Glenn and the King of cable

November 16, 2010

The Glenn Beck Program

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It's Bold! It's Fresh! It's Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck on stage together. Need we say anything more?

GLENN: 888-727-BECK, 888-727-BECK. A guy who has quite honestly been one of the most genuine and most helpful I think out of everyone in my television career has been Bill O'Reilly, and he has been there from the beginning and he has given me a comfortable space -- he disagrees with me on an awful lot, but he has given me a comfortable space to be able to answer some of the charges of my critics and also, you know, try to convince him that there are communists in the country and inflation is coming. And when he is knocking at the, you know, the fallout shelter door wanting some crackers, I'll say, you know what, Bill, go away, little pig, little pig. He is on the phone with me now and he has --

O'REILLY: So that's how you are going to treat your friends, huh, Beck?

GLENN: Oh, yeah. No, you had the opportunity.

O'REILLY: No mercy, huh?

GLENN: No, you had the opportunity. I may electrify the door. I may -- hey, step on that, kind of that wet doormat there, the no-spin zone and then touch the door, will you, Bill? That's what it will be.

O'REILLY: So you'll have a no-spin zone doormat.

GLENN: Yes, sir.

O'REILLY: But you won't let the purveyor of the no-spin zone in?

GLENN: I don't think so.

O'REILLY: So now the latest on your program is that you want people to sell off all their stuff, right?

GLENN: No, just half their stuff.

O'REILLY: I'm having a big yard sail coming up now.

GLENN: I think you're joking.

O'REILLY: Of course I'm joking. But you're not.

GLENN: No, I'm not.

O'REILLY: That's what I love about you.

GLENN: No, I'm not. I don't think so. No, no, here's what I am saying, Bill. I'm not saying sell off half your stuff. I'm selling a great deal of my stuff just because the stuff that I have, my wife and I were walking around and we're like, this is just ridiculous. We have all this stuff, we don't need all this stuff, let's get rid of it. And we're going to give it to charity.

O'REILLY: That's good. It's more of a utilitarian thing.

GLENN: Yes.

O'REILLY: It's not the communists are coming, we don't want to be weighed down? We want to be able to move fast?

GLENN: ... sure, I'll say... no, it's not that at all. The other part of it is I'm suggesting to people that they sell off the stuff that they have that they don't ever use and use that money to, you know, either pay down their debt or have an extra bit of cash. Or buy some food.

O'REILLY: Well, that's good. I makes economic sense.

GLENN: Yes.

O'REILLY: And then buy bullion and then bury it in the backyard with a treasure map.

GLENN: I would start with chicken bouillon before --

O'REILLY: You know, Beck, you got a big win on Saturday with the Saturday Night Live deal. I saw you on Fox and Friends trumpeting. Of course, we had it on the Factor last night. But they actually took your side in mocking President Obama.

GLENN: Isn't that amazing?

O'REILLY: That was big.

GLENN: I mean, that's unbelievable. Some people started e-mailing me and they're like, Glenn, you're on Saturday Night Live. I'm like, I know, I know.

O'REILLY: Mocking you. But it was earmuffs to hell after that happened. But it just shows you how far and fast Barack Obama's falling when the Saturday Night Live wise guys are now saying, you know, we've got to mock him.

GLENN: Well, you've got the whole world. I mean --

O'REILLY: Well, the worst was -- the worst was Angela Merkel yelling at him. When that happens, that's like Mrs. Cleaver, June Cleaver. That's like her yelling at you. When you've reached that, when Potsie and Ritchie Cunningham's mom is yelling at you, you know things are bad.

GLENN: One-term president?

O'REILLY: Yes, I think so.

GLENN: By choice?

O'REILLY: No.

GLENN: I think so.

O'REILLY: He will run again. Axelrod's already trying to set it up. But as I said last night on the Factor, if you underestimate him, you're crazy because he is --

GLENN: He took the Clintons out.

