RADIOOctober 18, 2023

ALL the evidence points to THIS culprit in Gaza hospital rocket strike

A debate is raging over who is responsible for a rocket that hit a Baptist hospital in Gaza and allegedly killed 500 people. Israel claims it was a misfire from a Palestinian Islamic jihadist group. But Hamas is blaming Israel. So, what's the truth? Glenn and Stu review the evidence we have so far, including a video that appears to back Israel's claim and new reports that the rocket hit a parking lot, and not the building. But most importantly, they ask why anyone in the media would believe Hamas?!

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GLENN: Okay. Where do we even begin?

STU: I have an idea.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Maybe -- and this is just a -- I'm going to throw it out there as a theory. A working theory. I would like you to help me work through this idea.

GLENN: Okay. I'm here to help.

STU: Maybe. Just maybe. Maybe we don't just take Hamas' word for what happened.

GLENN: That's crazy. That's crazy.

Now, they have lied to you about absolutely everything.

STU: Yeah. I noticed that.

GLENN: Why wouldn't you take them at their word.

STU: Like if they were to say 500 people were dead at the hospital.

Maybe -- just perhaps.

GLENN: Perhaps.

STU: On the off-chance.

GLENN: Throw it out there.

STU: Maybe we just should ignore their complaint. Because every time they make them, they're lying.

Maybe the death count, that they've been reporting, that comes from Hamas and the Palestinians, maybe we shouldn't believe it at all.

GLENN: Right. Now, you have nothing to back that up.

STU: Well, there's a couple of this.

GLENN: Okay. Let me just show a video. I've got video.

Now, you will see rockets flying. I will show this, if you happen to be watching on TheBlaze. If you're listening on radio or on the podcast, let me just explain what's happening. This is video taken by the Israelis. This is the attack on Israel that happened right before, and you'll see all of the -- see all the rockets being taken off there from Gaza? All right. And then right directly in the path, boom, there is an explosion right after those rockets are launched. You know what that explosion is? That's the hospital. That's the hospital.

STU: The hospital. Five hundred people died.

GLENN: Yeah, not so much.

So there you have, can we show one more here?

Here's another one, the rockets being launched.

You'll see it up in the sky. Something goes wrong.

And it starts to come down. And, oh. Watch it follow, follow, follow. Follow.

Oh. Right on to the hospital.

STU: Huh. Now, that's a rocket fired from -- it's actually not even Hamas. It's another group, right?

GLENN: Palestinian, or something.

STU: Yeah. They fired it from their territory. At Israel. The rocket is -- it's hard to tell what exactly happened. Either failed or shot down in some way.

But the rocket itself goes down to the hospital. And then blows up the hospital. And kills 500 people. And that would be. Maybe you believe that. Then you start looking today, at the new footage that is out. Of the actual hospital in daylight. You know what's weird about this hospital.

You know what may have been happening at this hospital? Maybe they were having a bloc party in the parking lot, and they put all of their patients in the parking lot.

Because that's the only part that seems to be hit at all.

GLENN: Yeah, it's weird.

Because I saw the hospital. It seems still to be there.

STU: Yeah, how did they all die?

GLENN: Well, they were all in the cars apparently.

And the parking lot, all the cars are on fire.

But there is -- I mean, remember. A JDAM -- that's what they said Israel would have used, of course. Because that's what they're using. A JDAM would leave at least, you know, like a little pothole in the parking lot.

STU: I would say a crater would be.

GLENN: Well, sure. If that's the way Israel propaganda for you.

It would leave, you know, kind of a dent in the parking lot. There is no dent in the parking lot.

STU: It barely dented the cars. Let alone the ground.

Honestly, it doesn't even look like. You know when you have a car fire, on the side of the highway. And the police -- the fire department gets there finally and puts it out. And it's just a shell of itself. It's not even that level. It looks like there was a fire nearby cars, and they didn't actually catch fire. And they're a little -- they're a little brown on the top. And a little charred. And something certainly happened there. But there is -- again, these are -- the footage from this, we should point out, came from al-Quds.

