We've all heard the radio ads about the IRS. They tell you to be afraid and they try to frighten you into calling. I'm here to tell you that tax relief advocates is different. If you owe money to the IRS, whether it's $5,000, $50,000, or $500,000, TRA has a solution to your tax problem. It doesn't matter if you're sitting in your car, at work, or with your kids, no matter where you are, visit TRA.com.
Don't lose hope. TRA could reduce or even eliminate what you owe to the IRS. Their passion is taxes and helping individuals and businesses fix their IRS problems. They have over a thousand five-star Google reviews and an A-plus with the Better Business Bureau. You don't need to be afraid of the IRS any longer.
Generous tax relief programs are now available that can give you a fresh start.
So don't wait. Simply visit TRA.com. That's TRA.com or call 800-583-5675. Once again, that's 800-583-555. Tax Relief Advocates, Real Solutions for Real People.
And we're live from the living room as Doug eyes up the match say spread. He's reaching for the buffalo wing. Perfect. Hang on, what's this? Oh, he's gone for a can of Pepsi, too.
Incredible. What a finish! Sensational combination! Look at the delight on his face. There's no doubt about it.
It just tastes better. Match days deserve Pepsi. Food deserves Pepsi. Grab a pack of Pepsi Zero Sugar for today's match. It's poetry in motion.
We understand the great opportunity we all have as Americans. We wish for all to achieve the American dream. We wish all who want to to apply themselves to whatever pursuit of happiness or excellence they desire. It's a rare opportunity to be born in America and to have these. Blessed opportunities.
And all that we ask All that people expect, all that we expect is that you'll love America. that you recognize How fortunate you are to be an American. And that is some of Rush Limbaugh's thoughts when he was the most dominant radio person, maybe ever, certainly in my lifetime. Catherine Limbaugh joins us now, Chief Executive Officer of the Rush Limbaugh Legacy. They have great children's books out.
I think young adult books out now that talk about America's history in a fun, entertaining, but accurate way. And that is missing from a lot of curriculums around the country. Catherine, welcome back to the Brian Kilmeat Show. Great to see you. Thank you so much, Brian.
I'm happy to be back. Right. You said you feel comfortable in the news environment. Yes. Oh, I love it.
Just being in a studio again. I'm like, oh, I'm back. I'm home. Because for a while after Rush passed away, you were on a lot. I mean, for a year or so.
Yeah, right afterwards, I was, just for a period of time so that we could continue to talk to everyone. He considered his audience to be extended family, as I do.
So it was our way of just keeping connected. What have the last few years been like? Oh, goodness. The first couple of years were really tough. You know, we lost such an important voice.
Just hearing him talk about the United States and patriotism reminds me that that voice is so sorely missed. But thank goodness there's people like you that are keeping that going, especially with everything happening here in New York. I picked the wrong day yesterday to come into New York with socialism on the agenda, but perhaps it's the right day for me to be here. Is Florida still home? Yeah, Florida partly and Tennessee.
Right. So those two areas which almost feel isolated from what we're experiencing here. Exactly. Do you feel now that you come into the bubble, do you feel like this push for socialism and far leftism is in a bubble? Or do you feel it's permeating throughout the country?
I hope it's not. Right here in Planetary. Particularly in Tennessee or not really, not to the extent of here at all. It's honestly scary what's happening here in New York right now. And just knowing that this is becoming sort of relatively mainstream within New York and certain areas is absolutely crazy.
I think if Rush was here right now, he would say this is insane. There's actual insanity going on with what people are thinking about. Tennessee, less so for sure. Florida, free state. Yeah, it is, and it's becoming more of an enclave.
And they feel like America is being sectioned off between that and the gerrymandering because people just say, okay, a Republican's in power, we're going to gerrymander to give the maximum Republican seat. A Democrat's in power, we're going to gerrymander to make the maximum Democratic seat.
So it's put less in play. They say only about 18 seats of 435 are in play. Do you worry about that for the country? Do you think we should have more competition, competitive districts? I do worry.
I worry a lot about what's happening generally across the board. And I think that's what Rush would be saying to all of us: we have to continue to put out the message that our fundamental American values that we were founded with are incredibly important.
So I think that it's important for each one of us to continue to say we have to hold on to our principles. We have to hold on to what makes us free, what makes us the United States of America, and not. Let us go the way of socialism. America allows you to love yourself. America allows you to think you're the greatest thing on earth.
America allows you to have confidence and bravado. America allows you the opportunity to put what you think is best on trial. Then see if it flies. It's always been what America is about. This is a miraculous country.
We wanted everybody who sees the flag to know just how lucky we are to be Americans. To be free. What incredible early patriots did to establish this country and preserve and. Protect freedom and guarantee it. And go ahead.
