The Glenn Beck Podcast

In 1876, as America turns 100, Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call, Philadelphia dazzles millions at the Centennial Exposition, and the Wild West forges legends from Custer’s Last Stand, Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, and Wild Bill Hickok. But the year’s greatest drama unfolds at the ballot box when Democrat Samuel Tilden wins the popular vote while disputed returns leave Republican Rutherford B. Hayes one electoral vote from the presidency. With rival electors, accusations of fraud, racial violence, and a constitutional crisis threatening the nation, Congress creates an unprecedented Electoral Commission to decide who will become president and...

Reconstruction promised freedom but delivered a brutal fight over who would truly count as an American. This episode begins with the 1866 New Orleans Massacre, then plunges into President Andrew Johnson’s war with Radical Republicans, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, and the first presidential impeachment. Along the way, William H. Seward gambles on Alaska, Theodore Judah’s impossible railroad dream binds the continent, and Ulysses S. Grant takes on racial terror from the White House. It’s a story of violence, vision, corruption, courage, and the unfinished struggle to turn emancipation into equal citizenship during one of the na...

In April 1865, victory turns to catastrophe. Just days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at Ford’s Theatre, Secretary of State William Seward is nearly murdered in his bed, and Washington erupts into panic. This episode follows John Wilkes Booth’s desperate escape, the massive manhunt that ends at a burning Virginia barn, and the pursuit and capture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Along the way, uncover the conspiracy, the trials, the executions, and the haunting aftermath for the Lincoln and Seward families. It is the tragic final chapter of the Civil War and the beginn...

America’s Civil War reaches its bloodiest turning point as Abraham Lincoln carries private grief into a national struggle for survival. From the fields of Gettysburg and the siege of Vicksburg to the slaughter at Cold Harbor, Sherman’s march, and the desperate race to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, this episode follows Lincoln, Grant, Lee, and a nation pushed to the brink. Hear how the Gettysburg Address redefined the war, how Union victory reshaped the 1864 election, and how Richmond’s fall led to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. It is a sweeping story of sacrifice, freedom, faith, and the fragile...

Before Abraham Lincoln could take office, conspirators were already plotting to kill him. From a covert escape through Baltimore to the first cannon blast at Fort Sumter, this episode plunges into the tense, violent opening of the Civil War. Follow Lincoln’s election, the collapse of the Union, the chaos of Bull Run, Grant’s brutal victory at Shiloh, Lee’s invasion of Maryland, and the bloodshed at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Along the way, Lincoln confronts failed generals, staggering casualties, and the defining decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, transforming the war from a fight to save the Union...

Before John Brown became a martyr to some and a monster to others, he made a vow dedicating his life to the destruction of slavery. This episode follows the radical abolitionist through the chaos of Bleeding Kansas, the vicious murders at Pottawatomie Creek, and Brown’s foolhardy attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Meet Frederick Douglass, the former slave who pricked the nation’s conscience with his eloquence, and the Secret Six who funded Brown’s doomed war on slavery. As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin stirred the nation, Brown chose violence over words, pro...

An assault on a congressman in Washington launches a chain of events that would permanently redraw the map of North America.  This episode traces the remarkable rise of Sam Houston from his Cherokee roots, political scandal, and exile, through the Alamo, San Jacinto, and the fight over Texas annexation.  Then President James K. Polk turns Manifest Destiny into war, sending American armies deep into Mexico over protests from critics in Congress calling out the bloodshed.  And an unknown State Department clerk defies the White House in negotiating the treaty that secures the vast American Southwest, setting America on a col...

Two American giants collide in the brutal birth of modern politics. John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson were born the same year, but they represented two radically different Americas. One was a polished diplomat raised for public service; the other was a fiery frontier warrior who carried bullets, grudges, and political rage. Their rivalry explodes through the “corrupt bargain” of 1824, the vicious election of 1828, and leads to the birth of the Democratic Party. This is the story of how Andrew Jackson forever altered the presidency, and how John Quincy Adams found new purpose as a warrior in the fight agai...

