RADIOJanuary 17, 2024

Davos elites CONFRONTED by citizen journalist. Here are the BIGGEST takeaways

Our overlords are meeting in Davos to plan our future and "misinformation" is their greatest concern. But Rebel News founder Ezra Levant is on the ground to expose them. Ezra joins Glenn live from the streets of Davos to describe what he's seen, starting with a disturbing contradiction: While global elites want to restrict your air travel, they have no problem flooding the local airport with planes. Ezra discusses some of the "Masters of the Universe" that he's been able to question on the streets, including the president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also reveals the main thing he's learned while in Davos and why he believes that a lot more censorship is coming.

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GLENN: All right. Our overlords are meeting in Davos to plan our future, and it sounds great. The number one priority is not global climate change. It's not wars. It's not inflation. It's not food. It's nothing except misinformation and disinformation. And they're trying to get all the global leaders to come together like this. And make sure that the voices, quite honestly, like mine and TheBlaze and people like Ezra Levant from Rebel News up in Canada, are silent. Yesterday, at the conference, there was a meeting on, how do we shut these people up?

And the head of the Center of Democracy and Technology, his name is Alex Reeve Givens. He said, there's something bizarre happening in America. Listen to this.

VOICE: Even as we're living in this heightened threat environment. A number of the social media companies have actually been scaling back their investments and trust in safety.

In particular, around elections. And those that are still keeping up the work, are facing more political scrutiny and pressure to disband those efforts than of before.

So in the United States, for example. We have congressional investigations and lawsuits against people that study mis and disinformation about elections on social media platforms.

There is currently an injunction in place stopping the Biden administration from communicating with social media platforms about interference threats, on the topics of elections.

That's actually going before the United States Supreme Court this year.

So we're in this bizarre environment, where right as the threats are ticking up, the investments in actually doing the day-to-day work of online trust and safety for our information environment is being scaled back, and is under attack.

And those are all things we need to recalibrate right now, to try to address the threats.

GLENN: Yeah. Sorry. I thought for sure, Alex identified as a man. Apparently, he's now identifying as a woman.

It is bizarre, that we don't want government. It's just out in our Constitution.

But other than that, don't worry about it.

We have Ezra Levant, who is on the ground, in the cold right now, at the World Economic Forum at Davos. How are the hookers, Ezra?

EZRA: I'm the wrong guy to ask, Glenn. A friend of mine did a story of how every single escort within 100 miles was booked up by the World Economic Forum.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. They're good people. They're good people.

EZRA: You know what, this is a place of excess.

Let me give you an example: There's a small private airfield about an hour and a half away from here. And I went there to film the private jets landing.

And the airport told me that 150 private jets per day land at this air trip, just for the World Economic Forum. They say that one week basically pays for the entire year.

That's like a city of half a million people. That's how many flights might be there in an average day. And it's more than that.

There's not enough room to park 150 jets of this small airfield.

So they fly in, drop off the VVIP. Then they fly out to another airfield to park, and then they come back to pick up their person.

And then many of them take the helicopter for that last one hour drive. To not be on the streets with the peasants. That's the kind of luxury you see here. But they're the ones telling us to reduce our carbon footprint. They're the ones telling us not to fly as much.

Let me tell you what we're doing here.

We are not accredited journalists. We applied, and they obviously rejected us.

And that's fine, so we can't get into the sessions like the one you just played the clip from. The word on the street in this town in Davos, which is like a ski resort, high in the Alps. And it's full of -- I'm not going to say celebrities. But sort of political celebrities. And because they feel like they're amongst friends and it's so hard to get here, they let their guard down. So just standing on the street and reading name tags, some people you can recognize. Like yesterday, I asked some questions of John Kerry about the private jet. Today, my colleague Abby, asked Dr. Tedros of the World Health Organization some questions.

So these people don't have big entourages. And the Swiss police have a very light touch.

Penny Pritzker was here. And I asked her some questions about Harvard.

And so, there's no way you would get this kind of access in almost any other place.

And I will say, the cops here are so gentle. They have not stopped us from scrumming anyone.

Yesterday, I walked with the president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, peppering him with questions. He did not have any answers. But, boy, I asked my questions. And that video has been viewed a million times overnight, Glenn.

I tell you, it's a crazy place where the masters of the universe get together to make the rules for the rest of us, and there's only about half a dozen citizen journalists here. The rest of them are regime journalists, who pay to be here as official delegates.

So I saw, for example, Richard Quest from CNN. I think he's a great idealist 90 percent of the time, by the way. But we scrummed him going in there. And we said, how come you only ask softball questions of Klaus Schwab?

Well, it's because CNN paid a quarter of a million dollars for them to get in, as sort of a member.

You're not going to stink up the joint, if you have the golden invitation.

GLENN: I don't know. I might pay.

I might pay for that.

You might write the check to go and have all of them come on my show.

EZRA: Well, they might kick you out if you do that. By the way, I'm standing in the promenade, and a huge bunch of military vehicles are passing through. I'm not sure if that's just normal Switzerland stuff, or if that's because Vladimir Zelinsky is in town. And Emanuel Macron is in town. And the Secretary General of the United Nations is in town. These aren't just VIPs. They're VVIPs and VVVIPs. And they let you know it.

