What do the stories you loved as a child reveal about who you are today?Stephen Kent, creator of Geeky Stoics and coauthor of Great Escape: 30 Reflections on Stoicism, Faith, and the Wisdom of Great Stories, joins Eric to explore why stories from C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Star Wars and other childhood favorites can shape the way we understand courage, meaning, faith and the world around us.They discuss Tolkien’s defense of escapism, why Stoicism has become popular with young men, the search for meaning in a culture increasingly dissatisfied with nihilism, and the surprising story of the “nihilist penguin” meme that Kent believes reflects a broader shift from pessimism toward hope.Eric and Stephen also discuss the new Narnia adaptation, the importance of wonder, the return of a culture that wants to build and dream again, and why revisiting the stories we loved as children may help us understand something about the people we were created to become.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Stephen Kent Joins3:23 Tolkien’s Defense Of Escapism6:03 How Stories Shape Young Minds8:02 Lewis, Tolkien And The Fight Against Nihilism11:43 Narnia, Meryl Streep And Greta Gerwig19:24 Why Stoicism Appeals To Young Men25:12 The “Nihilist Penguin” Meme28:58 “You Can Just Do Things”33:24 Why Big Dreams Are Coming Back40:21 What Childhood Stories Reveal About UsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

A commercial flight bound for Israel suddenly plunged after its copilot stabbed the captain, forcing passengers and crew into a desperate effort to regain control of the aircraft. Eric and Rod Martin discuss the extraordinary Flydubai incident, what it raises about airline security, and the broader changes taking place in relations between Israel and several Arab nations.Eric also reacts to Vanity Fair’s new profile of Erika Kirk and explains why the article surprised him, despite disagreeing with portions of it.Later, Rod breaks down new economic data, including record median household income, the latest poverty figures, and recent growth estimates, before reflecting on the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the long-term consequences of communist rule.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Vanity Fair’s Erika Kirk Profile5:29 Eric Responds To Candace Owens9:15 Chris Himes On The Flydubai Coverage15:26 Rod Martin Joins16:57 The Midair Stabbing On A Flight To Israel21:08 Israel And Its Changing Arab Relationships26:52 What The Economic Data Actually Shows35:36 77 Years Since Mao Took Power In China42:38 Rod Martin’s Big Picture Argument- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Pat Boone joins Eric for a wide-ranging trip through more than seven decades of American music and entertainment.Pat recalls breaking into the charts in the early days of rock and roll, when Elvis Presley was once his opening act and the two spent years competing near the top of the charts. He also shares some remarkable statistics from his recording career, including his claim that he recorded roughly 2,700 songs, more than Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby.Pat tells Eric about a country song that came to him in a dream, his surprising connection to Randy Newman’s first record, Roger Miller, Buddy Hackett, Bing Crosby, and a recent tribute at Iowa’s Surf Ballroom honoring Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper.Plus, Pat reflects on being 92, his brother Nick, the songs he is still writing, and why he has no intention of slowing down.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Pat Boone Joins0:42 Pat Boone On Eric’s Revolution5:50 How Pat Boone Entered Rock And Roll7:22 Elvis Opened For Pat Boone8:58 2,700 Songs And 65 Years On The Charts10:23 The Country Song That Came In A Dream16:32 Randy Newman, Roger Miller And Pat’s Songwriting22:24 Buddy Holly And The Day The Music Died27:32 Pat Boone At 9232:13 Bing Crosby, Buddy Hackett And Old Hollywood- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Meryl Streep is officially set to voice Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, and Eric has some serious questions about what the choice says about Hollywood’s approach to Lewis.Eric and author, educator, and filmmaker Joe LaConte discuss Aslan’s role in the Narnia stories, C.S. Lewis’s understanding of Christianity, masculinity and femininity, and why they believe modern adaptations often impose contemporary ideas on older works rather than respecting the author’s original vision.They also explore the friendship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, how both men emerged from the darkness of World War I without surrendering to cynicism, the literary pact that helped produce some of the twentieth century’s greatest Christian fantasy, and Joe’s upcoming documentary projects on Lewis, Tolkien, and the Venetian Republic.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Joe LaConte Joins2:16 Meryl Streep As Aslan4:33 Would C.S. Lewis Have Approved?7:03 Why Eric Says The Choice Is Provocative14:54 Hollywood And The Battle Over Storytelling18:13 What Lewis And Tolkien Understood About Heroism19:03 The Tolkien Line That Shaped Lewis22:55 How World War I Changed C.S. Lewis27:23 Why Lewis And Tolkien Started Writing Their Own Stories34:47 The Forgotten Republic Of Venice- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

