#106 - Rod Martin
The Eric Metaxas Show
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric talks with Rod Martin about the latest attempt on President Trump’s life, the rise of political violence, the Marxist ideas fueling the left, and why America must recover the founders’ vision of ordered liberty. They also discuss Iran, the possibility of regime change, Reza Pahlavi, and whether the Iranian people may soon rise against the mullahs. Later, Eric speaks with Malachi O’Brien about the historic breaking of the two hour marathon barrier and why it matters far beyond the running world. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.⭐ PRE-ORDER TODAY:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:⭐️ BlockTrust IRA: https://www.metaxascrypto.com/⚖️ Legal Help Center - Get Free Legal Help Today: https://www.legalhelpcenter.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/
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| 0:23.2 | Hey there, folks. As you know, I often on this program speak to Rod Martin, also |
| 0:29.9 | know as Rod D. Martin, about what's going on. And I am very happy to have him as my guest |
| 0:37.0 | today to try to process what's going on. Rod Martin am very happy to have him as my guest today to try to process what's going on. |
| 0:40.1 | Rod Martin, welcome back. |
| 0:41.0 | Great to be here. |
| 0:45.6 | Um, maybe we should first talk about the attempt on President Trump's life, since that's the headline news, as unfortunately it must be. |
| 0:59.9 | Well, there's no question that this is just horrifying. |
| 1:04.1 | And I was so gratified to hear what the president had to say about even senior Democrats coming up to him in the room and hugging him |
| 1:15.2 | and offering support. And that's how things ought to be. We should be one people that is |
| 1:22.0 | horrified by any kind of political violence whatsoever. The problem is we aren't. |
| 1:28.3 | And there was some really fascinating polling on this in September by UGov that found that |
| 1:36.9 | 26% of young male Democrats, so 45 and younger, 26 percent, more than a fourth, believe political |
| 1:48.4 | violence is justified. And that was the word used, justified. Now, this is not a both-sides |
| 1:56.0 | problem. The conservative number was 7 percent, not 27, not 26, 7. |
| 2:04.5 | Seven should horrify us. |
| 2:07.3 | We should be absolutely horrified that 7% of anybody thinks we ought to have political violence to advance a political agenda. But seven is a quarter of the Democrat |
| 2:22.6 | number, which is a quarter of them all. So this is where we are. This is almost civil war kind |
| 2:30.6 | of territory. Yeah. And we have to deal with it. And you know where it's coming from. |
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