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NPR runs article on 'exploring' WITCHCRAFT, but Glenn reveals the TRUTH

NPR recently interviewed an author who spent a year practicing witchcraft in order to better understand it "as a religion." And apparently, the occult has gone from taboo to popular ... especially among a certain demographic. Glenn reviews the one thing most "witches" seem to have in common: They're VERY liberal. It also comes as no surprise to Glenn that many "witches" identify as trans. This, he argues, is due to another phenomenon: The witch and trans communities are full of "edge lords." What is an edge lord? Watch to find out ...

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GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Happy Halloween to you. And I have some scary stuff for you today. Scary.

Now, this may come as a surprise to you. But I learned this from NPR. Witches are real. And witches are liberal. Politically. Politically, okay?

Now, it's no surprise, really, if you want to think about it. Really no surprise at all, that witches are -- are liberal. And NPR would run a fluff piece about witches.

The segment featured a writer who devoted an entire year of her life to witchcraft.

Now --

STU: How did that work out?

GLENN: Well, here's NPR. Have a listen.

VOICE: Witches have long cast a spell on American entertainment. But they were just a figment of our imagination. Witchcraft are a real practice. And people who practice witchcraft are all around you.

STU: Really?

VOICE: But what does it even mean to be a witch? I mean, how does one begin their spiritual journey into a cult?

Well, one writer decided to figure that out for herself, spending an entire year as a practicing witch.

GLENN: Okay. Let me just say, what does it mean to -- you know, how do you even decide to look into a religion of the occult?

I don't know. I generally don't. You know, I want to try some of this occultish stuff. Really? No. Not at all.

So they're plugging a lady's book how witchcraft is a religion and fun. You know, witchcraft belongs to a religion. But it's not one they think. Maybe they're not aware of his outcome. They've chosen that side. And that side cannot actually win. But how are they so oblivious? Listen to this.

VOICE: I'm seven, before I try to make a connection with the goddess, who is a central figure in almost every form of witchcraft, whether or not she's a real deity up in the sky, or if she's a metaphor for the connectedness of everything on earth. There's this idea of the goddess.

GLENN: Yeah.

VOICE: And I was hesitant around it, because I didn't want to play make believe. Again, this goes back to just being so afraid of feeling stupid. So I go and set up this ritual to talk to a particular goddess. And I'm by myself in my office in Oakland. I'm sitting in front of an altar, that I made out of a cardboard box. I have a Strangers playlist going on Spotify. My cat is on the other side of the door staring at me.

And after about an hour, something happened.

GLENN: Hmm. What happened? Hello.

STU: Someone playing music?

GLENN: I was flooded with bliss.

STU: Flooded with bliss.

GLENN: She was flooded with bliss. So something happened.

Flooded with bliss. Maybe, I don't know. You know, maybe possessed by a demon. I don't know.

Is that the bliss that she -- I don't. Praying to a goddess. Hmm.

Now, my initial reaction to this NPR story was a little eye rolling. Of course, NPR is on the side of witches. Then with a little annoyance, a tinge of, oh, wow, we're going to get what we deserve really soon.

But they're supposedly according to NPR, more witches than Presbyterians. Hmm.

Okay. USA Today claims, we're in the middle of a witch moment, and that hip witchcraft is on the rise in the US. Now, I don't know the difference between witchcraft and hip -- you don't know what. You wear hats like this.

STU: That's hip?

That's what a hip witchcraft goes with that hat?

GLENN: Maybe in Brooklyn.

STU: Okay. In what year?

So, anyway, hip witchcraft is on the rise.

And you'll find articles on witchcraft all throughout the liberal media.

May I used to say, we used to know words like the occult. We used to know, don't go there.

STU: Even Michael Jackson, dressed -- remember he had that Thriller thing. I have no belief in the occult. You don't remember this?

GLENN: That's not helping the case.

STU: But like, it was such an issue. He made a movie about zombies dancing, and he had to have that disclaimer because people didn't like the occult.

GLENN: Correct. Correct. So here's where I ended up on this story. Actually, a little bit of hope for the future. Because we're just burning ourselves down to the ground.

And I think people are waking up. I love all the stories of -- of Jewish progressives, that were on the front lines of everything. And they're now going, wait a minute. I think I'm surrounded by anti-Semites. Yeah. Yeah. I've been trying to tell you that. But you've been calling me an anti-Semite for saying your friends are anti-Semites. So, anyway, what does it mean, to be a witch in 2023?

