The Eric Metaxas Show - Dean Cain

Episode Date: September 30, 2022

Dean Cain, a.k.a. Superman, talks about his intriguing role in "No Vacancy," available at SalemNOW.com; "Ask Metaxas" tackles more listener emails; and Jeremy Tedesco of ADF zeroes in on key legal cases.

Folks, welcome to the Eric Mattaxas show, sponsored by Legacy Precious Metals. There's never been a better time to invest in precious metals. Visit legacy p.m. Investments.com. That's LegacyP.m. Investments.com. Eric Mattaxas show with your host, Eric Mettaxas. Hey, Albin. Yeah. Eric. Starting. What do we do now? What do we say? I don't know. Our first guest today, coming up in a few minutes, is our friend Pastor Michael Yousef,

whom we love. And so he's my guest in Hour 1 today. In Hour 2 today, we do Ask Metaxus, where I try to answer your questions that you're sending in. I'm talking to Dean Kane, aka Superman, later on about his movie. And we're doing a campaign with the Alliance Defending Freedom, which I should say that before I get into the fun stuff of what I'm doing here in California, If you go to our website, which is metaxis talk.com, you'll see the banner for Alliance Defending Freedom.

Now, there's probably, there's another banner there for Inspire Investing, which I keep telling people, please, please, you know, invest your money correctly, go to Inspire Investing and let them figure out where your 401k and IRA and all that stuff, where that money is, because that's, That's really important. So we have a banner for that. But the main one that I want you to go to is the Alliance Defending Freedom because honestly, we are in trouble in this country, folks. And whenever people say to me, what do I do? The least you can do is vote and tell everyone you know to vote and talk about it. The least you can do is give some money to organizations that are fighting in the battle.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, I cannot think of anyone fighting harder and better. than the Alliance defending freedom, period, end of sentence. So if you're serious about trying to save the country, let me exhort you to give them what you can give them by going to metaxis talk.com. We're doing a campaign with them just this month. But these folks are heroes. I want to be blunt. They are heroes.

They're fighting the battle that we can't fight. We're not lawyers. We can't argue before the Supreme Court. This is what they do. And later on today, we'll play a clip. of an interview that I did with one of their senior councils. But when people say, what can I do and they complain about the country, I want to say, honestly, folks, you have to help folks who are fighting.

You have to stand up with those who are standing. And there are a lot of those folks out there. But this month, we focus on the Alliance Defending Freedom. You'll see the banner at metaxis talk.com. And I'm telling you bluntly, we have to help these folks. they are in the thick of it, in the thick of the battle, fighting. There are so many fronts in this war, and we have to help. We all have to.

I mean, when people say, what can I do, help those who are on the front lines, whether it is me to some extent or to much greater extent, a number of others that you know about, Mike Lindell, we've got to help them. This is kind of a fundamental thing. So sometimes all you can do is give them money or purchase their products. You know that Mike Lindell, whether through my store.com or my pillow.com, he's a main sponsor this program. You can buy your coffee at my store.com.

Use the code Eric. You can help him and you can help this program. And we need the help because, you know, I'm being sued. We got wiped off of YouTube. Like, we need your help. So if you're in this with us, do whatever you can, please. I say it humbly. Please help us because, you know, the folks, for example, at Alliance Defending Freedom,

they are heroes. They are doing this. You know, they're not in it for the money. You know, if you want to be a lawyer and be in it for the money, you don't go to work for Alliance Defending Freedom. They're laying their lives on the line, their whole careers and everything to fight for us. This is not hyperbole. This is true.

So we want you to go to our website, Metaxistalk.com. Give generously, please, folks. They really need our help. That's how they get to do what they do is we help them. You know, we give them the money to pay their lawyers very low fees, but so they can actually survive and fight for us. So please go to mytaxistalk.com. It is not unimportant.

And by the way, Matt's Sharp from Alliance Defense. Freedom says he's greatly encouraged by all the people that are jumping on board here. I think we have a clip. Can we play that? It gives me hope that there is a generation that is going to pick this up and keep fighting these battles. I think there are more opportunities than we've had in decades to advance religious liberty and free speech. And their contribution, whether small or large, helps to fund those efforts, helps us to take that extra case that can be the one that goes to the Supreme Court and sets the precedent that impacts every American. So every little bit,

large or small helps towards that larger battle to help secure these fundamental freedoms. Well, every day we get in the numbers of who in our audience has helped out. And so far, we've raised almost nothing. So I want to ask you, beg you folks, if you listen to this program, please go to our website, metaxis talk.com. Please click on the better. These folks need our help. I promise you, they are heroes.