Yeah, no, that's exactly it. I think, you know, Rush always talked about that, how incredibly miraculous our country is and its founding. He would say the American dream is very much still alive. No matter what's being said out there, no matter what's happening in New York, the American dream, every single individual has an opportunity here. And we can never lose that.
We can never lose sight of that. And I know that Rush would say it's never time to panic, no matter what's happening. And is that what prompt him to write those young? I think they're not children, young adult books, right? Yes.
It's like 8 to 14. Yeah, some years ago. Rush Revere. Rush Revere. Some years ago, he saw that there was a real void for accurate, patriotic American history.
And he wanted to do something beyond what he was doing on the radio to connect to the younger demographic.
So it was geared towards the fifth grade reading level, a little bit older, a little bit younger. But we heard from hundreds of thousands of young Americans who said, first, they're Enjoying history for the first time, and they're enjoying reading. But what Rush wanted to do was take young patriots, young readers back in time to be at the Mayflower, on the Mayflower, to be part of the American Revolution. He used Rush Revere, which was an American history teacher and his substitute, a substitute American history teacher and his horse, Rush Liberty the Horse. I've confused him totally today, but Liberty the Horse, back in time to be a part of American history.
And when people want to order the books, where do they go?
Well, we're hoping they'll be everywhere that they normally find books. We joked about this yesterday when I was on a couple of programs that they may be in the back somewhere if they're here in New York, but hopefully anywhere that you look for books, hopefully they'll be there. All right, good. What about your background? You tell me how many different countries you lived in, how much you're enjoying the World Cup.
Now, I grew up with soccer in my neighborhood in the 70s.
So, I've been playing since I was in second grade.
So, soccer is not new to me. But as so many people said, I'm getting into it.
Now I'm getting into it. But why got you into it? Oh, I love soccer. I'm glad we're talking about that. We'll talk about that in a minute.
But I grew up around the world. My mother was an American diplomat. My father went to the Naval Academy and then was in international business.
So we literally grew up around the world. I was born in Boston, New England, originally. My mother was part of the Adams history, her lineage. And then we traveled extensively throughout my life. I lived in Brazil for many years, and in Brazil, in particular, was where I loved soccer for the first time.
I played, unfortunately, I peaked at 10 years old because I thought I was going to be on the World Cup team, but I peaked at 10. I was a center forward for many years, but I peaked at 10 basically because when we went to Brazil, soccer for young girls was not as popular as you would think. Mm-hmm. But you know what I was going to say, just back to talking about Rush Revere and talking about Liberty the Horse and why Rush wrote these books, is because he wanted young readers and young patriots to know why our country is so important. And speaking about the World Cup, you know, I've been watching a lot of the games, as I know you have.
And just being able to see so many fans standing up, singing proudly, you know, holding their hand over their hearts, being proud to be American, that's exactly the point of this book, these books. And as much as Rush would be disappointed in what's happening with the craziness of socialism, he would be absolutely thrilled to see the revival of American patriotism under President Trump. Just seeing, you know, the athletes standing up and singing on the U.S.
soccer team. Remember, they were taking a knee a few years ago. Exactly. And we had a huge campaign against that. We did a big thing for the.
Betsy Ross campaign some years ago, stand up for Betsy Ross.
So, as much as Rush would say, you know, it's outrageous what's happening in terms of the socialism takeover, he would be saying that it's thrilling to see these athletes standing, the crowds screaming. You know, that's what young people need to know. Why the Star Spangled Banner means so much to us, why the flag means so much to us, what needed to happen in order for us to be celebrating 250 years of an incredibly miraculous country. You know, the other thing was, just if you think about if just explain to somebody where Francis Scott Key got this poem from, why those words work, what was happening in our country. Washington, the White House had just burned, the Capitol building has just burned to the ground.
The British were on the march. They wanted to take Baltimore, maybe take back the country, but it was Fort McHenry that was still there and the flag that was still there. There and it is now in the Smithsonian, which I just saw last month for a special we're doing. That flag was knitted back together, stitched back together. It was made in the middle of the War of 1812, put up to Fort McHenry, and then they fixed it again.
Women were doing that at that time, and they took great pride in doing it. And they said, We better hold on to this, it'll be special. Little did we know that whole incident would be chronicled in our national anthem. If you just knew that, and the flag was still there, and the bombs burst in air, because they sunk boats further enough back where the cannons would not hit the fort, theoretically. They would burst in mid-air and go to the water.
And that's part of it. I mean, that's the drama of our country.
Well, that's exactly right. And that's what Rush Revere, the history teacher, wanted to do was take young readers right there to be at Fort McHenry, to be a part of American history, and see why those lyrics mean so much to us and understand it. And I think. I think that's what makes this book series so unique and why we're doing this. The only reason that we're really back talking about this is one, because we're celebrating 250 years of the most miraculous country on earth.