What are the demographics? Well, obviously, the NPR crowd is into it. Or NPR wouldn't be promoting books on witchcraft. And the way witchcraft is as trendy and as helpful as veganism or yoga.

Intersexuality is the buzzword here. The idea that the pests of society, are stronger if they come together. Combining their mental illnesses. And criminal instincts. Like those Power Ranger rings.

I keep wondering, what is it that unites all of these bizarre and obnoxious people, quite honestly.

Well, they claim to be united by all ideas.

Like witchcraft.

Christianity, no. No.

All ideas. Like the occult. Christianity? No. No. Like anti racism. Okay. So everybody can -- no. Not everybody can reach the goals.

I mean, you're white. You shouldn't be allowed to. Oh, okay. I got it.

It's all this social justice nonsense. They want the world to believe all of this. But they never stand up for their own belief. Everything they claim to care about, actually means nothing to them, in reality.

You can see this now, on our college campuses, that wanted diversity.

Who is the most downtrodden in the world?

In world history?

Probably, I would have to say, the Jews.

Nope. Not anymore.

Their most consistent characteristic is hypocrisy.

Generally, they're unreliable people. I don't know. I try not to hire them. It seems like they're evolving to -- too quick to understand all of this.

That the goalpost shifting so fast, they just can't keep track. But in reality, they never deviate from the mission, well, not mission. Because it's really about what motivates them. Why do they act the way they act? Why do they love to throw more tantrums than a teething toddler? Why are they constantly in your face? Why is it that they just love to annoy?

Well, this is where we just get back to witchcraft? Have you ever heard the term edge -- hang on. Edgelord?
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Edgelord is a good word to know. Edgelord is a new fangled way to describe a certain personality type. They're an edgelord. It's like a person who is annoying and confrontational for no apparent reason. Although, nothing happens for no reason. This is one of the few truths, the left still acknowledges.

The literal translation of edgelord would be the sarcastic title, Lord of being edgy.

Merriam-Webster has a definition of edgelord. The word has taken hold to refer to one who has made wildly dark and exaggerated statements. Usually on an internet forum. With the intent of shocking others.

There is usually a tone of nihilism to such remarks. The kind that might be flagged by a counselor as antisocial behavior. So the Palestinian protests could be deemed full of edgelords.

Witchcraft is an edgelord practice. Because what do edgelords want more than anything?

They want to seem special. They want to seem very, very special.

I'm a witch, you know. Oh. Huh.

Well, that is special, I guess.

Which is why the most devastating -- devastating you can do to edgelords is to laugh them off. You know why?

Stalin was an edgelord.

Yeah. Hitler was an edgelord.

Mussolini was an edgelord.

They don't like it when people laugh at them. Uh-uh.

Now, most witches, I hear are liberal. And it should be no surprise, that witchcraft is especially popular among, believe it or not, transgender activists.

Which are some of the biggest edgelords on the planet, right now.

One academic article says, contemporary paganism. Another word we used to say.

Bad. Contemporary paganism portrays gender in a ray of different ways. And as such, is very inclusive of sexual diversity. No!

Paganism is? What does the occult have to say?

Much of this phenomena happens through what pagans call, witchcraft. But how does witchcraft help queer and transgender pagans take part in the pagan community?

Well, looked it up. One website describes witchcraft as an inclusive movement, which tends to appeal to a certain type of demographic.

I know that demographic.

Vice wrote about how to -- how witchcraft is empowering queer and young people.

So now they're soliciting, promoting witchcraft to trans young people, and queer people.

The article charts the spread of witchcraft through the history of feminism, pointing out that witchcraft is seeing a resurgence among queer-identified young people seeking a powerful identity that celebrates the freedom to choose who you are.

Yes. I promise you freedom.

Here's the secret. Here's what unites all of them. Witches. Leftists. Transgender activists.

NPR. The liberal media. All of them.

These edgelords are fighting for relevance.

That's what edgelords do. They pester. They annoy. They try to shock or try to shock, in a bid to get attention. They're fighting for relevance.

What they really need, is a hug. That's what they need. They need a big old hug.

They need love.