GLENN: So what is the main thing you've taken from this?

EZRA: Well, look, there are some people here that are just here to sell goods and services. Because there are so many politicians. And wow, there's such a military convoy going through downtown here. I don't even know what's happening. Maybe Zelinsky is on the move.

I mean, wanted to tell you that, I'm live from the promenade in Davos right now, and I just -- and it's like a whole military, not a parade. But a series of big trucks. Imagine juxtaposing that with your five-star celebrities.

Anyway, the number one message, as Klaus Schwab says, is information.

They say their theme is rebuilding trust.

Which -- because they know they've shattered trust with ordinary people, over the last few years. Whether it's COVID or lockdowns. Or junk science. Or inflation. Or immigration. Or whatever.

So they know they have to fix trust. But at the same time, they believe in censorship. I scrummed a few different officials with meta.

And my colleague was scrumming an official from Google, just a minute ago.

And all our questions are about: Are they trying to strangle free discussions in the year of the 2024 elections?

Every one of them is aware of Trump's victory in the Iowa caucuses. And I'm talking about people all around the world.

This is not just Americans. This is a very international.

GLENN: Oh, no.

My understanding, is that yesterday, a lot of the discussions at Davos, centered around, this is a real threat to our agenda.

This can't happen.

EZRA: Oh, oh, absolutely.

If you were to take a poll of the VVIPs here at Davos, 90 percent of them would be against Trump.

Not necessarily for Biden.

They're just for anyone who wouldn't upset the international order that they've established here.

And so, basically these Europeans and these globalists, and these elites, want to have a vote, without having a vote.

Here's what I mean. For example, Klaus Schwab recently said, AI is so progressed.

You don't really need elections anymore. Because AI can figure out what the people want.

I have seen WEF presentations about how AI, Artificial Intelligence, can replace courts and judges.

Because you just enter all the data, and they will just replicate what a good judge would do.

So the real political bias in artificial intelligence.

I said, those are the two emphases I can see just on the streets here.

Censorship of the, quote, misinformation.
And artificial intelligence. When you combine those two things, and I saw, you're in a Brave New World right there.

GLENN: So, Ezra, I want to talk to you about one thing that came to my attention yesterday.

There's a story in the independent, climate misinformation is mutating on YouTube, and the platform is profiting.

And it is a story, that mentioned two people. One of them is me and TheBlaze.

And TheBlaze, I guess, is making money from YouTube, because they're not canceling us, and putting us where we belong. Which is nowhere.

Because we are discussing things like climate crisis denial content.

We also -- we're talking about the -- the last election.

And saying that the last election had many questions, behind it.

The Great Reset. An online conspiracy theory. That claims global elites trying to dismantle capitalism, and create a new social order.

Which they are.

And the other person was Jordan Peterson.

Now, they're -- they're targeting us, through Google and Facebook. My Facebook page is down 95 percent in the best year I've ever had, including the years at Fox.

Never had a bigger footprint than thousand. But Facebook is down 95 percent.

Why?

The other thing. The other part of it is -- is -- yeah. Go ahead.

KEVIN: That's deliberate. They're trying to demonetize you.

We scrummed Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of ADL.

And we asked them, why have you tried to kill advertising on Twitter, but never on TikTok?

And he wouldn't answer that. So that's why they're trying to do to you and Jordan Peterson.

And, by the way, they will invent new, quote, crimes.

I saw this phrase ecocide, being bandied about here.

So the same way, you couldn't be a skeptic or have a contrary point of view on COVID evacuation, they will do the same thing for climate. They basically telegraphed that that's the plan.

GLENN: Well, one of the -- one of the disturbing things. They did this last year, to Russell Brand. You don't even see him anymore.

He is still doing a podcast, but he never shows up on anyone's feed.

When was the last time you saw Russell Brand in your feed?

EZRA: Well, I seek them out. But you're right, they're trying to kill him financially.

GLENN: Correct. And the next thing is Jordan Peterson. He lost in court, yesterday, his appeal on having to go to some sort of reeducation camp. Because he said, and this is a quote.

The -- the woman who was obese, on Sports Illustrated bikini, was not beautiful. It was sick. And now he has to have reeducation.

EZRA: Yeah. And that's -- that's in some ways, a lot scarier. The woke economic forum is a bunch of people coming up with bad ideas. But they don't actually have the legal or judicial power to enforce them.

The trouble is all the VVIPs here go home, and go home to their legislatures or courts or businesses, and implement it back home. But the WEF itself doesn't have the power to do that here in Davos. But what you're talking about, what happened to Jordan Peterson, that was a real court. And the college of psychologists of Ontario is a regulator, that has the power to deny someone their profession.

Now, Jordan Peterson doesn't take patients anymore. He hasn't in many years.

But they're trying to destroy his professional reputation.

Again, the colleges there for doctors who were abusive, or who take advantage of their clients. You know, it's a professional organization to make sure that psychologists in Ontario are amicable. They are using that for lawfare, to silence him on completely unrelated matters.

