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Kirk Cameron's Alternative to Woke Children's Programming
While Disney, PBS, and other “child-friendly” networks are introducing kids to gender ideology, Kirk Cameron has decided to return to the days of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Kirk joins Glenn to discuss his new children’s show, “Iggy and Mr. Kirk”, which he believes could be “the most important project I have ever done.” The show, he says, teaches kids about God, “the sacredness of all life,” our true identity, and other important lessons.
You can watch Kirk Cameron’s new kids’ show at https://BravePlus.com
Transcript
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GLENN: Let me -- let me take you next to our next guest. Good friend of the program. Just overall great guy. Kirk Cameron is on with us. Actor, producer. He is with Brave books.
And it's now Braveplus.com, and they launched something yesterday, that he was on this program, talking about. Oh, jeez. I don't even know. Six months ago, maybe.
And he was talking about Iggy and Mr. Kirk, which is kind of a Mr. Rogers for modern day.
And it talks about the basic principles. It teaches us -- to our little kids. Self-control. Honesty.
Putting others first. Et cetera, et cetera.
All the things that Mr. Rogers did. Welcome, Kirk Cameron. How are you?
KIRK: Glenn, it's so good to talk to you this morning. Thanks for having me on. We're so excited.
GLENN: Yeah, you bet.
KIRK: Iggy has landed, and kids all over America are so excited. And I'm doing my best to honor Mr. Rogers with this new kids TV show.
GLENN: I meant to look this up, before you came on. Do you know how old Mr. Rogers was, when he started? Compared to your age now. I don't either.
KIRK: I don't.
GLENN: But he had years and years. Stu, look that up for me, will you?
He had years and years in front of kids, raising kids. And became just this beloved figure.
And I remember, I mean, he started, you know -- I don't know. I don't even know, if he was around when I was a kid. I'm sure it was when it was all black and white.
The early stuff. You know, I only found Mr. Rogers when I was older. And I'm like, wow!
This is weird. Because now, in looking back, you know, nobody was that nice.
Nobody was -- now you suspect people that are that nice. And so sweet.
But that guy was truly an amazing hero. A godly, godly man.
And really a respected guy, by everybody.
STU: He was 40 by, by the way, Glenn.
GLENN: He was forty. How are you, Kirk?
KIRK: I'm 54.
GLENN: Fifty-four. So he was 40 years old when he started this, and to step into kind of a little bit of his shoes must be a little intimidating.
KIRK: It is.
And in this show for kids, we're teaching clear moral lessons like he did. Like forgiveness. Lessons on telling the truth. Lessons on overcoming your fears. We are even diving into cultural and political issues.
We're teaching children about the dangers of socialism. And about the sanctity of life. We're even having an episode, number four, on identity.
And Mr. Rogers doesn't really need to talk about some of those things. Back in his day.
Today, we have Disney's Snow White, and we've got Nickelodeon and other shows that are introducing stuff, like nonbinary Big Bird.
And we have all sorts of crazy stuff, that kids are trying to wrestle with. So we need to address these issues in a way that is safe for kids.
That parents trust. And that also ignites those little imaginations for the good, and imparts virtue and faith. And that's what we're doing.
GLENN: We're pumping so much garbage into our system. I've heard you talk about, it's like food, but it's true!
We're pumping garbage food into us, and expecting our bodies to work.
We're putting garbage drugs into our bodies, and thinking it's going to work out well.
And garbage into our minds. And it -- it's not going to work out well, unless we turn this corner!
KIRK: Yeah. That's right.
And I'm actually really thankful for all of the -- the weird, woke, and twisted things, that have come down.
Because in a sense, it's the wake-up call we've needed.
And now parents are leaning in. They're waked up. They're speaking up.
And there's an opportunity, with so many things going on politically in the country with Trump and DOGE and all these other things.
Where all of a sudden, these governments. Top-down institutions are now going to be drained to a degree, and there's a need for parents and communities and churches to work at the grassroots level to provide better alternatives.
So I think the timing of this is perfect.
I'm so excited. It could be the most important project I've done.
And it's available everywhere. For everyone to see. Kids and grandkids.
And you want to nourish their hearts and minds. When they're in the middle of Korean time.
Just check out Iggy, Mr. Kirk. And it's on Brave+.
The app on your TV, or BravePlus.com.
GLENN: And it's not the only thing. Don't you have like strawberry Shortcake? I'm trying to look. You had a bunch of stuff. Strawberry Shortcake. Bob the Builder is on there as well. So it's all these great character-building shows?
KIRK: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. That's what's really cool about Brave Plus. We're not waiting for Disney to pick up the clues on and figure out this is the stuff that parents actually want and can trust.