They need boundaries. Limitations. They need to be told, because it's like they're children. They don't believe that there's any rules at all. Yeah. I know. I remember when my children used to think that too. Why do we have to go to school? Well, because daddy says so. But remember, love is the fulfillment of law. Yes. Your prayers can overtake a million witch curses. In the name of Jesus Christ, get out of here.
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Oh. I love that. The victory is already won. The best thing we can do, is try to be aware that -- and teach our kids, hey, witchcraft. Paganism. The occult. Not something we should experiment with. You know who did? Hitler. Oh, my gosh. And Hitler loved the Palestinian movement. They have so much in common. Is it all starting to come clear now? The best thing we can do with any and every edge sword is to pray for their entire soul. Other than that, edgelords lose their power when people stop watching them or stop caring.

But I'm never going to stop caring. I'm gag to love you and love and love you and love you. I'm going to show you the love of a real God.

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Rumors explained: Is Fed Chair Jerome Powell OUT?!

After rumors spread that President Trump would soon fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Trump has said that he's "not planning" on it right now. But is it possible for Trump to fire him? Will he resign? And how is the Fed Chair even chosen in the first place? Glenn and his head researcher Jason Buttrill explain ...

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GLENN: Well, last night, I was rapidly looking the lie some of these rumors, on X.

Pretty incredible people on what's going on with Jerome Powell and the fed.

What the heck?

I was actually popping popcorn and watching this. It was so crazy.

GLENN: So it's just the rumors, that he is going to be stepping down?

JASON: Well, yeah.

Yeah. Anna Paulina Luna. Congresswoman. She was saying, it was almost imminent, that he was about to be fired. Actually fired.

There were other rumors saying, well, we're not sure about fired.

But he's considering resigning.

GLENN: Yeah. You know why.

JASON: We were like, what the heck is going on?

GLENN: So do you know why?

Do you know why he's resigning? Any guesses? I mean, you had popcorn out. I would love to hear what you have come up with.

JASON: So there was the CPI stuff coming out. The interest rates going up.

We know that the President wants interest rates to come down. I'm assuming that is what the deal is, and there's some sort of internal battle going on.

GLENN: Well, and the president can't fire the Fed chief. Okay?

So the Fed chief is the one that nominated. The federal reserve is the biggest crock of bullcrap I've ever seen in my life.

It's nothing, but the five biggest banks. Okay? And you know which ones they are. They're the ones that keep getting bigger. And everybody else is falling to the wayside.

So the Federal Reserve is the arm of those five banks.

Okay?

And they suggest, who the president can select from.

So the president can't say, I don't want any of these guys. I want this guy. Can't do it.

He has to take a look at the list that all the banks have put together. Is. Say, pick from this list, Mr. President.

Did you know that?

JASON: It's kind of how Iran chooses their next president.

GLENN: It's exactly. It's exactly that way. Except, this religion is all about the almighty dollar.

Okay. So he can't -- he can't pick on his own. But the president has a right to pick one, you know, every term. If it comes up in his term.

The president wants this guy out. And I think he's been really, really bad.

Because he's been wrong on almost -- on almost everything. But show me the -- show me the Fed, you know, the guy who the Fed was right ever.

So he can't fire him. But he wants him out. Because he wants interest rates dropped.

And, you know, the jobs are coming back. Things are coming back.

But interest rates keep coming up.

And the -- and the interest rates, if we keep our interest rates high, we have a harder time borrowing money for our debt.

And it just gets more and more expensive for everybody all along. So the president wants him to back off interest rates. But the Fed chief believes that that could cause more inflation.

Which I think he's right on that one. And I hate to say he was right on anything.

Because I don't think he was ever right.

Makes me question myself. When he's like, well, I think he might have a point on that one. But the president is like, no. He can handle it.

I want them down. I want cheap money again.

He refuses. So what has the president done?

The president can only fire him, with cause!

So what do you do when you can only fire somebody with cause, and you want them out.

You find a cause, and this one is easy.

So the Fed has been the one leading the way saying, we can't keep borrowing money.

We've got to have some fiscal sanity. Right?

This is going to kill us. We have to keep these interest rates high, because you are borrowing too much money. And maybe this is the only way to stop you.

So we got to keep it high, because you've borrowed too much money. And how many times has he testified in front of Congress? We've got to cut. We've got to cut. You can't keep spending like this.

Okay? Well, did you know that the Federal Reserve, with our tax dollars, the five biggest banks, a/k/a the Federal Reserve, is redoing their offices. To the tune of two billion dollars!

Now, I don't know what kind of wallpaper they need there.

