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Mom Shares Incredible Message After Sons Attend Mercury One Training Program

Mercury One's Leadership Training Program is arming future leaders with truth and purpose --- and it's working. Monday on radio, Glenn spoke with Susan, a mom whose two sons attended the June session. She felt compelled to contact Glenn and share this message:

My older son --- and I'm going to cry because I cried when he told me --- he was hanging onto a rifle or a gun that was used in the war... The American Revolution. And the story behind it. And he said, "As I was holding that, at that moment, I determined that I was going to be a better man."
He's even been teaching me to understand that you won't reach people --- you can talk to the choir, you can preach or sing to the choir --- but when you reach someone who doesn't see it your way, you have to have different words in order for them to even start to ask questions and not be put on the defense.

Glenn taught that very concept to the leadership trainees before they finished the program.

"Before they left, the last class I taught . . . it was about that. And I'm glad he walked away and picked up the books and started to read. Because it really has provided a great deal of hope to me. And I know . . . I know it works. I know it works," Glenn said.

Enjoy the complimentary clip or read the transcript for details.

GLENN: I want to give you a piece of good news. You read these things. And we see all of these things that are going on. And in hour number one, last hour, we talked a little bit about what's happening in California and how the Democratic Party is split. And there's a chance for smart, liberty-minded people to learn how to speak the language of the left. Not the uber left. Not the crazy left. But the neighborly left. And start to reach out and find things in common.

There is a chance, right now, to really change things. There's also a chance to begin to change the course of our future by interacting with millennials. And I'm doing several things at Mercury, the Mercury Studios, TheBlaze, and also Mercury One, that are I think very exciting because we are beginning to turn a corner. And we're going to focus on education and -- and millennials, across-the-board.

We started something called a leadership program. A two-week leadership program at Mercury One. And it's a class. A two-week class, where people come in. They have to be between 18 and 25. And they learn the history of the United States. They learn by using the original documents. It's not my opinion or David Barton's opinion or anybody else's. It's all original sources and original documents that these people can see.

On Friday, as I was leaving, somebody from customer service came down and said, "Hey, I want to play this. It just came in. I want you to hear this." This is what I heard.

SUSAN: My children, two of them were at the internship that you had in June, and I've tried several times unsuccessfully to get through on the program. I don't know why I'm unable to. But I just feel compelled to let you know how much that internship meant to my kids and how much it impacted them. And I just wanted to say thank you. I hope this message gets to you, Mr. Beck. Because I -- you are reaching the young people.

GLENN: So this came in from Susan Culver. Her two sons that were at our last leadership conference was Edwin Culver and Gabriel. Edwin is now teaching English in China. Gabriel just finished an engineering program. And Susan is on the phone with us now. Hi, Susan.

SUSAN: Hi, Glenn. I can't believe I'm talking to you. I'm so nervous.

GLENN: Oh, don't be nervous. I'm thrilled. I've been waiting to talk to you all weekend. I heard your message on Friday. And I wanted to hear about what happened when your kids got back home and how they had changed.

SUSAN: Well, I do have to make one correction. My youngest son Gabriel.

GLENN: Yes.

SUSAN: He will be going into his second year. He's not graduated year. So I wanted to make that correction.

GLENN: All right.

SUSAN: Yes. When my children, the very first day that they were there, that night, my oldest one -- they both talked to me, but my oldest one, E.J. talked to me first and he said, "Mom, this is sweet." That's exactly how he said it. And when they made it -- I have to back up a little bit. When they made it into the program, as soon as they told me -- because I didn't think they had a chance. And when they told me they made it, I said, "You won the gold ticket, the Willy Wonka gold ticket!" They were like, "What?" And I said, "Oh, forget it. You just won. That's all that matters to me." And that is how they felt when they got down there. The excitement -- every single night they called me and they told me something different.

And this is the one thing that I wanted you to hear, Mr. Beck. And it's this: My older son -- and I'm going to cry because I cried when he told me. He was hanging onto a rifle or a gun that was used in the war.

GLENN: Uh-huh. In the American Revolution.

SUSAN: And -- yes, the American Revolution. And the story behind it. And he said, "As I was holding that, at that moment, I determined that I was going to be a better man."

GLENN: Hmm.

SUSAN: And I said, "Have you ever heard Glenn say that?" And he said, "No. Not that particular phrase. I just know what it did for me." And he -- he is already trying to figure out ways where he lives -- he lives in Sarasota, Florida, or Bradenton. He works in Sarasota. He is trying to figure out ways to reach the millennials that are his age, with their terminology. And he's a reader like what you are. He always has a book in his hand. And he had been reading a book about the language of the left.

GLENN: Hmm.

SUSAN: And you connected the dots for him.

GLENN: Yeah.

SUSAN: Because I'm more of a, go in and get my point across person.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

SUSAN: And he's even been teaching me to understand that you won't reach people -- you can talk to the choir. You can preach or sing to the choir. But when you reach someone who doesn't see it your way, you have to have different words in order for them to even start to ask questions and not be put on the defense.

GLENN: You know, that's funny because that was the last thing -- before they left, the last class I taught. And it was about -- it was about that. And I'm glad he walked away and -- and picked up the books and started to read. Because it really has provided a great deal of hope to me. And I know -- I know it works. I know it works. Susan, thank you so much for calling and telling me your story and what happened with your kids. I'm thrilled. And I'm glad they were a part of it. Thank you for calling.

SUSAN: Can I say one more thing?

GLENN: Sure.

SUSAN: I had an idea. And I don't know -- you have asked for ideas over the air.

GLENN: Sure.

SUSAN: And I had also called David Barton, the Wallbuilders.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

SUSAN: And my suggestion was, our kids don't see a lot of good leadership. Leadership starts in the home. But as far as our political leaders -- they don't see a lot of good leaders. And my question to Wall Builders was to take what they have learned and to build upon it -- I don't know if it's possible -- to build on it. And a year from now, require more of them to come down and to -- if this is possible -- maybe it's not possible. To come down and dive deeper into the history, but more so into leadership. Because I don't know if kids know how to be leaders.

GLENN: Susan, I think you're exactly right. And we are working towards that. So I thank you for your suggestion. And just know that hopefully within a year, that is where we're going to be. This was the beginning steps. And I thank you for your call. This is the beginning steps of something that Mercury One is headed towards. We have got to reach the millennials. And in our charter, we are about helping people. Helping and rescuing people. And -- and I think that includes -- because we have education as part of our charter. That includes educating. We are in a desperate, dire situation, when it comes to people who are 20 years old. They don't know the America prior to 9/11. They don't know American history. They haven't been taught any of it.

We have to reach that generation. And this is just the first baby step towards that. By the way, we have our next group is in -- I think this is our third group of leaders. There's about 50 of them that are in now. And they're just beginning this morning over in the Mercury One building, on our campus. And I'm going to go visit them for the first time. This is a 300-dollar experience for them to just pay for the course. But then also, they have to pay for their own food and lodging and everything else.

We have to turn away a lot of people because they don't have the money. We don't want to do that. Could you -- would you please go to mercuryone.org and donate, if you would like to help us with this mission? This mission includes education in many ways that we are going to be talking about here in the next few weeks.

But let's see if we can get some of these kids who just can't afford the $300 to be able to go, let alone the food and lodging. If you can help support, please, even $5, it's more than welcome. Just go to mercuryone.org and donate. Mercuryone.org.

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.

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