It didn't even come from the Israelis. This came from Palestinian sources. And these sources are posting these photos. I think -- I don't even know why honestly at this point, why they would do such a thing. Because it's ruining all their propaganda.

But we had the American media, go to Hamas. A group of people who just murdered and raped and decapitated thousands of people.

And said, hey. Tell us your story. About what happened. And we'll just put it on the news.

We'll take it from your mouth, and we'll make it news.

GLENN: Well, the good news is, that Biden immediately came out and said, we're going to look into it.

Immediately --

STU: He did.

GLENN: Immediately came out and said, you know, like I would as a president, said, yeah, I find that highly unlikely. But we're going to look into it.

You know, I tend to not take Hamas at face value, but we're going to look into it.

Anything like that, would be -- would probably be good.

But he didn't. In fact, he -- Kirby didn't even -- Kirby even went a shorter distance than that.

STU: Yeah. Now, Biden did seem to say, that from what he has seen, it seems like it was a rocket gone wrong.

Or something like that. He threw out some phrase like that briefly.

GLENN: A rocket gone wrong. Whose rocket?

STU: Yeah. He meant it. I think he indicated it looked like a Palestinian rocket from what he had seen. Step back from this for a 16. There's two sides to this fight.

GLENN: Is there?

STU: No. I'm saying to the fight.

There's the Israeli side. And the Hamas side. One side, the Israelis were attacked.

And had all sorts of things happen to them. They're about to try to start a ground invasion.

Now, the one way they could possibly lose, right? Is drawing a larger conflict out of this.

Because they do something so terrible to the Gazans, that the rest of the Arab world unites and starts invading them. They're not going to lose to Hamas.

They are at risk though, if something like that happens. If a larger conflict breaks out.

GLENN: Wait a minute. I want to make sure I understand. So what you're saying is, maybe if you would use critical thinking, you would say, who wins from this scenario?

STU: Right.

GLENN: The one thing Israel needs to avoid, is bombing a hospital and killing 500 people.

So at the very least, your instincts should be, well, if it was Israel, had to be a mistake.

GLENN: Correct.

STU: But instead, it was reported as an intentional bombing of a hospital.

On the other side, Hamas, who had no chance to beat Israel on a one-on-one military battle, their only chance, the only thing they want is chaos and a larger war in the area.

The thing that they want is fully supported by what they're saying. Right?

GLENN: How old-fashioned, he's using critical thinking.

Listen, here's what you need. Kirby a retired, United States Navy rear admiral. And I think he focused on the rear part of it.

He said, the proper number of civilian casualties in a conflict like this is zero.

Okay. That's helpful. Thank you. That's great. That is great. As a rear admiral, you're sure. That's why you were in the rear.

STU: Yeah. Hamas really screwed that up, didn't they? Because it's not zero because of what Hamas did.

Bought, you know what, the ideal is zero. Nirvana is a war with zero civilian casualties. It's not really realistic, is it?

GLENN: No. No. There has to be 72 virgins in some place. So there were demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq. Istanbul, Turkey. Beirut. Amman. Dohar -- or Doha, Qatar. You know, of course, in Tehran. In Spain. In Cairo. In Yemen. In Berlin, Germany. In Greece. In Montreal, Canada. In Morocco. All last night, all last night, but don't worry about the borders.

Don't worry about looking into people here. Don't do it. Don't do it.

America, you're perfectly safe. My gosh.

This is what happens to a world. When you forget, what is important and true.

What's important to us, America?

What's important to us?

Our -- our -- our vacations? Our jobs? Our cars? Our houses? What's important to us?

And I don't mean now. I mean, over the last 40 years. What's been important to us? Who will win on American Idol?

Is that what is important to us? Because that's what we've concentrated on. We have concentrated so much on our wealth, and our way of life. That we'll just never, ever, ever go away.

That we have destroyed our children. We have allowed our country to be taken over by radicals. We have allowed our -- our higher institutions of learning to be taken over by Marxist, communist, Islamists. Atheists. Whatever they are.

