RADIOAugust 07, 2024

WATCH: 10 Times “Tampon Tim” Walz Told Us EXACTLY Who He Is

The media is trying to paint Kamala Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz as a lovable, folksy “midwestern dad.” But Glenn dug through the archives to find who Walz actually is. Glenn reviews 10 moments from Walz’s time as governor of Minnesota that prove he’s a radical socialist: He joked about investing in a “ladder factory” in response to Trump’s wall, he wants to protect trans kids’ “right” to genital mutilation, he had more COVID-19 nursing home deaths than Andrew Cuomo, he told Minnesotans to rat out their neighbors, he praised socialism as “neighborliness,” he wants no gas cars in Minnesota by 2035, his bathroom policies have garnered him the nickname “Tampon Tim,” he said it’s “ageism” to question Biden’s age, he denied shutting down schools, and he has no problem becoming a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants.

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GLENN: Joining me today, is Pat Gray from Pat Gray Unleashed. Pat, I listened to your show today. And Chewing the Fat with Jeffy. And you guys were on quite a roll with Tim Walz. You like him about as much as I do.

PAT: Oh, man!

Hmm. He's quickly risen to the top of my list of people that I dislike with a very intense disliking.

GLENN: Sure. What do you mean? You don't like -- I didn't get that impression from you, earlier at all.

PAT: I was a little subtle. Maybe I was too settle.

GLENN: Maybe.

PAT: Because I mentioned I disliked him with all the intensity of a trillion white hot suns.

Maybe that's not enough.

GLENN: I'm not sure what you were saying with that.

Now, could it be.

Could it be because he says things like this.

Cut 11, please. Here's Tim Walz.

VOICE: And I think seeing a plan that's out there, talking about it with folks. Knowing, that he's not going to do thinking.

He talks about this wall. I always say, let me know how high it is? 25 feet, then I'll invest in the 30-foot ladder factory. That's not how you stop this.

PAT: Oh, jeez.

GLENN: Huh.

Is it because of stuff like that?

PAT: Yeah, it's stuff like that. And worse, actually. Stuff like that, and worse.

GLENN: Here's cut ten. Could it be this?

PAT: Uh-huh.

VOICE: And what we want to say, we're there to protect children. We're there to understand, in Minnesota, you're going to be protected. I want to be clear. I will never understand what goes into the thinking of these folks, to bully these children. They're not impacting them in one bit. And making it a living hell for children, for families, for adults. For folks just trying to bring themselves in.

So in Minnesota, we're making it very clear. We're not going to cooperate with these folks. We're not going to extradite people. We're going to say that this a place where you can come and make these decisions. I'm -- this is -- the community, the trans community is -- is as terrified as they've ever been. We've seen attacks across the nation, even here in Minnesota. And we're -- we're now saying, we have to be much more proactive.

We have to be much more aggressive about making sure folks are protected.

PAT: Yeah. Folks are protected in getting their noodles cut off. That kind of thing.

GLENN: Children are protected. Children have a right to have their noodles cut off. Or their breasts removed.

PAT: If they're six and don't feel comfortable. Cut off their noodle. Who am I?

Not nobody.

GLENN: Yeah. Who are you? What kind of monitor have you become? You know, I mean, it's really -- it's really, really bad.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: He's also -- you know, he was big on COVID. He was --

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Well, when I say he was big on that. He had more nursing home deaths in his state, than they had in New York. Under Cuomo.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: So, but he was -- it wasn't that he was a total dictator. It was just that he was a total authoritarian.

And locked everything down. But he went the extra mile. Here he is. Cut 28, now.

Here he is on -- on a new way, to be neighborly.
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VOICE: Hello, you have reached the Department of Public Safety, stay-at-home hotline. The information you leave is considered public information. At the tone, please leave the following information. Your name, your callback number. How the stay-at-home order is being violated. And where the stay-at-home order was violated.

Thank you.

VOICE: Record your message at the tone. When you're finished, hang up and press pound for more options.

PAT: And that's, of course --

GLENN: So congratulations.

PAT: That's where you snitch on your neighbor. Hey, I just saw my neighbor pull out of their driveway. They're going somewhere. I think you need send a S.W.A.T. team right now. Please, because they left their house. They left their house.

