So it's not -- it's not a surprise. It's not a conspiracy theory. It's just precisely what -- what -- that's the doctrine. That's the dogma. And the university, especially humanities departments, are overwhelmingly left and radical left. It's actually well-documented by people like Jonathan Haidt, with his hetero HEP dox academy. Jonathan is an extraordinarily reasonable person. He's no one's idea of a radical.

GLENN: Yeah. I greatly respect him.

Who is -- Jordan, who are the people that we should be reading? Besides you and your book, who are the people that inspire you or can inspire men to be -- to be men?

JORDAN: I think that Steven HEP Pinker is doing a fine job. He has a new book out now. It's in the top ten. So Pinker is a good person to read because Pinker is making a very powerful, pro-enlightenment, pro-reason, pro-science, pro-progress case. Well-documented empirically.

I mean, the empirical evidence is pretty clear. Although there is some evidence that inequality is increasing, first of all, no one knows what to do about that, right or left. There's a new book by Walter HEP Shidel called the Great Leveling, which I would also much recommend.

Because he analyzes the problem of inequality with dead seriousness. And traces it back to thousands of years. And points out quite clearly that it's a problem, but that it can't be led at the feet of capitalism. That's just foolish. It's a way deeper problem than that.

But despite the fact that there's increasing inequality, to some degree in the West, overall, the entire world is getting richer. And there are fewer poor people. There are way fewer people in absolute poverty than there were 15 years ago. Far fewer.

And so what's happening is our economic system is generating a lot of surplus. And it's being quite effectively distributed, even to the lowest end of the socioeconomic spectrum. But inequality still remains a problem.

And, you know, that drives a fair bit of theorizing on the left. But I would very much recommend HEP Shidel's book, The Great Leveling. It's very great.

And then there's Pinker. And then, you know, I'm very much a fan of -- of -- of great classic literature.

I'm a great admirer of Dosieski HEP. Dosieski's novels, in particular, are unbelievably profound explanations of the rule of human responsibility in the face of the tragedy and malevolence of existence.

And I have a reading list, that Jordan P. period of time son (?) some of them are psychological in nature. Others are littery. Some are philosophical.

GLENN: Let me take a quick break. (?) and I want to come back. And would you define whether a good man is? What is the goal to be a man? And what does a good man look like? When we come back with Jordan Peterson.

GLENN: Jordan Peterson is with us. He is the author of the number one New York Times best-seller, 12 rules for life. (?) an antidote to chaos. I can't recommend you (?) welcome, Jordan Peterson.

Can you describe what we all should be shooting for as a man?

JORDAN: Yes. Yes.

I was thinking about an image related to that. So there's a cathedral in Montreal called (?) and it's built on a hill. It's a very large cathedral. So it overlooks the hill. It's a beautiful building. And there are many, many, many steps leading up to it. Hundreds of steps. And pilgrims come there to trudge up the steps one at a time towards the cathedral. And there's something deeply symbolic about that. The idea that's being expressed is -- is profound and necessary. And that is that we all need a vision of the way that life and the world could be. We want to have a vision that that could be as good as it could be. The least amount of suffering and the most for everyone. And the most freedom for everyone. And the best for everyone.

And the question is, how do you approach an idea like that? And the answer to that is by carrying your burden one step at a time, up the hill.

And that's what you do in life. You're not a victim. Or if you are, you carry it. You know, and you take responsibility for it. And you're someone other people can rely on. You tell the truth. And that way, you make the world a little better instead of worse.

And that's the alternative to ideological possession and collective action and group hatred and tribalism and all those things that tear us apart. Is to accept that your life is tragic and that you'll suffer. And that there's evil in the world. And that it's your -- it's your responsibility to take that onto yourself and to carry it forward towards the good. That's meaning in life. And that's the antidote to chaos and to catastrophe. And the West knows this. This is why -- this is why we're an individualist culture. Because we know that the individual has to be set above the group. It's not the individual in all his rights, it's the individual in all his responsibility.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

JORDAN: And that's the part of the dialogue that's missing from our culture currently. And I believe that's why my book has become so popular and the lectures as well. Because -- because I'm telling people, suggesting to people, and particularly -- but not only to young men. That they need to accept as much responsibility as they can tolerate. And then build themselves into people who can tolerate even more responsibility. And to be -- and to accept that gratefully. Because that's where the purpose and meaning in life is.

GLENN: Jordan, I -- I have -- I've gone from a man, you know -- for a while, I rejected that I had changed a great deal in the last couple of years. But I have. And I've gone from a guy that was very popular because I was certain of things, to a guy who now really appreciates doubt and is -- and I kind of view certitude as a -- as a dangerous thing. Because if I'm certain of what I believe, then I don't necessarily believe, you know, anybody else has -- has anything to teach me or --

JORDAN: Right.

GLENN: And yet, I find -- I think this is the message of Christ is humility. And yet, people --

JORDAN: Well, the humility -- if things aren't everything they should be for or around you, then clearly you don't know enough.

GLENN: Correct.

JORDAN: So then you better be looking for what you don't know, and that's the opposite of certainty.

GLENN: We are in a situation now that we -- it almost feels like we don't trust that the truth will eventually win, that God is on the side of truth. And so we have to engage in this warfare. And -- and we're engaging online. We're engaging in tribalism.

And the -- the answer seems to be in the opposite direction, of --

JORDAN: Yeah, well, we're trying to transform the political system into a tribal battlefield. That's what identity politics is. And that can be accepted on the right as well. The identity Arizona. (?) they just want to play it differently. It's division into tribes. And it's a catastrophe.

Division into tribes means that we'll fight. It's always been that way. Human tribes have always fought, and terribly. You know, there's an old idea that the hunter gatherer types, the pre-- the prematerialist. (?) hunter gatherers were peaceful. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

GLENN: Yeah.