On the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, Glenn Beck speaks aboard the USS Midway in San Diego, California, as part of Moms for Liberty’s “Sea to Shining Sea” event. Glenn asks a question we all must all answer: Do we still have the courage, bravery, and selflessness of the Greatest Generation? Because, as Glenn explains through historical stories about the Battle of Midway, D-Day, America’s founding, and the Gettysburg Address, someone always had to go first for the battle to be won. As America faces new challenges, Glenn asks, are you willing to truly stand up for what you beli...

America declares war on the most powerful empire on earth and almost immediately discovers it may have picked a fight it cannot win.  This is the story of how America’s second war for independence erupted into disaster, humiliation, and legend.  Washington DC is engulfed in flames. Dolley Madison races to save a priceless portrait, while an unknown clerk rescues the nation’s founding documents.  Francis Scott Key witnesses Fort McHenry through the smoke and writes the words that become “The Star-Spangled Banner.”  And in New Orleans, Andrew Jackson turns personal vengeance into a stunning battlefield victory that forges a stronger A...

A single night of terror in the mountains of Haiti in 1791 ignites a slave revolution that forever alters America’s destiny.  This episode follows the astonishing chain of events leading to the Louisiana Purchase, the greatest land deal in American history.  Napoleon’s collapsing Caribbean empire, Thomas Jefferson’s constitutional dilemma, and Robert Livingtson’s high-stakes negotiations all collide in a moment that doubles the size of the United States overnight.  Then, follow Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, and the “Corps of Discovery” on their 8,000-mile expedition into the unknown.  It’s a story of ambition, survival, discovery, and the complicated gr...

As the French Revolution turns into a blood-soaked spectacle, the shockwaves reach across the Atlantic to President Washington’s desk. Follow Washington through the most volatile years of his presidency: cabinet warfare between Hamilton and Jefferson, street mobs stirred up by Citizen Genet, a deadly yellow fever outbreak, and the explosive Whiskey Rebellion that forces Washington back onto the battlefield. International crises, brutal press attacks, fragile alliances, and a nation still learning how to govern itself push the first president to his breaking point. And through it all, Washington makes the most important decision of his political life – one that...

In this episode we enter the pressure-filled launch of America’s government and get to know the major figures who shaped its destiny.  Relive George Washington's reluctant ascent to the presidency, from his Mount Vernon solitude to a triumphant inauguration amid national fears of monarchy.  Discover how James Madison championed the Bill of Rights against skeptics, ensuring fundamental American freedoms.  And inside Washington’s Cabinet, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson ignite a political rivalry so fierce it will define American government for centuries.  It’s the story of the human drama behind the Constitution’s first real tests, and how close th...

The American experiment nearly collapsed before it ever truly began.  Plunge into the chaos of post-Revolution America:  mutinous soldiers surrounding Congress, a government too weak to defend itself, and a nation fracturing under the failed Articles of Confederation.  From Shays’ Rebellion shaking the states to the top-secret, sweltering summer in Philadelphia where Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, and Washington forged an unprecedented new system of government, this is the dramatic story of how the Constitution was born.  Packed with tension, rebellion, and political intrigue, this episode reveals how close the United States came to falling apart – and how bold ideas, fierce debate...

The American Revolution teeters on the edge of collapse before roaring back to life with Washington’s daring crossing of the Delaware River and a Christmas surprise attack at Trenton. Experience the heartbreak of Brandywine, the comeback at Saratoga, the frozen crucible of Valley Forge, and the global shakeup triggered by a French alliance. Along the way, Benedict Arnold betrays a nation, an enslaved double-spy helps alter the course of history, and a cornered British army walks into a trap that will upend an empire. This is the epic story of America’s brutal fight for independence and the raw...

America’s break from Britain begins with midnight riders, musket smoke, and a gritty nation staring down the world’s greatest empire. In this explosive chapter, ride with Paul Revere on his moonlit warning mission, stand on Lexington Green as the first shots shatter centuries of order, march with Washington as he stares down defeat, and witness the fiery words of Common Sense ignite a revolution. From Bunker Hill’s carnage to Jefferson’s quill to Washington’s miraculous escape with the aid of peculiar weather, this is the birth of independence as you’ve never heard it: vivid and human, a...