GLENN: That's just being neighborly, isn't it?

PAT: That's all that is.

GLENN: It's just being a good neighbor. Here's cut 29.

PAT: But we can get out there, reach out, make the case. And for one thing, don't ever shy away from our progressive values.

One person's socialism is another person's neighborliness.

GLENN: Amen. Amen. Amen.

Now, they just don't understand how the left wants, you know, freedom.

And the right is just trying to take rights away.

You know, like they're not taking rights away H.W. Bush they want to take your guns.

They're not taking rights away, when they lock you in your house. And tell you, you can't go anywhere.

They're not taking any rights away. When they're saying, you have to inject this into your body.

They're not taking any rights away at all.

In fact, it's just good neighborly stuff. To be able to snitch on your neighbor.

That's so American. So folksy.

PAT: It is.

GLENN: So folksy. And not weird, I'll tell you that.

Not weird at all.

PAT: And when they tell you, that you shouldn't be driving SUVs. That doesn't -- that doesn't limit your choices on what you can drive.

Not at all.

GLENN: No. He's not taking away your right at all.

PAT: No. No.

GLENN: He's just saying, that there will be no gasoline cars in the state of -- by 35. That's all he's saying.

PAT: So is that a bad thing?

GLENN: In ten years, nobody is driving gasoline cars. Because he's also not taking your right away. He's not. He's definitely not when he says, we're going to shut down the oil industry. Giving you all kinds of choices. You can have solar panels. Or you can have, you know, wind-powered electricity.

PAT: There's two choices right there. What do you want?

GLENN: How many choices do you need, do you know what I mean? Man, it's just so crazy what people are saying about him. Now, so he's -- I would like to call him the name that people call him in the state occasionally, and that's Tampon Tim.

Which I think is very dignified, and shows what he's for, and that is: Tampons in boy's restrooms. You know, he -- you know, who are you to say, you shouldn't have -- you should use the restroom, you know, designated for the sex you were born with. That is so bigoted. So weird.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: So weird. This is folksy. You know, you have your boy, go in, and shove a tampon, up where he's bleeding.

That's normal!

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Hello!

PAT: If that's not Middle America, I don't know what is.

GLENN: No. No. And as he said, one man's socialism is another man's neighborliness. And, you know, when I think of a good neighbor, I think of Stalin. I think of Mao.

PAT: Yeah! Yeah.

GLENN: I think of the good neighbors that were turning Jews in, you know, in Germany.

I think of those neighbors. They were neighborly. National Socialist Party! Yeah, in Germany.

So it is -- it is. Some people would say, that's socialism, you know, where you rat on a neighbor.

Hey, there's a Jew living next door.

And other people just think that that's -- that's just neighborly. You know, that's not socialism.

It's just neighborly. And I love it.

He's also a man of truth.

If you look at cut 12 here, he was telling you the truth here the whole time. He was way ahead of the curve. Listen.

VOICE: I've spent a lot of time with the president. And he's great. We're chatting and talking. And I think we all get a little older. That's what happens.

But you also gain that insight, and I think, when it comes to those issues. Working across the aisle to get things done, you see the president just doing this with dignity, doing it with class. Getting up every day.

Doing the work. So I think he's just doing what he does, and I think it's incumbent upon all of us -- look, my mom is 88, still living on the farm, drives herself.

PAT: Is she the president though?

VOICE: Folks are able to do this. So I think this little bit of ageism that goes to this, if it's not that, it would be something else. They attack all of us on something. This is part of it.

PAT: That's right. That's all.

GLENN: Yeah. Absolutely. How folksy of him.

PAT: Yeah. Yeah.

GLENN: He's not lying there. He's just being folksy. He's just telling a story.

And it turns out, that he was absolutely right. He's totally just like his mom, able to drive his car. You know, Tim, I want you -- when you get to Washington, you're not going to need a car. Because you'll have Secret Service driving you everywhere. Why don't you just hand the could you see over to Joe, of your car. And tell them just to -- hey. Joe.

Why don't you just take it. Park it in the garage. Around the corner.

You're going to be fine.

Because I don't think. You know, his mom could drive a car.