JORDAN: They have incredibly high (?) tribal people are unbelievably murderous. And we're all tribal, except when we decide not to be. And to decide not to be tribal is to decide to be an individual. But that means to take all the weight, the things onto your shoulders. And who wants that? Right? It's a terrible responsibility. But the paradoxical truth of the matter is that the more you take on that terrible responsibility, the deeper your life becomes. And that justifies the suffering.

GLENN: But the more you take on, the bigger target -- I want to read -- I want to read this to you. This is an article out of the Mercury News in California. These men, particular Elon Musk, are not only (?) who can get their rocket into space first. But into colonizing Mars. To have unquestioned (?) unchallenged and automatic access to something, to any type of body, and use it as will is a patriarchal one. It is the same instinctively and culture (?) that everything and everyone in their line of vision is theirs for the taking.

They're destroying a guy --

JORDAN: Yep.

GLENN: -- like Elon Musk. (?) and I believe we can be better than this. And this gives me hope. Let's go here.

JORDAN: Right. Absolutely.

See, that's a great -- that's -- your reference hits the nail at the head. You see there, the confusion between male competence and desire to -- to move forward in the world. And tyranny. Those aren't the same thing.

They're not the same thing at all. And Musk is no tyrant. If you can't see that he's a hero, then there's something wrong with your vision.

And symbolically, the author of that article is equating Mars with the unspoiled virgin. You know, and Musk was the rapist.

It's an appalling vision of masculinity. There's no excuse for it. There's no excuse for it. It's all -- there's nothing in that, except destruction. Good men do things for themselves and for everyone else at the same time. That's the right balance. You want to do something that's good for you and good for your family and good for the community and good for the surrounding world, all at the same time. And you can do that, and that takes competence and clear vision and truth. And those aren't -- that's not tyranny. And those people, the people who wrote the article that you described, they're the people that think that emasculated weak men will be good, because they're harmless. And emasculated weak men will be the Parkland shooter. (?) that's the truth of the matter.

GLENN: When do we begin to see this for what -- let me ask you this question: Are we closer to the end of this kind of thinking and movement, or are we closer to the end of the beginning of it?

JORDAN: I don't know. There's been this funny idea. It's been circulating on the internet, about the kingdom (?) where everything is in chaos. And we're in chaos at the moment. Things could go very well. But they could go very badly. And I think we're in a situation now, where the decisions that each person makes, at each moment, are of crucial import, in a way that's not always true.

We're going to decide which way we're going to go, in the next three or four years. And there's lots of positive signs. All the economic growth, for example, that I referred to, that the fact that poverty is being pushed back. And it's about 300,000 people a day. (?) the power grid. And there are a lot of really good things happening.

But there is this terrible polarization and this demand to return to a destructive tribalism. And this ideological attempt led mostly by the universities, to my utter shame, to demolish the patriarchy. It's very, very dangerous. And corporations are playing that game too. They're letting the fifth column diversity equity and inexclusivety types in through the HR back door, (?) failing to see that generating an anti-capitalism fifth column within the confines of your own organization is self-destructive in the extreme.

GLENN: How do you -- I've watched interviews with you in mainstream media. And they always come with -- with an intent. With an agenda. It seems.

You approach these interviews without an agenda. And you're just trying to explain what you believe, based on their questions. And you always seem to win because you don't seem to have an agenda, truth doesn't have an agenda.

Would you say that --

JORDAN: I have an agenda, which is to not say something stupid.

GLENN: Yes. Yes. Yes.

Do you believe the mainstream media has crossed the line from bias to activism? And if so, what does that mean for the media?

JORDAN: Well, I think one of the things that might be happening is that we're in a transition period from the mainstream media, print and television, let's say most particularly, to online forms of discussion. And that's happening very rapidly.

And so it's killing the mainstream media. And as they spiral towards their death, they become more polarized to draw attention to their remaining resources. And so they're driving polarization in the broader society, in an attempt to stave off their extinction, rather than adapting to the new media. That's what -- I'm not sure that's true. But that's what it looks like. It looks like it might be happening to me. Because we are in the midst of a technological revolution in communication.

GLENN: Yes. Yes.

JORDAN: I mean, YouTube alone has something in the neighborhood of 2 billion people using it.

GLENN: Yeah.

JORDAN: So it's -- and YouTube allows the possibility of the spoken word to have the same distribution as the written word, which is something unparalleled in human history.

So I think that part of what's happening is a secondary consequence of a technological revolution. I don't think that the mainstream media's desperate attempts to use click bait, let's say, to attract additional viewership, to exaggerate, for example, the danger of violent crime and to pit the right against the left in a manor that's more combative (?) than the reality would indicate. I don't think that that will stave off their demise. I think it will accelerate. But there could be a lot of collateral damage, while that's occurring.

GLENN: Jordan Peterson, from Jordan Peterson.com. Also, (?) the book 12 rules for life. An antidote to chaos. Did you ever -- you have -- you're approaching a million YouTube subscribers. Number one New York Times best-seller. Did you ever see this --

JORDAN: I don't think I'm on the New York Times. They didn't list me.

GLENN: Shut up.

JORDAN: No, it's true.

GLENN: Well, you're number one.

JORDAN: Yes, I'm number one everywhere, but not on the New York Times best (?)

GLENN: Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

JORDAN: It is rather remarkable.

GLENN: Jordan, did you ever -- did you ever see anything like this coming your way?

JORDAN: Well, I knew when I wrote this first book, this book maps Of Meaning. (?) and their relationship to ideological dispute. And I knew that was important. And I knew that my students, in the course I taught in that book, were very, very receptive to the book. (?) both at Harvard and at university of Toronto, was that one of the few courses that completely changed of student's lives. And it's not surprising to me to some degree because it's the idea of themselves. Ancient archetypal religious ideas are of absolute necessity. People can't live without them.

And so I knew that I was talking about things that have always been of crucial importance to people. But there was no way of foreseeing the magnitude of -- of the effect of that.

