Winning the Fight for the Soul of America w/ Glenn Beck + ANOTHER Platner Scandal Explodes

**Glenn Beck** (0:00)
The communists, the socialists, the Islamists, and the anarchists will work together to destabilize the Middle East, Europe, and then America, and it all ends here.
Everyone said, that's insane, they don't go together. Well, they do, don't they? They do. Remember after 9-11, people were like, why do they do this? What do they hate us? They hate our freedom. They don't hate our freedom.
Here's what they hate. Here's what all of them hate. They hate the idea that all men are created equal, that they're endowed by their creator with certain rights, and that governments are instituted to protect those rights, and that this experiment worked.

**Josh Holmes** (0:40)
It's scary. We're going to have a real fight for the future of our country with people who literally do not believe we should have one.

**Glenn Beck** (0:49)
The days of ringing the bell going, hey, we're going to be in trouble. We're in trouble. It's already here.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:57)
American energy is growing. With a renewed focus on American oil and natural gas, we're rebuilding our industrial strength and driving investment. Energy demand is rising. The United States has the resources to meet it. Here's the challenge.
If we can't build the infrastructure to move that energy, pipelines, transmission lines, and power plants, Americans won't feel the benefits. And while projects stall, China moves faster. Not because America lacks energy, but because Washington's permitting system is outdated and broken. Energy affordability depends on getting energy where it's needed, when it's needed. Yet critical projects remain stuck for years in delays and endless litigation. We have the energy. We have the workforce. Now it's time to build.
Let's secure American energy leadership for generations to come. When America builds, America wins. Pass permitting reform now. Learn more at permittingreformnow.org.
Paid for by the American Petroleum Institute.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:04)
This program has become one of the most influential podcasts in America.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:08)
I love the personality. You guys are killing it.

**John Ashbrook** (2:10)
I just saw your number one.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:11)
Congratulations.

**Josh Holmes** (2:12)
It's an honor and a pleasure to welcome the great Sean Hannity.

**Glenn Beck** (2:17)
Guys, I love you.

**Donald Trump** (2:19)
Congratulations on all your success.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:21)
This is why you listen to The Ruthless Podcast, because nobody else would ask that question.

**Glenn Beck** (2:25)
The only political podcast worth listening to is The Ruthless Podcast.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:32)
The Ruthless Podcast.

**Josh Holmes** (2:34)
Good Tuesday to you. Welcome back to the Ruthless Variety Program. I know that all of you had an absolutely incredible America 250
We all did. I'm Josh Holmes, along with Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook. Smug will be with us in a minute, but we needed a little space on the dais because we have a very special guest. Mr. Glenn Beck, how are you, sir?

**Glenn Beck** (2:56)
I don't know how special. I know most of those of you guys put on a tie. I get t-shirts. You're not wearing pants.

**Comfortably Smug** (3:03)
I mean. You've noticed you're dressed up.

**Glenn Beck** (3:05)
I just tried it a little bit.

**SPEAKER_12** (3:08)
I mean, it's important that you're fine.

**Glenn Beck** (3:09)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_12** (3:11)
Oh, is that the old?

**John Ashbrook** (3:13)
Oh my gosh.

**SPEAKER_14** (3:17)
I don't even know.

**Glenn Beck** (3:18)
15 years old?

**Josh Holmes** (3:20)
That's your old intro.

**SPEAKER_14** (3:21)
Yeah.

**Comfortably Smug** (3:22)
Your old intro.

**Glenn Beck** (3:23)
Now you're at home.

**SPEAKER_15** (3:24)
Yeah.

**Glenn Beck** (3:24)
Now I'm at home. It's good to be with you guys. Congratulations on all your success.

**SPEAKER_15** (3:28)
Thank you.

**Michael Duncan** (3:29)
You deserve it.

**Josh Holmes** (3:29)
Well, thank you. We said prior to the start of the show, we grew up with you and we grew up with a lot of the good works of talk radio and it just formed our overall view of media, media distribution, what the mainstream media is not doing, what corporate media is not doing.

**Glenn Beck** (3:49)
It's changed a lot.

**Josh Holmes** (3:51)
Yeah.

**Michael Duncan** (3:51)
It's changed a lot.

**John Ashbrook** (3:52)
People don't remember this.
We talked about this when we were at one of the parties for inauguration. But I remember when you launched GBTV and everything you were doing, you used it when people would sign up, you'd send them a Roku device. Because this was back before everybody had a smart TV and all the applications.

**Glenn Beck** (4:12)
Nobody knew how to, nobody was streaming live.

**John Ashbrook** (4:15)
Right.

**Glenn Beck** (4:16)
No one was streaming live.

**John Ashbrook** (4:17)
But you saw the future of where media was going, and that is direct to consumer distribution, disintermediated from everything else in media. And that's where everything is now.