They're fighting for you and for me. This is no hyperbole. This is reality here. And by the way, Eric, I just got a note here that we have another, another new affiliate that just started in Amsterdam, New York. Now, that's in the Schenectady area, like Amsterdam Schenectady. And that's talk radio 1490 and 106.9 WCS. So that's great. We've got new listeners up there in Amsterdam.

Yeah. And that is awesome. Seriously, I didn't know that. Okay. We're adding, we're adding people. with the folks in the Amsterdam, Eric, God bless you. Thanks for listening to the program.

Now, Albin, I got to say, I am in Orange County, California. So, like, I'm all mixed up. What day is it? What hour is it? You know, I woke up at 4 a.m. this morning. I mean, I'm on my way. I'm going to be on Kirk Cameron's TV program.

Today, we're going to tape a couple of programs. I bumped him into him in the lobby last night. I love Kirk Cameron. He's just one of the most wonderful brothers and friends. And so doing that today. Then I fly to Seattle. I'm doing an event in Seattle. Then I fly back to L.A.

And I'm speaking at Rob McCoy's Church on Sunday, like three times, I think. And oh, my gosh. So that's Rob McCoy's Church this Sunday. Then I'm going to go down to the San Marcos area. And I'm speaking at Greg Denham's Church. Greg Denham is another. What a wonderful friend. And I'm speaking at his church on Monday night in the San Marcos,

this kind of Carl's Bad area. So I'm busy. And then after that, I'll come home. But then I'm going to Houston because, ladies and gentlemen, we are doing a Socrates and the city event in Houston on October 12th. It is going to be nuts. James Tour, October 12th. You can register at SocratesinCity.com.

And we just opened registration for David Berlinski, November 1st in New York City. no one is more brilliant and funny, even though he pretends like he's being serious than David Berlinski. Literally no one. I read his book on the plane not too long ago, his new book. I was like, I wanted to scream with laughter. He's such a genius.

That's so go tosockxatislisnc.com. And by the way, the other night, I just interviewed Andrew Claven. Oh, my gosh. What a blessing. Albin, you were there. Yeah. It was.

Chris was there too. Chris Heimes. Yeah. Chris. Who's that? Yes, I was. I was there. It was fantastic.

I saw you. With your current wife, what's your name? Tiffany, yeah. The one you had six kids with. Yes. You, you, well, you guys were there. It was, I mean, it sounds like a cliche to keep using the word magical. But what I find funny is that people, every time we have a Socrates event, people come to me with the most serious look in their face and they go like, Eric.

I've been a ton of these without any. I'm sorry, this was absolutely the best one. I'm telling you, this was the best one. They said it with Charlie Duke. They said it with Andrew Cleveland. I mean, I'm not making it up. I got several people like emphatically telling me this was the best one. So I.

By the way, Eric, real quick, you're still in the top 100 for letters to the American, letter to the American church. So let it's on that. Yes, I've been doing a lot of interviews around that. And if you haven't gotten your copy, I hope people will get books. get the book for a pastor for somebody who's a little wobbly, maybe needs a little strengthening, because we are in the battle of our lives, folks. There's no hyperbole.

There's a lot more I could say, but we're at a time. Perhaps later we'll talk. But let me tell you, we're in a battle. So, God bless you. You'll be right back with Michael Euse. I've looked at clouds that way. So many things I could have found. The clouds got in my way.

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You didn't believe me? No, you didn't believe me. Well, you know what? I'm sick and tired because promises made, promises kept. Dean Kane is here on the program. Dean Kane, the actor, welcome to the program. Thank you, Eric. Happened to be here.

Very happy to be here. Well, and you really are the Dean Kane that played Superman. I'm not making that one up. No, you are not making that. You're not another Dean Kane. No. You're the guy. That's right.

People know you. I mean, I know you principally from that series, which is already a while ago, you did the Ripley's Believe it or not series. I mean, you've done all kinds of stuff. So you're sort of a ubiquitous figure in American culture. But I want to talk to you about a movie that we've been talking about it on this program because this is Salem Radio. But it's at Salem now.com. And some of my audience already knows about it. But let me ask you, since you're starring in the film, what is the, what is, it's called no vacancy.

