Pure Opelka, weekdays Noon to 3pm and 10pm to 1amET & Saturday's 6am - 9am ET on The Blaze Radio. Twitter- @PureOpelka & @Stuntbrain Facebook- Mike Opelka HOUR 1 - Harvey Update, PJ's for Kids Update, Give Some Socks, Kathy Griffin takes back apology, Fat Guys in the Woods So many people are without power and even shelter in Eastern Texas right now…

Mike Opelka encourages everyone who hates their job or just wants a change in life to ask themselves what they can do to help Texas recover. So many homes, cars, and businesses will need to be built. What opportunity awaits you? How can you help?Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Why is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all over the news today criticizing Texas Senator Ted Cruz? Mike Opelka suspects that Christie is positioning himself for a continued career in politics, depending on what happens to Bob Menendez….Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Iowa Democrat Heather Ryan was not invited to a Polk County Democrat Party event because she isn’t “family friendly.” Mike Opelka asked why other Democrats are not outraged, like Navy vet Ryan was, white a woman is basically told to “sit down and shut up?”Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

So many people are without power and even shelter in Eastern Texas right now. Mike Opelka discusses his pal, survival expert Creek Stewart, and his tips for when there is a need to survive without modern technology, not if. Stewart also provides a subscription box service called Apocabox with survival supplies for nigh-apocalyptic scenarios.…

Dr. Jorge Rodriguez tells Mike Opelka about the health and life extension benefits of coffee, discovered in a 10 year Spanish study of 20,000 participants. He also goes over a new injection for inflammation that might be a game changer in cardiovascular disease.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Pure Opelka, weekdays Noon to 3pm and 10pm to 1amET & Saturday's 6am - 9am ET on The Blaze Radio. Twitter- @PureOpelka & @Stuntbrain Facebook- Mike Opelka HOUR 1 - What Joel Osteen is doing for Houston, Faithwire’s Billy Hallowell joins Mike Opelka to discuss the erroneous reports that megachurch pastor Joel Osteen was turning Houstonians away from…

Australia’s Dr. Ruby Red Scarlet (who insists that’s her real name) says that Father’s Day should be changed to Special Person’s Day to be more inclusive. Mike Opelka says this is political correctness “gone absolutely hog freaking wild.”Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Faithwire’s Billy Hallowell joins Mike Opelka to discuss the erroneous reports that megachurch pastor Joel Osteen was turning Houstonians away from his church, refusing to allow it to be used as a shelter. The truth is that the entire first floor of the structure is under water, and the church is coming up with ways to help the community in the day…

Mike Opelka reports on Iceland’s horse registry committee, consisting of 2 people. They are banning any “foreign” horse names from being registered in their tiny nation, asking names to be of Icelandic heritage only. Is this racist, exclusionary, or ridiculous?Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Mike Opelka talks with Genevieve Piturro of the Pajama Project, who for 16 years has been collecting and distributing pajamas and a book to children without. They have focused on the foster child population, but in the midst of the Hurricane Harvey tragedy, she is collecting for kids displaced by the storm – in shelters without the comfort and soft…

Mike Opelka is perplexed by the performance art of Milo Moire, who allows strangers across Europe to touch her intimate areas in an attempt to demonstrate consent and combat rape – or so she says. Mike suspects that like many performance artists, she just wants attention.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

The candidate for Texas’ 36th congressional district talked to Mike Opelka about how Hurricane Harvey flooding has affected Texas and her personally. She shares a variety of ways people all over the country can help those in need.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Mike Opelka reports that a full 56.9 percent of men attempting to serve in the Chinese Army fail the physical exam because they’re doing too many sedentary…lonely activities.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Pure Opelka, weekdays Noon to 3pm and 10pm to 1amET & Saturday's 6am - 9am ET on The Blaze Radio. Twitter- @PureOpelka & @Stuntbrain Facebook- Mike Opelka HOUR 1 - Dayna Steele on helping Houston, The candidate for Texas’ 36th congressional district talked to Mike Opelka about how Hurricane Harvey flooding has affected Texas and her personally. She…

The mysterious sonic attack on the American embassy in Havana, Cuba that sent four Americans to the hospital has apparently claimed 12 more and one Canadian diplomat. Embassy workers have suffered hearing loss and brain damage, but nobody is reporting on it. Mike doesn’t understand why we still have a friendly relationship with Cuba.…

