# Best of the Program | Guest: Brad Meltzer | 6/24/26

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Podcast: [The Glenn Beck Program](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-glenn-beck-program-436520)
Published: 2026-06-24T17:21:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.glennbeck.com/torch
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Duration seconds: 3110

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Glenn explains how the creation of the pencil shows how capitalism is the only way a country can succeed. Glenn reacts to positive reactions from people from other countries traveling to the World Cup who are finally seeing America for what it is, not how the media portrays it. Author of the popular children’s book series “Ordinary People Change the World,” Brad Meltzer, joins to discuss the newest book in the series, “I Am Teddy Roosevelt.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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