They are pumping poison into our system. We have turned a blind eye, because we worshiped multiculturalism.

We worshiped everybody getting together.

You cannot come together. The United States of America cannot be united without a certain group of principles and ideas, that we all gather around.

One of those is, I don't know. I'm for life. I like life.

I hate war. If we're going to have to fight a war. It's going to be a just war. No. No. We canceled that. Obama canceled those classes.

What's just war? I don't know. You don't kill women and children. And execute them on the -- in the name of war. You don't just -- you don't just go into houses and do that. See, some of these things, they're not self-evident. They were self-evident. Back in the 1700s. Because our churches preached them. Because our churches -- shame on all churches, including mine.

For not talking about the miracle, that was the founding of this nation. The miracle that is the Bill of Rights.

Shame on you.

And shame on me.

For allowing it to happen. And sitting there, and just going, yep. Yep. Yep.

Why are we learning any of this stuff? Oh, that's okay.

Yep. Yep. Yep.

It's not okay. This is what happens. This is what happens, when you dismiss that one group of religious extremists actually mean it when they say, we are trying to wash the world in blood.

I cannot believe that we're sitting here, talking about which side is right.

When one side is literally quoting Scripture. Their Scripture.

Not yours.

Just a quick highlight.

The end of their story, is the exact opposite of the end of our story.

Okay?

Two different books. Two different endings.

You know how we always say, oh, don't worry. We know how it ends.

Yeah. If you're not reading their book.

Then it's just the opposite way.

So that would say, if I believe what I believe, they're on the dark side.

And hmm. We've been talking about it for years here.

But America just doesn't care to pay attention.

Because why? Because why?

We all just want to get along. We all just want to be able to have that one guy, who is wearing a dress, say I can have a baby.

Or that one woman, that's now wearing pants, saying, I can have a baby.

And I'm a man. Good God, America.

Why RFK Jr.’s Former Running Mate OPPOSES Casey Means for Surgeon General

President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Casey Means for Surgeon General had many MAHA fans cheering. But RFK Jr.’s former running mate, BlazeTV host Nicole Shanahan, has major reservations. She joins Glenn, who has been a fan of Casey, to explain why she believes there are stronger candidates. Means, Shanahan claims, may have “conflicts of interest” because of the “biometric harvesting company” she founded and its close ties to Silicon Valley. Shanahan also questions whether RFK Jr. is playing “political 4D chess,” or if she was lied to when she was promised that the Means siblings wouldn’t be in government. Is RFK Jr. reporting to someone other than Trump? Shanahan explains why she believes it’s possible.

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GLENN: Nicole Shanahan. Nicole, how are you?

NICOLE: Glenn, how are you doing?

GLENN: I am very good. It's great to have you here.

So I want to ask you, the Surgeon General thing, are you for Casey Means? Or not for Casey Means?

NICOLE: Well, I will tell you who I am for, Glenn.

GLENN: Okay.

NICOLE: I'm for all of those Americans. Those hundreds of thousands of doctors, seeking truth, honesty, and dignity in our medical system once again. That is what I'm for. That is what propels MAHA into existence.

That's what propels Bobby Kennedy into the position of running for president of the United States. That's why I joined the campaign. It really is about listening to this group of doctors that did the right thing during the COVID pandemic.

That spoke up, when it was dangerous to speak up.

That lost their licenses. And so when I hear from that base, concern or research. About individuals, in and around MAHA.

I have to listen to them.

And I do listen to them.

Because oftentimes, they are right. They're brave, and they're principled. So the concern I've been hearing from that group of people is that MAHA -- you know, any movement. MAGA had this issue too of infiltration by different groups that are more self-serving, than they are for the movement itself.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

NICOLE: And so just one example, Casey Means is a founder of a company that does biometric harvesting. She's very close with many of the big data biometric harvesting companies.

In Silicon Valley. And this -- I noticed with all these people. You do not want them running in a government position that is responsible for everybody equally. Right?

