Glenn Beck debunks the hysterical claims that President Trump wants to conduct military invasions because of his interests in Greenland and the Panama Canal. His critics ignore the big picture. This isn’t some imperialistic power play — it is strategic maneuvering to counter Chinese and Russian ambitions. The U.S. has a long history of planting a flag in Greenland to combat threats from Nazis and the Soviet Union. Greenland also has some of the world’s largest untapped deposits of rare earth minerals, including graphite, copper, and lithium, that are essential for making all kinds of tech, vehicles, and planes. Glenn argues that it’s in our national security interest to collapse China’s stranglehold on mining and refining the world’s rare earth minerals. Trump’s critics also forget the history of the Panama Canal. Ronald Reagan reminded us in 1976: “We bought it. We paid for it.” So why shouldn’t we keep it? The U.S. is still the number one customer of the Canal, but China is number two. President Trump knows the canal is a chokepoint for our economy and fired a warning shot at China in his inaugural address. At the end of the day, the two places are high stakes real estate deals, and who better to negotiate those deals than our new 47th president?
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Jillian Michaels Exposes the REAL Biggest Losers | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 271
Jillian Michaels (@JillianMichaels) has stepped out of her infamous "Darth Vader" role from "The Biggest Loser" and joins Glenn to dismantle the smearing of RFK Jr., fire back at those calling Charlie Kirk a bigot, and confess that she is “terrified” of what the modern Left has become — while noting how "the Right is looking a heck of a lot more diverse these days." From the glowing horrors of Fruit Loops and GMOs to the “catastrophic quartet of Big Food, Big Ag, Big Pharma, and Big Insurance” re-engineering our food to overcome the effects of drugs like Ozempic, the pair wonder if it’s time for a 12-step program for food addiction. Jillian delivers wake-up calls on the transgender movement and the “psyop” of body positivity, before reflecting on training "The Biggest Loser" contestants and the vital role of personal responsibility and escaping victimhood. She describes the vaccine debate as a “red herring,” and Glenn breaks down his stance on gay marriage, MAHA, and what the liberals of his generation got right.
I took the NEW American citizenship test. Was it as HARD as they say?
The Washington Post recently compiled a 10-question quiz based on the federal government’s newly revamped US citizenship test, which is allegedly harder to pass. Glenn Beck takes the test to see for himself...
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GLENN: Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. Tomorrow, I'm going to be at Dickies Arena with Megyn Kelly. Megyn Kelly is -- is doing her traveling stage show.
I don't even know if that's what you would call it.
STU: That's exactly what you would call it. She calls it the Megyn Kelly traveling stage show. It's an experience.
GLENN: Whatever it is. Experience. Megyn Kelly experience.
STU: It's going to be a great tour.
GLENN: Yeah, it's going to be a great tour. She has a lot of people, and then she has me in Fort Worth. And I can't wait to go. Can't wait to go.
STU: Dickies Arena?
GLENN: Yeah, Dickies Arena. Bring your family. Bring your friend. It's going to be a good night.
Making a pretty big announcement tomorrow night. And I'm also going into the vault today, to see what I'm going to bring for history.
Teach something from history. I think I know what I want to share with Megyn, and you tomorrow night. Dickies Arena. Get your tickets at MegynKelly.com.
MegynKelly.com.
STU: Very cool.
Now, as you mentioned, you have a vault filled with all sorts of historical documents, items from our history.
GLENN: Uh-huh.
STU: And I -- I think this makes you a little overqualified to answer the new citizenship test. That is being --
GLENN: We have a new citizenship test?
STU: Yeah. New citizenship test.
GLENN: Boy. Can you imagine what it was under Biden?
STU: No.
GLENN: How much do you hate America, on a scale from one to ten?
STU: Are you supposed to be here?
If you click no, you're in!
The federal government rolled out a longer, harder exam this month for aspiring Americans. Test your knowledge with the quiz. Washington Post has this. If you want to take it -- if you're by yourself. You want to check these off. See how many you can get.