I mean, it's -- I'm still in complete shock about it, on a moment to moment basis. It seems to be getting larger rather than smaller.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. You have a lot of (?) runway yet ahead of you. I pray for you. And I -- I know what it's like to have great success come quickly. And if there is anyone who can navigate those waters, I believe it is you. And we wish you all the best.

JORDAN: Well, thank you. Thank you. Well, like I said, I hope I can manage this without making any catastrophic mistakes. And so, so far so good, knock on wood and all that.

GLENN: Thank you so much. Jordan Peterson.

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STU: You can get Jordan on Twitter at Jordan B. Petersen. (?), by the way, that reading list he mentioned earlier in the interview, you can find that there. And I would say probably at the top of that reading list would be 12 rules for life, antidote to chaos, by Jordan spirit son.

GLENN: (?), you know, it's amazing, I don't think I've ever interviewed a more careful man. One of his rules is speak with precisely. (?) and you can hear it. He speaks slowly, to not make any errors.

How Israel’s Red Heifer Prophecy Explains What's Happening Right Now
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How Israel’s Red Heifer Prophecy Explains What's Happening Right Now

Does Hamas fear that Jews in Israel are trying to fulfill a Biblical prophecy? Glenn reviews a story from earlier this year that went under the radar: On the 100th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, a Hamas spokesman proclaimed that Israel’s aggression “reached its peak” with “the bringing of red cows” to the Holy Land. This, Glenn explains, is a reference to the red heifer prophecy, which some Christians and Jews believe will usher in the building of the third Jewish Temple and the End Times. So, is Israel preparing to retake the Temple Mount? And was this why Hamas attacked on Oct. 7th in the first place?

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GLENN: So back in January, a story flew under the radar, that is worth discussing, and it wasn't discussed because the mainstream media has no idea what this even means.

But at the 100-day mark of the war in Israel, October 7th. The military spokesman for Hamas, gave a televised speech, about the Hamas efforts. As well as the remain -- the reminder of the purpose, of the war.

Now, this was translated, into English, by the Palestinian chronicle. Which, gosh, I must have missed this issue of it.

And it just came to my attention. And I want to you to listen carefully to what this guy said.

Quote, we look back 100 days to remember the educated, the complicit, the incapacitated among the world powers, governed by the law of the jungle.

Reminding them of an aggression, that reached its peak against our path, al-Quds and Al-Aqsa. Al-Quds is the Muslim name for Jerusalem.
And Al-Aqsa is the mosque that is on top of the Temple Mount.

Reminding them of an aggression, that reached its peak against, translating, in Jerusalem. And the Temple Mount.

With the start of its actual temporal and spatial division, what?

They started -- it reached the peak, at the start of the Jews Jew's actual temporal and spatial division.

And, quoting, the bringing of red cows as an application of a detestable, religious myth. Designed for aggression, against the feelings of an entire nation in the heart of its Arab identity.

And the path of its prophet, and its ascension into heaven.

Hmm. What did you get out of that, Stu?

What -- the temporal and spatial division. What's that?

That sounds mystical, doesn't it?

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: And the bringing of red cows as an application of a detestable religious myth. Well, we should look in to what that is.

The bringing of red cows, as part of a detestable myth.

Okay. Red of hers, are the -- the detestable religious myth, according to the leader of Hamas. A red heifer in the Old Testament, to be sacrificed, has to have no more than two black or white hares.

And they check them. I'm guessing, there is a rabbi squad that goes out.

And they look, and they check the heifer, it has to be unblemished. All red hair.

And that's a one in 50,000 chance that your red heifer is going to be born like that.

And it cannot have more than two black or white hares. Even before having their ears tagged. A common practice with livestock.

That would disqualify them for ceremonial use.

But these four heifers remain blemish-free. And according to the temple institute rabbis. They want to carry out this detestable -- what did he call it?

Myth. And a ceremony. Before pass over.

So just before Easter.

Only nine heifers have been sacrificed since Moses.

Nine.

And that happened between Moses and the year 70 AD. And the feeling is, or the -- the myth of the Bible, is the tenth red heifer ceremony would bring in the Messianic Age.

Now, I don't know about you. But those people who are like, I think Jesus is coming soon!
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They're so crazy.

So I don't believe any of that craziness.

Bit they're bringing in the Messianic age.

Now, people who are religious Christians, they believe that that is the first step to rebuilding the third temple.

And it has to be built, before the Antichrist comes and desecrates it.

Of course, I mean he wouldn't desecrate it, then they build it. But he's -- and then the Messiah comes.

Some of us believe that's Jesus. And he had a return ticket, when he came the first time.

So he's coming again.

Now, what does this mean, where did this come from?

Why is Hamas saying 100 days into the war, it was the transfer of these red heifers from Texas. To Israel. That played a role in October 7th?

GLENN: I've been to Israel several times. I have never been to the top of the Temple Mount, because I was asked by the state of Israel.

Not to go. I was asked by Benjamin Netanyahu, who was the Prime Minister at the time, when I was there last.

And they were worried about any appearance, on top of the Temple Mount, causing a stir because of, you know, I stand for Israel.

I've been recognized, et cetera, et cetera. I know people who have gone. Ben Shapiro just went. And he prayed on the Temple Mount. Praying on the Temple Mount as a Christian, but especially a Jew. Is not looked on kindly, by Muslims.

And, but many people, many people do it.

If you've never been to Israel. You don't understand the role of the Temple Mount itself.

We've been talking here last few minutes, about red heifers. Red heifers are important for a purification process that needs to be done before the Temple Mount needs to be restored.

And the temple can be rebuilt on it. This is something that Hamas, really, its charter came from.

This is a story that has not been really even heard in Israel.

Secular Israelis, probably not even aware or interested in the presence of the red heifers in Israel.

And if you're not religious, it probably means nothing to you.