They've created our own streaming platform. And really high standards. So if it's overstimulating, that's as bad for your kids as processed foods. If it's not underlining good morals, traditional American and godly values, it doesn't make the cut. But there are over 50 shows on there, and you can watch the first three episodes of my new show, Iggy and Mr. Kirk, for free. If you want to watch the rest, we've got a whole season complete, along with 50 other shows, like you said. Bob the Builder.
Strawberry Shortcake. Madeleine. So many great shows there. That are safe, without a second thought. And your kids are going to love them.
GLENN: So let's -- can we just go through?
Because I really want parents or grandparents that have little kids, to understand what you're doing because this is so important.
We have to rebuild education from the ground up. And entertainment. And entertainment that you can actually feel comfortable in leaving the room for five minutes.
And you're not -- your kids are going to be coming back and speaking a language that you're like, wait a minute. You're confused in your own body.
What?
So can we just go over the first couple of episodes. First one is injured bird. The lesson there is?
KIRK: Yeah. This is injured bird, this is all about the sacredness of life. All life. Including unborn life. And Iggy is -- is essentially really upset at this bird that see snuck into his treehouse. And is stealing all of his worms. He wants to go fishing, and the bird is stealing his bait.
What he doesn't know, is that this is a mama girl, who is collecting worms because the little chicks in her eggs, in the nest, are about to hatch.
And he learns, that these little lives, inside these eggs are precious. And he has to learn to take care of them.
But then the episode continues on, to value disabled life and elderly life. And so it's way whole show, about the sanctity of all life.
GLENN: What an appropriate first episode.
KIRK: Yeah.
GLENN: So good. So good.
KIRK: Yeah. Yeah. And then episode number four is dealing with identity. And in the middle of it, Mr. Kirk. That's the Mr. Rogers character, reads to Iggy, the little adorable green iguana, a book called Elephants Are Not Birds.
And this is a show about identity. Where Culture, the vulture, tries to deceive Iggy into thinking, if he were somebody else, if he was someone other than what God made him to be. He would be -- he would be liked and loved more by his family and friends.
And so we have this whole show, helping Iggy to discover, that God made him just the way he is. And that when he embraces who he is, then he can fulfill the purpose they can't be God has given him.
GLENN: Have you heard of -- have you seen any of the research on this. Or talked to any of the viewers.
And discovered something that you didn't know was going to be a benefit of this. Or something that you were surprised by. And you were like, oh, my gosh.
I'm so glad. I didn't even think of that. But I'm so glad that this is happening with the audience?
KIRK: Well, you know, more and more data is coming out, that is showing that children's brains are negatively impacted by most of the children's programming coming out.
Because at the end of the day. Just like junk food is designed to be cheap.
And addictive.
And most children's shows are the same way.
Kids are staring like zombies at the screen, because they've been designed to addict them.
Through non-diegetic sounds, that are put in a post-production. This is not part of the world they're actually looking at, with flashing lights and jump cuts every two to three seconds. It's a literal brain hack on your kids, to keep them glued to the screen. And they say, nine minutes of that has measurable negative impact on their pockets and development.
And so we're going back the opposite way. Back to Mr. Rogers. Where we take our time.
And we lean into relationships. And develop trust.
And impart virtue the old-fashioned way.
GLENN: How difficult was that, to do?
Because, you know, everybody in the media, they didn't start out, well, some of them probably did.
They didn't start with nefarious purposes.
They were just like, we've got to get these kids to watch the show.
How are we going to do it?
And now to go to the opposite and say, we don't want to use any of those tricks.
That had to be a little scary.
KIRK: Yeah. It was.
But Glenn, you're a guy who says, no. My bottom line is I want to do the right thing by God and by my family.
I want to love people. I want to champion what's good and true and beautiful. At the end of the day, that's why I love working with Brave books.
That's really their bottom line. They don't want to go bankrupt. They want to make money. More than that. This is an eye doctor, who dropped that business to become the CEO of a book publishing company, and now, a whole media company. Because she's got kids, and nobody else is doing it!
So that's -- that's why we're doing it the way we're doing it.
Yeah, it's scary.
But at the end of the day, I have to answer for everything that I'm a part of.
GLENN: Kirk, I am -- I'm so proud, to be your friend, and to see what you guys are doing. And what Brave is doing.
I just think there's nothing more important than -- than beginning the journey, that is going to be a very long journey and generational journey. But beginning the journey right now, to put things back in order.
It is -- it's the most important thing anybody can do.
And especially well anything on education.
And I -- I know you know this, but anything I can do. Whatever I have, is yours.
You just tell me how we can help.
Because you're doing -- you're doing God's work. And you are helping save the -- you're helping save not just the country. Civilization. You're helping save civilization, so thank you.