PAT: Sure. Yeah. She's 88.

That's older than Joe. She's 88. Now, she's not running the country.

GLENN: Exactly right.

PAT: But I'm sure she has just as important a position. And it doesn't -- it doesn't mess her up at all, getting old.

GLENN: Well, I will tell you, that there's a couple of other things that I think are really, really good. There -- Minnesota, there's room in the inn.

And in fact, let me just -- let me just play Tampon Tim here, on sanctuary cities.

Cut 13, please.

VOICE: Could you have done the schools differently. I think lots of parents are upset about what happened with the schools. Do you think you could have made any other choice.

VOICE: Well, just to be clear. 80 percent of our students miss less than 10 days of in-class learning. The vast majority of students were in. It depended again on population density. Many of these positions were being made by local folks, to be able to do what was necessary to keep them there.

I think again, in hindsight, if we could have known, that we would get vaccinations out as quickly as possible.

We prioritized teachers and the staff in school to get there. We're doing it differently now.

And since, May of 2021, almost every one of our students has been in, the entire time, and been doing that.

So I think with hindsight, at 2020, perhaps we could have tailored a little bit careers than that.

The fact of the matter, making the case that we couldn't have done anything, is simply wrong.

GLENN: Yeah. Simply wrong. By the way, that was about him shutting down all of the schools, which apparently never happened, Pat.

Never happened. Let's go to cut 13, please.

And that's --

VOICE: If the definition of that is that the federal government enforces immigration law, and local laughter, enforces local law. Then yes.

VOICE: Should cities be allowed to be sanctuary cities?

VOICE: Yes. Local control.

GLENN: Local control. Local control.

PAT: Wow.

GLENN: I mean, he's not for local control on anything else. But when it comes to sanctuary cities. As he said, there is -- there is room in the inn, you know, for more Somalis and everything else.

And he has taken -- I will give you just a little track record, when we come back here, on Tim.

Because he has taken the state of Minnesota. And just, I mean, it's just taken off.

It's an entirely new state to him.

PAT: It's a rocket ride to the moon. With Tim Walz.

GLENN: You know, I think, Pat. Now, you can disagree with me.

But I think you put a team together, like Kamala Harris.

From California.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And bring in those California things right to America.

And then tampon Tim's Minnesota -- what he's done to that state.

My gosh. I mean, America is fixed.

PAT: Imagine kind of on a nationwide kale.

GLENN: Yeah. My dog is fixed as well. But it's going to be -- it's going to be fantastic.

GLENN: Now, J.D. Vance is weird.

Because he went to Yale.

And, you know, Walz said, look, I grew up in a small town, and its small town values.

And he said, yeah. J.D. Vance grew up in a small town, but he eventually attended Yale Law School. J.D. Vance talks about this in Hillbilly Elegy.

None of my hillbilly cousins went to Yale. Yeah, maybe because your hillbilly cousins either don't have the aptitude or the interest to go to Yale.

I mean, Yale is really not for everybody. You know, not everybody has to go to Yale. In fact, a lot of people would really hate Yale. I for one, went to Yale. And hate Yale. But gosh darn it, I just -- I won't give any money to Yale.

Why not?

Man, I'm weird. Anyway, J.D. Vance worked hard. That's something called meritocracy. And that doesn't happen in socialist countries.

No. Everybody has an equal outcome. Everyone is equally miserable. Well, I shouldn't say that.

Except for the people at the very top. They tend to get very, very rich and powerful. And not so folksy. You know, not quite so folksy.

So J.D. Vance just doesn't know anything about small-town America.

Because, you know, he went to Yale, after his.

Yeah. Yeah. He did. He earned a scholarship

Because he decided to work hard. He made that choice. You should watch the video or read the book. It's really interesting. Tampon Tim.

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Cracker Barrel CEO speaks out about DISASTROUS logo in exclusive upcoming interview

Glenn Beck recently spoke with Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino about the company’s infamous attempt to change its logo, and he asked the question everyone has been wondering: Why wasn’t she fired?! Glenn previews his interview, which debuts Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6PM ET!