O'REILLY: He did take the Clintons out and this guy -- they have a machine and the machine is angry and these people are going to come back and they are starting today. John Podesta and the Center for progress, you know, all of this nuts, nutty stuff. But Americans have now turned, okay? They've turned against him. Now, can they turn back? Yes. If the economy gets better. But, you know, the odds of the economy accelerating that quickly in a year, because that's basically what it's going to be now. The presidential race starts in February '11 is when these pennants are going to be running all around.

GLENN: That's a nightmare.

O'REILLY: But far more importantly than any of this is the Bold Fresh DVD that we're announcing jointly on your fine program today.

GLENN: Is that what you're doing here?

O'REILLY: Yeah, that's what I'm doing here.

GLENN: I wondered. I wondered why you were slumming it. You're like, I'll troll, I'll troll with the bums today.

O'REILLY: No, I just want to be very clear with the audience we've gotten literally hundreds of e-mails saying, look, we can't get to the Beck/O'Reilly Bold Fresh shows in person.

GLENN: Yeah.

O'REILLY: Because we're not in your town or whatever; so do you have a DVD. Yes, we do. Best stocking stuffer gift of all time.

GLENN: Yeah.

O'REILLY: O'Reilly/Beck, two hours of Bold Fresh on stage.

GLENN: Yeah.

O'REILLY: You've got to have it. You can go to Beck's website, BillOReilly.com. Amazon I guess is going to have it, right?

GLENN: I don't pay attention.

O'REILLY: You know, I think Amazon is going to have it. This is the best. People are going to love it. It's very, very funny. And then you can figure out who's funny, O'Reilly or Beck.

GLENN: I will tell you that the last place we went, I heard a lot of people saying, who knew he was funny?

O'REILLY: And they were talking about you.

GLENN: Yeah, they were actually. Had nothing to do with you. I notice that, have you seen the video yet?

O'REILLY: I have. It's very good.

GLENN: Have you seen the -- have you seen the question-and-answer that they did individually with us about each other?

O'REILLY: Yes. It's very funny. I think people are going to really be happy with this. We kept the price down. I think it's $19.95 or something.

GLENN: Yeah. I haven't --

O'REILLY: Look, this is a big win and it's an also "In your face" to all the people who hate us because we're having a good time out there. We're being honest. We're telling folks the way we see it straight.

GLENN: I will tell you that I haven't seen the -- I haven't seen the after interviews which I'm really looking forward to seeing.

O'REILLY: Oh, they're good.

GLENN: Because they ask me questions about you.

O'REILLY: Right.

GLENN: And you questions about me.

O'REILLY: Right.

GLENN: And I answered them 100% seriously.

O'REILLY: Well, I didn't. And so I think you (inaudible) all over the place and so the contrast is going to be great.

GLENN: I was doing sarcasm.

O'REILLY: I want to tell people that we are going to be in New Orleans on December 3. These are the last two shows of 2010, last two Bold Fresh shows. New Orleans Beck and I on Friday, the 3rd of December and then two shows. One is already sold out in Dallas the next day, the 4th of December. So all the people on the Gulf Coast, don't miss this one. This is going to be big and you guys in North Central Texas.

GLENN: I've never been to -- never been to New Orleans in concert. Never done anything in New Orleans before.

O'REILLY: Oh, it's a great town and people down there need their spirits lifted a little bit and we're going to do that. We're going to come in, we're going to give you a great show. So we want everybody to check that out on BoldFreshTour.com.

GLENN: Right. And the video is available, the DVD, Bold Fresh Tour 2010 is available at Amazon and GlennBeck.com and BoldFreshTour.com, everywhere.

O'REILLY: Everywhere. I mean, you are not going to be able to get away from it.

GLENN: You know what's interesting is I'm anxious to see the video to be able to see the transition in you. Because when we first started, you thought almost everything I said was absolutely nuts.

O'REILLY: And that's the way we ended, right? I mean, really --

GLENN: Get off the phone, O'Reilly.

O'REILLY: Look, I want everybody to understand because I still get crazy e-mails, "Why are you making fun of Glenn Beck" and this and that. I have always said that your voice, a guy like you is absolutely necessary.

GLENN: Yeah, to make people like you safer in the world.