KIRK: Well, you're so kind. You always put wind in my sails. Anything we've built.
And you're an inspiration to so many of us.
So, Glenn, thank you very much.
God bless you. And keep up the great work.
GLENN: I want you to go to Braveplus.com. That's Braveplus.com. If you have children, grandchildren, you know somebody that is -- you know, has young children.
This is so important, and it will help your kids take all -- we have to stop with the Sesame Street stuff. We have to. We have to.
The stuff that is being taught now to our kids so early. Is absolute poison.
And it's not what we grew up with.
You can look at all these things and say, well, but I was fine.
It's a different world now.
It's a totally different world.
And these are not the Jim Henson lessons that we used to get as kids.
And I am -- I am not against progress.
I am very progressive in the right ways.
I believe in the future.
I believe in making new things, and cutting edge. And everything else.
But we cannot disregard all of the things that have worked, for centuries!
The truth works!
And Kirk is doing Yeoman's job here, along with Brave. So go to braveplus.com. You can see the first three episodes free, but share it with all your friends. BravePlus.com. BravePlus.com.
Rachel Zegler's Political Stance Costs Disney Millions
A producer for “Snow White” recently reprimanded the film’s star, Rachel Zegler, for mixing the film’s promotion with leftist activism. Her decision to trash the original “Snow White” film and focus on politics over publicity will likely cost Disney millions of dollars. But doesn’t she have the right to speak freely? Glenn explains why this is yet another example of a narcissistic generation that believes their careers should be handed to them. It’s not about free speech when she’s being paid millions to promote Disney’s movie. Glenn also reads the fiery comments of the producer’s son, who summarized the whole situation perfectly.
Transcript
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GLENN: But the problem with our society, can be found with Snow White, and what's going on with Snow White. We have too many people that don't know what it's like to actually work.
They -- they don't know what merit is. Because they get paid whether they succeed or not.
You know, they were talking about SNAP, and yesterday, we shared the information about SNAP and sugary cereals, and everything else, that shouldn't be a part of SNAP. Well, they should be able to buy whatever they want. No. Not on our dime. How is that? How is that? This really comes from Benjamin Franklin, he believes the best way to get people out of the circle of poverty is to make them uncomfortable in their poverty. Meaning, you know, you don't get what you want.
You know, you get what you need. And there's a difference between needs and wants.
And if we give people what they need, people want more than that.
Well, they'll learn that they have to change their behavior. Maybe their behavior is self-destructive.
Maybe their behavior is just pure laziness. Maybe it's a lack of education.
But we can find those solutions together, if you're not getting what you want. You're only getting what you need.
You know, it was Edward Bernays that said, you know, the problem with America is: We've got a problem of needs. We need to turn this around, to a country of wants. He, by the way, was the father of American propaganda. He's the guy whose books all taught Goebbels how to make germ my into an all-new place. He is the author of modern advertising.
We've got to just change this from a nation of needs to a nation of wants. No. We need to do the exact opposite now.
We need to make our nation, a nation of needs, again.
And that -- that one even understands needs. So the producer of Snow White, Marc Platt, the son -- sorry, the sone of the producer, Marc Platt has just gone on X, and hmm. Defended -- defended his family's name, and the father.
So one commenter wrote in his Instagram and tried to flip the switch here, and flip the narrative. Apparently, his dad had to fly to New York City, to reprimand what's-her-face? The woman who played Snow White. What's-her-face?
Rachel Ziegler. Had to reprimand. Because when they went on tour for publicity, she starts in with all of her political nonsense, and that wasn't helping Disney. It wasn't helping the movie.
You know, hey, Snow white.
Yeah. Let me tell you about Palestine and Israel. And how bad Israel is.
And how bad Trump is!
Okay. That's not going to help sell the movie. You've just divided the country in half. So you've lost half of the revenue, we could have had.
Because you pissed off half of the country.
Now, this is what exactly -- what would be said to me.
You know, I go in, and I say, hey. I would want to work at NBC.
First of all, it would never happen. Because I wouldn't want to work at NBC. But two, they would never hire me.
If it was a serious consideration.
You know why they wouldn't hire me?
If everyone was being honest.
The same reason why they wouldn't hire anybody from the View. Or Rosie O'Donnell.
Because I'm a polarizing figure. Because I speak about politics.
So I lose half the audience.
When you're in mass media. When you're making movies.
You don't want to lose half the audience.
You want to get everybody into a seat.
You're there not only to make a beautiful, arc film.
You're also there to put butts in the seats, to make money for the company or yourself.
So he has to go across the country, and say, hey. Can you top?
Can you please stop talking about your pro-Palestinian views and anti-Trump comments and, you know, how -- how this film was just creepy in the 1930s? Can you stop? This is a beloved film.