Transcript

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GLENN: I was in Tennessee this weekend, and Saturday morning, I go to -- I think store number two for Cracker Barrel. And I met with the senior vice president and the CEO of Cracker Barrel. And we sat down, and we had an interview. And Julie, who has not done an interview since Good Morning America, kind of said, okay. No more interviews, because that didn't go well.

This was her first interview since then.

And, you know, it was weird. Because I got off. I got off the plane.

And, oh. Somebody on the plane said, "What are you doing here?"

And I said, "I'm going to go interview the CEO of -- of Cracker Barrel."

And the immediate response was, "Get her!"

I was like, "Wow. Okay. All right. Thank you."

I get into the car, and the Uber driver says to me, "What are you doing here?" And I said, "I'm going to meet with the person at Cracker Barrel."

"Boy, she really screwed her up. You hold her feet to the fire."

I mean, I've never -- I've never seen anything like that. And, you know, I started the interview with her, you know, honestly. And I said, look, I -- I -- I'm not here to get you. I'm not here to do anything, but ask questions that I think everybody in America wants to know.

Like, what the hell were you thinking?

And I asked her some -- asked her all of the really pointed questions. Rikki, the TV executive producer said, "There's no way. I know you. You're going to soften. There's no way."

And when I got up afterwards, she was like, "Wow. Okay. You didn't -- you really -- you really didn't soften. You know, you asked all of those questions."

Because I thought they were fair. And I told her, "Look, I hate conflict. I'm not here for conflict. I'm not here. I don't need to make a name for myself by giving you a hard time. I don't care about any of that. I just want to do my job and ask you, 'What happened here?'"

And I said, "So I'm going to ask you really uncomfortable questions." And she was prepared. And I think I finally broke through, and got the real answer in the end. I think I got the real answer.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: And it came from one of the questions I asked was, I mean, are you surprised, you haven't been fired yet?

And her response was, all telling. All telling. It's a fascinating interview you should watch. It's going to happen, I think Thursday on the podcast.

STU: Because I'm mildly surprised that hasn't happened. You know, like just because -- not because -- I don't know. There's a lot of things she's been accused of and everything else.

But just like, when you have a situation like this, where you're trying a major change and you roll it out a specific way and it does not go well, you know, it's usually -- it's like, when you're general manager of a football team, you go through the process. You evaluate all the quarterbacks. You pick the guy.

And that guy is a total bust, like you usually don't survive it. It doesn't necessarily mean you went through the process incorrectly. But when you miss, usually something happens like that. Does she feel like she missed like that?

GLENN: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yes, she does.

She's a very bright woman. I mean, she ran Coach, you know, the purse place or whatever.
STU: The purse company.
GLENN: The Coach brand. Godiva Chocolates. Taco Bell, the whole -- global. (I mean, she's a Fortune 500 CEO. She's very, very competent. Very competent.

So how could somebody very, very competent make this mistake?

STU: Hmm. Did she walk you through that? How that happened?

GLENN: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yeah. She see.

And what's interesting is, they brought the senior vice president was also sitting there.

And he has been brought in since.

I mean, he had been there for 30, 35 years.

And really good guy. And he was one of the voices that was like, while that was happening, like, you guys. Hey, everybody upstairs. You shouldn't be doing this.

It's a bad idea. And so after they were like, "Hey. You know who was saying this? Let's bring him upstairs." And it was interesting to talk to him, because he's been long before she got there. So he kind of gave the view of, here's what happened before she got here! And here's where she came in.

And here's what happened.

And it's -- it's really fascinating.

I mean, if you want to hear the real story behind it.

And -- and also see somebody -- I mean, just wait until you hear her answer on -- I mean, it was so powerful and so honest. When I said, are you surprised you haven't been fired yet?

It was a fascinating answer.

STU: How many pancakes did you --

GLENN: Podcast on Thursday, I didn't eat any.

STU: You went to Cracker Barrel headquarters, and you ate zero pancakes?

GLENN: I didn't. I didn't. It was very difficult to not order the pancakes.

STU: You're the type of guy who gets pancakes by mistake. What do you mean you've got none?

GLENN: I was looking at my wife. My wife was sitting off to the side of the camera. And I'm looking at her. I'm like, she's so beautiful. And I eat pancakes, too many times.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And she's just -- she has to live with this, the pancake-wearing shoes. I'm not going to order the pancakes. The pancakes.

