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The Glenn Beck Program

Best of the Program | Guests: Brad Meltzer & Carol Roth | 1/16/26

The Glenn Beck Program

Blaze Podcast Network

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.622.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has come out in favor of invoking the Insurrection Act to help curb some of the violent protests happening across the country, specifically in Minnesota. While Glenn understands its necessity, he warns of the precedent it could set. What's happening in Minnesota is more like an insurrection than January 6, but Glenn argues we can't use the Left's reasoning; instead, we must lean on the Constitution. Former investment banker Carol Roth joins to discuss the chaos that could happen if SCOTUS shoots down Trump's tariffs. Author Brad Meltzer joins to discuss his latest book, "The Viper." Brad and Glenn also discuss Brad's upcoming comic-book project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On the podcast today, just a great one you don't want to miss.

0:03.7

I spend the first hour of the program on the Insurrection Act.

0:08.3

Should it be used to maintain order, you know, gain order or not?

0:14.0

This is a constitutional imperative that we answer this without a team Trump or a team Democrat hat on. So I take

0:24.2

both cases, not a straw man argument. I take both, give you the best argument for both sides.

0:29.5

Then we discuss it. We take the poll from you at glenbeck.com. And we went to our founders

0:35.1

library with George A.I. What did the founders believe about this?

0:39.3

And I think you'll be surprised.

0:40.8

Then we have Brad Meltzer on who has written a new book, The Viper.

0:44.0

He is one of my favorite interviews.

0:46.9

He talks about a secret that I've never heard.

0:51.0

And nobody knows what it said.

0:52.9

But a guy who was on one of the planes on 9-11 that actually

0:56.3

wrote a very important note, needed it to survive the plane crash. So he ate it. Doctors found it

1:04.2

in the autopsy, and they will not say what it was, but they delivered it to the authorities.

1:09.3

That's an amazing story he has.

1:11.1

And good and bad news with Carol Roth on the economy.

1:14.7

What is coming?

1:15.6

What are the jobs you need to look for?

1:17.6

What does the tariff mess mean?

1:20.5

And also we get into the Fed, Ron Paul, for the head of the Fed.

1:26.2

I'm just saying.

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