And it's not atrocious that they're meddling with his political views. It's their command, their order to him, is that he basically go to a political reeducation. I mean, he has to go to some, I don't know, what the phrase is, a coach, or a remedial social media class or something.

GLENN: Yeah. Whatever the Chinese call it, it's still a reeducation camp.

And here's -- here's the --

EZRA: Struggle session.

GLENN: Yeah. And here is my struggle. I wonder who used that.

The -- the other thing though, that is disturbing, is they are trying to scare doctors into silence. They have already purged all of the doctors that would say something about the COVID vaccine.

The nurses, all of them. Anyone with a conscience, that's different with the state. They're purging them. That's very dangerous, as you know.

EZRA: What Jordan Peterson, he's the most famous psychologist in Canada. He's also very wealthy. And in some ways influential and powerful. So if they can do this to him, imagine what they can do to you. This is (foreign language). This is to scare everybody else. Yeah. They want to shut up Jordan Peterson. I don't know if they'll succeed. That guy doesn't shut up easily.

But what they're going to do is terrify a thousand other psychologists and doctors and nurses. You know, there happens to be another nurse in the Canadian province of British Columbia, who sponsored a sign that just said, I heart J.K. Rowling. But that's all she did. They took her before the professional association for the same sort of thing.

And so how many nurses, how many doctors, how many people of any profession are being terrorized into silence? And it's all part of the same cultural Marxism. Or wokism.

Hey, yesterday.

I scrummed the president of State Street. Do you know what that is?

It's BlackRock. It's a huge asset manager.

And I asked him. That's what it is like in Davos. You never know what you will bump into.

And I said to him, aren't you putting your own politics of your fiduciary duties to -- to your show. I said, you're promoting ESG, environmental and social governance, basically cultural Marxism. I said, how can you do that and claim to be a response to the shareholders.

GLENN: His response?

EZRA: Well, he said, we're doing both. He said, we're not going to stop with ESG. But it's shareholder value.

GLENN: Right. Okay. Quickly.

EZRA: I pressed on. And he wouldn't talk much more.

GLENN: Yeah.

EZRA: But that's what Davos is like, in the World Economic Forum.

GLENN: Thank you so much. Ezra Levant from Rebel News up in Switzerland right now, with the elites.

The Book of Enoch: Did Extraterrestrial Beings DESCEND in the Days of Noah?!

The Book of Enoch tells a story the Bible only hints at: A story of heavenly beings who descended to Earth, took human wives, created hybrid giants, and unleashed forbidden knowledge that corrupted the world before the Flood. Glenn Beck and researcher Timothy Alberino break down how the ancient Hebrew worldview explains the Watchers, the Nephilim, the origins of demigod myths, and why Peter and Jude referenced Enoch directly in the New Testament. From extraterrestrial terms in Scripture to the cosmic “family of God” and the divine rebellion that reshaped human history, this discussion reveals a forgotten narrative that once defined early Jewish and Christian theology. What really happened in the days of Noah, and why does it matter now?

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Cracker Barrel CEO breaks silence on logo controversy in exclusive interview

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

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

This was her first interview since then.

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

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

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

And the immediate response was, "Get her!"

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

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

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

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

Like, what the hell were you thinking?

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

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

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

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

STU: Hmm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he has been brought in since.

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

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

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

And here's what happened.

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

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

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

It was a fascinating answer.

STU: How many pancakes did you --

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

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

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

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

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

STU: Uh-huh.

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

Democrats' latest attempt to tie Trump to Epstein scandal falls flat

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

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

Here's the answer: No.

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

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

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

It's going to happen!

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

Why?

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

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

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

Stop lying to the American people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clinton. All of it.

And we were told, pull it.

Remember that.

Remember that, gang?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I know!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But, anyway, now, Donald Trump.

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

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

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

That's not going to happen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What did he mean?

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

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

Okay. What was he referring to?

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

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

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

He's the whistle-blower!

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

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

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

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

Now, how do you release something.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

STU: Right.

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

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

But he also knows about the girls.

He knows we were taking them.

Does he know what we were doing with the girls?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcript

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

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

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

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

Chosen.

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

Michael, how are you?

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

GLENN: I mean, it's really.

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

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

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

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

GLENN: So can I talk to you about Goliath?

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

MICHAEL: Yeah.

GLENN: Talk to me about that.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That the sheep were -- they were not helpful.

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

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

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

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

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

MICHAEL: I should get classes from you.

GLENN: I don't know.

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

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

GLENN: It's amazing.

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

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

GLENN: Uh-huh.

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

And why -- why David was chosen as king.

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

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

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

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

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

GLENN: Really?

MICHAEL: And because I was inspired by the Chosen.

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

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

GLENN: Hmm.

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

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

I said, yes, ma'am.

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

But, yeah, fasting and prayer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But I'll tell you for me.

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

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

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

And to make mistakes. And find forgiveness.

It's a complex, long story.

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

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

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

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

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

MICHAEL: Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

Pray for us.

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

I mean, are you prepared to always be David?

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

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

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

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

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

GLENN: Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

GLENN: Okay. Good. Good.

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

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

And I stopped because I was like, wait.

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

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