However, Hamas has just pointed out, that -- that they are at least following the red heifer story, close enough. To use it as the stated reason to launch the surprise invasion.

And attack, that they called the Al-Aqsa flood. Al-Aqsa mosque.

The mosque is the third holiest site in Islam. This is where there was the mythical journey of -- of Muhammad. And he was brought from Mecca, to the Temple Mount, on some sort of donkey with wings.

And he went up, to heaven, and he received instruction on Islamic prayer. And then he returned back to Mecca, the next morning.

So that's the claim on the Temple Mount.

The Hamas terror attack on October 7th, is really the work of the guy that we've talked about on this program. The grand Mufti.

The grand mufti became in the 1920s, the father of radical Islam. That's what he's called. He was the first to bring up discussions about Al-Aqsa and the third temple

And bring it front and center. The Jewish people were immigrating and coming in the 1920s to Israel.

And Husseini, the grand mufti. He was able to spread his anti-Semitism, and the idea, that the Jews were coming, to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque.

To rebuild the third temple.

The third temple, is instrumental. If the third temple is not rebuilt.

Then that stops the prophecy of the return of the messiah.

So it has to be rebuilt. How is that going to be happening with the Al-Aqsa mosque on top?

Don't know. Well, he got everybody wound up so much, it peaked in 1929. And they went on a terror raid, a lot like October 7th, on the Jewish holiday that commemorates the destruction of the two previous temples. So Jews were going to the western wall to pray. They were attacked by Arab Muslims. Under the grand mufti. Because he said they were going there to tear the Al-Aqsa mosque down. Lots of people were hurt and killed. The Jews. Because Al-Aqsa was in danger.

He -- this guy did not go away after this.

The grand mufti in 1937, was exiled from Jerusalem. And he sought asylum in a country, that thought a lot like him, in 1937.

He went to Berlin, Germany. Where he met with Adolf Hitler.

Helped form the Muslim SS squad, that was scooping up Jews. And he even hosted a radio show.

And he was talking about how much Islam, and the Nazis have in common.

So this is what they were marching about then. And this is why they are now saying, they are going after the Jews now.

You don't know, the Hamas charter is -- is widely accepted as one of the most anti-Semitic documents in history.

It lays out a direct call to annihilate the Jewish people. Along with promoting jihad, as the only solution, and a responsibility for every Muslim.

In fact, this is the grand mufti's ultimate solution, for protecting the Al-Aqsa mosque.

You have to kill all the Jews. To protect the mosque. Does it make a little more sense thousand?

That you see October 7th. The Al-Aqsa flood?

And this ideology. So in the 100-day speech, the 100 days after the war began. After October 7th. The statement from the Hamas spokesperson. Is the first statement directly to address the red heifers. Which came from Texas.

And are now in Israel.

He is now saying, that this is not just because of the red heifers, but because there are also Jewish people praying on the Temple Mount.

And a growing number of people praying, on the Temple Mount.

Early on the morning of October 7th, Hamas issued a statement, via the military commander. Who justified the attack as retaliation for Israel's desecration of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

It wasn't just the heifers, but also prayer, Jewish prayer on the temple.

Which has been allowed. It's controversial, but it's allowed.

So the problem is: Is that Jewish people think that it has been desecrated by the Muslims. Muslims say, it's been desecrated by the Jews.

If you're going to rebuild the temple, you need to purify it.

And purifying it, according to the book of numbers, chapter 19, is a heifer. A red heifer ceremony. That results in the creation of ash and water mixture.

And that cleanses the entire nation of Israel. From ritual impurity.

And then the ceremony requires some of the blood to be sprinkled at the front of the tabernacle. That later became the temple.

It usually took place at the Mount of Olives, where they are planning on doing this again in the coming days.

It is essential for all aspects of the temple, and temple worship to take place.

In addition, anyone participating in temple worship, would be required to be sprinkled with the ash water.

Beyond that, even without the presence of a physical temple, the ceremony, would be -- would allow the general population to be ritually cleansed and remove much of the religious prohibition for a Jewish presence, on the Temple Mount.

When are they planning on doing it?

Well, they imported these red heifers before October 7th.

We now know that Hamas said, that this was going to -- this was part of the reason, because they're going to use the red heifers to purify the temple, which is desecration to them.

Purifying them, so they can then, actually, go up, and even if there's no temple. They can pray as if they were in the temple.

They're going to do this, passover weekend. So Easter weekend.

That may be a very violent weekend, in Israel. If we are to take Hamas at its words, that no media is reporting on.

You don't have to believe the red heifer thing.

I do.

I believe they believe it. And I believe that the third temple is part of the return of Christ. Or the come of the messiah.

And I look at these things, seriously.

Because I know the Middle East looks at them seriously. And I believe in the return of the Messiah.

We should be watchful. We are told, to look for these things.

And I think the best thing that we can do is pray. The best thing we can do is prepare ourselves, spiritually, temporally, physically, prepare for uncertain times.

I don't know if this happens. But I know people have been working on this to happen.

Well, since '70. And it looks like it could happen in the next couple of weeks.

The sacrifice of the tenth red heifer.

Media Claims Trump Wants a “BLOODBATH,” Gets DESTROYED by the Truth
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Media Claims Trump Wants a “BLOODBATH,” Gets DESTROYED by the Truth

The mainstream media had a field day, claiming that former president Donald Trump threatened a “bloodbath” if he isn’t re-elected. But of course, they took him completely out of context. Glenn discusses the real context and also rolls the tape on how many times the media has used the word “bloodbath.”

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GLENN: So I don't know about you, Stu. But I've been soaking in a bloodbath all weekend.

It's -- I can't tell you how many chickens I had to sacrifice to get the blood, enough for a bad for me. I mean, it's like a --it like a Taft.

A bathtub.

STU: That's a very nerdy joke. But I like it.

GLENN: Thank you. Thank you.