GLENN: So wait. Wait. Wait.

What is -- what is that?

They're harvesting, what?

NICOLE: Well, so biometric data is anything between heart rate data, to all of the data that is collected from your FitBit or high glucose monitor. It could be labs. It could be -- then there's all the DNA harvesting. And big data that's being done.

So, you know, I think that the base -- MAHA really came from medical freedom. And medical sovereignty.

And the idea that we have to keep conflicts of interests. Out of the government.

And so when I -- you know, see some stuff going on. That we could be doing better.

Right?

Our job.

And I learned this from the MAGA base.

Our job is to ton seek the best possible people. For government, that are truly putting the principles of this country first.

The principles of American sovereignty first.

GLENN: So you wrote yesterday.

It's very strange. It doesn't make any sense. I was promised that if I supported RFK Jr. in the Senate confirmation, that neither of these siblings would be working under HHS or an appointment.

And that people much more qualified would be. I don't know -- I'm sorry.

RFK very clearly lied to me. Or what's going on. It's been clear in recent conversations that he's reporting to someone regularly, who is controlling his decisions, and it isn't President Trump.

With regards to the siblings, there is something very artificial and aggressive about them. Almost as if they were bred and raised as Manchurian assets. Wow!

NICOLE: So keep in mind, I was responding to Dr. Suzanne Humphries.

Who was also expressing very similar sentiment.

GLENN: Concern. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

NICOLE: Concern. There's better candidates.

So what's going on? I also heard from other MDs in the field.

That there was another doctor that RFK had wanted for the position. Very, very qualified doctor.

And -- and, you know, he was caught by surprise as well. By -- by this other choice.

So, you know, there's -- again, they -- they don't call it the swamp for no reason. Right?

GLENN: Right.

NICOLE: And, you know, I'm not officially within the administration at all.

In fact, I decided to take the path of staying an independent --

GLENN: Smart.

NICOLE: -- media person. Which I think -- I think and you know this, Glenn. It's really important that when you are an independent media voice, that you -- you stick by your principles. And that you are not just a mouthpiece for any government organizations.

That you're really on the outside, reflecting back the hopes and wishes of the constituents.

GLENN: Yeah. There's -- it's very hard to do.

I mean, I take stances against the president.

And for the president. You always have to -- you always have to balance, you know, I have my opinion.

And I'm never going to be bought out by anybody.

I'm never. But you also want to make sure that you're being fair to the people that you trust. And I know you have trusted RFK for a very, very long time.

And for what struck me on this. Is, you know, I don't know if RFK lied to me. Which I hope he didn't, or what's going on. It's been clear in recent conversation that he is reporting to someone regularly, who is controlling his decisions.

That's a remarkable thing to say, especially about RFK.

Because he does not strike me as somebody who is afraid of somebody else.

NICOLE: You know, I don't know if it's fear or that he's playing political 4D chess. And, again, they don't call it the swamp for no reason.

It's just, at some point, there's certain decisions, that are worth fighting for.

And I do appreciate what a very complex political environment this is.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

NICOLE: And I do understand that even within these agencies, there are groups that are intentionally keeping and withholding information from the new leadership.

So, you know, I -- I fully appreciate how complicated it is.

So I fully appreciate how complicated it all is, but there are definitely things that the base is -- is, you know, like, this is an easy one. This could have gone better. Right?

You don't truly -- and, you know, everyone is guessing what precisely this 4D chess is all about. And why these moves are being made. And trying to anticipate the next one.

But it's something that I think that, you know, there's just certain things that indicate that whomever he's giving -- whoever his chess coach is. Could be making some better decisions for him. And --

GLENN: But Casey.

I mean, when I talk to the twins, during -- or after COVID.

They seemed pretty clear on what was bad and what was good.

They -- they both seemed to be good on -- on COVID. And the vaccines. Didn't they?

Or is my memory --

JEFFY: They talk a great talk.

I will say, I was once a fan of it as well.

It was only after I received many comments from individuals, in and around the transition team.