So somebody goes on Twitter and says to Jonah Platt, son of the producer, your Dad flew to New York City to reprimand a young actress. Any word on this? Because that's creepy as hell. And uncalled for. People have the right to free speech, shame on your father.
Oh, my gosh. I'm not the son of the producer. And I want to respond to that. But the son of the producer did respond.
Here's what he said: You really want to do this? Yeah. My Dad, the producer of an enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand a 20-year-old employee, for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promotion for a movie.
Which she signed a multi-million-dollar contract for, to get paid and do publicity for.
This is what you call adult responsibility and accountability. And her actions clearly hurt the film's box office. Free speech does not mean you're allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions.
Tens of thousands of people worked on that film, and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires, at the risk of all of the colleagues and crew, and the blue-collar workers who depends on that movie to be successful. Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.
I don't think I could have said it better. I would have said it meaner, perhaps. I don't think I could have said that better.
This is -- this is how narcissistic -- how narcissistic our society has become.
It's all about me.
It has nothing to do with the blue-collar workers that are depending on that movie to be successful.
Has nothing to do with the thousands of people, the tens of thousands of people, that worked on that movie.
No. It's all about her!
And what she believes. And what she wants.
You know, when I first went into Fox.
I turned Fox down, probably three or four times.
Stu, how many times it they offer that job? And I kept saying no.
STU: It was several.
GLENN: Several. And Roger Ailes finally called me into the Murdoch lunchroom, and I went over to meet with him.
And he sat there with a bunch of executives. And he said, what is it about our number one status?
And the money that I'm offering you, that is much more than I think you're making now.
What is it that just doesn't interest you?
And I said, Roger, I know your business.
I know it!
You don't know anything about my business.
And until you know and care about my business.
I can't do business with you. Because I have two masters I would be serving. My business, my career, and yours. And I know your business. So I know the lines that I cannot cross. This is not my company. So if you say, Glenn, you're not to do that. I need to evaluate before I go into business with you.
Am I willing to play by your rules?
Because I can't get on to your platform, and then have you say, Glenn.
And then break those, that would harm your company.
Because I am being paid as an employee by you. Now, that doesn't mean that we will agree on everything.
But I'm not going to do harm to your company. And I need you to tell you, you're not going to do harm to my company.
So that was the beginning of the conversation of going into business with Fox.
And -- and I -- I have prided that any company that I've ever done business with. That I was a good partner.
They weren't necessarily good partners of mine. Most of them have been great partners.
But I've tried to do the right thing, in looking at their company.
Because they have hired me.
Okay. Why is that any different, than these actresses, that just believe they have free speech?
You don't have free speech without consequence.
You can say whatever you want.
But she was on the Disney dime. She's being flown to New York City. To have interviews, that were set up by Disney about Snow White. It was -- she was there, being paid to promote the Disney movie.
Not her propaganda. Not her belief. I wouldn't have the right to sit there. I would have said -- if they would have asked me, and they would have. They would have tried to goad me into something. I would say, it's not the time or place. I'm here to talk about Snow White. I'm not hear to talk about Donald Trump. I'm not here to talk about Israel or Hamas.
That's what I would have done.
And if you don't believe me, well, then you haven't listened to me long enough.
I know what my responsibility is. And if I'm going to make that deal and get into business with somebody, I know the difference of when I'm on their dime and when I'm not on their dime.
Now, I want to leave that, and hold my own press conference.
I think it's unfair to do. Because you are still promoting that movie. So if you do it, at the same time you're in promotion, you're going to sabotage your partner Disney. And that's not right. But if I felt strongly about it. I would get off of the tour, after I finished the tour, and I would say something then, in my own space and my own time.
And I would make it clear. This has nothing to do with Disney.
It has nothing to do with the movie. The movie is completely separate.
Now, if somebody wants to make it about the movie. That's fine. That's their thing.
But I'm not on the company dime.
That's how freedom of speech works. You have freedom of speech. But if you're being -- if you're on somebody else's dime, you have the responsibility to respect their wishes and respect what they're asking you to do.
What you do in your own home. Fine.
However, Disney would have the right, and they wouldn't have, because they agree with her on everything.
Oh, men are just disgusting. Especially white men.
They're all there with you.
So they will not let you go!
They let Roseanne go.
Sure. But not her!
Even though, this is a massive flop, they didn't let her go. They just had the producer fly out and say, can you shut the pie hole for a minute?
You're killing us. You're killing the movie.
You're killing everybody who worked on this movie.
You're killing Disney. What you are doing?
If this woman gets another acting job in a movie?
It will tell you everything you need to know about Hollywood.
There's no way this woman should be hired for anything ever again.
One of the bigger box office bombs, the reason why it was a bomb.