What is the story of the film? Well, the story of the film, essentially, it's the story of Cecil Johnson. And T.C. Stallings plays the character. And it's a guy who basically has given up. He's done. He has finished with life. He has a mom who loves him and wishes he would clean up. But just he can't, he can't sort of get away from his demons, which are drug and

alcohol addiction and and and he basically even tries to kill himself early in the film and fails of that. He's like, I can't even kill myself, you know, so what, what can I do? And then through a series of events, he ends up at a place where he receives help, a hand up, not just a hand out, but a hand up. And and that place happens to be a place where I'm the pastor. And it's a place where they house or rehabilitate and and take care of the homeless. And he becomes someone who works in that ministry there and works in that in that capacity and does very well. In fact, he finds a home there.

And it's the transformation of Cecil Johnson. And this is all based on a real story, which is what's so amazing. So we got to meet all the real people involved. Cecil passed. But he became a huge figure. in the church and in the ministry. It was pretty amazing the transformation of this guy. And T.C. Stallings, in my opinion, T.C. Stallings just does such a great job in this film.

He is, he does an incredible performance, and he's a wonderful man. Well, there's so much I want to say. First of all, when you say this is a true story, part of the reason I get excited about the film. Again, folks, the film is no vacancy. You can go to no vacancymovie.com or SalemNow.com. But the reason I'm excited about this is because it is a true story. and it because it tells people, it gives people an example of how people of Christian faith in this country live out their faith in so many ways helping the poor, the homeless, the addicted. And, you know, if you're watching mainstream media, you would get this idea that Christians are hypocrites and they don't care about anything except, you know, three political issues or whatever.

It's a complete lie. And it's really a vile lie because of people who have sacrificed their whole lives to serve the poor, to help people. They're not getting much out of it except the joy of serving God. Which is a lot of joy. Which is a ton of joy. I write. But they're not doing it for the money. They're not doing it.

So you play Pastor Cliff Lee. Is it Lee? Lee. Yeah. In the movie. And so, yeah, what prepared you to play a pet? Did you ever think you'd play a pastor? is kind of an interesting thing, right? Yeah. Well, I've played a lot of pastors now in my day.

And it's really interesting because I've met so many and spent so much time, you know, on a one-to-one level throughout years. And one of the things you realize with pastors is they're just people, too, you know, and sometimes people look at a pastor and they think that they're just this, you know, this force, this power and everything's perfect in their lives and always has been. That's not true for anybody. So it was really interesting. Cliff Lee is the pastor, himself as an amazing guy. He's much taller than me, so I've tried to play as tall as I could. But what a sweet, wonderful guy he is. And his whole, what's happening with him is, you know, he has his own sort of journey in this, in that he's trying to help the homeless, because the numbers

are huge in South Florida at the time, but this was going on. And so he wants to buy, he felt called from God to go and buy this motel nearby and turned it into a homeless shelter. And it would cost, you know, a million something to do so. And they were already having financial problems, but he just felt like this was the thing he was being called to do. And he didn't know how it was going to happen. And he always turns to God and was like, okay, I don't know how it's going to happen.

You show me how this is going to happen. I'll keep pushing. And eventually the community comes together in a wonderful way, kind of like it's a wonderful life. And it's an amazing, it's an amazing feel-good moment, but it's true. That's what makes it so wonderful. So for me to portray Cliff Lee,

I spent time with Cliff, but it's not hard to figure out, you know, to play somebody who's really, excuse me, trying to do the right thing and help people. That's really, there doesn't have to be, you know, that much preparation to try to be a good, kind individual, which is what he is. And did you grow up as a person of faith? Because, you know, I never assumed that about people. I really didn't.

I mean, I went to church on Sundays, but I didn't get it until, you know, roughly in my mid-20s, I was struck by an anvil, metaphorically speaking. And, yeah, metaphorically speaking. But, I mean, it really is kind of amazing. Everybody has these different stories and journeys and things like that. But, I mean, what is your story? How do you come to be open to playing the role of a pastor like this? Well, for me, my faith journey, you know, I went to church on occasion here and there.

And it wasn't so much about going to church or doing all the things. I went to a Catholic high school for a semester. and then I figured when I got into college, I'd study religion and really figure out where I sat. That didn't help that much either. I sort of knew my core bedrock principles, but it wasn't until my son was born that faith became a much more important thing to me. There's something about that. I can't explain it. You know, having to explain the world and life and death to your child is a different thing.