STU: Any more William Taft jokes you can break out. That's the radio program. It's always the right way to go. I like it.

GLENN: Well, Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame.

Did you hear how he expertly just tucked that Taft joke in. Not a lot of opportunities for those.

So, anyway, this weekend, apparently, according to the mainstream media, and a lot of them, they said that Donald Trump was calling for a bloodbath, if he didn't win.

Listen, cut three. Cut three.

VOICE: But as politico.com reports tonight on the, quote, bloodbath at the RNC.

VOICE: Headlines calling it a, quote, bloodbath.

VOICE: Bloodbath. Not only will it be a bloodbath. But after they leave New Hampshire, it's a bloodbath on her home turf. That's really tough.

VOICE: Trump has left a lot of corpses in his wake. I mean, we haven't counted the bodies, as part of the, quote, MAGA drive to take over Maricopa County.

And the headline refers to it as an impending bloodbath.

VOICE: Problem is Charles Blow has a new piece for the New York Times, entitled A Biden Bloodbath?

VOICE: 2018 midterms. You can bet that they 100 percent are fearing a slaughter. In fact, the word bloodbath and massacre come up frequently.

VOICE: The Republican Party will be destroyed. It's going to be a bloodbath.

VOICE: There's going to be a bloodbath one way or the other.

VOICE: Bloodbath.

VOICE: Bloodbath with Bernie Sanders.

VOICE: It's been a bloodbath.

VOICE: There's shaping up to be a bloodbath.

VOICE: Bloodbath in next year's crucial mid-terms?

VOICE: Off-year elections are often a bloodbath.

GLENN: Wait a minute.

VOICE: This week's bloodbath for Democrats.

VOICE: A bloodbath at the ballot box.

VOICE: There could be a Republican bloodbath.

VOICE: We'll talk about the bloodbath.

VOICE: There's a bloodbath. I have to talk about you and --

VOICE: It's going to be a bloodbath all day long.

VOICE: Is in for a bloodbath.

VOICE: Has it been a bloodbath on the way, Don?

VOICE: Donald Trump, bloodbath.

VOICE: Be a bloodbath.

VOICE: Predicted to be a bloodbath.

VOICE: May not be the bloodbath.

VOICE: It will be a bloodbath.

VOICE: More of a bloodbath.

VOICE: It's going to be a bloodbath in November.

VOICE: Possible Biden bloodbath this November.

VOICE: The bloodbath on Wall Street.

VOICE: There's going to be a bloodbath.

VOICE: In Alabama, into a bloodbath.

VOICE: Obviously, there's a bloodbath.

VOICE: It was a bloodbath. We're down 800 points.

VOICE: This bloodbath in the Department of Homeland Security.

VOICE: And it's a bloodbath today.

VOICE: There was going to be this bloodbath.

VOICE: Election bloodbath.

VOICE: There could be a bloodbath for --

VOICE: Bloodbath possibly.

VOICE: Bloodbath that went through with the attorney general.

VOICE: A bloodbath --

GLENN: Stop. I have to get out of this tub. I have to get out of this tub. There's just too much bloodbath. Now, this is the media. This is the media saying, using the word bloodbath.

Now, when you say it's going to be a bloodbath, Stu, what does that usually mean? What does that mean?

STU: Usually, it means something, a blowout. A defeat.

GLENN: A blowout?

STU: In a notable way with a large margin --

GLENN: What if you use the words, what if you use the word like Van Jones did, a slaughter and a bloodbath?

STU: It would also mean --

GLENN: It will be a slaughter and a bloodbath.

STU: That's an interesting question. That does change things, but not much.

Basically, it means you get a blowout. A defeat by a large margin.

Everybody knows what it means. And everybody knew what it meant, until this weekend, apparently.

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know if that's entirely true.

The -- the media, they heard Donald Trump. And here's ABC.

Cut ten. Or cut two. Whichever one you can --

VOICE: And former President Trump's campaign now on the defensive after his fiery rhetoric at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday night. Trump warning while discussing the economy, that there would be a, quote, bloodbath, if he's not reelected in November. This after the former president kicked off the event by paying tribute to those who attacked the US Capitol on January 6th.

President Biden's campaign swiftly denouncing those comments as threats of political violence.

GLENN: Okay. Stop for a second. Stop for a second. Stu, can you -- can you take this -- can we take this? Play this again. And I want to take it step by step. Because this sounds like something entirely different than what everyone in the media has said, themselves, over and over and over again.

Right?

About a bloodbath.

Let's take this apart. Because this sounds very dangerous. And very different.

Go ahead. Play it from the beginning.

VOICE: And former president Trump's campaign, now on the defensive after his fiery rhetoric at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday night. Trump warping while discussing the economy that there would be a, quote, bloodbath, if he's not reelected in November.

GLENN: Stop. Holy cow. Holy cow, Stu. He's on the defensive now, because he said something that maybe he shouldn't have said. So he's on the defensive, and his fiery rhetoric, is saying here from the stage, that if he's not elected, there will be a bloodbath. Wow. See, because it's -- if you're elected, in a bloodbath. That means that you would, of course, what?

You would slaughter them. You would -- not literally, as we've learned from the media. But a bloodbath would be something that you would just -- you would -- you would either win or lose at a great, great number.

But if he's elected, or if he's not elected, and then there's a bloodbath, that's -- right? That's different, Stu.

STU: It's really not. He's talking, of course, about the economic competition specifically as it's related to China. And automobiles.

GLENN: No. No. No.

No. You're not.

No. You don't understand.

STU: I don't.

GLENN: He's elected. If he's not elected, there will be a bloodbath.

That's what she said. Now, let's listen on.

VOICE: After the former president kicked off the event by paying tribute to those who attacked the US Capitol on January 6th. President Biden's campaign.

GLENN: Holy -- stop for a second.

Holy cow. Now I think you see the connection. He said, if he's not elected, there will be a bloodbath, in the same speech within where he opened up, praising those crazy people, from January 6th.


