TheBlaze Radio Specials

There is no single host behind TheBlaze Radio Specials. The feed gathers standalone broadcasts from the Blaze Radio Network, and the voice changes with each one. Among them are Glenn Beck's candidate interviews, a GOP debate reaction and a 2017 year-in-review, which makes this the network in event mode. The Beck interviews are the most direct. In 'Glenn Beck with Dr. Ben Carson in Studio - FULL Interview 10/21/15', Beck notes that Carson is now in the race and describes him as second to Donald Trump. Carson pushes back on ABC News's reading that he had suspended his campaign: some days go to campaign events, others to book events he committed to before running, and his staff and funding stay in place because the FEC is watching. Beck then asks what it will take for people to wake up about Islam in America, and what to do about ISIS and the caliphate. In 'Glenn Beck & Bobby Jindal: FULL HOUR on Communism, 2nd Amendment & More', Beck introduces Jindal as governor of Louisiana, a friend of the program and a true conservative. Jindal talks about climbing into the top five in Iowa polling and voters getting serious after a summer silly season, and the conversation closes on limited government as the protector, not the creator, of God-given rights. Beck also promises more of Jindal on his television show. The debate reaction, with Doc Thompson, Skip LaCombe and Jay Severin, is where things loosen up. 'GOP Debates 9/16/15: Doc, Skip and Jay React' starts from the admission that these debates are hard to watch, with some real substance buried under the same old talking points. From there, one voice compares the evening to Kardashian-style silliness and asks for a grade, while another calls it embarrassing and points out that the first 20 minutes went to Donald Trump as Christians were being killed and people beheaded. The recap signs off by pointing to Jay Severin's own show on the network the next day. The year-end special runs on a different engine. 'Year In Your Ear 2017 with Doc Thompson & Pat Gray - 1/1/18' opens with a rapid collage of 2017 audio: complaints about fake media, the Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer allegations, a Confederate statue coming down, Michael Flynn's resignation, the Moonlight Best Picture moment and claims of Russian election interference. Later comes talk of North Korea, including a firsthand description of huge concrete blocks along roads toward the DMZ, built to drop into the road and stop an invasion from the north. Mike Broomhead of KFYI Radio in Phoenix, Arizona, also joins, and the exchange lands on a blunt point: if people who do this for a living cannot follow it, nobody else will. Across all of it the register stays dry and conversational, with room for grave moments and comic asides. Sponsor reads for Overstock sit at the front of the Beck interviews. Start with the debate reaction to hear the show at its loosest, or with the Carson interview for its most straightforward.