The Glenn Beck Program Best of the Program | Guest: Ann Bauer | 2/27/26
Feb 27, 2026
Ann Bauer, essayist and co-founder of Story/Lines, shares a personal Minnesota confrontation with a radical feminist and how a follow-up text led to a deeper dialogue. She talks about navigating local media blind spots and persuading kind, religious people with carefully chosen sources. The conversation also touches on political rhetoric, filibuster history, and mounting tensions in foreign policy.
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Minnesota Conversation That Changed A Mind
- Ann Bauer recounts texting a longtime Minneapolis acquaintance who compared COVID-era restrictions to the Holocaust and then apologized when presented with context.
- Bauer sent Star Tribune-friendly sources and NPR/NYT pieces to expose local media blackout about Governor Tim Walz and fraud concerns.
How Local Media Shapes Political Blindness
- Local media ecosystems can create information blind spots so smart, well-intentioned people remain unaware of major scandals.
- Bauer illustrates this with the Star Tribune's favorable coverage of Tim Walz and omission of investigative reporting.
Target Open Listeners Not Echo Chambers
- Seek out genuine, well-meaning individuals rather than trying to convince entrenched ideologues.
- Bauer notes the Minneapolis friend was an outlier who accepted evidence because she trusted mainstream local outlets like the Star Tribune.