Boston in the 1760s-70s was a fuse. This episode follows the improbable patriot who kept lighting it: Samuel Adams. From failed businessman to revolutionary mastermind, Adams turns personal tragedy, political convictions, and relentless grit into a movement that will ignite a continent. Step inside smoky tavern rooms, tense standoffs, midnight meetings, and the blood-stained snow of King Street. Experience the Boston Massacre, the Tea Party, and the birth of a resistance network that transforms 13 quarrelsome colonies into a united front. This is the captivating story of the unsung hero behind Boston’s rebellion, which became the epicenter of th...

George Washington wasn’t born a legend – he was forged in fire, frost, and the brutal chaos of a world war he accidentally helped ignite.  In this gripping episode, we follow Young Washington from a fatherless Virginia boyhood to the frozen wilderness of the Ohio Valley, where a single musket shot sets empires on a collision course.  Experience Washington’s disastrous stand at Fort Necessity, his near-mythic survival at Braddock’s massacre, and the eerie prophecy that foreshadows his destiny.  This episode reveals how hardship, ambition, illness, and sheer providence shaped the stoic young surveyor into the indispensable figure America wou...

Dive into the chilling spark of the Salem Witch Trials and how colonial America’s spiritual decay ignited the First Great Awakening. Discover the preachers whose biblical devotion shaped government and defended liberty in the young society. From the pulpit of brilliant pastor Jonathan Edwards to the electrifying rise of George Whitefield – the evangelist who captivated unprecedented American audiences – we trace the massive revival movement that swept the colonies. This awakening cracked old hierarchies, empowered ordinary people, rewired American identity, and quietly laid the groundwork for revolution. From hysteria to hope, rebellion to rebirth, discover the complicated legacies (including ties t...

A storm-tossed servant nearly vanishes into the Atlantic but ends up shaping the future of the United States.  This is the dramatic saga of the Mayflower — the persecution that drove the Pilgrims from England, their nightmare crossing of the Atlantic, and the fragile pact that held their fractured community together.  You’ll meet Squanto, whose astonishing journey across continents becomes the colony’s lifeline, and follow the rise of the Puritans, the clash of empires, and the eruption of King Philip’s War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history.  This unlikely story of faith and resilience traces how one tin...

A mysterious armored skeleton discovered in 1831 sets the stage for a sweeping journey into America’s earliest days.  In this premiere episode of The American Story: the Beginnings, we trace the chain reaction that led from Columbus’ westward gamble to Martin Luther’s world-shaking Reformation, and finally to the deadly struggle for survival at Jamestown.  John Smith’s capture, Pocahontas’ dramatic intervention, the Starving Time, the rise of tobacco, the first representative assembly, and the early roots of slavery all collide in this gripping narrative.  It’s a story of ambition, faith, conflict, and providence – revealing how a swampy outpost in Virgin...

Joel Salatin is a self-described, “Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.” If that confuses you, that's the point. But Joel explains how every part of that moniker is purposeful, and it all starts with Christ. He explains how his livestock farming has become a living classroom for gospel truths of mercy, provision, and redemption. He teaches Glenn about the “glory of the pig,” the importance of earthworm health over Wall Street, and why a non-chemical farm that skips vaccines and GMOs better reflects the Creator’s design. Glenn asks why beef prices are so high and Joel proclaims that’s its time f...

“'We were about to give you this staff writing job ... but we can’t because you’re a white guy, and we already have too many white guys on staff.'” That’s what Jacob Savage — aspiring screenwriter turned ticket scalper, father of two, and author of "The Lost Generation" — was told point-blank in a Hollywood writers’ room. He and Glenn unpack the brutal downstream effects of DEI policies: the destruction of merit in entertainment, academia, and media; the demoralization of Millennial men; collapsing marriage rates; and why young men are abandoning the Democratic Party in droves. Do these young men just need to “pul...

“The problem is Islam. The problem is Muhammad,” says Tommy Robinson, who came from England to warn America about how the far Left is using Muslim immigrants to shore up its own political power. After watching the unchecked rise of Islam in his hometown in England, he “picked up a camera and became a journalist,” documenting the gut-wrenching reality of Pakistani rape gangs, “chemical jihad,” and the slow death of free speech in the United Kingdom. Despite facing defamation, legal challenges, and prison time for refusing to censor his opinion about the incompatibility of Islam with the West, Tommy unflinchingly...

