The Left's Brainwashing and the Nancy Guthrie Case Sheriff's Alarming Changing Story, with Buck Sexton and Former FBI Agents | Ep. 1254
February 17, 2026
AI Summary
5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: High-energy interview transitioning to urgent true-crime panel discussion on a missing persons case.
- The Key Players:
- Guest: Buck Sexton, former CIA officer and radio co-host, promoting his new book Manufacturing Delusion. Famous for counterterrorism insights, drawing parallels between jihadi radicalization and modern left-wing "brainwashing."
- Hosts/Panel: Megan Kelly drives sharp, no-BS banter. Panel includes ex-FBI agents Jonathan Gilliam, Maureen O'Connell, and ex-SEAL/SWAT Chad Ayers dissecting the Nancy Guthrie disappearance.
- The Vibe: Intense and educational with fiery rants on cultural delusions; shifts to gripping, suspenseful true crime—perfect "water cooler" fuel blending outrage, history, and mystery.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Buck Sexton**
- 2 (04:04) **Manufacturing Delusion: Mind Control Tactics**
- 3 (09:04) **Transgender Ideology as Menticide**
- 4 (16:15) **COVID Hysteria and Submission Rituals**
- 5 (24:02) **Struggle Sessions and Evergreen College**
- 6 (37:38) **Recent Trans Shootings and Media Spin**
- 7 (49:19) **Interview Wrap and Book Promo**
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Show Notes
Megyn Kelly is joined by Buck Sexton, author of "Manufacturing Delusion,” to discuss how the delusional left uses brainwashing and indoctrination against Americans, historical examples of psychological manipulation from our past, why submission to groupthink can fundamentally reshape public perception, how the far left's brainwashing on "trans" and racial issues harms both the right and the left, the tactics of social shaming,two new horrific shootings in Canada and America by a "trans" shooter, the concept of “weaponized kindness,” and more. Then former law enforcement officers Maureen O'Connell, Chad Ayers, and Jonathan Gilliam join to discuss the bizarre reversal by the Pima County sheriff now claiming the family of Nancy Guthrie was cleared in the first few days, Guthrie case sheriff's changing statements, all the signs the police did not immediately clear the family completely, new potential Guthrie leads about the backpack and the glove, signs this may have been a deranged stalker of Savannah, a strange "kidnapping" story in Savannah Guthrie's 2024 book, the bizarre details in the TMZ letters, and more.
Sexton: https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Delusion-Brainwashing-Indoctrination-Propaganda/dp/0593716582/
O'Connell- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-case-worst-case/id1240002929
Ayers- https://www.proactiverg.com/why-proactive/about-our-leadership/
Gilliam- https://x.com/JGilliam_SEAL
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