O'REILLY: Well, not only that but I like to hear what you have to say so that I can basically --

GLENN: Make fun of me.

O'REILLY: Think about it. Yeah, sometimes. Sometimes I do, but sometimes I don't.

GLENN: Right.

O'REILLY: I mean, I --

GLENN: You've come a long way. You have --

O'REILLY: The fact that you were the driver on ACORN.

GLENN: I don't --

O'REILLY: And that once you got our attention on ACORN, then we sent our investigators down to New Orleans, we the Factor. And then the Beck show and The Factor combined blow them right out of the water, and what happened? Congress defunded them. Why did congress defund them? Because of Beck and O'Reilly.

GLENN: No, you know why? Because they can now hide that under another new organizational name all tied back to Tides and George Soros. But you are not there yet.

O'REILLY: Yes, but we knocked a big, big, concern --

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

O'REILLY: -- right out of the box and now when we fine out, you know, what they are reconstituting, we'll do the same thing.

GLENN: Yeah.

O'REILLY: But the point of the matter is that you did that. See, you did that. And then when I saw you guys do that, I said, okay, let's pick this up because this has a, you know, a very serious tone to it. Some of the stuff you do is a little kooky but some of it isn't.

GLENN: No, no. No, no.

O'REILLY: You know, I mean --

GLENN: You go ahead and live in that George Soros utopia. You go ahead.

O'REILLY: Look, who was the guy that first brought George Soros to the attention of everyone? Me. Now you are (inaudible) up, but I'm the guy that three years ago who's on this guy's neck.

GLENN: No, I don't -- you're there.

O'REILLY: You have to watch the interview on Cavuto.

GLENN: Bill, here's the -- what did you say?

O'REILLY: You have to watch the interview Soros on Cavuto. Soros went on Cavuto, I guess it was about a year, year and a half ago. He's like O'Reilly, this O'Reilly, he's despicable, this O'Reilly. Before he even knew who you were.

GLENN: So then why would you dismiss him now when I --

O'REILLY: I don't dismiss him. I think he's evil.

GLENN: You were on the show and I brought a serious puppet on your show.

O'REILLY: Yeah, the puppet.

GLENN: And you dismiss.

O'REILLY: I should have lionized the puppet.

GLENN: I don't know why you didn't but that's just a game you like to play.

O'REILLY: That's right.

GLENN: Bill O'Reilly, we'll talk to you again, my friend. We're going to be in New Orleans and Dallas and that is early December. Find out.

O'REILLY: December 3rd and 4th and check out Bold Fresh DVD for Christmas, great.

GLENN: May I just -- you're not in the No spin Zone. Here, I tell you what, step on this wet doormat and touch the door, will you? All right, Bill, thanks a lot.

O'REILLY: All right, Glenn, thanks for having me in. Bye.

GLENN: Yet bet. Bye-bye. Again the DVD, it is really, it's very, very funny. At least I don't know what he has done but this stuff, I tore him apart. I tore him apart. You don't want to miss it. It's available everywhere, GlennBeck.com and where else, wherever fine, fine --

PAT: Hardware stores. I think it's in hardware stores. Payless Shoes I think has a copy.

STU: Entire chain.

PAT: I think they have one copy somewhere, it might be in Poughkeepsie or it could be in, like, Bakersfield, California, I'm not sure. And then it's available, I think it's some 7-11s.

GLENN: I don't think any of this is necessary.

Here are Glenn's TOP 13 quotes from this week's radio highlights

Glenn covered a wide array of topics this week. Amid the shocking admission from the FBI and DOE confirming the Wuhan lab leak theory, Glenn calls for accountability over the authoritarian leaders who used the pandemic to rob the American people of their Constitutional powers. Glenn also continues to be one of the most outspoken voices against the ongoing U.S. aid to Ukraine, arguing that we are marching toward World War III. Here are the TOP 13 quotes capturing Glenn's best radio moments this week.

"I believe Thomas Jefferson was right. Count on the American people. Not the government. Count on the people."

From the Feb. 28, 2023 radio broadcast.

