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Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Ep 1184 | Why John Luke Quit Duck Commander Before His Parents Could Fire Him

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

4.923.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

John Luke explains his exit as Duck Commander Store manager, saying he resigned after finding his own replacement, while Korie insists she had to fire him. He also calls out the Robertson clan for “merchandise shrinkage,” which segues into the crew’s dive into Exodus. Christian highlights the meaning of Moses’ name, “drawn out,” and Zach riffs a T-shirt idea on the spot. Al shows how the Robertson story echoes key elements of Exodus. In this episode: Genesis 1, verse 26; Exodus 1, verses 1–7; Exodus 25; John 4; John 6; Hebrews 8–10; 1 Peter 3, verses 20–21; James 1, verses 2–4 Today's conversation is about lesson 1 of The Exodus Story taught by Hillsdale Professor Justin Jackson. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/⁠ More about The Exodus Story: Explore God’s mercy as he leads Israel out of slavery in Egypt. Exodus is a central narrative of the Bible. It recounts the moment that God reclaims Israel as his people, rescues them from slavery in Egypt, and establishes the Ten Commandments to guide their moral and religious freedom as an independent society. In “The Exodus Story,” Professor of English Justin Jackson picks up the biblical narrative where his course on Genesis ended. Join Professor Jackson in learning about the nature of God’s mercy, human freedom, and the relationship between the divine and man. Enroll today to discover the beauty of God reclaiming the Israelites through his mercy and love in “The Exodus Story.” Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters: 00:00-06:53 Why Exodus Frames the Whole Bible 06:54-15:25 Pharaoh’s Policy of Death vs. God’s Mandate to Multiply15:26-23:40 Egyptian Midwives Stand Up for Hebrew Babies 23:41-33:35 Moses Undergoes Humility Training 33:36-41:18 Wandering the Desert for 40 Years 41:19-49:24 Jesus as a Better Moses  — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am unashamed. What about you? I was briefly manager of the Duck Commander store for about two months until I got fired. I didn't get fired. You did get fired. Your mom told me this week that she said no one is in the business.

0:18.4

Wasn't that the premise of the whole first show

0:20.9

is the campfire family? Yeah, no. Until you get fired. You got moved? What would you say you got? Transitioned? I would say I quit. I would say I found my first replacement. I did it. And then whenever mom was like, Bella was trying to find a job. I was like, oh, God, I got the job for her. Mine. one I hated it

0:39.5

Two I was terrible at it

0:40.6

So

0:41.0

Yeah was trying to find a job. I was like, oh, God, I got the job for her, mine. One, I hated it, two, I was terrible at it. So, but people would steal stuff. Family members would, I mean, you talk about just make stuff disappear. Like, every podcast. I'm getting a little nervous all the sudden. People would roll in. It's actually, hmm. Oh, ever, people would roll in and just clear out stuff. So you weren't bad at your job. It was just people stealing the merch. No, I'm saying I figure that out and saw how much merch was disappearing from family members in my two months. But did that have anything to do with your firing? Do they blame it Like I was saying they blamed the losses on you. No, that was the one good thing I did was figure that out. Yeah. Attempt to stop. You got to take the wins where you can get us. And then after that, I actually didn't fix the problem. I just identified that particular problem. So if you're tuning in,

1:27.8

this is Unashamed for Hillstale,

1:29.8

at Hillsdale Friday.

1:31.9

This has nothing to do with this,

1:33.9

but we just kind of sometimes just turn the camera on.

1:36.1

We're in the good conversation.

1:38.0

And I had mentioned that I had gone in there on occasion

1:41.2

and grabbed merch.

1:43.4

And apparently I may have been contributing to this problem.

1:47.0

But I felt like it was very...

1:48.7

Well, I always felt like that I was deserving of two-thirds of the inheritance of Duck Commander

1:53.4

being the oldest son that I never got.

1:56.7

So a shirt or two here and there was like way short of two-thirds of everything. So you always felt like a good, well, I just felt like I was going back to my Jewish roots, you know? So John Lloyd, you just taking what I was old. I never say you, you know. No, of course not. And the next week you see John Luke and he tells you got fired and you're like, no. That's why I downloaded. That's why you're my favorite nephew. Here's my real confession. I came in yesterday, Sunday, and snag some hats with my friend. We raided, and I didn't put it in the system. You didn't put it in the system. Well, I figured out a side of this. Next week when Bella gets fired. Belly, if you're listening to this, take out three hats. I was here filming this, our Genesis episode and episodes, and I walked in there and they have a guy in their work. Like, he's in the center of the room with a computer, and it's like an all-watching eye. And everybody that comes in, and he's, hey, what? what? What's this for? Are you talking about Luis?

2:51.3

Yeah.

2:52.1

I don't want to, I don't want to give.

2:53.4

I didn't know if it was like, if he was like undercover or what.

2:55.5

So yeah, you've, yeah. So any family members? I think he's undercover. Okay. I think he's above the covers. Well, we're in. Go ahead. No, I was just going to say, Luis, and I have an understanding because he was in an orphanage that I helped

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