Rod Martin on Faith, Freedom, and the Future of Conservatism
The Eric Metaxas Show
Metaxas Media
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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In this episode, Rod Martin joins the conversation to unpack the intersection of faith, politics, and culture in America today. From the challenges facing religious liberty to the role of technology and economics in shaping the conservative movement, Martin offers a thoughtful big-picture view of where the country is headed. He also shares personal insights on leadership, community, and why the future of conservatism depends on both principle and innovation.
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| 0:00.0 | Dinesh D'Souza went into a war zone to make his new film, revealing never-before-seen footage of October 7th. |
| 0:06.2 | The film offers a new way to understand Israel, radical Islam, anti-Semitism, and biblical prophecy. |
| 0:12.2 | Could the fate of the world be tied to this place? |
| 0:15.3 | Dinesh's new film, The Dragon's Prophecy, is in theaters two nights only. |
| 0:19.9 | October 6th and 8th. |
| 0:21.2 | Streaming and DVDs available October 9th, all tickets and pre-orders at the Dragons Prophecy Film.com. |
| 0:27.4 | The Dragons Prophecy Film.com. |
| 0:42.7 | Welcome to the Eric Mataxis show. |
| 0:49.5 | It's a nutritious smoothie of creamy, fresh yogurt, vanilla protein powder, and a mushy banana. |
| 0:52.8 | For your mind, drink it all down. |
| 0:53.7 | It's nummy. |
| 0:59.1 | I wub, vanilla. Here comes Eric Metaxus. |
| 1:12.2 | Hey there, folks. Welcome to the program. They tell me, let me see, it's Wednesday, September 24th. The hour is late, ladies and gentlemen. There are things happening. The news is moving so fast. I can't keep up. Yesterday, President Trump was |
| 1:19.3 | insulted by the people at the UN who made his escalator break and who made his teleprompter not work. |
| 1:27.2 | But these are glorious moments because no matter what the enemy does, it backfires. |
| 1:34.3 | Trump was able to speak from, to shoot from the hip for an hour at the UN, an hour of truth-telling at the UN. |
| 1:42.1 | You realize that's about 59 minutes more truth-telling |
| 1:45.2 | per hour than they've ever had in the history of the dopey, uh, Jew-hating, America-hating |
| 1:53.3 | UN folks that yesterday, and that's just part of what happened yesterday. I want to, I want to cover the news |
| 2:00.3 | today with, uh, with, uh, I guess in hour two yesterday. I want to, I want to cover the news today with, I guess, |
| 2:03.8 | in hour two, we've got John Smirak, we have Megan Basham. We're going to be talking about the |
| 2:09.3 | Jimmy Kimmel thing. But right now in hour one, I get to talk to Rod Martin. Hooray, Rod Martin, |
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