But that seems like a pretty hefty renovation, especially when everybody is looking at cutting things. And you're lecturing me about spending money. So they get money from the government, okay? They're telling us, stop spending.
Stop borrowing.

Except, okay. What you've borrowed. I need $2 billion of that, to redo our offices in Washington, DC.

Excuse me?

Why don't you do that yourself. Okay. I think banks maybe have some money.

So they're borrowing that money, and there's $700 million over.

So it's $2 billion. $700 million over budget. And they're still not finished.

And the problem is: They're putting in water features.

They have a rooftop garden they're building.

JASON: Okay.

GLENN: I mean, it is -- it's insane. The president now knows, really? You want to play this game with me. I will sit your ass down in front of Congress, and you answer to the American people, how you're lecturing us about spending. And you're putting in a rooftop garden and a water feature in your office. No! No.

So the president is now threatening, I'll fire you for this. You want to quit, now would be the time to quit.

Otherwise, I'm dragging your butt in front of Congress.

You answer to the American people for this. And they will beg me to fire you.

That's what's happening.

JASON: I looked at that a lot.

Because I was like. There's got to be some leverage that the president had, because they can't get rid of.

But that is a pretty big cut. That sounds like a Babylon Bee article. $2 billion.

GLENN: It does. It does. $2 billion, 700 million over budget.

JASON: Oh, my gosh.

GLENN: I mean, and these are the responsible bankers. No, I don't think so.

It just shows, they don't mean what they say. They'll just keep doing it for themselves. You know, if you really believed that America was really on that financial cliff, why would you do that?

You would lead the way and say, guys, we are going to be the only responsible ones here.

We will lead by example.

No renovation. You know what, go to IKEA?

You need a new desk. Go to IKEA, and get a new desk. Well, we have to keep up our image. We're not going to have a country.

So what do you say, we go to IKEA?

Our image should be, we are going to lead the way out of this madness!

That's what a leader would do.

JASON: So, Glenn, I still don't think I get this disconnect between Trump and Powell on -- we know Trump wants to lower interest rates.

Powell is standing back and saying, basically, he doesn't want to do it.

Is he trying to undermine President Trump on this?

GLENN: President Trump thinks so. President Trump thinks so.

I think so, to some degree.

I mean, I'm worried about inflation.

Look, you know what happened. Do you know what's happening with yap?

JASON: What's happening with Japan?

GLENN: So what's happening with Japan, is Japan has always had this really amazing image of, we're solid. We're absolutely solid.

This is target to crack. The foundation.

1989.

Let me go back to 1989.

This was the crown jury trial of the global economy.

Back in 1989, you probably aren't old enough to remember.

All of a sudden, Japan owned everything in America. We were just becoming Japanese, and everything was being purchased by Japan. Kind of like it feels a little bit like China now.

JASON: They even owned Nakatomi Plaza, Glenn, that Bruce Willis had to save -- they owned everything in every '80s movie!

GLENN: Oh, yeah, they owned absolutely everything.

Okay? And the -- things were so insane in Japan. The grounds of the imperial palace, in Tokyo, on paper was worth more than the entire value of the state of California.


JASON: Wow!

GLENN: Okay?

So their land. Everything just shot up. And so they had all of -- they were flush with all this cash.

And people believed that Japan had suddenly, you know, cracked the formula for, you know, eternal prosperity.

That's the problem. Then it all started to fall apart. And the asset prices. That they had mortgaged against.

Okay?

They had borrowed. Well, the imperial palace was worth more than California.

That doesn't make any sense. You wouldn't mortgage it like that. At least long-term. I will do this real quick, and pay it off.

You would never, ever mortgage, because you know that's inane. Well, nobody ever wanted -- and it seems in governments, nobody ever wants to believe that this is just a fluke. Okay?

So the asset prices collapse. The stock markets plunged. And for three decades, they have gone into this very polite political coma.

Okay? Economic coma. And so the central bank did something radical. They were the first ones to set your interest rate at zero. They lowered the interest rate. They made money so cheap, it was nearly free. Zero percent interest. Sometimes, they would pay you to take out money.

So the -- they had negative interest rates. Can you imagine that? Now, you're not fixing the problem. You're just printing wallpaper to cover the mold. All right?

So they've done this for decades.

Now their debt is I think 260. Or 280 percent of their GDP.

I think, what is ours?

100?

80 percent.

Something crazy. 120. You never believe back.

The death threshold is usually 120, 140.

They're 260 percent of their entire economy is debt.