As well as new research that came up.

And then really, like, you know, when the base expresses these things and provides that degree of inquiry, and it shows that kind of concern.

I think we owe it to them.

GLENN: Yes. I agree. I agree.

ANNA: Yeah.

GLENN: So overall, how do you feel things are going?

NICOLE: I think, again, there's been a lot of focus around food dives. Meanwhile, there's millions of people suffering from vaccine injuries, that still feel very neglected.

So I do think -- I do appreciate the executive order, regarding gain of function and limiting overseas research.

GLENN: And shutting down a dangerous -- and shutting down a very dangerous bio lab here.

NICOLE: Yes. And there are many of these bio labs that are kind of flying under the radar.

GLENN: Right.

NICOLE: So it's a big step in the right decisions sedition. I'm a huge Jay Bhattacharya fan. Probably one of his biggest.

I really am excited for him, as he built out his team.

I hope, he has a very, very strong team around him. In the next coming weeks. Because he's going need to it.

As far as HHS goes, you know, I would love to see Bobby bring in more of those doctors that have been around him for the last ten years, very regularly.

Because these are the individuals that, you know, I -- I trust these people with my life. They have sacrificed everything to do the right thing time and time again.

They are so deeply principled. They will never take a check over helping a patient out.

And they actually do have the answers. So I'm hoping to see more of those people around Bobby too.

GLENN: So I'm wondering because this is the way I feel about a couple of things with the FBI. And Intel.

That if I don't see some people in the next year or so, go to jail, or at least brought in for a fair and honest trial, you know. I don't want to just scoop people up. And just assume that they're guilty.

But build a good, strong case. Bring it to trial.

Have it a fair and honest trial. And let the chips fall where they may.

But if I don't see some prosecution, at least. I think I'm very upset at the G O.J.

Pam Bondi. Head of the FBI. Kash Patel. And I don't -- and I'm trusting them so far, that they are doing that.

Do you feel the same way at all, about -- you know, if you don't see some people who go to jail there, that clearly lied about the vaccines.

If they don't go to jail. You have -- you really haven't fixed anything.

You're just eating around the edges.

NICOLE: Yeah. Yeah. I think that really explains it. And this is why I think it's important to continue to voice those concerns, because they're only going to grow and mount.

And it really is the American people, that were sold this vision of accountability.

And as we want to see it. We have to see it. Anywhere. Several months into the administration now.

HHS, you know, lags behind the Oval Office in terms of getting going.

But they're -- people were seriously injured. There were many crimes committed against the American public.

Crimes committed against our bravest doctors. Crimes committed against children.

We need accountability.

We really, really need to see that.

Because, you know, there's -- there's a preciousness in this moment. We have to -- we have to deliver. This country deserves it.

GLENN: And, I mean, if we're -- if we can't correct the things that, for instance. Washington State. Just passed a law where if there is another pandemic, everybody seems to be, you know, claiming there's another one, right around the corner.

But if there is another pandemic, that they will have absolute control, over what you put into your body. And what you do. That's terrifying.

NICOLE: I do.

And those emergency orders, they will scrutinize them. They have revisions.

GLENN: Washington State just revised it to just codify it. Washington State just codified it. It's crazy.

NICOLE: Yeah. Yeah.

So I would like to see more focus around that, not Red Dye 40 and not Kellogg's.

I'm totally fine leaving Kellogg's alone, in favor of HHS spending. All of its energy. And all of its focus. And all of its leverage, making sure that we are actually properly ready for the next pandemic.

And not to cause the catastrophic harm, that was caused during COVID-19.

GLENN: Nicole Shanahan. She's got the podcast Back To the People. And it's now coming to Blaze Media.

It's the same podcast she's been doing. Now as she says, with a wider reach. Glad to have you.

Nicole, thank you very much.

NICOLE: Thanks, it's a pleasure to come on.

GLENN: We'll talk to you again.