"We are all individuals and unique entities. God gave you and me and everyone else a brain, a heart, a spirit. Those things are OURS—nobody else's."

From the Feb. 28, 2023 radio broadcast.

"The government holds no authority, over the truth. Let me say it again. The government holds no authority, over the truth."

From the Feb. 28, 2023 radio broadcast.

"I don't want vengeance. I don't even want to be right. I just want to know what the truth is."

From the Feb. 28, 2023 radio broadcast.

"Given the rise in mental health conditions, and the way we engage in political discussions in the U.S., it might be fair to say, we aren't dealing with our fears particularly well."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

"I can't believe, as people who grew up with Martin Luther King, I have to explain this to you. It's the content of your character that matters. If you care about skin color, you have become the racist."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

"We have a lack of faith in the truth of God. The eternal truths."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

"There's a great evil happening in our country. And it is easy to define. We just have to start saying it out loud."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

"This is what happens when American power is diminished. I've been telling you this for years. The minute America has no credibility, not only will we rapidly come under attack from everybody who has ever hated us, but the world will spiral into chaos."

From the Mar. 02, 2023 radio broadcast.

"We're doing is sending our money, over to the most corrupt country in the world, and making ourselves a bigger target."

From the Mar. 02, 2023 radio broadcast.

"In theory, we live in a democracy, where the power of the government is constrained through the structure of the Constitution and the will of the people.In practice, however, both limiting factors can be removed in the case of an emergency. A cunning leader knows that power once granted, is rarely returned. And it is very difficult for the public to hold anyone accountable, after the fact."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

"When an emergency presents the opportunity to achieve power, under the state of exception, it is always best to manufacture the narrative, to secure that power as quickly as possible, and then make the adjustments later after the power is firmly in hand. The pandemic allowed for the creation of an indefinite state of exception, during which the regime could lock down its political opponents and unleash its own supporters upon those who opposed them."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

"Someone must pay the price, for what is happening in our society. Or nothing changes."

From the Mar. 03, 2023 radio broadcast.

THE DOCUMENTS for the 'Arming Ukraine Debate' Glenn TV special

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Are you in favor of ongoing aid to Ukraine? Glenn is one of the most outspoken critics of sending aid, arguing that we have become a proxy Ukrainian government and an active participant in the war against Russia. He has also warned we are on a path toward World War III.

However, many conservative leaders believe that supporting Ukraine is in the U.S.'s best national interests. Glenn wanted to give his audience BOTH sides of this important debate. On Wednesday night's Glenn TV special, Glenn hosted two experts, one in favor of ongoing support to Ukraine and one against it.

Glenn wants YOU to be informed about this crucial issue—that's why he is giving his newsletter subscribers EXCLUSIVE access to the documents containing the research and Glenn's pro and con arguments over Ukrainian aid.

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Russia wants to bring about a NEW WORLD ORDER, and WE are antagonizing them to do it

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Let me put the language surrounding the war in Ukraine into perspective. I think you will have your eyes opened to what we are REALLY facing.

Dmitry Medvedev. You remember him, right? He's the former Russian President from 2008-2012 who went on to become Prime Minister. He wrote a chilling op-ed piece in the state-run newspaper indicating that there's a REAL nuclear threat if the U.S. continues to supply arms to Ukraine. He, along with Vladimir Putin has invoked the nuclear option in an effort to deter the U.S.-led NATO alliance from arming Ukraine.

Medvedev, who currently serves as a deputy chairman of the powerful security council of Russia, dangled the prospects of peace talks while demanding the immediate halt of all arms shipments to Ukraine. He wrote, "Any existential threat to Russia, would not be decided on the front in Ukraine but would spiral into an existential threat to all of human civilization. We do not need a world without Russia." He was echoing the words that Putin said on Sunday:

The U.S. and its NATO allies want to inflict a strategic defeat on us. The aim is to make our people suffer. How can we ignore their nuclear capabilities in these conditions? They have tried to reshape the world exclusively on their terms. We have no choice, but to react. If Washington gets its way, Russia will be divided into Moscow, the Urals, and other disparate regions. It would be a world without Russia.