That's not a crack. That's a fault line.

So this week. Or was it last week? Things started to creek and grown in Japan.

And the government bonds, which are like our treasuries. Is this getting too complex.

Are you following this still?

JASON: Yeah.

GLENN: Okay. So their government bonds.

They were the safest investments on earth.

One of them. Okay?

It's us. Japan, Germany.

They started to fall.

Hard. And when bond prices fall, interest rates were the easily go up.

All right?

So they borrow all this money.

260 percent of their GDP is borrowed. Okay?

So they borrowed all of that money. And they had it at like 3 percent interest. Whatever.

2 percent interest.

And they were paying people.

2 percent.

Well, all of a sudden, the cracks started to appear. And people were like, I'm not sure this is stable at all.

And then the belief of the system started to -- to go away. So people started selling their Japanese bonds.

Once they do that, now the yields have to go up.

What happens when yields go up?

What happens when interest rates go up? For a government. You have to pay more interest on your debt!

Okay?

You add two or three points.

Just imagine, you have an adjustable rate. Okay?

This is a government having an adjustable rate. Except, they have 260 percent of everything they make, in debt!

And it's all leveraged.

And now, their adjustable goes up two, three, four points.

You're not able to afford that anymore, okay?

So massive problem.

Because what it really means is. People don't believe in Japan.

They know the con game is now over.

And investors are saying, you know, I want a whole lot more in return.

Because I just don't believe you anymore.

And it's not just Japan's problem. This is not a neighbor's house on fair.

This is -- imagine we're all living under the same roof. This is the neighbor's apartment, on fire.

We're all under the same roof. We all have the same foundation. And so when this happens to Japan, you should pay attention. And I'll show you the ripple effects in just a second.

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GLENN: Okay. So now if Japan -- that means there's a stampede out of Japan.

And people are starting to look and reprice the risk of their money.

Now they're like, wait a minute.

The most stable. You know, if you're driving a car and it is the safest car in the world and all of a sudden, they just start blowing up on the highway.

You're like, I don't think that's the most -- that's the safest car on the highway.

And if that's the safest car, what does it mean for the car I'm in?

You know what I mean? So now, this is going to push US interest rates going up.

Which makes our mortgage rates go can up. And our car loans more expensive. And the national debt. Which is already costing us $1.2 trillion a year, just in interest.

Now, they can't sell their treasuries. People are skittish on treasuries. Maybe they come to the United States, but they're not so far.

They're getting out of the Japanese interest. Or the bonds there.

Japan has to pay their bills.

What do you do when you have to pay a bill?

And you don't have any money coming in.

You don't have enough money coming in. What do you do?

You sell something. Right? You sell your car. You sell something that you have of value.

Well, what do they have? What do they hold of value? US Treasuries.

So now, we are trying to sell our bonds, for our new debt, they hold our old debt.

They're saying, hey. Anybody want to buy this debt? Because I have to sell it. Fire sale. What do you give me for it?

Okay?

Which makes that debt more attractive, because they can get a better deal there.

Which means, if we want to have new debt, we have to raise our interest rates. Which means, we pay more for interest for our mortgages and everything else.

And it floods the market with bonds, crushing the prices, skyrocketing the costs for us.
And causing even more trouble, in other countries, that have US bonds. Because they start to look and go, nobody is buying these bonds.

Well, of course not. You have two countries. The two stablest countries besides Germany.

You have the two stablest countries now selling US Treasury bonds.

Okay? Really, really bad.

Now, let me add this on.

Germany is now having to pay for their own army.

And so they said, they're going to borrow money.

To build the army.

And they're going to lower their interest rate. So they can borrow more money. All right?

And now, the German bund, which is -- you know, like our Treasury. That's now starting to fall apart.

Well, Germany has some assets, they can sell.

What do you think that asset might be that they want to sell?

US treasuries.

We have been playing an extraordinarily horrible game.

This is why I believe the president wants somebody else in charge of the Fed, because the Fed can say, we're lowering the interest rates.

Because he's got to get more money into the system. So people can spend money, can start businesses. Borrow money.

Get things moving, so we can increase the amount of taxes that we collect.

The more people money -- the more people make, the more taxes we collect.

So he's like, we've got to grow the economy. And the only way we can grow the economy is to lower the interest rates.

But at the same time, interest rates around the world because of what's happening with the bonds is going through the roof.

We are in a very -- we've never been in this position before.

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