You want to take this, Glenn?
GLENN: No.
STU: You don't. I think it will be -- you should be able to do these. The first one --
GLENN: I hate these. You walk in. Oh, there's going to be something, that will make me look really stupid. All right. Go ahead.
STU: The first one, if you get it wrong.
You, now, a normal person, walking around, thinking about their lives. Could easily get something like this wrong.
You should not get something like this wrong.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Is it Benjamin Franklin, John Adams.
GLENN: They give you. It's multiple choice.
STU: Multiple choice. Thomas Jefferson or George Washington.
GLENN: Thomas Jefferson.
STU: But, I mean -- I will put that in there, see if it's right. Oh, wow.
It's right. It's correct.
I will say, you have a copy of the original draft of the Declaration of Independence. I have seen you give 20 speeches based on it. And all things that it says. It's very focused on Thomas Jefferson. And your analysis of his thought process in that moment. Of course, you get that right. But I think an average person, could see some famous founder.
GLENN: Give me the names again.
STU: Benjamin Franklin.
GLENN: Benjamin Franklin's writing is on the original draft.
STU: John Adams, that's right.
GLENN: John Adams, his writing is on the original draft. So you could say, it was a committee of five. The three of them were really instrumental in that. So if you would have given me only three choices, I would have had a hard time.
You know, I would have said, Thomas Jefferson. But you could also say, all of -- all of the above.
STU: Right. George Washington.
GLENN: George Washington was not --
STU: No. And Salena Gomez. Was she?
GLENN: Oh, she was, yeah.
STU: She was a big factor.
GLENN: Yeah.
STU: Name a power that is only for the federal government. A --
GLENN: Oh, my gosh, it's multiple choice.
STU: A, print paper money. B, declare war. C, make treaties.
GLENN: Yes.
STU: D, all of the above.
GLENN: D, got to be. Yes, all of above.
STU: That's correct. We might let you win. We might let you win in this country.
What amendment says all persons, born or naturalized in the United States and subjected to the jurisdiction thereof are US citizens?
What a fascinating one for them to stick in here. Now, you should know this. I knew this one. You should know this one.
GLENN: Give me the choices.
STU: A, Second Amendment.
GLENN: No.
STU: B, Sixth Amendment.
GLENN: No.
STU: C, 12th amendment. D, Fourteenth Amendment.
GLENN: I want to say the 14th. But it could be --
STU: Fourteenth Amendment. Final answer?
GLENN: Yes.
STU: Do you want to phone a friend?
GLENN: No, because I would call you, and you are not my friend.
STU: Fourteenth Amendment is correct. And that's what, of course, interesting. Because they are specifically, the Trump administration is push agree for a particular interpretation of that Amendment, which includes the phrase they often leave out: In the jurisdiction thereof.
Okay. Question number four.
GLENN: Okay. See, the multiple choice. I knew it was the Fourteenth Amendment. But when you have the choices. I mean, the 12th. The 14. The 14. Always go with your first guess.
Not that that was a guess. All right. Go ahead.
STU: The American Revolution had many important events.
Name, one! The battle of Gettysburg. B, Battle of the Bulge. C, the battle of Yorktown!
GLENN: Yes.
STU: D, the Battle of Plattsburgh.
GLENN: No. So it's C. Yorktown?
STU: C, Yorktown. Yes, it is correct. Correct. Good job with that. You didn't think Battle of the Bulge?
GLENN: I didn't think so, and I don't want to even think about that one. On where that would lead some people to go.
(laughter)
STU: Let's leave that.
GLENN: Let me -- let me give you a safer place, Lizzo.
STU: There you go.
Why were the Federalist papers important?
Is it, A, they supported passing the Constitution?
D -- B, they stoked tensions, leading to the Civil War.
C, they inspired Americans to break from the British crown.
Or, D, they inspired the Declaration of Independence.