THIS Epstein quote could PROVE Trump’s real ties to the scandal

Democrats are trying yet again to tie President Trump to Jeffrey Epstein’s scandals. This time, they’ve highlighted that Epstein once referred to Trump as “the dog that hasn’t barked.” Is this proof that Trump is in the Epstein Files…or is it actually evidence that he was a whistleblower against Epstein? Glenn and Stu discuss…

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GLENN: Now, Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news today. Could we just for the love of Pete release everything that we have, so we can move on! From the Jeffrey Epstein thing.

Here's the answer: No.

Even if we release everything that we still have, this is going to go on for the rest of our lives.

It will always -- and probably, into our children's lives.

Do you know, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were the reason we never went to the moon.

It's going to happen!

It's just one of these conspiracy theories, that will never, ever go away.

Why?

Because no one was honest about it in the first place. Once you start to lie, you lie once -- once! If you're a very honest person, you will lie once. And then people are like, what? What?

Why would he lie about that? What is going on?

He's not like that. But if you're the United States governor government. You already have no credibility whatsoever!

Stop lying to the American people.

Just stop it. You know, I said something a minute ago. One of the reasons why you're hearing lies is because it works to the advantage of a Colour Revolution.

You know, there are reasons why people are lying to you. Some of it, they're just dirtbags and they're liars. Some of it, they're politicians, and so they're liars.

Some of it, however, a good deal of it is, we lie, because we know it causes damage to the credibility of this entire system.

We know it does damage to the culture of America, and we are here trying to destroy the culture of America because we want to try something new. And the only -- you won't vote for it. So the only way we can get America to change and do something entirely different, that they will never vote for, is just to cause chaos and disbelief in everything!

So as I said a minute ago, you know, it's not the news. Many times, it's a reflection of a plan! And when it comes to the Epstein thing, this is absolutely a plan. The way this thing has been played out. Democrats are completely against bringing anything out against Epstein.

They don't want to do anything about it. The media. Do you remember the ABC anchor that went into a commercial break. And she was like, you know what, I've got to tell you, Epstein. You know, we had the goods on him. Dead to rights.

Clinton. All of it.

And we were told, pull it.

Remember that.

Remember that, gang?

They pulled it at ABC. I think they fired the person who tried to -- who released that video.

Or tried to fire that person. I think they were working either at CBS or whatever. That person was in trouble for releasing that behind the scenes tape.

They had no intention of it. Now, everybody wants the Epstein tapes. Wait a minute. You didn't want them when Biden went in. And you could have said something, Democrats. And you could have released it all.

And, you know, it's funny. It is just so full of stuff about Donald Trump. Then why wouldn't they release just that?

Why wouldn't have the Democrats released anything in the Epstein file?

You're telling me, we've got to find something on them. Hey. I've got the Epstein files. Yeah, yeah. We've got to find something on it.

I have got some information here about Epstein. Him and Epstein, they were fooling around. Yeah, shut up for a second. Is there anything at all, that we can construe and manufacture about his banks?

I know!

He's got a vet signal between his bank and the Russian bank. I've got stuff about the Epstein.

Come on! If they had stuff about the Epstein, they would have gone to the stuff about the Epstein files.

They don't have anything, they don't have anything.

Now, let me speak directly to conservatives. They're not going to release anything about the Democrats, because they had the Epstein files.

Do you think that -- let's just say, I'm not even going to name names. Let's just say the most powerful people on the earth. The most powerful people with powerful connections, to government.

They knew their names were, you know, there on little, you know, guest books at the island, or whatever.

You don't think they called in some favors and said, "Hey, I need that -- can you remove that?"

You don't think that there were people that were like, "Hey. You know what, we'll remove that."

"We need $100 million from you, to help out on this campaign."

I mean, whatever it is, those names are gone too! They're gone! How do I know this?

Because the government is completely dishonest! That's how I know that.

But, anyway, now, Donald Trump.

STU: You don't think anything of interest would be in these files?

I mean, I think we've already seen some stuff of interest in the emails, no?

GLENN: Yeah, I think there are stuff of interest. I don't think there's going to be anyone at a very high level that is going to get -- that's going to be like, holy cow. Look, here's pictures with him with a 14-year-old girl!