And so there were answers I was looking for and things I was. trying to figure out. And that was my journey. So when he came into this world, I started to put him first, which was different for me, because as a young person, you're very,

you tend to be very selfish and it's all about you and this and that. And all of a sudden I had this child and I cared about that child more than my own life. And it was a weird, weird thing to sort of experience. And then having that, having to teach him about life and the world and, and God and everything. It really sort of solidified my view of the world and the afterlife and why we're here.

And so, and you have to share that with your children because I wasn't prepared to share that at the time. And so that was really the genesis of my, I mean, it was something I was always searching for, but that's what really, that was the event, that was the anvil, so to speak, that hit me. And it's just, you hear that. that over and over. I mean, I think it's, it's just fascinating to me, which is why my advice, you know, to young people is like, hey, get married, have kids. Like if I don't have, you know, much more time to share with you, I'm going to say, get married, have kids, because you have no idea what you're missing. You have no idea what it can do to you when you suddenly feel

this love for someone other than yourself. It's this visceral thing that I care about them. I care about saying the right thing, but maybe I don't know the right thing. And suddenly I have to, you know, think about it. But you hear about so many people who come to faith because they have kids and they're thinking, well, I don't want to raise my kid to believe nothing. And maybe I need to look into this. But you hear this over and over again that there is something about, you know, and I'm sure it's part of God's plan, right? But that when you have a, when you have a kid, often it just, it changes everything. Like for me, I was already, uh, you know, pretty serious about my faith.

But when this child comes into the world, it's like mind blowing. You just think I was, everything has prepared me for this and nothing has prepared me for this. And you, you know, it's like a new part of the adventure. But that's, that's just so cool. I guess I want to interview you more. But in this segment, we've just got about a minute left. What do you think viewers will take away from this film, Dean? You know, it's funny, and it's really apropos for what's going on right now with all the, the migrants coming across the border and, you know, and people are saying, you know, well, you know, that's Texas's problem or the border state's problems.

It's about helping others, you know, and you can, even helping, that's what's great about telling a story, is you see one person's journey and you understand that this can extrapolate to thousands of people. and it's really, I hope they take away, you know, the idea that you can possibly do something. You really can give someone a hand up, not just a hand out, and that will change their life forever. And that's pretty much the meaning of life, folks, right? If God calls us into this world, he blesses us to be a blessing. He gives us gifts so that we can use those gifts for others. It's the only way to live. It's beautiful, but you're not typically getting that.

message in a lot of the culture. So let me recommend the film No Vacancy Starring Dean Kane. And we're going to, we'll be back with more of the program. But you can go to SalemNow.com. Preorder it, SalemNow.com or no vacancy movie.com. Stick around. Tell me, Eric, why is Relief Factor so successful at lowering or eliminating pain? I'm often asked that question. The owners of Relief Factor tell me they believe our bodies were designed to heal. That's right, designed to heal, and I agree with them. So the doctors who formulated relief factor for them selected the four best ingredients, yes, 100% drug-free ingredients, each helps your body deal with inflammation. Each of the four ingredients deals with inflammation from a different metabolic pathway. And that right there, approaching from four different angles, may be why so many

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Are there any real life examples of communities successfully combating addiction and homelessness today? How can we best deliver hope to our nation? Those questions get answered September 23rd on Salem now. in an inspiring new motion picture from Kingstone Studios based on a true story. In no vacancy, a demoted journalist finds her cynicism slowly transformed as she befriends a recovering addict while working a story about a church struggling to purchase a motel for homeless families. No Vacancy, starring Dean C. Stollings and Sean Young is based on the true story of First Baptist

Leesburg, Florida, and a real location in the Samaritan Inn. Movie reviewers are saying movies like this bring purpose to the best. big screen, well-produced and the acting is, enough cannot be said about how incredible this true story is, and this film does it justice. Pre-order it, September 19th at SalemNow.com. Watch the movie on demand or buy the DVD on Friday, September 23rd at SalemNow.com. That's SalemNow.com. Salem now.com. Folks, welcome back. Did I mention Dean Kane that he's going to be on the program? Did I mention that? Yeah. Well, here he is. Dean Kane, welcome back. Thank you, sir. Happy to be here. You're, you're starring in a film right now called No Vake.

which is like it's a faith film, but it's not merely a faith film. It's not like officially a Christian film. It's a film. It's a real film about a true story. In order to be officially a Christian film, Kevin Sorbo has to be in it. I don't know if you know that. Yeah. So this is just like a regular film.