GLENN: A. Constitution.
STU: A, correct! Yes. That is correct.
Although, you know --
GLENN: I would be a wealthy man if this were like on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
STU: Yeah, just gets you nothing. Actually, all it does is get you entry into a country that will tax you into oblivion. Okay. Next up.
GLENN: Who wants to be a millionaire and is going to lose it all?
STU: Six, James Madison is famous for many things. Name one! He was the first --
GLENN: Foot fungus.
STU: That's right. That's E.
GLENN: James Madison, right?
STU: James Madison. First secretary of state is at, B, helped draft the Declaration of Independence. C, founded the University of Virginia. D, president during the war of 1812.
GLENN: Dolley Madison saved the painting of George Washington, so it would be War of 1812. President is War of 1812.
STU: Correct!
Madison fourth president, father of the Constitution for the first time.
Another new question, similarly asked about how a fellow Founding Father and Federalist paper's co-writer, Alexander Hamilton. So there you go.
When did all women get the right to vote?
GLENN: Wait. What?
STU: When -- this is a news to a lot of people.
GLENN: Hold it just a second!
STU: Now, we're talking about men who are saying they're women too. They get to vote as well.
GLENN: Right.
STU: When did all women get the right to vote? 1919? 1920? 1925? 1934?
GLENN: This is a trick question.
STU: No. They actually can vote, Glenn.
GLENN: This is a trick question.
STU: No.
GLENN: Because I think the vote happened in 1919.
Or at least it started. I remember in 1919. But I think it -- it finalized in 1920.
STU: I would have guessed 1920. I would be honest with you. Total guess.
This is the type of thing. What does this have to do with citizenship.
This isn't the question that should be on here. I'm not going to critique it. I'm not learning -- the date between 1919 and 1931, who cares? Like, you always talk about, why am I teaching dates? You always talk about this.
You know, why are dates the important thing? It's the story. It's what's behind the story.
The range of dates in a 12-year period to me makes no difference. You guessed 1920, which was actually what I was going to guess. I have no idea if it was right, 1920.
GLENN: I think 1919 is when the -- the people's vote happened. And then it had to go through ratification or something.
STU: Right. So that had to be a period of longer than just 1920.
GLENN: No. 1919. 1920.
STU: So that's really a tough one. Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
GLENN: Oil!
STU: That is actually answer B. To secure oil in Kuwait. A is to defend the US from Iraqi threats.
GLENN: No.
STU: C, to force the Iraqi military from Kuwait.
GLENN: Yes.
STU: D, to defeat Saddam Hussein.
GLENN: C.
STU: C is correct, although, there are parts of that thing, that I would say were elements in that decision.
GLENN: When did you start hating America, Stu?
STU: I love this country, Glenn. I've gotten them all right so far. Even the one I totally guessed at, of 1920, I got right.
Okay. Name one example of an American innovation.
A, the lightbulb. B, the stethoscope. C, the computer. D, the electromagnet.
GLENN: Oh, I have no idea. I have a problem with these.
STU: Okay.
GLENN: It's the lightbulb. As we know it, was American. But before that was France? Maybe?
But I think a lightbulb as we know it was Edison. What was the next one?
STU: The stethoscope.
GLENN: No idea where that came from. Don't really care.
STU: Right. The computer?
GLENN: During. That's England.
STU: Okay. The electromagnet.
GLENN: Think that's English. But I think that was a socialist.
That's why I think it was an English socialist that came up with that.
And I always wondered. Why don't you just give that all away. Mr. Socialist.
I have to go the lightbulb.
STU: That's what my guess would be as well.
It is correct!
But, I mean, the computer. That's always one that they -- you can go to Turing, of course.
But that wasn't what we think of as a computer. It was, you know, the basis --
GLENN: Phrase the question again.
STU: Name one example of an American innovation. We certainly have innovated with the computer.
GLENN: Yeah. We did. But it wasn't -- I think -- I mean, you'll have to look it up.