Is because she was just completely irresponsible.
Now, how do we teach our children this responsibility?
We teach our children this responsibility, by not allowing them to become narcissistic.
You know what, sweetheart. Life isn't fair.
And it's not always about you. Once we start looking and gazing at our own image on social media all the time. And we begin to believe that we're the most important thing ever, the whole thing goes to the crapper!
We have to put narcissism back into the ugly place, that it has always been. And understand that we are a narcissistic society.
And that needs to change.
Debating SNAP Benefits: Should Soda be Allowed?
There’s a big debate brewing: Should people be allowed to buy sugary snacks, like soda, using SNAP benefits? Glenn and Stu look at how our founders, like Benjamin Franklin, looked at poverty and social welfare. Is it a problem that the number one item purchased with SNAP benefits is soda? Should our tax dollars only help the poor buy the basics, like meat and bread?
Transcript
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GLENN: I don't know. I mean, I don't want to turn anybody into Jeff Bezos.
But you might want to back off the sugar if you're on Snap. Oh, that's the word we're getting. No sugary treats, if you're on Snap.
And, you know, I'm torn.
If you are somebody who have got kids and you are struggling, you're not living off of the government. You're struggling.
I mean, it would be nice to have something. You know, an Oreo, to be able to have for dessert, or something.
But the argument is, and I agree with it, this is not good for you. We're going to cause more problems, if we're giving these really high sugary, high fructose corn syrup stuff to the people who can't necessarily afford the medical care and the medical treatment, and take care of yourself.
That's adding. That's just adding stupidity on stupidity.
But Stu and I are big fans of Benjamin Franklin. And how he looked at poverty.
STU: Yeah. Here it is.
I am for doing good for the poor.
But I think the best way of doing good for the poor. Is not making them easy in poverty.
But by leading or driving them out of it.
I observed, that the more public provisions were made to the poor, the less they provided for themselves. And, of course, became poorer.
On the contrary, the less that was done for them. The more they did for themselves. And became richer.
I'm a big believer in that philosophy.
GLENN: Me too. Me too. Me too.
STU: And I'm kind of like this with almost all government programs.
They should not give you some utopian life.
They should be something that you hate.
You should despise the fact that you have to stay on these rams.
And you should always desire to get off of them as soon as possible.
And this goes, when it comes to the snap benefits discussion. I don't -- it's not -- for me at least.
It's not about whether it's healthy or not.
I do -- you have a big place in my heart for your argument on -- that it's going to lead to a bunch of health expenses later on in life.
I think it's a real consideration.
It's not really that for me.
It shouldn't be things, that are like luxury items.
You shouldn't get a luxury item. Oreos, as much as I love them. And they feel like, it's part of my day-to-day necessity to live.
GLENN: Oh, it's the left hand side of my food pyramid. All the way to the top or the bottom, it's the left-hand side of that pyramid.
STU: Some would say, maybe not the best decision. But I'm with you on that. That should not mean, that the government provides those things for you. Like, I am like, I would rather go back to like government cheese.
They're delivering government cheese.
Government milk. They produce it.
It sucks! You hate it. You never want to eat it. That's what I want.
Do I want like -- if you are going to have a program like this.
The idea is to not make it a lifestyle. It might be something to get people through a really difficult situation. By the way, that is temporary.
It's supposed to be temporary.
A temporary situation, where you're struggling, and you help end meat.
But that means, you're alive! That doesn't mean, you're having the latest Mountain Dew flavor.
That's not what it -- you know the number one thing, purchased with Snap benefits is soda.
And I am the biggest soda advocate you will ever find. I constantly --
GLENN: Oh, yeah. You're 98 percent soda.
STU: I am. If anything, there was a story about conservative influencers perhaps getting payments to post in -- on behalf of big soda.
Which was really frustrating, and awful.
Because I didn't get an offer.
Like, I should be the number one --
GLENN: I know. I'm a little upset about that too.
STU: Where is my soda cash? I want it. You can pay me directly in aspartame. I'm fine with it. Deliver bags of aspartame to my front door.
GLENN: Honey, why is there a truckload of aspartame?
STU: Hold on, I need to post on X. So I -- from that perspective. Like I think there's a big hole here for considering what we do with these programs, and how we consider the relationship with the government and people who are on them.
People who are on these programs. Should desire to get off of them.
We shouldn't be. They used to have food stamps. Then they made the cards.
One of the talks. It's kind of embarrassing for these people who go and use them. Look, I'm not looking to shame people. You shouldn't have shame for going through a tough period.
But it also shouldn't be something where you're like, this is great. Hold on. Let me pay for all the food I have. So then I can use the extra money for liquor. Or I can use the extra money for an i Phone.