Is America’s Grid a Ticking Time Bomb? Trump’s Energy Secretary REACTS | Glenn TV | Ep 430

President Trump is working hard to right the wrongs of the Biden administration. But did Biden harm our energy grid even more than we thought? While Glenn was on vacation in Italy, two other European countries — Spain and Portugal — suffered one of the biggest blackouts in their history. The mainstream media, as they always do, rushed to blame it on ANYTHING other than the countries’ heavy reliance on unreliable green energy. But Glenn has the receipts and the evidence that leftists tried to make America’s grid just as unreliable. Glenn speaks with Energy Secretary Chris Wright about how the Trump administration is reversing these dangerous policies. Secretary Wright also discusses his department’s discovery that Biden shoveled out $93 BILLION in energy loans after Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election and before Trump could take office. Plus, he comments on Trump’s plans to deal with OPEC, why Trump must refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and why Trump is planning the biggest energy project in American history to help accommodate AI. But first, Glenn recaps the biggest media lies that he missed while on vacation. Topping the list: Are these elitists like Axios and Jen Psaki finally admitting that they lied about Biden’s cognitive decline, or do they STILL not get that their charade is over?

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Is the New American Pope Catholic? | Bishop Strickland | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 256

A new pope has been chosen! As the recording of this episode of "The Glenn Beck Podcast" began, white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the selection of the first American pope. Glenn and Bishop Joseph Strickland react live to the news as the whole world wonders if Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, will continue in the ways of his predecessor Pope Francis or go a more traditional route. Bishop Strickland, who was removed from office by Pope Francis, says the former pope pushed a church “in the world and of the world” and reviews “duplicity,” “corruption,” and potential abuse overlooked by the Vatican, including the infamous McCarrick scandal. The pair discuss the resurgence of the Latin Mass, globalism, the Catholic Church’s approach to homosexuality and gender identity, and whether the Shroud of Turin is an “icon” or a “relic.” As the new pope greets the world, Glenn asks, “If we have a more progressive pope, does that set the Church back?” Bishop Strickland advises that “even if we are disappointed and dismayed,” we must pray and keep our focus on God.

Zuckerberg Wants to Give You AI “Friends” … To CONTROL You?

Meta and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has a new goal: to give lonely Americans AI “friends.” But Glenn sounds the alarm: this must NEVER happen! Glenn explains the hidden danger in Zuckerberg’s seemingly kindhearted plan: “AI cannot, must not, and will never be your friend.” Opening that door will only give Meta insane levels of potential for manipulation and control over you.

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GLENN: Let's start with this: Mark Zuckerberg. Good guy. I mean, he brought us Facebook.

And, you know, that is the thing that brought all of us together.

Brought out families together. All the people that we lost touch with.

Oh, the world is so much better now that we have Facebook.

So now, he's got another idea. Could we play the clip of Mark Zuckerberg?

VOICE: There's a stat that I honestly think is crazy. The average American has I think it's fewer than three friends. Three people they consider friends. And the average person has demand for meaningfully more. I think it's 15 friends or something.

I guess there's probably at some point, I'm too busy. I can't deal with more people. But the average person wants more connectivity, connection than they have. So, you know, there's a lot of questions that people ask.

Of stuff like, okay. Is this going to replace kind of in person connections or real life connections?

And my default is that the answer to that is probably no.

I think it -- it -- I think that there are all these things that are better kind of about physical connections, when you can have them.

But the reality is that people just don't have the connection when they feel more alone, a lot of the time, than they would like.

GLENN: Hmm. True.

Now, let me ask you. Is there a time when you don't remember feeling so isolated? When you didn't really feel like I don't have any real friends?

When you didn't -- you had real connections with people, instead of a million connections with people that are your friends, but not really your friends?

Can you think of a time, way back in history?

I mean, probably have to go back to the cavemen, to find a time.

Oh. Before Facebook, and social media!

When we weren't all killing ourself, because we have no meaning.

Now, from the people who brought you kill yourself, because you've been on Facebook too much.

Brings you new AI friends. Oh, this is going to be good.