I think Turing was the one who first kind of came up with the idea of what we think of now as the modern --
STU: The basis. They talk about this with the innovation of the internet. Trying to calculate who actually started that. A lot of people are like, oh. The US government started it. But actually, a guy who was employed for the US government. Had the idea before he was in the US government. Actually, he was employed, largely because of an idea that he had, before he was in the government.
He was hired by the government for that purpose.
So like, I don't know.
There's a great book called how innovation works.
Which is Matt Ridley.
That has a great section on the -- on the lightbulb. And a lot of these things worth your time. If you feel -- if you're interested. Forever
All right. Last one. What is Memorial Day? Is it a holiday to honor military history?
Is it a holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service?
Is it a holiday to mark the beginning of summer?
Or is it a holiday to honor veterans?
GLENN: It's the -- to honor those who gave their lives. It's a tricky question. Because a lot of people think veterans. But it's those who gave their lives.
STU: The way you remember that. Of course, there's Veteran's Day.
GLENN: Right. There's a memorial for people who died.
STU: So, of course, the answer is, it marks the beginning of summer. Now, it is -- honor soldiers who die in military service. So you had ten of ten there, Glenn.
GLENN: Okay. So if I pass now, do I have to marry my brother?
STU: Yes. It's the Ilhan Omar amendment of the Constitution.
GLENN: Okay. That should be on there. You can't marry your brother in this country.
STU: That's question 11. By the way, you only have to get 12 of 20. We only give you ten questions. The real test is 20 questions. You have to get 12 of them correct.
You have to get 60 percent.
GLENN: Oh, come on.
60 percent.
That's -- that's -- that's an abomination.
STU: What is the average American?
Not the average American in this audience. What is the average American person out of 20 questions, how many do they get right out of that?
GLENN: Okay. 60 percent is high. Because that's -- just looking at. I'm thinking about that. I'm thinking, two. Out of the ten. Maybe two?
It's really bad.
White House timeline HUMILIATES media’s Trump “demolition” lie
The mainstream media has been fear mongering nonstop about President Trump's "demolition" of the East Wing and plans to build a ballroom - WITHOUT taxpayer money. But the White House just obliterated this narrative with a timeline that had Glenn cracking up!
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GLENN: So this -- this White House reconstruction thing is just killing me. I just think it is hysterical, the way the left is just figuring. Donald Trump's destruction of the White House is now complete!
Yes. And he's moving the grave of Adolf Hitler. And going to bury him, in the rose garden!
Anyway, the White House has responded, and this is hysterical. And I don't know if you can -- yeah. Good. You have it up on the screen.
If you're watching TheBlaze. I'll take it through radio. If you're watching TheBlaze. This is fabulous.
The White House, at WhiteHouse.gov has just put together, a major events time line, the history of the White House, 1791 to 1800. Design plans commence for the White House. Then the rebuilding after the war of 1812. After the fire, that the British set.
Then the addition of the South Portico in 1824. Then addition of the North Portico, 1829, 1830.
Addition of the West Wing, 1902. 1909, addition of the Oval Office. 1913, addition of the Rose Garden. 1934 to '42, the addition of the East Wing. Forty-eight to '52, total reconstruction of the White House. 1970 to '73, addition to the briefing room.
The next on the time line. 1998, the Bill Clinton scandal. President Bill Clinton, his affair with the intern, Monica Lewinsky, exposed, leading to the White House perjury investigations. Oval Office tryst. Fueled impeachment for obstruction.
Then 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood visit. Obama hosts members of the Muslim Brotherhood. A group that promotes Islamic extremism and has ties to Hamas.
Then 2020, the addition of the Tennis Pavilion. 2023, cocaine discovered during the Biden administration.
(laughter)
STU: The picture for that one is fantastic.
GLENN: It's fantastic.
STU: It's a picture of Hunter Biden in the bathtub.