Or whatever else.
These should be desperation programs. The government, if it will provide these services at all.
Should be providing them to people who are desperately in need to get over a hump that is temporary. That should be the design of these programs.
GLENN: So do you know the history of that phrase, from Benjamin Franklin? Do you know what that's about?
STU: I think so. He was in Europe, right?
GLENN: He was in England. Yeah. He was traveling in England.
And somebody said, you know, you just -- you hate the poor. Because you don't. And he's like, no, no, no. I don't. I don't.
I'm watching what you're doing.
And everything that you're doing is making the situation worse for them. They're getting poorer and poorer and more reliant on you.
We found, you know, the churches should do it.
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: And you shouldn't just give it out. We should make people uncomfortable in their poverty, so they want to get out.
STU: Uh-huh.
GLENN: You know, if you read Noah Gerald Harari. Anyway, that guy.
STU: Geraldo. Yes. If you read Geraldo's book, yeah.
GLENN: You read Harari's book, and he talks about, what are we going to do to this useless population?
Well, there's your first problem.
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: Okay. If you're looking at people as useless. Then you do have to do something with them.
But who is making them useless?
Our school system is making them useless.
They cannot read. They can't reason.
They can't think.
They can't do mathematics.
And then on top of it. You know, the elites are controlling all of our tech.
And it's going to get worse and worse and worse.
I mean, Stu. Tell the story about homework last night with your son.
STU: Oh, yeah.
So we had baseball. By the way, Zach two for two with the triple. So we get back from the game, and it's late. And he's been -- from the moment we left school, it was baseball all the way. And it's like 9:15. 9:30. He's done with the shower. He's beat. He's -- you have to run for a triple at that speed. That will do you.
So he has the homework. And he has math homework. He's in some advanced math class. Where he's now looking at -- he's to the level now in seventh grade, where he is beyond what I can actually remember and do easily.
You know, he's like, can I help me with this.
GLENN: I remember that hit me with my kids in first grade.
STU: It's some advanced graphing formula.
And I'm like, I sort of remember seeing something like this 30 years ago.
It's beyond my level.
GLENN: Right.
STU: So when these things happen.
I've been using. Like ChatGPT.
Or Grok, or whatever. To kind of reteach it to me in a brief lesson. So I can talk him through it.
It's really helpful like that. Don't let your kids get access to it.
GLENN: Right.
STU: Right.
So what I usually do, is I'll be like, hey, help me understand this and explain it to a seventh grader. And it gives you like a little outline of, like, okay. Here's a formula. This is how this works.
Then it kind of comes back to you. It's like a language you maybe learned a long time ago.
When you get kind of a couple of words, it starts piecing back together in your mind. So it's been really helpful.
But last night, I'm tired. He's tired. It's late. And I am like, I just -- even after I did that exercise, could not really remember how to do whatever he was attempting.
And so I was like, well, let me just try to type it out. And have -- graph the thing for me. Maybe it will set me up. I do that, I type in the question he's got on his paper. It does the homework and graphs it up for me. And I'm like, wow, that's amazing. But still, I'm at the point, my brain is not working, I cannot get there.
Then I wind up taking a picture of his actual question, just a picture of it. Input it into the AI, and it reads the question. It then explains it to a seventh grader step by step. And then answers it, at the bottom.
And so I have him, I'm like, you read this.
I'm legitimately not getting this. I read this. He reads the step by step. You know, how to understand what's going on. What each thing means.
And, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is easy.
Before he gets to the answer.
GLENN: You gave him the answer?
STU: I didn't give him the answer.
It was at the bottom. So I made sure to not get to the --
GLENN: All right. You just know, it's my son. He's never going to read all the way to the end.
STU: I think what you want to do.
Correct me if I'm wrong, Glenn. Because you're the AI expert here. What I should have done is say, don't give the answer at the end.
GLENN: Well, you could have, cut it off for you. So you could have it, and check his work.
STU: That's what wound up happening.
It's fascinating. And then I started thinking, I'm super restrictive on phones.
My kid doesn't have one.
Every single thing is locked down. They can't even log into their devices, where they're coming to me and make me type in or give my fingerprint to get in. I'm obsessive about this. I've read Jonathan Haidt's book.
GLENN: That is terrifying, by the way.
STU: The Anxious Generation, read it. Hopefully before they turn of the age where you might be considering giving them a phone.
GLENN: I wish I would have read that. I wish it would have been printed before I did. Because I gave my kids a phone when they got into high school.
Because the school said, they have to have one.
STU: And that's late.
You already did a great job of -- of --
GLENN: Oh, we just.
STU: It's so hard.
GLENN: I'm sure every parent feels like this.
You just feel like a failure.
Because everything is so overwhelming.