By the way, you know, that's a crazy stat, I think the average American has, what? Three friends. And they have a capacity for, I don't know. Fifteen or 20. I don't know.

Really think about it right now.

How many true friends, do you have?

How many true friends?

People that when you are down and out, there is nothing -- the whole world is against you!

That that person will actually stand by your side. And go, yeah.

I'm their friend.

And I don't care what you say.

How many? How many do you have?

I think I would count myself lucky if I have three.

Now, I have a lot of consequences.

I have a lot of people who we all think are friends. But as a recovering alcoholic, I've been there.

I've done that. As a recovering alcoholic,
who then also is a conservative and spoke out about the Obama administration, I know who my friends are.
I know who my friends are not.

And I think there's a lot of people that have counterfeit friends.

If you've got. Oh, I've got ten or 15 friends.

Eh.

No, you don't. No, you don't.

I've always grown up thinking, you're lucky, you're lucky, to have three, five, really good friends.

That will walk through anything with you. Do you agree with that, Stu?

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: You've never been there.

STU: For you? Oh, God no. But I'm just saying, generally speaking. No. I think -- I mean, you're describing a great friend. You're describing a really --

GLENN: A real friend.

STU: Yeah. Like someone you know and stick around for multiple decades.

GLENN: Yeah, I have lots of friends. You know what I mean? I have millions of Facebook friends.

STU: Right. Those aren't real.

GLENN: Right. And I have lots of friends. But the ones that are there for you always, no matter what, I have family.

And I have family.

STU: Right.

GLENN: And I have a handful of friends. I would consider you one of those.

STU: Thank you. I would as well.

GLENN: Why?

Remember, I have a drinking problem.

STU: Yeah. A lot of brain cells killed to make that decision.

But I think that you -- yes. I think the only thing that I think I'm drilling down a little bit on to try to understand. When you say, well, I have a lot of friends.

In a way, I think that's what Zuckerberg is talking about.

It's not even necessarily a great friend that you have for multiple decades. And can count on at any time.

Just the mid-level consequences, are drying up for a lot of people.

GLENN: Yeah. And why is that?

Why is that?

Because we don't talk to each other anymore.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Because of social media.

You know, when this generation says, I don't know.

I just think it's weird. I'm just now in a bar someplace.

And some stranger comes up to me and wants to strike up a conversation. I'm like, hello, weirdo. I don't know!

You think it's less weird to go online?
When people can fake everything!

Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg.

But no thanks. Okay.

STU: And they're just -- to build up on this point for one second.

There's a study that came out, the last 20 years, of how much time do you spend socializing with the people.

Again, that's not with your best friends.

This is just socializing with anyone, a human.

Every single group. Every single group has massive drops.

GLENN: Massive.

STU: Massive drops. Just give you some examples.

Ages. Fifteen to 24-year-olds. Thirty-five-point down.

In 20 years. 35 percent. So a typical 15-year-old, as compared to what they are, in 2003 and 2025, where were the two measurement years?

They're spending 35 percent less time, with other human beings.

GLENN: Okay. Hang on just a second. Can you please stop distracting me? Because I'm trying to figure out why our kids are killing themselves.

STU: No, it's really hard.

GLENN: It's very hard to figure out.

STU: To understand.

And this is the coup de grâce of this entire study, which is, the typical female pet owner spends more time actively engaged with her pet, than she spends face-to-face contact with her friends of her own species.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: That is unbelievable -- not like you're in the same house as your cat.

Right? No. More face-to-face time with your cat!

GLENN: And I've got news for you. If you think your cat is your friend, wait until you die, and your cat is trapped in the house with you and you have no friends to check. They will eat your face.

STU: They will still have a use for you.

GLENN: Yeah. They will have a use foy.

STU: Not the other way around.

GLENN: Okay. Here's why I'm bringing this up today.

This is a lie, that is going to be sold to you, like crazy. And it's going to be wrapped in a beautiful, shiny package. And it's going to have from Mark Zuckerberg and others like him, on the tag.

They want you to believe, that AI and bots can be your friends.