STU: Wow. Now I've been turned around. Yeah. This is rhetoric.

GLENN: Right. He was talking about the dangerous people of January 6th. And then somehow or another, he went right into bloodbath. If he's not elected.

STU: You said, right into. He went right into.

GLENN: Well, pretty close.

PAT: Well, there were throw ellipses. Anyway, go ahead. Listen to the rest was the report here.

VOICE: Swiftly announcing those comments as threats of political violence.

GLENN: Stop. There you go. There you go.

So the president immediately sprung it. No. It wasn't. It wasn't, Stu. It wasn't five ellipses. It was three. And the president knows. Because the president immediately denounced those words as -- as violent rhetoric. Okay?

So what more do you need from this story?

STU: I mean, I -- I don't know. Maybe the context?

Would it be too much too to ask to sea the context of the comments. Like, maybe the lines proceeding it?

GLENN: It's not going to change anything. But here's cut 18.

TRUMP: China now is building a couple of massive plants where they're going to build the cars in Mexico. And they think they will sell those cars into the United States, with no tax at the border. Let me tell you something, to China, if you are listening, President Xi -- you and I are friends, but he understands we had a deal. Those big, monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now, and you think you're going to get that, you're going to not hire Americans, and you're going to sell the cars to us, no, we're going to put a 100 percent tariff on every single car that comes across, and you're not going to be able to sell those.

If I get elected. Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole -- that's going to be the least of it. It will be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. But they're not going to sell those cars. They're building massive factories.

GLENN: So wait a minute. I'm trying to figure that out. So China is building cars. And he says he will put a tariff on. If he's elected. If he's not elected, then somehow or another, there will be political violence everywhere. And his people will do a January 6th on the whole country.

And then he says, and they're not going to sell those cars. You know, Joe Biden is right when he came out this weekend, when he says, he's not fit to be president. He's not making any sense there, Stu, what does the political violence have to do with China and the sales of cars?

STU: You know, it's interesting, that wouldn't make any sense at all.

If attorney just convert back and forth between those things without introducing the forever does the topic whatsoever.

You think maybe, and this is the way human speech works suspect when you introduce a topic, and then comment after that topic, without introducing a new topic. People generally think, that the statements you've made relate to the previous topic that has been discussed. But when you delete.

GLENN: But that's not how human nice mustaches works.

STU: See, that's what you did just there. Is normal. I think you just said nice mustaches. See, that's strange. Normally, the way people do is they string multiple sentences together on the same topic, unless, they specifically introduce a new topic. And if you kind of go by this old-school analysis, what you think is maybe he's talking about an economic bloodbath, if China is allowed to import cars with the penalties not associated.

GLENN: That seems entirely Campbell soups inconceivable.

STU: Again, Campbell's soup. What you're doing is not normal.

GLENN: Well, all I know is that's the way they teach it in journalism school.

Now, in other news, when we come back, I'm going to tell you all about how the administration, is putting together a cute little effort through USA ID. To make sure that you aren't given false or misleading information.

Because they say, during this election, some people, will try to give you mis or mal or disinformation, and they need to be there to protect you from that.

Otherwise, it could be a bloodbath. And I'm soaking in one right now.

Well, that, and -- well, cream of chicken soup.

This “MIND-BOGGLING” Attack on Freelancing Has Mike Rowe Sounding the Alarm
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This “MIND-BOGGLING” Attack on Freelancing Has Mike Rowe Sounding the Alarm

Have you heard of the Corporate Transparency Act? How about the new gig economy guidelines that the Department of Labor just set? Because if you’re a gig worker, freelancer, or small business owner, your career could be in jeopardy. “Dirty Jobs” host and executive producer Mike Rowe joins The Glenn Beck Program to sound the alarm: “You want to set your own schedule? Forget it!” Mike and Glenn discuss how these new rules could affect 70 million Americans. Plus, they also debate whether our college system is beneficial, harmful, or unnecessary.

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GLENN: Friend of the program, Mr. Mike Rowe. How are you?

MIKE: First of all, with regard to your sponsors. Excellent choices. I love this foundation.

And at the risk of just shameless pluggery and wanton capitalism, this is an American Giant share.

STU: Oh, wow.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. They have that shirt. I have that shirt.

MIKE: I think you wore it last time I was here. And I thought, what are the odds/but you know Byerd (phonetic), he's a friend of mine.

GLENN: I love him.

MIKE: And I've had him on my podcast. And he's featured in a new book that you'll love. If you haven't seen it, it's called flannel. And it's all about what it really takes to make this.

GLENN: Shockingly difficult.

MIKE: It is amazing, brother.

I mean, I know you know that. You gave me a shirt, ten, 11 years ago.

When you were doing -- what was it? Seventeen.

GLENN: 1791.

MIKE: I still have it.

It was like a canvas work shirt. Ever since then, man. I have been obsessed with trying to better understand the drama and the trauma of getting textile manufacturing back in this country. It's mind-boggling.

GLENN: If companies like Levi's would do 5 percent of their -- of their manufacturing here in America, America would change. It would change.

MIKE: For sure.

GLENN: No interest in it at all.

MIKE: When you really start to peel back the layers. I don't know if this is on your agenda to talk about.

It is -- I just did a whole thing on the toothpick.

Like the business. We used to be the toothpick Capitol of the world.

GLENN: We're very proud of it.

MIKE: A giant industry up in Maine. White birch.

I mean, there's -- the book on it is amazing.

And when you slowly see the way, that we basically give up on toothpicks.

You start to understand the way we gave up on textiles. And then you start asking questions, like, well, what hope does Detroit really have?

Like, if we can't get the splinter right. If we can't get the shirt right, right?

So there are no small things.

Anyway, what American Giant is doing, I think it matters. Because they're 13 years at it now. Right?

So good for you.