Most people, who are not paying attention—and I mean politicians—do not know what that phrase means: "We do not need a world without Russia." It is a very important phrase, the same one that Medvedev used in his op-ed. We must first understand the origin of that phrase to understand its significance, and it harkens back to the deeply dangerous man influencing the Russian government behind the curtain, the modern-day Rasputin, Alexander Dugin.

I have, for a long time, read everything I could on the political philosopher Aleksander Dugin. He's a really bad guy, as I've been telling you for a long time. He explicitly states that he wants to bring about a new world order, ruled by Russia, ushering the world to its end.

There's an award-winning journalist in Moscow named Andrey Loshak, who has been speaking out against Dugin. I want you to read an excerpt of his research about Dugin translated into English. He is warning against dismissing Dugin as a "petty fraudster," interested in nothing but money, or a "windbag," who excites only Western political scientists. But I must warn you: we should NOT underestimate his influence, no matter how crazy we find his ideas, especially because those ideas tend to become reality.

Here is the excerpt

I remember accidentally attending a lecture by Dugin, on angelic entities in the late '90s. It was an unbearable exercise in transcendental sophistry, dealing mainly with the image of Lucifer. The fallen angel. There were about 20 people of indeterminate age and gender in the auditorium, and I thought at the time, that perhaps they too were fallen angelic entities, who have come to listen to a lecture about themselves.

In the mid-naughties, I ran into Dugin at a gig at the Akira Club. He dearly loved English apocalyptic folk music for its commitment to Nazi Satanism. His daughter, Daria, apparently did as well. (I recently saw a post about how she did the Nazi salute at a Death in June gig in Moscow.)

It was also in the noughties [between 2000 and 2010] that I visited the summer camp of Dugin’s Eurasian Youth Union (ESM). A building at a dilapidated holiday resort near Zvenigorod had been rented for this purpose. A building at a dilapidated resort near Zelengrad that had been rented for this purpose.

There were not many young people in attendance, about thirty or forty. Many were wearing Russian peasant shirts, because Dugin had realized that his Nazi-Satanist strategy had no great future in modern Russia, and so he had declared himself an Old Believer. [Glenn: An old believer is an Eastern Orthodox Christian, who thinks that the reforms of 1652 and 1666 were too modern].

Before meals, a round-faced bearded man would proclaim in a bass voice, “Angels at the table!” and those present would cross themselves. At night, the young people lined up with lighted torches on the banks of the Moscow River to take "The Oath of a Eurasian."

Back then, Dugin adored the black magic, ceremonies, and rituals [...]. He and [composer and musician Sergey] Kuryokhin had bonded over this stuff, and Dugin had ignited Kuryokhin with fascist ideas (eventually burning him to a crisp). The wording of the oath was pompous and not bereft of poetry. I recall that the word “will” was intoned more often than curses against “Atlanticist” liberals. [Glenn: That would be us, the people of the sea, as he calls them. Or Atlanticists, people of the North Atlantic Treaty. Will in mind, will in mind, the puny lads and lasses repeated in unison after Dugin].

It would have smacked of Triumph of the Will were it not for the outward appearance of the young Eurasians, which was far from Aryan perfection. At the time, I couldn’t have imagined, of course, that a goofy postmodern cult would someday become the ideological mainstream, and that by 2022 the entire country would be caught up in this sect.

In 2011, the party youth under the leadership of Dugin staged the occult mystery play Finis Mundi (The End of the World) at the ESM’s summer camp. Darya, by the way, played the role of a sacrificial victim who voluntarily self-immolates in order to save Russia. As the girl is burning, a man’s voice proclaims, “Cross yourself with fire, Rus! Burn up in the fire and save your diamond from the black furnace!”

The extravaganza’s director described the concept of the production as follows: "We have to bring the end of the world closer. Antonin Artaud said there is only one means of curing the world’s disease—burning the world, which I illustrated in the play’s final scene, in which the burning of the universe takes place."

