Markets Up, Media Down, and Madness Everywhere

The Rob Carson Show

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4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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-The show leans hard into “we told you so,” with Carson gleefully roasting media narratives while pointing at rising markets, falling oil prices, and what he calls a geopolitical checkmate. -Tony Kinnett joins as the first-ever on-camera livestream guest, immediately diving into rapid-fire political banter—mocking Democrats’ messaging strategy as “basically vibes and socialism” while agreeing the economy is stealing the spotlight. Today’s podcast is sponsored by : CHAPTER - If you're turning 65 or already on Medicare, call Chapter at 27-MEDICARE for the plan that suits you best. RELIEF FACTOR - You don’t need to live with aches & pains! Reduce muscle & joint inflammation and live a pain-free life by visiting http://ReliefFactor.com ETHOS: Ethos makes getting life insurance fast and easy, 100% online. Just go to http://Ethos.com/NEWSMAX CRUISE & TOUR - Enjoy four days and nights visiting the most popular historic sites of Washington DC with your host Rob Carson! Hotels, meals, and gratuities included! Space is limited so Don’t wait. Visit http://TravelWithRob.net to book your DC Getaway today… GHOSTBED - I used to think a mattress was just furniture, until I got my GhostBed! GhostBed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the season, plus an extra 10% off. Go to http://GhostBed.com/CARSON and use promo code CARSON BIRCH GOLD - Protect and grow your retirement savings with gold. Text ROB to 98 98 98 for your FREE information kit! To call in and speak with Rob Carson live on the show, dial 1-800-922-6680 between the hours of 12 Noon and 3:00 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday… Musical parodies provided by Jim Gossett (http://patreon.com/JimGossettComedy) You can now WATCH and chat with The Rob Carson Show LIVE on Newsmax's social media channels (Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, Rumble) Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Listen Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at http://NewsmaxPlus.com Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : http://nws.mx/shop Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: -Facebook: http://nws.mx/FB -X/Twitter: http://nws.mx/twitter -Instagram: http://nws.mx/IG -YouTube: https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV -TRUTH Social: https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX -GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/newsmax -Threads: http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX -Telegram: http://t.me/newsmax -BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com -Parler: http://app.parler.com/newsmax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hold it now.
0:05.1	You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought-provoking, and funny show in America.
0:13.7	On air and on the World Wide Web, this is the Rob Carson Show.
0:20.2	And by the grace of God, it is finally Friday. Ladies and gentlemen. And I'm going to tell you, usually when I'm on the air on Mondays, I come in and I say, thank God it's Monday because honestly I love doing what I do. But I'm going to tell you today, I kind of am really glad it's Friday. You know why? Because I'm going to the beach. I'm going to Rahobaheath Beach, ladies and gentlemen, doing a big appearance up there at WGMD.
0:41.0	One of our awesome affiliate stations, and I'm going to take it all in, baby. I'm going to take it all in. Don't worry, I won't take my shirt off and ride around on a camel like Carol Swalwell. By the way, I look better than he does without a shirt on. My God, what is up with that? But anyway, I'm looking forward to it. Looking forward to it. And I don't know if you knew this, but there's just a little
0:57.7	bit of good news. Just a little bit of good news today, and I can think of no better way to start the day with then with your favorite jingle in the whole darn world. If I can get it to play. Here it is right here. We love to win. Winning, winning, winning. So much winning. It's lots of winning.
1:11.6	Lots of winning, lots of winning, lots of way, lots of way, lots of way, lots of way, lots way, lots of way, lots of way, lots of way, lots of way, and Iran has said that the Straits of Hormoos is open for business. What? I thought this was a quagmire. This was a quagmire. I thought it was a disaster.
1:27.6	I thought it was awful and everything.
1:29.3	CNN and all the letter networks have been saying that we're losing. We're losing. They said we were losing. Donald Trump came up with the ultimate chess move. He blockaded Iran. And what did Iran do?
1:45.0	They blinked.
1:46.0	Oh, not only.
1:47.0	They blinked.
1:48.0	They bent over.
1:49.0	They bent over.
1:50.0	President Donald Trump confirmed that Iran has finally opened the contested waters of the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial shipping traffic.
1:59.0	In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial
2:01.8	vessels through the Strait of Hormuzas declared completely open for the remaining period of the
2:06.7	ceasefire. There you go. The president of the United States doing exactly what we asked him to do
2:13.2	and came up with an absolutely brilliant strategy, absolute counter absolute countering anything that the Ayatollahs,
2:21.1	or the cardboard Ayatollah could come up with.
2:24.5	And he rocked the blockade, ladies and gentlemen.
2:27.7	Oh, and by the way, the markets are up and oil is down.
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