That's not going to happen.

STU: Right. Somewhere that stuff, at least at the upper levels, not there.

Now, here's what is interesting: The timing of the release of a few documents last week. The Democrats released some documents.

And they released them, and at the same time, that Johnson were saying, by the way, we are going to expedite the releasing of everything.

So there's no reason to leak anything. But the Democrats decide to leak some stuff. They like a memo. And in that, oh, my gosh.

Look at what was said. What was said in that memo. Well, it was said, you know, the only dog that hasn't barked is Trump!

Well, what -- what did he mean by that?

He's keeping it quiet. All of these things. All of these innuendos and everything. Well, now we know, from the guy who wrote the book, all the president's meeting. Donald Trump and the making of a predator, that guy came out this weekend and said, no, no. That's not what he meant.

What did he mean?

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GLENN: So Barry Levine comes on. And he's on MSNBC this wreaked.

And he's asked, so tell me, I mean, we've seen this email between you and Epstein. What did he mean that the to go that hasn't barked is Trump. What do you think he's referring to?

Okay. What was he referring to?

I think Epstein is referring to the fact that he believed that Donald Trump talked to Michael rider who was the Palm Beach police chief in 2004. And began the first investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

So, in other words, he was the whistle-blower!

Yeah. But he's got all kinds of stuff in his -- in Jeffrey Epstein's books.

He's the whistle-blower!

The one thing you don't do is blow the whistle, when you know you got fingerprints all over the dead body. And the handgun that killed him!

You know what, I think you could find that hand gun, in this alleyway. Your fingerprints are on it. Man, why would you blow the whistle?

The suspect, he said, I suspected that Jeffrey Epstein was saying, he was 75 percent there.

Believing that Trump might have been the whistle-blower at the time. He believed it's 75 percent.

Now, how do you release something.

I mean, if you think things will be released. That will get Donald Trump. Why would you release that?

Where after two days of it being out, the guy who was part of that email, who hates Donald Trump, is like, yeah.

That's not what it means. It means he was whistle blower. Jeez.

STU: That is interesting. And I will say, you know, it is -- amazing that that's what they released. And chose to release.

That's the same email, by the way, that you're mentioning. That they blacked out the name of Virginia Giuffre, which they did intentionally. Because she has said that he was nothing, but respectful. And was never with any of the girls at all.

In not only her book, but also in testimony, under oath.

And the other one, that they released, which said, Trump -- he says, of course, he knew about the girls, was the other big one that they released. Which they left the -- well, they didn't leave it out. They just hoped you didn't focus on the next part of the sentence, which he says, that of course, he knew about the girls, as he asked Ghislaine to stop. Which would indicate, even if he was aware of this, which I don't think this had anything to do with the sex stuff. I think this was about him taking them.

GLENN: No. It was about poaching his girls from Mar-a-Lago.

STU: Right.

GLENN: The employees. He knows that we're poaching these girls. It doesn't mean he knows what they're doing with them. Stop taking my employees!

Okay. Now, if you suspect he's the whistle-blower and he knew you were taking employees from him, you know, in retrospect, you know, looking at it later, you go, oh, man, he's the whistle-blower?

But he also knows about the girls.

He knows we were taking them.

Does he know what we were doing with the girls?

I mean, this does not hurt Donald Trump. It helps Donald Trump.

STU: What about the one they released from Jeffrey Epstein. Where he said, I've met some very bad people, and none are as bad as Trump.

I mean, what if they come up with bad comments from Jeffrey Dahmer about Donald Trump? What will you say then? I mean, this is so dumb.

GLENN: I've eaten some bad eggs in my life, but I would not eat Donald Trump. I'll tell you that right now.

'House of David' Star REVEALS Story Behind TV’s #1 Biblical Series

Amazon’s House of David has become the #1 show on Prime Video, and today Glenn Beck talks with Michael Iskander, the actor bringing King David to life in one of the most powerful biblical series ever produced. Michael shares how fasting, prayer, and years of preparation shaped his performance, why David’s flaws and redemption resonate so deeply with viewers, and what really happened behind the scenes with Goliath, the sheep, and the shepherd who taught him lessons he’ll never forget.