Hidden biblical patterns from Genesis to Revelation predict an Islamic takeover of the West that makes sense of everything from the plagues in Egypt to the Arab Spring to the Islamization of the West. Glenn sits down with Pastor Bill Cloud for a conversation that Glenn warns could get the pastor arrested if he were in Europe. Could the red-green alliance of Marxists and Islamists have been foretold in the book of Daniel? Bill shows where the Bible hints at an “Arab” kingdom set to rule in the last days before Jesus returns and reveals the connection between a broke...

Is feminism incompatible with Christianity? Glenn sits down with Allie Beth Stuckey, BlazeTV host of "Relatable," to discuss the dangers of progressive Christianity, the OnlyFans star who found Jesus, and why Peter Thiel is talking about the Antichrist. No matter what people say online, Allie doesn’t shy away from her stance that women shouldn’t preach and why we need to embrace the “radical” gender roles promoted in the Bible. The pair agree that the memorial for Charlie Kirk felt like the start of a religious revival, but then why did the political Right start tearing itself apart?            

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“If you'd have told me the day after I regained consciousness after my fall that I'd be doing an interview with Glenn Beck, I would have thought you were smoking some very potent weed,” says Dennis Prager in the midst of miracles following a tragic accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. But even paralysis cannot deter him as he joins this Torch Exclusive Conversation to discuss his latest book, “If There Is No God: The Battle Over Who Defines Good and Evil.” Prager declares, "God is the only absolute in the universe of relativity," and warns that wit...

"Twenty years from now, we are in World War III with Islamists,” Glenn predicts to Bryan Stern, veteran career intelligence officer, founder of Grey Bull Rescue, and the man behind the unbelievable rescue of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. But Bryan says we are already at war — and President Trump knows it. From swapping harrowing stories of the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to Bryan’s firsthand account of being in New York on 9/11, the two dive deep into the brutal realities of modern warfare. Stern recounts the heart-pounding details of his daring rescue of Machado from Maduro’s clutches —...

Does she sound like Adele, Billie Eilish, or Ella Fitzgerald? Glenn can’t pick just one in this very special, music-filled edition of "The Glenn Beck Podcast" with rising star Emma Nissen. From the night B.B. King hit on Glenn’s wife to Emma wiping her runny nose right before shaking John Legend’s hand, the stories flow between live renditions of Emma’s songs. She reveals how a hemorrhaging vocal cord forced her out of college, led her to serve God in Sweden during COVID, and ultimately birthed her first song. She then unpacks the limits of contemporary C...

What if the rage tearing through America today is the exact same rage that turned the French Revolution into a bloodbath? Nationally acclaimed legal scholar Jonathan Turley sits down with Glenn to unpack his new book, "Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution." Through the sharp lens of Thomas Paine — the revolutionary firebrand who played a role in both the American triumph and the French catastrophe — Turley delivers a chilling warning: We've been here before. He draws parallels between the mob-driven chaos of history and today's furious calls to trash the Constitution, pack the Supreme Court...

What if a scripted TV raid on Venezuela turned into real-life headlines? In this eye-opening episode, Glenn sits down with investigative journalist and author Annie Jacobsen to unpack the shocking U.S. operation that captured Maduro — drawing direct parallels to her advisory work on the show “Jack Ryan,” where she pushed for “an authentic kill-or-capture mission inside Venezuela.” Glenn shares his take on Trump’s unorthodox strategy, noting, “I felt like he took one stone and knocked out 200 birds,” with ripple effects impacting China, Russia, and beyond.  Delving into advanced weaponry, Annie explains how Havana syndrome technology has “existed since the ’50s,” while...

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“I feel like I’ve been fired by America,” says Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino in a vulnerable tell-all that goes behind the scenes into the explosive Cracker Barrel rebrand, which Glenn describes as “stupid from start to finish.” In August 2025, Cracker Barrel unveiled a minimal new logo with modern fonts, cozy colors ... but no nice old man and no BARREL for him to lean on. But it wasn’t just the logo; the restaurant chain was also getting a “modern” remodel. In short: We hated it. Social media erupted with brutal reviews, calling it “minimalist,” “soulless,” and “downright ugly.” Cracker Barrel stock tanked, its att...