It's called No Vacancy. And we were just telling the audience that this is a true story. So what is the story? It's about a pastor. the pastor who wants to help homeless and addicted people. And what does he do? He opens up like a like a motel, a hotel for homeless. Yeah, well, they already have a men center. They're doing a lot of things for the homeless, but they, the problem is so pervasive. They need more space. And so he feels called to to purchase this motel nearby, owned by a family nearby. And he just feels like that's the

right thing to do to give these, you know, there's, and you see examples of who the people are, whether it's Cecil Johnson, played by T.C. Stallings, whether it's this young homeless family, this mother with two kids, you see the people who are being helped. You see them in their situations, and then you see what happens when they get the help they need. And he is trying to raise money to purchase this, to help the homeless. And what happens, so there's three stories going on at the same time. There's the pastor story. There's T.C. Stalling's story at Cecil Johnson. and then it's told through the eyes of Brandy Michaels, played by Sean Young, who is a jaded reporter who has to cover this beat and gets this story and is bored to death with it,

and then starts to see what's happening, though, starts to see at a city council meeting how the city planners and people around there turn against the pastor. They don't want the homeless there. They say it's like feeding cats. If you feed a stray cat, you're going to have more straight cats. We don't want that around here. But you profess to be, you know, to be Christian and want to help. help, yet you don't.

You don't want anywhere near here. And that's the big part of the problem he runs into. She's a newspaper writer. So she tells a story in the paper, and that gets a lot of people paying attention. And then you get the most amazing cross-section of people who step up to help. It's awesome. The moment that happens in the film is my favorite moment, of course. It's one of my favorite moments.

But when everybody comes together to help, the community comes together and does what communities should help others. What year roughly did the true story happen? What decade are we talking about? I think this was the, I want to be sure because I've done a lot of stuff since we shot this. 70s or 80s? I think it might have been the 80s. Yeah.

And the homelessness problem, the hub of the homelessness problem was right there in central Florida. Unbelievable. Now it's in California, so we should learn a thing or two from no vacancy. Yeah. Well, I'm sorry that in our previous segment talking about this, I neglected to mention Sean Young. People know her from so many films. I can't even remember what I probably saw her first in the 80s and like what, Blade Runner. Blade Runner, amazing.

I can't remember anymore, right? So she's been in so many films, but it's just so cool that she is in this film playing the reporter. And the reporter, as you say, starts out kind of cynical. Oh, completely. Completely cynical, you know, like most people, I think. Yeah. Unfortunately, I mean, there's fair to have some cynicism walking into something,

but then she really sees. She sees what's going on. She sees, you know, Cecil Johnson's transformation, and she sees how, and he tells the story to her. And then she watches what we're trying to do with other people, and she realizes she has her own brother, who is someone who's in a situation who needs the kind of help that we offer. And she actually eventually gets him that help.

And it's just a wonderful, it's a wonderful story. The thing about it that still kills me is that it's all true. It really is true. And it's one of a million stories. It's kind of funny, though, that she plays, you know, this kind of cynical reporter. If I'm a casting director, I'm like cynical, Sean Young. She can pull that all. I can see it.

I can see her sneering. I can just see. I've seen it before. I could see her do it. No, but it is true. Like a story like this, I know so many churches and so many pastors and so many Christians that have been involved in these kinds of things. and typically what they do is unheralded.

And that's one of the reasons I'm excited about the film. By the way, folks, again, it's no vacancy is the title of the film. No vacancy. You can go to SalemNow.com, SalemNow.com. But the film is out. It's called No Vacancy. And it really is important, I think, that we let people know this is what Christians do. I mean, the blindside was a film just like that with Sandra Bullock.

Christians do these things. but typically no one hears about it. And then you get these secular voices in the culture sneering that, you know, you don't do anything. You don't live out your faith. There's so many people that are living out their faith. And they're doing it right now while we're having this conversation all across America. And it's just a, it's just a beautiful thing.

I want to ask you. It's not the kind of thing that, oh, you help people. Oh, gee. There's a car accident over here. That's much more. the hypocrisy of the church will always draw headlines. And that's been the narrative, you know, since we were kids. But when people living out their faith rarely does Hollywood go in that direction.