GLENN: I just -- I know. I love them. I love them.

So, Mike, let's just talk about the state of the world.

Because we are being boxed. If you are a small business guy, you have under 20 employees.

You now have a transparency act, where you'll spend two years in jail.

If you don't tell the federal government the Treasury crimes division, everything that they want to know.

I don't know how much that's going to cost the small businessman. And just time alone.

Plus, you have the Pro Act, which has now just been done with the Department of Labor. We don't vote on anything anymore, it's just the new guide lines.

MIKE: Yes, yes. New guidelines.

GLENN: What is that going to do -- when we think gig economy, we think, you know, Uber drivers, et cetera.

No. No. Truckers alone. Will we have groceries at our store?

MIKE: 50,000 in California alone. 50,000. I had a guy on my podcast, called Tom Otem (phonetic), who is one of these truckers. And he's been written about in the press, and I was just so interested in his story.

In fact, I interviewed him, while he was in his truck, driving across the fruited plain.

You know, he pulled over, and we had this amazing conversation. But people, I like to talk about it in terms of unintended consequences.

But I realize now, that I might be giving too much credit.

GLENN: Way too much credit.

MIKE: Right?

But I'm trying to stay in whatever lane is left to me.

But when I first say the --

GLENN: I'll be taking that lane away from you soon.

MIKE: It's getting narrow. It's getting narrow.

GLENN: Yeah. Very narrow.

MIKE: When I first saw this thing rear its ugly head.

To your point, it aimed toward the gig competent, and Silicon Valley, mostly Uber and Lyft.

And then it just grew and grew and grew. Graphic artists. Writers. Cinematographers.

Dancers. So many people.

And I'm like, how many are, actually, going to be impacted.

And then the question was, how many people are, actually, freelancing right now?

And the answer is north of 70 million in the whole country.

And so what the drafters of AB5 asked us to believe, initially, was that huge numbers of workers were being shamelessly victimized by greedy and rapacious capitalists, who should have hired them as employees.

And therefore, opened the door to benefits and so forth.

Now, did that ever happen?

Yeah. I suspect.

It's a big country. And there's exceptions to every rule.

But the number of people who were adversely affected, prior to this, versus the number of people, who have now lost the freedom to work, the way they want, is mind-boggling.

And it happened in California, of course.

And to your point. It's happened. And it's happening right now.

And when people realize what this means, you know, you want to set your own schedule? Forget it. You want to eat what you kill? Forget it.

We don't want to think that way anymore.

Because that person, might fail. And if that person fails. Well, then the narrative goes, we just can't tolerate that.

GLENN: I'm sure you've been to Buckingham Palace, and Windsor castle.

And I've been there for the first time.

And the new king has been in the castle.

And he has his whole wing by himself.

And he lands this giant helicopter, right there in his backyard.

And I've never been. Like, I've been to the American castles.

MIKE: Uh-huh.

GLENN: I have never had a problem with it. Never. I walked through that castle, and it pissed me off the entire time. Because I thought, there is no one in this country, that could ever build this, except the one who has cornered the market, you know.

MIKE: Right.

GLENN: There's no opportunity. None!

To actually become something, because the government has you so pigeonholed, and people just accept it.

And I don't want to be like that. I don't want to live in that kind of country. If there's no risk, there's no reward.

MIKE: Well, there's the four-letter word.

Risk, and maybe debt, the only four letter words, right now, that I think are truly for sale.

You know, we have to have honest questions about both of those things.

The willingness to accept risk, is the fundamental bedrock of freelancing.

STU: Right. And not everybody is willing to take that risk. Some people just want a stable job.

MIKE: And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

GLENN: Nothing wrong with that.

MIKE: It's so similar -- I think the reason why this has become such an issue for me, is because it translates perfectly, into a four-year education, versus a trade school.

This idea, that we have to put our thumb on the scale. This idea, that one has to be elevated at the expense of the other, is precisely what's informing the Pro Act.

We're not saying that it's -- that it's good to be an employee. We're saying, it's so good, that if you don't do that.

Then you're doomed. You're engaging in a level of behavior, that's so risky, you're actually posing some sort of existential threat, not just to yourself, but to your family, to your neighbor, and so forth.

So it's -- it's amazing how we can't simply put all the options on the table. And let the grownups decide, what fits best.

GLENN: I have to tell you, even in today's world, where universities are taking our children. And molding them into the exact opposite.

Woodrow Wilson said, the job of a university, is to make a man, the most unlike, his father as possible.

Okay?

That was his goal. And that's really kind of the goal now, I think, in many places.

And so many people, will say, because I've got two teenagers.

Are they going to go to college?

No. Probably not.

One of them, maybe.

The other one, trade school, maybe.

Don't know. Don't know. It will be up to them.

And what is the value of a big expensive 250 thousands of individuals dollar education, if you're not going to use it.

If you don't have something, if you're just like, well, I think I'm going to do this.

A, the world is changing so fast. We don't know what jobs are going to be there.

MIKE: I worry. Look, I'm the product of a liberal arts education. I got one. Is served me well. I'm glad I got one.

Did it lead directly to my chosen field?

No. It did not, but it comes in handy, every single day. And mine consists of two years of community college, and another two years at university.

When I finished at '84, the whole thing cost $12,200. All of it.

Today, same school, same course loads. Ninety-two grand.

Now, nothing in the history of this country, has increased faster than the cost of a four-year degree.

GLENN: Bitcoin. Bitcoin.

MIKE: Well, Bitcoin. Or, but that's fallen and headed back. Right? But, I mean, really, if you look at health care, you look at real estate, if you look at food, if you look at energy, the big four -- those things have all been eclipsed by the cost of a four-year degree.

Still, we can't help ourselves. Still, we tell this whole generation, if you don't get one, we're descried.

And that's criminal. It's a shame, because my liberal arts education right now is on this thing.

We have all of it. I have access to 98 percent of the known information right now. For free.