In the finale, Dugin came on stage and said, "We have lived three days of our life towards death. I don’t think that the scenes you have staged need to be deciphered. The hermeneutics of the world’s end is the task that faces you in the future."

It is obvious, though, that Dugin is obsessed with the idea of bringing the world to a purgatory apocalypse, after which the Great Eurasian Empire of the End will be born. And he has quite consistently pursued this goal. When the “conservative turn” dawned, Dugin moved away from occult postmodernism, focusing instead on the topic of “tradition,” for which there was a sudden demand. The Kremlin had been frantically searching for new ideologemes with which to oppose the official enemy, liberalism.

Dugin finally turned from a bohemian guru into a sought-after ideologue of the regime. There is one convincing bit of evidence that speaks to this being the case. In 2014, Dugin ends his programmatic article about the ideology of the new Russia as follows: "Russia will either be Russian—that is, Eurasian, that is, the core of the great Russian World—or it will disappear. But then it would be better that everything disappear. There is simply no reason to live in a world without Russia."

Four years later, Putin would repeat this idea almost verbatim in an interview with [TV talk-show host Vladimir] Solovyov on the topic of the nuclear threat: “Why do we need such a world if there is no Russia there?” Dugin had seemingly managed to captivate the dictator with his most terrible idea: hastening the world’s end.

In this context, Darya’s death appears especially ominous. Many people were struck by the young woman’s funeral today. [They were struck] by the behavior of a father who had lost his daughter [but] delivered propaganda tirades in an unnaturally trembling voice and appealed [to Russians] to fight to the bitter end. Moreover, I had the strange feeling that Dugin was directing this spectacle.

Perhaps I am mistaken, but this looks as if it came from the playbook of the stager of occult mystery plays and black masses, and not that of a crook from the state Duma. If we assume for a second that this is true, it really gets creepy. “We will go to heaven, and they will just drop dead,” Putin said when asked to explain what the phrase "we don’t need a world without Russia" had meant.

This is exactly what Dugin calls the "hermeneutics of the world’s end," only couched in the dialect of the backstreets, which the dictator speaks fluently. It sometimes seems to me that they have already made the "final decision." They have not only canceled Ukraine. They have canceled the world.

Let me summarize this for you: the phrase "we don't need a world without Russia" is harkening to Dugin's call for a new world order, which will eventually result in the world's end. In short, this phrase is the language of the world's end. And now Russia's leaders are using it in their speeches.

Dugin does not believe Armageddon brings heaven to earth in the way Christians normally do. He believes Armageddon will renew the earth, and Russia will lead the world. There just has to be some Russian leadership left.

Now, I'm going to give you the rest of Medvedev's opinion piece. It is really important that you read it. I don't believe anyone in this White House or the Pentagon is paying any attention. I don't think our leaders understand who they're dealing with. I hope somebody starts to pay attention to this, because if this is correct, we are in for a completely different ending than what they intend out of this ongoing war in Ukraine.

Medvedev said that any attempt to take Crimea would result in "the flaming of all of Ukraine and with the forces at Russia's disposal, including nuclear weapons. In accordance with our dock to your knowledge documents, including the fundamentals of nuclear deterrence. All of Ukraine, that will remain under the rule of Kyiv. Will burn."

What Medvedev wrote is a chilling warning. He is quoting Clause 19 of the Russian fundamentals, which says that Russia may use nuclear weapons "in the event of aggression against Russia, with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened."

Let me make this clear: the phrase "we don't need a world without Russia," is now being used by Russian leaders to invoke the use of nuclear weapons. The more we antagonize them to believe that "the very existence of the state is threatened," the more fodder we are feeding to their ideological fire calling for a new world order and nuclear warfare. We HAVE got to stop this war path.

AUDIENCE CHOICE: Here are 14 'manly films' that YOU recommended!

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Last week, Glenn's staff compiled a list of 14 "manly" movies that display positive depictions of manhood. It was such a hit that Glenn's audience wanted to chime in! We have compiled PART 2 of the "manly movie list" based on recommendations from YOU! Did YOUR recommendation make the list? Tell us what you think!