GLENN: Yeah. Hold his nipples. Then 2023 to 2024, Trans Day of Visibility.
STU: Oh, gosh, this picture is not as great. Same pose though.
GLENN: It does. It does. Then 2025, north and south flagpoles are installed.
(laughter)
I mean, it is -- it is -- the White House -- what are they saying there? What are they saying?
Get your scandals in order!
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: Let's look at scandals in the White House!
Is it the scandal that I redid the Rose Garden, or that I'm tearing this down, that was built 100 years ago?
And I'm going to now replace it with a ballroom, and we're paying for it, entirely with private money, no tax dollars?
You didn't care about the cocaine in the White House.
Or the -- the sperm room in the Oval Office.
(laughter)
I mean, I'm sorry. I was thinking much worse than that. It was a lot worse than that, Stu.
STU: Good. Good, you're on proficient at editing yourself. That you did get --
GLENN: I am.
I'm very good. Very good.
I mean, it's amazing. I love this White House. They're willing to do it.
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: They're just like, let's look at the big scandals here of the renovations.
STU: I saw someone asking yesterday, give me one argument as to how you could possibly be okay with this?
I don't know. It seems like it will be nice and useful. That's kind of my argument. I think it will be useful for future presidents, to have something on campus, big events.
GLENN: Yeah. And he won't have it. So he won't be using it. It's not for him. It will be for the country. And it's free! And it's free. Let me say it again: It's free.
Why did NBA stars risk it all in a mafia poker ring?
The FBI has torn into a gambling scandal that links NBA players, the Mafia, and poker… and Glenn couldn’t be happier?! Glenn and Stu explain this scandal and why it reminds them of the good ol’ days “when crime made sense” and pizza tasted incredible…
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GLENN: You know, can I talk to you a little bit about the basketball gambling scandal?
STU: I'm sorry.
GLENN: I know. I know.
STU: Wait. What? You know about the basketball gambling scandal?
GLENN: I do. I do. I know a little about it. Don't know the names of the people involved.
STU: Hall of Famer, no big deal.
GLENN: Yeah. So, but I have listened to this story. Ask one of the things that caught my attention was how sophisticated it was. You know, x-ray tables that could read the cards from underneath.
STU: Yeah. This is the illegal poker game of this scenario.
GLENN: And the contacts where they could read the back of the cards. All of these different things. I thought, that was kind of cool. Kind of James Bondy. Kind of interested in that. Then it got to the point where it was four on out of the five crime families. And the newscast I heard was it was the Italian Mafia.
STU: Uh-huh.
GLENN: And, you know, Genevieve's crime family, blah, blah, blah. And I actually got to the end of that story and I'm like, oh. Do you remember when we just had the five crime families? They were killing each other in New York?
Oh, it's like my childhood coming back. Oh, I understand this news!
STU: Yeah. Warm and fuzzy memories of the mob. Right!
GLENN: What? Yeah.
It was like when crime made sense.
(laughter)
STU: I like that take. That makes me feel a lot better about it.
GLENN: That's what I'm here for today.
STU: It feels antiquated. Quaint.
GLENN: It's old-fashioned. Somebody came in and robbed all the sarsaparilla from the mountain.
(laughter)
STU: I like that.
GLENN: Yeah.
STU: That's the way to go with this, I think.
GLENN: It really is. It really is.
STU: It does feel. You know, you think about these players. Some of them have made hundreds of millions of dollars at their careers.
GLENN: Yeah.
STU: And they're worried about illegal poker games and, you know, a couple of hundred thousand dollars betting on the under, Ontario Rozier assists or something.
GLENN: That part. Did you ever see any of those games?
Because the way I heard it. This is the way I interpreted it.
STU: Sure.
GLENN: That they got hurt, and then they had to leave early, or whatever.
STU: There was -- yeah. The main one they highlighted was a guy who basically told people in advance, he was going to leave the game early.