They're much more comfortable, really, with being cynical about it. And many times that's ignorance. And in other times, it's a real animus against faith. They have bought this idea that it's phony. And they're only going to portray that. we've just got seconds left but I want to remind people folks

the film is no vacancy no vacancy movie you can go to no vacancy movie or you can go to Salem now dot com Salem now.com and I want to say to Dean Kaine thank you for being willing to play

a positive role like this and for all that you do Dean thank you so much I'm honored. Thank you. get the blues, come on, get rhythm. When you get to blues, get a rock and roll feeling in your bones, put taps on your toes and get gone, get rhythm.

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me, what can I do? What can I do? Well, here's one thing you can do. You can help our friends at the Alliance defending Freedom. These guys are heroes. In fact, I wanted to have Tyson Langhofer. He's a senior counsel at ADF and director of the Center for Academic Freedom at ADF to talk to us about something they're working on now. So you get some sense of what these heroes at ADF are doing. Tyson Langhofer, who is currently in Loudoun County, Virginia. Welcome to the program. Thanks for having me, Eric. You tell us about the case of Pam Ricard.

This is just so classic. I mean, the evils that people are dealing with, that parents are having to deal with, with schools effectively telling them, we can do what we want with your kids. We don't need your permission. I mean, this is as un-American as anything imaginable. It's happening now.

and you guys at ADF are dealing with it. You're fighting the battle. So tell us about the case of Pam Ricard. Yeah, sure. So Pam's a middle school math teacher in Junction City, Kansas. And, you know, a year ago, Pam was forced to, she basically was forced to use pronouns of students at their request. And she said, look, I'll be happy to use their name, but I just don't want to tell. lie to the students, but on top of that, the school told her that, you know, she had to use

the legal name and biological pronoun with communicating with parents, but yet when the students, she used the preferred name. Okay, so what you're saying is she had to participate as a teacher. She was being told to deceive the parents. This is what she was being told to do. Absolutely. I mean, I just want to be clear. This is amazing, folks.

Do you hear what is going on out there that teachers are being instructed, that your job is to deceive the parents of the kid who pays the taxes for this school? I mean, this is unbelievable. So she came to ADF. She did. And, you know, they had suspended her. They reinstated her after three days. She's back. She came to us.

We filed a lawsuit. And earlier this year, we had a hearing with the judge. and thankfully, the judge agreed with us. And the judge enjoined the school district, entered an order, said, look, you cannot force teachers to deceive parents. Whether you like it or not, parents have a constitutional right to participate in the education and upbringing of their children. And they've got a right to know what their child is being called at school.

And if their child is being participating in this social transition, they have the right to know that. And thankfully, the court agreed with us. And after she entered that order, the school district agreed to settle the case and change its policy. So now teachers are not forced to lie to the parents about, you know, what's going on with their child at school. It's just hard for many of us to believe that this is really happening in America. And what state was this? This was in Kansas, in rural Kansas area. Okay, there you get.

Could it be more preposterous? This is Kansas, not California, not New York, not Massachusetts. This is in Kansas that you have a school telling a teacher that either she gets with the program and lies to the parents or is in trouble. And so when that happens, where do you turn, folks? Where do you turn? Well, this woman turned to the Alliance Defending Freedom. You've heard me talk about them many times on this program, and I want to be blunt. I am asking you to help them today. Go to Metaxistalk.com.

You'll see the banner. Please, folks. People say, what can I do? You can help. Metaxistalksotalk.com. Or there's a phone number, 855-5-4-7-53-8-55-5-4-7-53. Or, again, just go to Metaxistalk.com and see the banner for ADF. It's hard for a lot of people to believe, Tyson,

that this is happening in America. And it's kind of amazing to me that you have to take this stuff to court, that people have to, that they have no recourse, but to say that I can't do this. I can't lie. This is, it's not just wrong, but it's completely unconstitutional. So the idea that ADF is stepping up to defend our most basic constitutional rights, which you would imagine most people would, wouldn't contest this.

It's so basic. But in our woke, crazy world, we have to contest this. What are some of the other things that ADF is working on these days? Well, you know, we're representing a professor who was fired at the University of Louisville because he spoke at a Heritage Foundation event, you know, about the treatment of children with gender dysphoria and his colleagues were outraged, even though he'd been there 16 years and was a leading psychiatrist on this. And so, you know, we're having to fight it even in the universities where just debating on how what's the best treatment approaches can lead to you being fired after a 40-year career in academia.