Okay?

But still -- still, we charge. During lockdowns.

Columbia raised their rates.

NYU raised their rates.

And we still paid it, right?

Look, it's easy to look at the Ivy League, especially now.

And point to all sorts of embarrassments.

GLENN: Yeah.

MIKE: But it's not even about that. It's just this bigger thing that is happening. Where a whole chunk of our workforce is tied to a whole chunk of our education system, that has become the proximate cause of derision.

GLENN: I said to my son, where did you learn that?

He said, oh.

I got a course on MIT. Online.

Oh, okay.

Yeah. I mean, you have the opportunity, unlike any human has had. And yet, it's a bad thing. I want to talk a little bit about what you're doing with Mike Rowe Works here in just a second.

So your big push for a long time is you can go to college. But you don't need to go to college.

And you've been, you know, it started with dirty jobs.

Now, you are -- I mean, your -- your foundation has raised a ton of money. How many people are you putting through college?

MIKE: So far, we have close to 2,000 who we have helped master a skill that is in demand.

Mike Rowe Works began really just as a PR campaign in 2008. Dirty Jobs was at its absolute height. The whole country seemed to be unemployed. But, you know, everywhere we went, we saw these help wanted signs. So it seemed pretty clear, there was some other narrative going on. And this idea, that you could fix unemployment by simply creating more jobs.

Was, actually, a canard.

You know, today we have close to 10 million open jobs.

We've got win $.7 trillion in student loans.

And we're still sending the same basic message that we always have.

This path is the best. Everything else will lead to some sort of vocational consolidation prize. That PR campaign morphed into a trade resource center.

And now we're a scholarship fund. We've raised about $9 million, giving it out.

GLENN: You're doing another million this year, aren't you?

MIKE: Yeah. Right now, as we speak, yeah, MikeRoweWorks.org. If anybody is listening with a kid or a grandkid or you yourself want to learn a skill that's in demand. We can help, and we have helped.

But it's really a means to an end, Glenn. The scholarship program in and of itself is great.

But what it's done for me, is it's given me a chance to circle back and talk to people, who five, six years ago, got a welding certificate with our help. Or a plumbing.

And when you ask them the question today, how is it going?

You get amazing answers. Like, now, some of them are still plumbing. They're in a strong union.

GLENN: Hang on just a second.

Still plumbing.

You know what plumbers make?

You do. Plumbers make a really good living if you bust their ass. They make a really good living.

MIKE: And if you're back to that freelance model we were talking about, you can work as much as you want. You can set your own schedule.

And you are busy. I know a lot of guys, both electric, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning. You can basically work anywhere in the country right now.

GLENN: I know. And I have to tell you, I had some. I was building a house. I had the plumbers there. I was talking to them.

The guy is like, I can't get anyone to help me. I'm aging out soon. I don't have to do this.

He said, I'm trying to get all the kids in my family. Hello. Good living here.

MIKE: Here's the math. For every trades people who will retire this year, two will replace them.

That's been happening for 15 years. Now you know where this is going. Right?

GLENN: Yeah.

MIKE: In fact, we're here right now. It's happening right now. So what I'm trying to do with my little slice of the internet is to make sure that I can tell the stories of the people that I just described.

Because, I mean, I can tell a decent story. But I'm not persuasive to a 25-year-old or a 20-year-old. They need to see somebody who looks like them, and talks like them. Who is living debt-free. And making 150 grand a year.

And I have a long list of those people. And they are very persuasive.

So, you know, going back to your first question. You know, how do I feel about the country? What do I think needs to happen?

I have a list of things. For me, somewhere near the top, is a persuasive campaign.

And that's not even the right word. But we need persuasive voices, talking in a credible way, about the value of all forms of education.

And the absolute criticality, of not ignoring the part of our workforce, that keeps these lights on.

Because it's only a matter of national security.

GLENN: Security.

MIKE: It really is, man. And here's the good things. And I'm not sure it's good. Sometimes things need to go splat. We talked about this before.

So rather than having a conversation about, okay. This company is trying to hire skilled tradespeople and they can't. And these people over here don't have a skill. We should get them together.

Yeah. Yeah, that's happening.

But now the real conversation is, how long do you, Glenn, want to wait for a plumber?

How long does Stu want to wait for an electrician when the lights aren't coming on?

GLENN: Yeah. There's a Simpsons on this very thing.

MIKE: There's a Simpsons on everything, and a South Park too!

GLENN: There is. There is.

Okay. Where do people go if they want to find out more about the scholarships?

MIKE: MikeRoweWorks.org.

We're always open. We will be taking applications through the middle of April.

We're giving away a million bucks in this trench, and we'll probably do it later this year.

You know, baby steps, man. You have to push the boulder up the hill.

GLENN: Mike Rowe, always pushing the boulder up the hill. Thank you.

MIKE: Any time, Glenn.

Is Too Much Therapy Hurting Our Kids? | Abigail Shrier | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 213
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Is Too Much Therapy Hurting Our Kids? | Abigail Shrier | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 213

“There are no quirky people in the next generation, they all just have a diagnosis,” says researcher and best-selling author Abigail Shrier. Her book, Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up, pulls back the curtain on the therapeutic model that’s infecting every aspect of our kids' lives. From the CDC spreading a "suicide contagion" to America’s youth through “diabolical mental health surveys," to the “Social Emotional Learning” curriculums invading America’s classrooms, it’s clear that it's time to tell the expert class to leave our kids alone. In this episode of The Glenn Beck Podcast, Glenn and Abigail discuss how a “tyranny of feelings” is making our kids weak. The “climate hysteria” on the left is undeniably fueling Gen Z’s fear of growing up, but Abigail argues that there is a growing nihilism on the left and right that is “turning people against marriage and family.” In the end, Abigail offers a message of hope for parents: you don’t need all these “mental health experts.” The best person to raise your child is you.