So everybody -- at the under. They scored less -- fewer points, and then he left after nine minutes of the game. So he didn't hit any of those.
GLENN: Right. So did he get hurt?
Did he like, ow, ow. Ow.
Was it obvious?
STU: I think it was a faked injury. Yeah.
GLENN: Was it obvious?
STU: I don't remember watching that game. There have been highlights released on him.
Just to give you a background quickly on this player. Very good player for many years. And over the last two years, his entire player has mysteriously fallen apart. It was like outside of the gambling, like what happened to this guy? Terry Rozier was, like, a good player for a long time. Twenty points a game type of guy, and then couldn't even get on the court.
Was traded for a number one pick, and then all of a sudden, just fell apart. And some of the highlights of games of his are so bad. Like, there are plays that I would see when I was coaching my 7-year-old's basketball games.
Like, they are horrible. Like, you would never see an NBA player make. And the insinuation now is, it had to be something related to the game. Though, in the indictment, I don't think it was charged like that particular game he had done anything with.
But he looked so bad, that either something was really going on with him physically. Or he -- you know, allegedly was gambling.
GLENN: And what was the NBA's tie to the card table?
STU: So the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers, Chauncey Billups.
GLENN: Portland. I was happy with the Italian Mafia.
STU: Hall of Fame player. Right.
GLENN: And now you have to remind me, Portland.
STU: Right. So he was playing. Fascinating part of this, he was playing. They had set up these illegal poker games. And, like, a lot of people are like, I can't believe now that they made gambling legal, all these scandals are happening. Let me just remind you of the word "illegal" in illegal poker games.
Part of this was done on legal betting surfaces on the sport stuff, but the poker is illegal.
This all still happened. Okay?
So you're not allowed. What's funny is, they're not really getting in trouble for having illegal poker games. They're having trouble for cheating at illegal poker games.
Which is the technology you were mentioning. What they did was say, hey. We're going to have these underground poker games. Some of them underground in Vegas.
By the way, you can play legal poker games in Vegas.
Don't go to illegal poker games, when you're getting this type of pitch, which was, hey. Come. You'll sit next to Hall of Fame players. Former players. They're all big money. And they're not even top-notch players. Who knows? They might lose.
GLENN: And everyone was in it, at the table, except the fish.
STU: Right. A couple of fish that would come in. You did read this indictment, and you're using poker terminology. It's impressive.
But like, so these guys would come in. Some of them were professional poker players. And, of course, their motivation for being there, we should note was to take advantage of the stupid players that would do dumb things during these games, in a legal way.
GLENN: Was this -- were these the NBA players that were kind of muscled into it because of their poker debts?
STU: I think there are some stories about that, in the -- in the indictment, where they -- the players had debts, so they had to come and participate in the illegal games to essentially pay off their Mafia gambling debts that were unrelated.
STU: Now, of course, the stuff has happened forever. The fascinating part of this --
GLENN: No, the mob does not exist.
STU: The mob does not -- if the mob does exist, I want them to know, I love them. I'm a huge fan of the Mafia.
STU: You're a huge fan, if they existed. But they don't.
GLENN: But they don't exist, so let's not even talk about them.
STU: One fascinating part about this.
GLENN: You can tell we've lived in Connecticut for a while.
STU: The pizza is delicious.
GLENN: It's really good. It's really good.
STU: It's really good. So the -- there are now clips being unearthed. I saw one yesterday of a 2023 clip of a professional poker player saying all of this was going on.
This is now two years ago.
Saying, he knew people who would go to these games. And they would play against Chauncey Phillips. It was a guy you mentioned. And obviously, you were cheating.
Because they would go all in on combinations of cards that you would never go all in on. And they would just win every time.
And so it was really obvious to the professionals who were going there, saying, oh, I see what's happening here.
And they would stop going.
This is like a known thing.
Now, it's a comical situation, when it comes to the poker stuff.