An undercover investigation in Mexico City leads to an extraordinary claim about a new way of getting into the United States.Larry Taunton joins Eric to share what he says his investigators recently discovered while looking into changing migrant routes after the U.S. border crackdown. Taunton says an undercover operative was told he could obtain an authentic U.S. biometric visa for $3,000 in just three days and even pay after the visa was issued. Taunton explains why he stopped the operation before putting his source at greater risk and says he intends to pass the information to the State Department for investigation.Eric and Larry also discuss migrant camps in Mexico, Venezuela, Taunton’s field reporting in Israel and Gaza, an invitation to embed with Jerusalem police, October 7, Charlie Kirk’s memorial, and the danger of accepting sensational conspiracy claims without evidence.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Eric’s Week Ahead And Revolution Update16:08 Larry Taunton Joins17:42 What Changed Along The Migrant Route21:50 The Alleged New Cartel Workaround24:01 Sending An Operative Undercover25:01 The $3,000 Three-Day Visa Claim31:06 Why Taunton Stopped The Sting40:16 Venezuela And Migrants Returning Home47:08 Gaza, October 7 And Islam55:28 Jerusalem Police And Conspiracy Claims- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric and Rod Martin break down a week of major developments involving President Trump, Greenland, China, the United Nations, crime and the upcoming midterms.They discuss the newly signed U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement, what it changes in the Arctic, Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, and new FBI data showing a historic decline in violent crime. Rod also previews his forthcoming book, Trump’s New World Reorder, and explains his argument about the larger changes taking place in America’s domestic and foreign policy.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Rod Martin Joins0:35 Trump’s New World Reorder6:27 Xi Jinping At The White House10:49 China, Reagan And Dealing With Rivals12:52 Trump And The United Nations16:38 Media And The Information War22:23 New Crime Numbers And Greenland24:10 What The Greenland Deal Changes33:00 The 2026 Midterms40:17 What Rod Says The Media Is Missing- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

A successful Florida attorney went out for an ordinary bicycle ride as an agnostic. He says he came home a completely different man.Jeff Childers, the creator of Coffee & Covid, joins Eric to share the extraordinary story of the vision he experienced while riding his bike, when he says he suddenly confronted every sin he had ever committed. The experience led him to pray, begin attending church, and radically change the direction of his life.He and Eric also discuss why Jeff spent years studying what the Bible says about fear and worry before Covid arrived, how the pandemic eventually led him to launch Coffee & Covid, and how his training as a litigator influences the way he analyzes media narratives and current events.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Jeff Childers And Coffee & Covid2:50 How Covid Changed His Life7:17 Using A Lawyer’s Skills To Analyze The News9:26 Life Before Christianity12:23 The Bicycle Ride That Changed Everything13:28 Seeing Every Sin He Had Ever Committed15:50 What Changed After The Vision16:17 Seven Years Studying Fear And Worry18:11 Was Covid A Spiritual Crisis?28:44 Fear, The News And America Today- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

John West joins Eric to discuss Cornerstone University’s new core curriculum and why he believes Christian higher education needs to recover a serious understanding of the Bible, Western civilization, and the American founding.West explains why Cornerstone students will study primary sources including the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, Christian sermons, Frederick Douglass, Marx, and other influential thinkers. Eric and John also discuss the Plymouth Colony, property rights, natural law, Christianity’s influence on American ideas of human dignity and liberty, and a recent survey showing widespread disagreement over where Americans’ rights come from.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 John West Joins0:42 Cornerstone University’s New Core Curriculum3:01 The “Wisdom Of The American Experience”4:17 Why Students Will Read Marx5:47 Christianity And God-Given Rights7:04 Why Christian Colleges Drift11:01 Plymouth Colony’s Property Experiment14:03 How Cornerstone Changed Direction19:09 Two Attacks On America’s Founding21:18 Only 38% Say Rights Come From God24:01 Blackstone, Locke And Natural Law28:31 Christianity, Equality And Racism31:15 Why Every Student Has To Learn This35:46 Why Faith Must Lead To Action40:08 What Christian Higher Education Is For- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Megan Basham joins Eric to discuss the growing battle over artificial intelligence, regulation, and the money being spent to influence the debate.Megan explains why she is skeptical when major AI companies ask the federal government to regulate them and discusses reporting that she says revealed funding flowing to journalists and Christian organizations, including The Gospel Coalition, for AI-related content. She argues that the central issue is not simply who received funding, but whether audiences were clearly told about it.Eric and Megan also discuss China, AI alarmism, the potential benefits of new technology, and the growing fight over Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN, and whether one of Hollywood’s biggest studios could leave California.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Megan Basham Joins0:55 The Fight Over AI Regulation3:13 Why Big AI Companies Want Regulation4:26 Who Is Funding AI Alarmism?5:08 The Gospel Coalition Funding Question7:16 How Journalists Are Being Funded9:42 Eric Asks About The Gospel Coalition12:49 China And The AI Race17:16 The Case Against AI Catastrophism23:54 Could AI Actually Help Humanity?25:57 The Paramount And Warner Bros. Fight30:10 Why CNN Matters33:18 The Fight Over CNN’s “Independence”34:23 Could Paramount Leave California?39:55 Could AI Break Hollywood’s Gatekeepers?- -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE:    / @ericmetaxas  #EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, James Lindsay joins Eric one year after Charlie Kirk’s memorial to reflect on Charlie’s Christian faith, his influence on the conservative movement, and the divisions that have emerged since his death.Eric and James discuss Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, disagreements within the political right, the upcoming midterms, and what they believe Charlie would be focused on if he were still here.Later, Ken Fish joins Eric to share recent stories from his ministry, including a deeply traumatized former prisoner in Australia and a woman who Ken says experienced relief from 20 years of tinnitus after prayer. They also discuss suffering, healing, miracles, and why Ken believes Christians should expect God to continue working in supernatural ways.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 One Year Since Charlie Kirk’s Memorial2:16 Why Eric Says The Memorial Was Historic5:17 Charlie Kirk’s Christian Legacy7:24 Tucker, Candace And What Changed After Charlie10:54 James Lindsay On Charlie’s Unifying Role12:17 What Charlie Would Be Doing For The Midterms17:08 Divisions Inside The Political Right23:16 Ken Fish Joins27:01 The Former Prisoner Ken Says Was Transformed32:39 Can Emotional Healing Be A Miracle?39:52 The Woman With 20 Years Of Tinnitus47:44 How Ken Fish Prays For Healing- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.