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Wednesday 18 Straight Talk With Gary Randall

March 18, 2026·28 min·2 clips

Gary Randall exposes how Tucker Carlson's close friend Joe Kent resigned over the Iran war, claiming Israel pressured Trump.

The episode is openly devotional. A Max Lucado promo offers a "word of encouragement," then Randall greets listeners on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. He begins with disaster: the tri-state tornado of 1925 and the New London school explosion of 1937. Those memories set the tone before the news argument starts. From there, Randall narrows in. He remembers Kirby Wilber as an old radio friend who would call early with a breaking story and press him to respond on air. That history gives Wilber’s social media post extra weight. The post sends Randall back to Joe Kent comments on Tucker Carlson, and Randall treats the clip as something to test, not just replay. The test is simple: prediction against reality. Kent warned that an Iran war would be very bloody. Randall answers by naming thirteen American service members killed and treating each death as grievous. Then he moves quickly to the larger comparison: day eighteen of Operation Epic Fury, 6,000 combat flights, and Iran’s nuclear power described as buried. His verdict is sharp. Randall repeats the claim that Iran’s Navy was destroyed and top leadership eliminated, using that list to push back on Kent’s earlier warning. Tucker Carlson’s praise gives the segment its bite. Randall repeats that Carlson called Kent’s analysis reasonable, common sense, and factual, then uses the later outcome to challenge that judgment. This is not a plain news brief. It is Randall doing a spoken essay: a news clip, an old friendship, his own credibility, moral concern, and then a turn back to listener support. The close returns to ministry. He thanks the audience, asks for monthly financial backing, says he will return tomorrow, and lets the Lucado spot bookend the show.

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A pulpit-style news monologue that turns headlines into a biblical argument.

Gary Randall opens with a Max Lucado sponsor read and a run of March 18 anniversaries, then settles into a long political argument that moves through Israel, Iran, and Joe Kent.

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For when you want encouragement, biblical insight, and a steady Christian voice in one stretch.

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