Transcript

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GLENN: I've got somebody on, who is in just an amazing, amazing show from Amazon. House of David. If you haven't seen House of David yet, you have to. Do you remember when-like biblical movies. I mean, they were good in the '50s. And then they got really, really bad.

And then all through the '70s and '80s and 2000s. They were horrible.

And then all of a sudden, they got really, really good?

This someone amazing. This is as good as the Jesus. What is the Jesus one?

Chosen.

It's called House of David. It's on Amazon, and we have the guy who portrays David. Michael Iskander on with us.

Michael, how are you?

MICHAEL: I'm good. What an introduction. Thank you for that!

GLENN: I mean, it's really.

Come on. Was there any time, that you thought, oh, man. This might -- I hope they do it right!

And then you saw the finished product, and you were like, wow! This is good?

MICHAEL: Yeah. That was -- you know, I try to keep my head down, and, you know, it's -- it's not finished until it's finished.

And season two is coming out. You know, I'm just going to be hearing the response of how this show is really affecting people.

GLENN: So can I talk to you about Goliath?

Because Goliath is portrayed really as a giant. Not just a big guy. He's a giant.

MICHAEL: Yeah.

GLENN: Talk to me about that.

MICHAEL: Well, I'll tell you what, when I first met Martin.

He was -- I went to -- I went to the gym with him one time.

And I -- I knew, I'm going to get, you know, my stuff. So I was prepared for that.

And -- and he made me workout for two and a half hours. And I thought that the workout was done. And he was like, no. There's another half. And, man, he -- Martin is a really dedicated man. And he just -- he pushed me to the edge, when it came to working out.

And, you know, when it comes to his role with Goliath. He's someone that really just put all the effort, both physically and emotionally to really portray that part, as best as he can.

GLENN: How long did it take you to learn the slingshot?

MICHAEL: Three days. It wasn't too bad.

GLENN: Well, I heard you had problem with the sheep.

That the sheep were -- they were not helpful.

MICHAEL: The sheep -- well, the sheep were actually really interesting.

I remember when we first started filming, they -- they put me in sheep training classes.

Because when I get on tape. They have to make sure, that I'm not -- you know, I'm not going to get attacked by one of the sheep. And I'm comfortable around them.

The sheep. First day I show up to this training, and she painted me. And you would think that the guy who plays David, you know, would think of his sheep.

GLENN: No. I don't. I don't. I don't think that's natural. You're an actor. I don't know if that's -- yep, well, they picked me because I'm good with sheep.

MICHAEL: I should get classes from you.

GLENN: I don't know.

MICHAEL: But, no. I mean, it really -- spent a lot of time with the Shepherd.
And he was giving me some really amazing lessons.
He saw that I was having trouble.

And he said, you know, you should stick next to me. Because this sheep, when they see you with the shepherd, they'll know that you're with me.
So they'll never leave my side.

GLENN: It's amazing.

MICHAEL: I want you to spend a lot of time with me. And I he said, oh, okay. And he said, I want you to know another thing: A bad shepherd is a shepherd who is behind the flock. And so you, you're going to be a good shepherd. You're going to show them. You're not going to let them lead you.

You're going to lead them, and you're going to be in the front taking risks and showing them the path.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

MICHAEL: And he is saying this, I think -- I think I'm getting more than just a sheep lesson here. It really helped in terms of understanding who David was as a person. And then his relationship to Christ.

And why -- why David was chosen as king.

GLENN: Is it true that you fasted, before the audition? I mean, you're a Broadway guy.

MICHAEL: Yeah. Yeah. I sent in the first audition. I was really excited about it.

And it was a dream of mine for a long time. You know, one of these dreams, that you don't tell anyone. And you don't think it will ever happen.

GLENN: To play David specifically? Or to be --

MICHAEL: Yeah, to play David. To play David.

GLENN: Really?

MICHAEL: And because I was inspired by the Chosen.

And I wanted to maybe do flashback scenes with a young David, or something.

When I got the audition, and they originally said no. I thought, oh, that would have been a good opportunity.

GLENN: Hmm.