So that goes to trial later this year. You know, we're representing, you know, student groups who are, the schools are refusing to recognize them simply because they hold to biblical values on marriage and sexuality. You know, so these rights of parents and teachers and professors. and students, they're being attacked at every different turn and, you know, having to step in and defend them. It's, again, it's hard to believe that it's happening, but folks, it is happening. And I don't know where we would be without the Alliance defending freedom. I mean, what happens to someone like this woman, Pam Ricard, who obviously you guys are

doing this pro bono, you're helping her, she doesn't have a lot of money, and she turns to you and you help her. So, you know, she gets to have some victory and self-respect and to continue her job without lying to parents. It's just, it's unbelievable that we need the Alliance defending freedom to defend this kind of thing. But when you talk about a leading psychiatrist, talking from what he knows professionally, you said at the, he spoke of the Heritage Foundation, but his colleagues are so woke and so happy to leap along with the latest narrative. that they vilify him for that. And he has to turn to the Alliance Defending Freedom.

I just don't know what world we'd live in if the Alliance Defending Freedom didn't exist, which is why I'm really not apologetic at all in saying to my audience, folks, go to Metaxistocococ.com, click on the banner, give what you can. Again, the number is 855-5-4-7-533, or just the banner, Metaxistock.com.

You'll see the banner, or 855-547-53. We're doing a campaign with the Alliance Defending Freedom this month. Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were going. Where does the time go? Oh, my goodness. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow. Yes. We're airing my Socrates in the city interview with Walter Hooper.

He was the secretary to C.S. Lewis. He knew Lewis. And all I can tell you is do not miss it. he is one of the most fascinating figures I've ever interviewed in my life. This is part two of a three-part long interview I did in Oxford, England a few years ago. Very big deal. That's tomorrow. I mentioned next week I'm flying to Houston to do a Socteis in the City event in Houston on October 12th with James Tour.

We've got an Socrates and City event November 1st in New York City with David Berlinsky. You don't need to know who he is. I promise you. next level, insane, amazing. I should also mention Albin next week coming up. We have three American heroes. We have Doug Mastriano, who by the grace of God, will be the next governor of Pennsylvania.

If that were to happen, folks, that would be a very big deal, a very, very, very big deal. Doug Mastriano, American hero, if he's running for governor in Pennsylvania, very important. and we'll talk to him next week. Also, we have Ward Connerly, who is another. He's a legend.

I won't go into it now, but he's up there in years, and he has written a number of important books about civil rights and the black experience in America. He's a huge hero. We're going to have him on the program. And of course, Charlie Kirk, the youngest hero of the mall. So I should also say that we hope that you will be, be a hero and join us in the fight on all of these fronts that you will share these videos

with everyone you can just post them on social media, cut and paste them and share them on social media because when we got canceled from YouTube, very, very much fewer people see these programs and these interviews, the one I did with Naomi Wolf. We ask you to be a hero to join us. We ask you to support our sponsors. Mike Lindell, go to my store.com. go to mypillow.com. Use the code, Eric.

Please tell your friends to do the same thing. We appreciate it. And I want to mention that we're doing a campaign. We've talked about it with Alliance Defending Freedom. We need your help. We really desperately need your help. The folks in Alliance Defending Freedom are fighting for our freedoms. There's no one who does it better than they do.

It's why we take this whole month to single them out and to ask you, my radio audience, to help them. We need you to help them because they are fighting for us. The innumerable battles that they're fighting right now, it is, it is amazing that they exist and that they're in the thick of it, but they need your help. Okay. They're not in this for the money. They're absolute heroes. And I want to be really clear that you have to go to metaxis talk.com, click on the banner. Folks, people say, what can I do? Please, ladies and gentlemen, please go to MetaxusTalk.com or call 866-547-533333. That's 866-5-4-7-5-33-3. Okay. 846-5-47-53333. So you go to Metaxistocot.com or 866-547-3-33. So you go to Metaxistocot.com or 866-547-3-33.

This couldn't be more important. And can I say too, Eric, of course, your letter to the American Church is still in the top 100 on Amazon.com. My twin brother has written a review for it at Washington Times. So that's appearing, I think either tomorrow or sometime early next week. I will bless it out on my social media. Anthony J. Sadar. I will do that. Please thank him for that.

Yeah, we need your help, folks. We need your help in spreading these things. So we're in a battle. You're in a battle. And let's get happy because we're called to this battle for such a time as this. Thanks for listening.