What did Jesus really know about the book of Enoch and the Nephilim giants? Does the Bible hint at “extraterrestrials” co-habiting with mankind in a forgotten golden age? Glenn Beck sits down with Timothy Alberino for a mind-blowing conversation that connects the dots from Genesis 6 to the coming post-human apocalypse. As futurists like Yuval Harari openly declare the end of humanity, gene editing, artificial wombs, IVF, and transhumanism are rapidly remaking man in a new image. Alberino issues a chilling wake-up call to Christians: “There’s only one qualification for redemption at the cross of Christ — you must be human.” Ar...

Autism may not be a curse ... "it may be a blessing that we just don’t understand yet,” says Glenn Beck to groundbreaking neuroscientist Dr. Diane Hennacy, whose research into the telepathic powers of autistic children left the nation stunned in “The Telepathy Tapes” podcast series. The pair go on a mind-bending exploration into psychic phenomena, savant syndrome, the secret messages in our dreams, and the possibility of a spiritual meeting place for autistic children guarded by angels. Glenn says, “This will make you reconsider everything you think you know about autism, the brain, ESP, human consciousness, everything.” That is, only if we’re willing to...

Dave Franke stared down the cartel in Mexico’s blood-soaked Zacatecas — and lived. Now he tells Glenn the unfiltered truth: The cartels are “absolutely” operating inside the United States. Through raw, firsthand accounts, he rips the veil off the narco-satanic cult of Santa Muerte — the Saint of Death — and the savage brutality it fuels. Trump calls the cartels “the ISIS of the Western hemisphere,” and his Homeland Security Task Force has already seized thousands of terrorists and cartel operatives, two million fentanyl pills, and 70 tons of narcotics. But Dave warns: We’ve barely “scratched the surface.” Facing entrenched corruption, human trafficking, and a highly...

Jillian Michaels has stepped out of her infamous "Darth Vader" role from "The Biggest Loser" and joins Glenn to dismantle the smearing of RFK Jr., fire back at those calling Charlie Kirk a bigot, and confess that she is “terrified” of what the modern Left has become — while noting how "the Right is looking a heck of a lot more diverse these days." From the glowing horrors of Fruit Loops and GMOs to the “catastrophic quartet of Big Food, Big Ag, Big Pharma, and Big Insurance” re-engineering our food to overcome the effects of drugs like Ozempic, the pair wonder if it’s time fo...

It’s time to make men “dangerous” again. Father and son Matt and Maxim Smith join Glenn to break down their epic alternative to a college education. While most young people descend into debt to prepare for jobs already threatened by the rise of AI, 19-year-old Maxim has spent what would have been his college years becoming an EMT, wrangling horses in Wyoming, sailing the Falkland Islands, earning a pilot's license, learning Muay Thai in Thailand, and more as the first beta tester for “The Preparation,” an adventure designed to make young men “confident, competent, and dangerous.” In a culture that dr...

Global elites are still pushing forward with their Great Reset agenda to enslave the world and create a post-human future despite President Trump’s crushing of ESG and DEI, researcher and author Whitney Webb tells Glenn. In her long-awaited return to "The Glenn Beck Podcast," Whitney explores the intricate web of global elites, including the World Economic Forum’s downfall under Klaus Schwab and current state under Larry Fink as well as the rise of digital IDs and AI-driven governance like Albania’s “digital minister.” Whitney also discusses the tools she believes the Great Reset elites are building to control us...

"If current trends continue, we’re going to hell,” says Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and best-selling author of "The Anxious Generation." In a candid talk, Glenn and Jonathan discuss preventing another Patriot Act, free speech threats from the activist Left, and whether Trump has crossed a “red line.” Glenn asks Jonathan how to navigate America’s divisions, leading to a discussion on social media’s harm to kids, with Haidt noting platforms like TikTok, Meta, and Snapchat are damaging children “on an industrial scale” and may hinder Gen Z’s ability to “get married and stay married.” They agree that it’s time to regul...