Gladiator

This was the first film recommended by Glenn's audience. There are fewer films that portray the themes of dignity, honor, sacrifice, and wisdom in difficult circumstances better than The Gladiator. Russell Crowe stars as Maximus, a once-honored general under Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Maximus is made a slave after the emperor's death under the new reign of Aurellius' jealous and power-hungry son. Maximus displays how to choose dignity in the face of temptation and to never compromise character for the sake of convenience and power. He embodies sacrifice, surrendering himself for the sake of honoring his family and country. Rated R

Braveheart

It comes as no surprise that Glenn's audience highlighted this classic. Like The Gladiator, Mel Gibson's iconic portrayal of the legendary Scottish warrior, William Wallace, displays how to use strength to fight for justice and freedom in the midst of injustice and oppression. He also shows the ultimate display of strength through sacrifice—giving his life for the sake of his ideals and countrymen. Rated R

Dances with Wolves

Glenn's audience was quick to recommend this classic. Kevin Costner plays a Civil War Union soldier John Dunbar who wants to see the frontier "before it's gone." He encounters the Lakota Indians and lives among them, attracted to the simplicity of their life. They give him the name, "Dancing With Wolves." Costner is caught in the middle of the conflict between the Native Americans and the growing westward presence in the U.S. The film shows Costner standing on his convictions and trying to be a voice for both sides rather than an agent of conflict. Rated PG-13

Band of Brothers

Though this is a TV series, it is no wonder why Glenn's audience highlighted this production. The iconic World War II-era series displays themes of strength and sacrifice, and shows how to rely on your "brothers" through unbelievably difficult challenges. The 101st Airborne Division is one of the most revered heroes in America's history, and this series does them justice! Rated R

The Adam Project

This recent Netflix film is a rare example of a modern Hollywood film portraying positive views of manhood and fatherhood. The dystopian film follows Adam Reed, played by Ryan Reynolds, who travels back in time from 2050 to 2018 to save his wife. Due to a malfunction, Reed crashes into 2022 and enlists the help of his younger self on his mission. The coming-of-age movie displays the struggles and victories of growing up as well as wrestling with the shortcomings of your parents that follow you into manhood. Rated PG-13

Men of Honor

Based on an incredible true story, Men of Honor follows Carl Brashear, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., the world's first black master diver, who overcame discrimination and struggles to become one of the most celebrated men in the Navy. Brashear, an ambitious sharecropper, joins the Navy's elite diving unit and battles against his discriminatory commanding officer, Master Chief Billy Sunday, played by Robert DeNiro. The story shows how heroes are made from personal character and perseverance in the face of challenges and oppression. Rated R

Heartbreak Ridge

Glenn's audience wanted to highlight a Clint Eastwood film and some were quick to recommend Heartbreak Ridge. Eastwood plays Marine Sgt. Thomas Highway, a decorated veteran of two wars. On his last posting before retirement, Highway is surrounded by officers with no combat experience who view him as a holdover "past his prime." Highway is assigned to train a group of undisciplined recruits who don't believe a war will ever come—but then the U.S. invades Grenada. This is a classic film about leadership and holding high standards of excellence, even when you don't think it necessary. Rated R

True Grit

Glenn's audience demanded a John Wayne film to be included on the list, and it is no wonder why! There are few figures who are associated with "manliness" like John Wayne, the icon of the Western movie genre alongside Clint Eastwood. We chose to highlight his classic film, True Grit, and his role as Marshall Reuben J. Cogburn. Though the film begins with Cogburn as a tough, money-hungry U.S. Marshall, he is transformed by a teenage girl, Mattie Ross, who hires him to help find her father's murderer. In the end, he risks everything to protect Ross, who he endearingly calls, "little sis." Like many Westerns, the film is also about traveling into the unknown and unruly to find yourself and bring about justice. Rated G