Because, you know, again, you're talking. Chauncey Phillips made nine figures in his career. He's not a guy who certainly is short on money. Some people --
GLENN: Well, apparently he was. If he had gambling debts to the mob.
STU: Well, I don't think he was the guy in that particular. I could be wrong on that.
There's a lot -- multiple people involved in this. I may have missed up the details. Some people can gamble $100 million, it's certainly possible.
GLENN: Uh-huh.
STU: If you're an addict, right? It doesn't matter. You talk about alcoholism. Right? If you're a big alcoholic, people would say, wait. You've got all this to live for. Why would you ruin this with alcoholic?
You're addicted. You're having a real problem. They would call it a disease. It's a serious issue. It's not easy to drop off.
GLENN: What you know makes me stop drinking? Mob threats. That's when I'm like, I think I have a problem.
STU: If they existed.
GLENN: If they existed. And they wouldn't threat -- we know -- for anyone in this fictional Costa Nostra thing, we know you wouldn't threaten anyone. The pizza is great.
STU: It is fantastic. The best sauce you'll ever have. You'll ever have.
GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.
STU: So it's a pretty amazing story.
And, you know, it is not as bad I think as previous gambling stories, where referees were actually fixing games. Like, that is a much, much worse statement than what we've seen so far on this. But it's a pretty big story. I'm impressed, Glenn.
You're aware of it. You seem to have actual information about it. What's going on with you?
We used to have conversations about sports, that would just be non-stop comedy, because you were so embarrassing about your knowledge.
GLENN: Well, this wasn't really -- this is a mob story. This is a mob story. I have zero interest in the NBA. Zero.
STU: Okay. So this is basically your version of a mob movie?
GLENN: Uh-huh. That's as close as I can get to a mob movie today, and I love mob movies.
Anyway, mainly I like watching mob movies. Well, I mean, I like the characters in them, but I really like the food. You know what I mean?
You know, you get to eat like that. I don't know. Is it worth it? Is that blood or tomato sauce? I don't know.
STU: As someone who grew up near New Haven, Connecticut, and you worked at New Haven, Connecticut for years.
Like, there's a calculation made by the community, that they're kind of fine with the mob, if we can have the pizza. We're actually, the pizza is so good. You guys can commit a certain number of crimes.
GLENN: Can I tell you something? That's the only part of New Haven though, that makes any sense.
STU: Yeah. That's pretty much true.
GLENN: New Haven is just a crap hole. It is. Come on. It is. Not the surrounding areas.
New Haven itself, crap hole.
STU: It has some bad situations around. Yes.
GLENN: It starts at Yale. And then goes downhill. Okay? Except Wooster Street. This whole area, completely, not run by the mob.
And it is the safest place you could -- you could -- you could take a woman and have her take all of her clothes off. And take 100-dollar bills to her. And say, walk down this street at 11 o'clock at night. And she's totally safe! Totally safe.
This is like one of the mob bosses are like, you know what, I think maybe we've got to bring it -- you know.
Otherwise, there's no crime happening there.
STU: And we should -- all of this outside of the pizza quality is a legend. And we don't have any --
GLENN: I'm a fiction writer. I'm a fiction writer.
STU: Not the pizza. The pizza is that good. Anyone who knows pizza. You'll hear a lot of people who say, New York pizza. Oh, New York style pizza. That doesn't mean you know anything about pizza. If they say New Haven pizza style --
GLENN: It's truly the best pizza out there. But I tell you, on that particular street, do not ask anything about the pizza.
And if it -- because it's brick oven. And so, you know, it will come a little burned. That's the way it comes.
STU: Supposed to come.
GLENN: Do not say anything about it.
STU: Can I have white crust?
Don't do that.
GLENN: They'll just take it away from you. They look at you. Then they look at the picture of Frank Sinatra on the wall. And they look at you, and you're dead. Just leave!
STU: It's like a suit Nazi situation a little bit. It can be.
GLENN: It really is.