Glenn Beck: What They Stopped Teaching Your Kids
episodePreviously titled “America Turned 250. Can Your Kids Pass This Test? | Glenn Beck” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 5, 2026
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Why is this a special 'Summer of 250' episode and who is Glenn Beck?
Surprise! This is a special bonus episode of Culture Apothecary, and today we're asking a question that should make every parent sweat. Are we raising kids who know every one of America's sins, but have no idea what makes freedom worth defending? My guest is Glenn Beck, one of the most influential voices in Catholicism. conservative media, the founder of Blaze Media and Torch, and the author of the new dystopian novel, Chasing Embers. As America celebrates its 250th birthday this year, Glenn is launching a mission to help families rediscover the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and what freedom actually requires from us. He's got a whole full-blown curriculum to help parents teach their kids true American history.
You can watch this episode on the Real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. Please welcome Glenn Beck to Culture Apothecary. If you ask the average teenager today whether America has been a force for good in the world or a force for evil, what do you think you'd get?
Teenagers today might say a force for good. Anyone over 25, I think, would say a force for evil.
Why is there that discrepancy with those ages?
Generation Alpha is just different. They're coming out different. They are more conservative than even I am in my generation. I think they're quicker to pick up on the bull crap that is being shoveled their way. They've also seen their older brothers and sisters or, you know, people who are now 30 are really all screwed up. I just think I think Generation Alpha is the one that's going to save us. I think it's the greatest generation ever.
So when public schools are teaching American history, are they focusing more on America's sins, you think, or are they focusing on America's achievements?
I don't even think they're focusing really on America. And up until about four years ago, I think, Hitler was not required to teach while teaching World War II. that's just the way it is and so i i'm not sure that our our kids are learning anything generally speaking i think the courses are just nonsensical in many ways it's only teaching dates and names that you have to memorize and they're not teaching the story at all they're not teaching anything that is relevant how do you teach world war ii without hitler you have to have Hitler because he's the main driver of the story. So what that means is you're not telling the story. You're just saying this battle happened on this time. Memorize the date.
Memorize the name. Well, that doesn't teach me anything. So I think you're walking out of the classroom, you know, maybe at best an empty vessel.
What is the best way for parents to go about teaching their kids to love America while still acknowledging that we're not perfect?
If you don't teach the bad things about America, your kids are going to think that you are ignorant or lied to them. And I'm not sure which one is worse. So you have to teach. You know, that's the thing that I concentrate on with our museum is we have all the good things about America. But I also collect all the bad things about America. I can I can outdo any professor of American history in any college or university that hates America. Go ahead. Go ahead. I'll outdo you. And I have the documents to prove that. What you say we did, I have the documents that prove we did do it, and it's awful. However, can you tell me the good things? They can't. I can. Winston Churchill is one of my favorite people from the 20th century.
And if you just read about him from the Western point of view, he's fantastic. But if you go and read him from the point of view from an Indian perspective, Now he's a monster. And he really did do those things in India because he was an empire guy. So which is he? Is he a good guy or a bad guy? And the answer is yes. He's both.
Yeah.
Just like we all are. Just like American history is. It is both good and bad. The difference is, are you becoming a more perfect person? Never perfect. More perfect. Are you getting better or are you getting worse?
Yeah.
The trajectory is what history is supposed to show you and what you're supposed to adjust.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is this a special 'Summer of 250' episode and who is Glenn Beck?
0:21–5:06
2
Why do teenagers and older generations disagree about America's role in the world?
5:06–9:21
3
How are public schools failing to teach American history as a story?
9:21–13:37
4
How should parents teach both America's sins and its achievements to children?
13:37–22:59
5
Why is the individual versus the collective the central political battle today?
22:59–26:06
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