And you never dealt with any of this stuff.
It's not like our parents -- I mean, kids hadn't changed that much.
Life hadn't changed that much from the '60s to the '80s. It's totally different now.
You just feel like a bad parent at times.
STU: We were at dinner with some of his friends after baseball.
Five kids at the table. Four of them are on phones, at the table. My son is the only one without one. I'm sure this is going to lead to all positive things in the future.
GLENN: Oh, it will. It will.
STU: I do believe it will, for him. He will have some tough times.
My point there though, is that I'm obsessive about this. I lock all that stuff down as much as I can. It's still difficult.
Most of the parents I know, are like, they're going to get it anyway.
I can't sit here and obsess about freaking screen time all day.
So, you know, they're good kids.
Look, I -- I don't know -- was I a good kid? I don't know. But I will tell you, if I had access to that, I would be taking a photo of every single one of my questions and having ChatGPT or whatever answer them.
Filling it all in.
Getting on with my life. When I went to play video games.
And we're seeing it now. There was an instructor, who teaches a college course.
Been teaching it for years and years and years.
He said, all of my students seem brilliant all of a sudden. And it's funny because none of them come for help after school and office hours. None of them ever ask any questions in class. They all get incredible grades, and until we have an in-room exam! And then they all do worse, than everybody else.
From the previous years.
And he's like, what's happening?
Is -- ChatGPT. I think it's a coding thing. Their -- ChatGPT is doing all the coding for them, or AI or Grok or Gemini. Or whatever.
And they're not learning it. They don't have any of the process. They don't know how to answer the questions.
They don't know how to think through the problems. What -- what does that lead to?
GLENN: Stu, do you remember when I had Ray Kurzweil? 2008, 2009.
And he said, that this was coming.
And I said, Ray, that's going to make us incredibly lazy.
He said, no. It will give you time to think about other things.
And I thought, okay. You don't know who humans are.
I use it that way. I know people who do use it that way.
It's enhanced what they do.
And I said, oh, my gosh.
I can create so much more.
Most people are not like that. That's the spirit of the entrepreneur that is like that.
That's the discoverer in some people.
Most people are like, I just want to get by.
I just want to get by.
And I just want to do my thing for a few hours every day, just be left alone. Those are the ones that are going to be left way behind. Because they will use it to complete their work.
And not to help them learn or think.
Tariffs on Imported Cars: What You Need to Know
President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported cars are coming and the market is reacting. People are buying cars now to avoid the tariffs. But how will the tariffs work? Which cars will be affected? How long will the price hikes last? Will they work to bring manufacturing jobs back to America? Glenn and Stu answer the biggest questions Americans are asking.
Transcript
Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: Hey, Stu. Would you do me a favor?
Would you give me a list of all the car companies that will be hit bit tariffs, beginning next week.
And we will give you these car companies here in just a minute.
But I want you to -- I want you to -- I want you to be prepared for something.
If you're in the neighborhood, and looking for a new car, this would be the week to buy it.
If you buy anything that is foreign made, this would be the week to buy it.
Because as of next week, they will go through the roof, in cost. 25 percent tariff on all foreign-made cars.
And already, if you go into a showroom this weekend, you're probably going to have a hard time getting it. Or doing any kind of negotiation on it.
Because they're going to charge you full price.
Because the business of selling foreign cars right now, is at a peak.
Because everybody who wanted to buy a foreign car, is in there, right now. Is, I have to buy it, before this tariff comes in.
Now, here's a part that I really want you to understand.
This is going to do what COVID did to used cars.
So if you're thinking about buying a used car, and you want a foreign car, then you better buy that one right now. Because as of next week, when the price of all of these cars. The new ones are through the roof.
Most people will say, I'm not paying that. I'm not going to pay an extra 25 percent for that new car.
I just won't do it. So they'll stop buying it.
But if you have to buy a car you'll buy a gently used car. A pre-owned car.
And those will become scarce.
Because those will not fall under the tariff.
So it will be exactly like it was with COVID.
You won't be able to get the new car.
Just for a different reason. I mean, you could. But you're not going to pay for it, like that.
Most people won't. So you'll go out and try to buy a used car. But those used cars are going to become more and more expensive.
I was just talking to somebody about this, and they were like, that sounds like a good investment. Maybe I should go out and buy a bunch of used cars.
I don't know. I don't know if that's a good investment or not. But I just want you to think about that, that things are going to change next week. At least for a little while.
And gosh, if you're a car dealer. And you sell foreign cars.
I feel for you, brother. I feel for you, brother.
Hopefully, this thing will turn around quickly. You know, hopefully Europe will break before we break.
But it will be a tough ride. But if you need to buy a car, right now would be the time to do it.