MICHAEL: And I got another audition. I called my mom. And I said, Mom, this doesn't happen often. Can you believe it? She said, Michael, calm down.

The one thing I need you to do. I need you to fast, and I need you to pray.

I said, yes, ma'am.

A week later, I was having lunch with Jon Erwin. And he -- it kind of took off from there.

But, yeah, fasting and prayer.

GLENN: You know, I'm friends with.
I went to school with Jim Caviezel. And I can't remember what grade he was in. Maybe fifth grade, I think. But he went into church, and all by himself.

And he prayed, and he made a pact with God. Let me -- all I want, Lord, is to play you in a movie some day, and I will live my life honorably to be able to be ready, but I want to play you.

And so he told me when Mel called, he was like, yeah, I've been waiting for the call. It's an amazing thing.

MICHAEL: Wow. I didn't know that story. That's beautiful.

GLENN: Yeah. What do you think it is about the story about -- this was the number one show -- number one series on -- on Amazon -- on Amazon Prime this year.

What is it about the series that you think is connecting?

MICHAEL: You know, I -- I think it's different for everybody.

But I'll tell you for me.

The reason why this show means a lot to me, is because, David points us to Christ.

And -- and David is -- is a person.

He to me, is the embodiment to what it means to be human.

And to make mistakes. And find forgiveness.

It's a complex, long story.

But he was a man that -- that -- he's known as the man after God's own heart.

So for people to see that example. To see, to see the man that God loved so much, that Jesus himself was -- son of David.

I think that's what -- they see the Holy Spirit in the show. I mean, that's what I see.
And that's who I do it for.

GLENN: It's -- it's -- it's amazing to me, how -- with the exception of one, the Bible -- every single hero is so deeply flawed.

And David is so good, so good, and then, you know, becomes really, really does one of the worst things I think I've ever read in the Bible. I mean, just really bad.

MICHAEL: Yeah.

GLENN: Are you going to play -- do you have any idea, assuming the ratings are there, how long of the story you're going to tell?

MICHAEL: I really don't know. I mean, we're just trying to get to season two right now in the release.

Hopefully, pray for us, that we can get to season three, and we can keep telling the story.

I don't know what Erwin and Gunn have. What they're picking up. But I pray that we tell as much of the story as possible. I think it's important to see both the good and the bad. Like you said, to see this flawed human being, to see someone make mistakes, and to see them get back up and repent.

And ask for forgiveness. And find grace in God. So we'll see!

Pray for us.

GLENN: You -- I read some place that you were a Broadway guy. And I thought, this career is not over yet.

I mean, are you prepared to always be David?

I mean, the guy who is playing Jesus now. Jim Caviezel said, it took years before he was allowed to play anything else.

And I can't remember the guy who was playing Jesus his whole life. He is Jesus to a lot of people. Are you prepared to this be you for the rest of your life now?

And not, you know, going -- going back and doing other things, if that's the way it is?

MICHAEL: You know what, God has taken me through so much in my life, that I'm sure he's going to get me through this.

And if I'm known as the guy who plays David, I think it's actually a blessing. And I don't know what God has in store, but I trust him.

GLENN: Yeah.

MICHAEL: When that time comes, I will worry about it then. But nor for now, I'm having a great time portraying one of my favorite people.

GLENN: I just have to ask you a personal question. One for me. My daughter wants to be on Broadway. Can you talk her out of it in 30 seconds, please?

MICHAEL: Oh, man, I don't know if I want to talk her out of it.

GLENN: Okay. Well, time for you to go now.
(laughter)
Michael, thank you so much, and we're looking forward -- when does it premiere? Is it this weekend? Is it out?

MICHAEL: Well, episode eight is out on Warner Project on Prime this Sunday. Yeah.

GLENN: Okay. Good. Good.

Well, we'll be watching. Thank you so much, Michael. I appreciate it.
MICHAEL: Thank you so much, Glenn. Have a good one. Take care.
GLENN: You bet. If you haven't seen the first season, you really should see it.

It's really, really good. It's one of those that I started watching, you know.

And I stopped because I was like, wait.

Tania, we should watch this together. And she came home. And so we started watching it, and I think we watched the whole season in one weekend.

It's one of those. It's really good. Season two premieres this Sunday.