Secondhand Lions

This star-studded duo cast of Michael Cain and Robert Duvall depicts how strong male figures transform the life of a young boy yearning for direction, mentors, and love. The movie follows a shy boy named Walter, who is taken by his greedy mother to spend the summer with his two hard-headed great-uncles, Hub and Garth, who are rumored to possess a large fortune. His mother hopes that they will show him where their fortune is hidden. At first, the two old men, who are both set in their ways, find Walter's presence a nuisance. Eventually, they warm up to Walter and recount all the tales from their past, becoming the strong father figures he never had. In return, Walter helps rekindle their youthful spirit. Rated PG

Iron Will

A classic "coming-of-age" film, Iron Will tells the story of a teenager named Will Stoneman, who competes in a 500-mile-long dog sledding race to help financially support his mother after his father's death leaves his family in financial ruin. He battles with older, seasoned dog sledders who plot to bring about his demise as he continues to push ahead in the race. The movie shows how a young man chooses strength, dignity, and perseverance to overcome his challenges, rather than succumbing to the dubious plots of his competitors. Rated PG

Devotion

Devotion tells the incredible true story of Jesse Brown, the first black aviator in U.S. Navy history, and his enduring friendship with fellow fighter pilot, Tom Hudner. Their friendship, courage, and sacrifice helped turn the tide in one of the most consequential battles of the Korean War, making them two of the most celebrated wingmen in U.S. history. Rated PG-13

12 O'Clock High

The Hollywood legend Gregory Peck stars as the "no-nonsense" Brigadier General Frank Savage, who assumes command of an American Air Force stationed in England in 1942 that is plagued by a lack of morale. This World War II-era classic is a story of how good leadership can transform those around you. Not rated

Schindler's List

This gritty Holocaust-era classic displays how an ordinary man can be transformed into an extraordinary one. Erich Schindler was a man thirsty for power and money, who used Jewish labor to save on costs in his textile factory in Krakow, Poland. He was transformed by the horror of the Holocaust to view the Jewish people as an end in themselves, instilled with inherent dignity, rather than a mere means to an end. He gives up his entire fortune, reputation, and even risks his life to save as many Jewish people as possible by enlisting them to work in his factory. It is one of the most beautiful stories of transformation and redemption in the midst of suffering and evil. What's even more remarkable? It's based on a TRUE story. Rated R

The Right Stuff

Based on the acclaimed Tom Wolf novel under the same name, The Right Stuff tells the story of the first 15 years of America's space program, chronicling the professional and personal lives of the Mercury astronauts. The film highlights leadership in the face of political turmoil and traveling to the "unknown." Will you stand by your principles not only when the world is crumbling around you, but when you travel outside the known world? This film is a great example of leadership in the face of the unknown. Rated PG

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Here are Glenn's TOP 13 quotes from this week's radio highlights

"I believe Thomas Jefferson was right. Count on the American people. Not the government. Count on the people."

"We are all individuals and unique entities. God gave you and me and everyone else a brain, a heart, a spirit. Those things are OURS—nobody else's."

"The government holds no authority, over the truth. Let me say it again. The government holds no authority, over the truth."

"I don't want vengeance. I don't even want to be right. I just want to know what the truth is."

"Given the rise in mental health conditions, and the way we engage in political discussions in the U.S., it might be fair to say, we aren't dealing with our fears particularly well."

"I can't believe, as people who grew up with Martin Luther King, I have to explain this to you. It's the content of your character that matters. If you care about skin color, you have become the racist."

"We have a lack of faith in the truth of God. The eternal truths."

"There's a great evil happening in our country. And it is easy to define. We just have to start saying it out loud."

"This is what happens when American power is diminished. I've been telling you this for years. The minute America has no credibility, not only will we rapidly come under attack from everybody who has ever hated us, but the world will spiral into chaos."

"We're doing is sending our money, over to the most corrupt country in the world, and making ourselves a bigger target."

"Someone must pay the price, for what is happening in our society. Or nothing changes."

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AUDIENCE CHOICE: Here are 14 'manly films' that YOU recommended!

Gladiator

Braveheart

Dances with Wolves

Band of Brothers

The Adam Project

Men of Honor

Heartbreak Ridge

True Grit

Secondhand Lions

Iron Will

Devotion

12 O'Clock High

Schindler's List

The Right Stuff