STU: You want -- before we go out?
GLENN: Yeah. Go ahead.
STU: First of all, pretty much every company imports some of their cars.
GLENN: Right.
STU: So that includes Ford, for example, about 20 percent of the cars, they sell are imported. Honda is about 35 percent. General Motors, about 40.
That's imported.
So you think General Motors. You think of them as an American company. A lot of them too.
It might be imported from Mexico.
Right?
So it's not necessarily from China or whatever.
But the highest percentages of imported vehicles sold here in the United States.
Volvo is about 90 percent.
Mazda and Volkswagen about 80 percent.
Hyundai about 70.
And then Mercedes, about 60.
So are those going to be --
GLENN: But you have to look at BMW.
Doesn't BMW and Volkswagen.
Or is it Audi.
They own like, a billion different brands.
Then they just gobble up a bunch of stuff.
STU: Sure, yeah.
Each one of these companies has a bunch of brands under it, for sure. So that's going to be the situation. Remember too, a couple things under tariffs. First of all, the tariff is on basically what it costs. Not what final retail value is.
So it's not necessarily 25 percent on top of, let's say, $50,000 car. Twenty-five percent of $50,000. If the car takes $30,000 to produce, the tariffs paid on that number.
So it isn't quite as high.
GLENN: Okay. So it's only 25 percent on 30,000, not 50,000.
STU: I'm trying to be helpful here, Glenn. You know I oppose all of these policies, dearly.
GLENN: I know. It will just hurt a lot of people.
It just will crush a lot of people.
STU: Again, will it even go into effect?
It's a big question.
GLENN: I don't know.
STU: Donald Trump has -- more than half of the tariffs he's promised, have been paused or delayed. So we don't know if it's going to actually happen. Could be a negotiation tactic.
But you're right. To your point, hey. Let's start a business on used cars. What if this tariff doesn't go into effect the next week?
It's so hard to tell. But this, I will say, is the weakness of this approach.
Because companies have no freaking idea how to run their businesses as of next week. And, by the way, the reciprocal tariffs are supposed to go into effect on April 2nd as well, which is also next week.
So a lot of this stuff is going on.
We just don't what an it means yet. And for any company that imports anything, this has a real stress on how they run their business.
Remember, it's American importers that are paying these taxes, even though you wind up paying them eventually. On the business side of that, they're like, well, what's my cost of business next week?
Is it $100 or $125? I don't know.
GLENN: Don't know. Don't know. Don't know.
I have a friend who sells foreign cars. And he's just like, I have no idea.
He's like, right now. It's a feast.
Right now, everybody is coming in and buying things, because they don't want to afford these tariffs.
He said, but I feel bad. Because they have not been able to pay the tight, tight price that they paid this week, if the tariffs don't exist.
He said, but they won't be able to afford it, if the tariffs do exist. And so I don't know.
And he said, and nobody is really thinking about the used cars.
He said, used cars will go through the roof.
So we'll be in exactly the same situation we were in, in COVID.
If this actually happens.
And so, you know, go ahead invest in those used cars.
Go buy a bunch of them this weekend. The bulk!
STU: And, Glenn. It's interesting.
It's not just foreign cars. For example, let's say, you want to sell your -- what is going to happen if this goes into effect? Foreign cars are going to go up. The foreign used market will be aggressively higher. By the way, it's still way higher than pre-COVID. There was that spike -- I just did a show on this, this week. Which is all the things that changed through COVID.
You know, some of them spiked and came back to normal. Many of them spiked and never came back to normal.
It's the new normal, if you will.
Used cars are one of those things. They're still way higher than they were, before COVID.
And if this happens.
If you were the type of person who was buying American before this. Right?
I own an American car.
If I -- when I sell it, it's the American car, used car market, that's not going to be going crazy. Right?
It's the foreign cars. So the people that bought foreign cars before. Are going to oddly, be rewarded with this policy, when they tried to sell their car on the used market because those cars are going to be likely more scarce.
So, I mean, there's so many factors, that play into mind.
And the other part of this, Glenn. Almost every time this is attempted, if you are, let's say you're selling an American car.
You're selling your car for $100,000. Your competition is selling for $100,000. They get a 25 percent effective tariff.
Let's say, they raise their prices. They got to raise it $220,000, to compensate for those tariffs.
What are you going to do as a businessperson? Now your closest competition is $20,000, priced higher than you. Do you keep your car at $100,000? Or do you sit back and say, I think we can get 108, 110 for this thing now. Right?
We will still get way below our competition. Why wouldn't we get a little bit of extra profit?
GLENN: That's why we need the government to step in for price gouging!
STU: Yes! Price control, centralize the economy. It always works out so well.
GLENN: Oh, man! It's so good. It's so good.