A young man walked 12 miles in the dark to see if his dad was still alive in the midst of Hurricane Harvey. A reporter from CNN loaned him a satellite phone and allowed them to connect, giving a family hope. Mike Opelka contrasted deeply human experiences like this with the nonsense that upsets “offendinistas.”…

Aaron JayJack found a scared and soaked dog at a gas station during Hurricane Harvey and took to social media to find his family. The amateur storm chaser tells Mike Opelka the story of his experiences riding out the hurricane that has flooded Houston.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

There is a possibility of robots taking over our world. We have them build cars in the 80's and now we have them cleaning our homes. There us a group that is talking about owners of robots to pay taxes for them. More unnecessary taxes on silly things.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

A couple in Houston has been together for five years, and looking to get married. After several obstacles getting in their way, from construction of the reception area, to now hurricane Harvey. Their guest list throughout the week have been getting smaller, and now the priest cannot make the wedding. Maybe a skype call in?…

Dayna Steele is an old friend of Mike’s and calls in to talk about hurricane Harvey hitting Texas. She is taking precautions for her home and family. The petroleum and aviation fuel could be at risk, and although Houston isn’t getting hit directly, they will get tropical storm like conditions.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

ABC news is in Galveston covering hurricane Harvey. While waking up one morning they noticed something was missing from their truck. The storm seemed to have detached the satellite from the news truck and they have no idea where it went.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Would you fight for your right of free speech? Washington State university is wanting to remove the people who have racist views. Should we just ignore those people and limit their free speech?Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

It is national dog day today. Are you a dog person? ABC news loses their satellite during the hurricane last night. Is free speech something that you would fight for? Storm chasers are going after hurricane Harvey. Dayna Steele calls in to inform us of the hurricane in the Houston area. The black lives matter activists have some demands for white p…

When Mike Opelka was on vacation in Cape May, he found a wine bottle bobbing in the early morning waves with a note and Powerball tickets inside. There was an email address on the note, so Mike contacted retired attorney David and spoke to him on the show. He’s been sending out bottles with lotto tickets since before the time of email. Mike said he…

Pure Opelka, weekdays Noon to 3pm and 10pm to 1amET & Saturday's 6am - 9am ET on The Blaze Radio. Twitter- @PureOpelka & @Stuntbrain Facebook- Mike Opelka HOUR 1 - For whom would children vote? California Senator Kamala Harris tweeted that children should have say in government, which is pretty much what you’d expect a Democrat to tweet. Mike suspe…

Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert declared this the most exciting period in food history. You can buy disaster preparedness kits on Amazon, and you can use your Amazon Prime account to get discounts at Whole Foods. The latter’s prices are expected to drop on August 28 now that Amazon has acquired them. Walmart is also featuring organic food at a sane p…

Mike Broomhead of KFYI in Phoenix got security cam footage after a local news crew obtained an “exclusive” story of a vandalized Confederate statue in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. Was it an exclusive or a set up? The security cam tells a completely different story than Bryan West of 12News. Mike Opelka analyzes the evidence.…

California Senator Kamala Harris tweeted that children should have say in government, which is pretty much what you’d expect a Democrat to tweet. Mike suspects, with all the free stuff Democrats offer, we all know who’d get a child’s vote.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Billy Hallowell of Faithwire joins Mike for a Faith Lift. They discuss Jarrid Wilson’s new book, photos of people’s beautifully marked up and annotated Bibles, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s war against Senator Marco Rubio for tweeting Bible verses. They’re also going after a small school in Oklahoma for having a cross on top of a campu…

Yaron Brook explores improvements in the human condition since the Industrial Revolution. He then asks everyone to examine times they have been unsuccessful, and points to emotional responses as the path to sustained failure. Reason is, therefore, the route to happiness.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, shares evidence that poverty is shrinking all across the world. Nearly 2 billion human beings no longer live in extreme poverty -- an improvement of over 20 percent since 1990. He explains how freedom has increased access to money for people all over the world.…

Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, addresses the one thing that does not seem to be improving in this world of freer markets and technology: white middle aged American life expectancy. He talks about what is to blame for this alarming statistic, and how to overcome it. Hint: government is not the solution.…

Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, explores how freedom and capitalism has brought down the cost of airline tickets 50 percent in the past 27 years. He also explains how travel enriches us and helps us be grateful for what America has achieved.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Yaron Brook compares technology from 1990 to today and is exuberant about how much better life is now. Computing and medical advances have completely changed our lives for the better, he argues. He says we should learn the cause of the good and fight for it so that the future is better than the present.…

Alex Epstein, president of the Center for Industrial Progress, discusses “An Inconvenient Sequel” with Yaron Brook. He comments on what is true, what Al Gore failed to report on, and how industry has actually saved human life from climate rather than end it or make it worse.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Yaron Brook continues his conversation with Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress. Epstein explains that technology can help humans survive climate catastrophes, but persons like Al Gore would rather not compete with nature. He also explains that energy inputs like solar and wind are currently unreliable, which is why they are so expen…

Guest Host Yaron Brook fills for Opelka Pure Opelka, weekdays Noon to 3pm and 10pm to 1amET & Saturday's 6am - 9am ET on The Blaze Radio. Twitter- @PureOpelka & @Stuntbrain Facebook- Mike Opelka HOUR 1 - Tales About Two Presidents The main stream media has a decidedly left leaning bias, but Fox can’t claim to be fair and balanced any more. Yaron Br…

The main stream media has a decidedly left leaning bias, but Fox can’t claim to be fair and balanced any more. Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, explores the implications of President Donald Trump touting Fox during his Phoenix rally. He then reminds us of what the main stream media ignored during Barack Obama’s presidency.…

Yaron Brook agrees with the first half of a piece in the September edition of “The Atlantic” titled “How America Lost Its Mind.” Respect for reality and rational thinking started to decline in the 1960s. But Yaron and the author draw very different conclusions about how that manifested in America.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Yaron Brook discusses Galt’s speech from “Atlas Shrugged,” contrasted with works like “The Social Construction of Reality,” and suggests that the person with the most votes and the biggest guns decides what reality is in this day and age.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

Pure Opelka, weekdays Noon to 3pm and 10pm to 1amET & Saturday's 6am - 9am ET on The Blaze Radio. Twitter- @PureOpelka & @Stuntbrain Facebook- Mike Opelka HOUR 1 - Poverty is declining worldwide Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, shares evidence that poverty is shrinking all across the world. Nearly 2 billion human beings no longer live in ex…

Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, took issue with President Donald Trump’s speech Monday night on Afghanistan. Although he thought it was the best speech the president has given thus far, he did not feel it faced the reality of who the real enemy is -- who is truly funding and supporting Afghanistan. He also wants Trump to define what victor…

Guest host Yaron Brook explains why Islamists have radicalized suicide bombers after a caller suggests America created them by interfering in their governments. Brook lists a number of regions in which America truly did influence or take some level of control – none of which produced terrorists. He explains that the dictates of the religion can be …

Guest host Yaron Brook discusses times when hate is a rational and appropriate response to people who do terrible things after a caller made an outrageous claim. Brook said America is in decline, and President Trump’s speech imploring Americans to love their country by loving everyone in it did not sit well with him in the face of NeoNazis and Anti…

Guest host Yaron Brook explores the founding of America and how far off track we have gone from the original intent of the founders. He doesn’t see anyone on the left or the right defending reason or individualism anymore.Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network

A caller who emigrated from Iran talks to guest host Yaron Brook (who emigrated from Israel) about immigration. Brook asserts that it is not the role of government to tell him who he can invite to work for him or visit him. He say the government’s only role is to protect individual rights, not decide who Americans can allow into the country.…

Guest Host Yaron Brook... Getting to America... Ayn Rand changed my life and can change yours... Rise and fall of America... Has the "Left" actually been winning the last 100 years?... How is reality defined?... Analyzing Trump's speech... How people become radicalized... The vacuum of comman sense is being filled with evil...…

Eclipse madness... I will apologize IF the President apologizes first... Canada has their hands full w/ asylum seekers... Looking for teachable moments... interview w/ Raheem Kassam... No more birds in Guam... What will Steve Bannon be doing now?... Keep your eyes open for 'Lizard Man'... Farewell to Jerry Lewis...…

Tony Kornheiser talks about the future of the National Anthem. “Why play the national anthem anymore?” said Kornheiser. If we do get rid of the national anthem what would come next?Bởi TheBlaze Radio Network