And two, because Rush was such an iconic figure for so long. He is a huge patriot, and we really want him to always be honored and recognized. And this is the way for me to do that in his legacy. And also, the books are being relaunched to raise funds for the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation. We love our United States military.
We're huge supporters of the military. The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation provides scholarships and financial aid to the children of fallen heroes, which of course have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom that we celebrate today. Nearly home Isn't home where we all want to be? Reba here for Realtor.com, the pros' number one most trusted app. Finding a home is like dating.
You're not just looking for a place to live, you're searching for the one. That's where Realtor.com comes in. Like any good matchmaker, they know exactly where to look. With over 500,000 new real listings straight from the pros every month, you could find your perfect match today. Ranch style with a pool, barn dominium with an in-law suite, realtor.com's got them.
Modern craftsman with a big yard and a treehouse out back. Realtor.com will have you saying, yep, that's the one. No more swapping. It's time to start finding. Download the Realtor.com app today, cause you're nearly home.
Make it real with Realtor.com. Pro's number one most trusted app based on August 2024 proprietary survey. Over 500,000 new listings every month based on average new for sale and rental listings, February 2024 through January 2025. For over two decades, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation has been there for our fallen and catastrophically injured first responders, military, and Gold Star families. Born from the tragedy of 9-11, Tunnel to Towers provides mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and builds specifically adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.
The foundation also offers scholarships for college and trade school programs for the children of Gold Star families, fallen first responders, and catastrophically injured veterans. And Tunnels to Tower is committed. Committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America never forget September 11th. To learn more about the Foundation's mission, impact, and how you can support our nation's heroes, visit t2t.org.
So Yes, and that's amazing to me is because as soon as you hear Rush's voice, you expect to hear him later on today, right? twelve o'clock. Absolutely. Right. So you hear him and you don't you forget that he's not going to be following you.
And I remember I wrote him one time because it'd been about five months since he's been on at Fox. And you know, he's still doing his show. And I wrote him and I just said, Hey, uh, I just want you to know it's gonna be I know you can only do so much, but if you want to do uh I like to invite you on to the morning show if you could possibly do it. And he said, Brian, thanks so much, but my focus right now is staying above the ground. And I was wondering for you and for him what it was like knowing that what he had was terminal and why it was important for him to keep working.
Could you tell me? Oh, absolutely. My goodness, you know, that was his entire life. I'll be honest, that being behind the golden mic is exactly what kept him going as long as he was able to be. We would spend many days in hospitals talking about how quickly we can get chemotherapy done so that he can get back behind the microphone.
That was his total driving force. And he loved this country. He loved the listeners so incredibly much. Of course, he loved his family. But being behind the golden mic, talking to the United States, confronting these huge issues that we're facing.
Was Rush's entire life. Because he was making an impact in the country, the superpower. And the other thing is, his connection to Donald Trump was so strong. Exactly. I often say that Rush and President Trump are so similar in that they have such an extraordinary connection to people that listen to them, vote for them, or follow them.
It's very personal. I always said that Rush and Donald Trump don't talk at you, but they talk to you. And you feel as though, whether or not you know them personally, you feel as though you do. And I'm so thankful to President Trump for taking on the issues that he is now. He takes a lot of arrows, just like Rush did for so many years.
But I'm deeply grateful that we have President Trump in office. But just going back to, you know, Rush was really facing a very difficult terminal illness, but his motivation was: how quickly can I get? Back to the audience. How quickly can I talk to Americans and remind them why our country is so incredible?
So, if he could be here right now, he would say, I would love to keep going. But unfortunately, it was a year about from diagnosis straight through to his issues. And they told him right there that this is you can't recover from this?
Well, it was a difficult thing because Rush didn't know about it. He was actually on the radio as it was happening. The doctor called me personally and let me know that it was stage four terminal cancer, which I knew from having a lot of experience in cancer. My father passed away from pancreatic cancer, and a lot of friends and family have been affected.
So I knew right away that we were facing a very daunting battle. But Rush was on the radio, and he was so happy to be there that I didn't want the doctor to call him directly. And I really didn't want him to hear this while he was doing what. He was born to do and loved so much.
So when he was off the show that day, he came home and I asked him if he had a few minutes to talk about things. And he said yes. And he said, how'd it go? And I said, well, unfortunately, you know, it is a difficult diagnosis, but we're going to fight it. And I never let him know how much time they had placed on it.
Because in my mind, time is just a number. It can absolutely be changed.
So we set out right then to fight it. And I said, you know, Rush. You should stay on the radio. Don't think that time is over now just because you've heard this diagnosis. I think what will absolutely keep you going is to be behind the radio.
So we had to behind the mic, so we had to make adjustments. you know, strategize how we were going to be in the hospital, how he was going to be on air. But it was difficult right out of the gates. He fought incredibly hard. He never wanted to be a cancer patient on the radio.
He never wanted anyone to feel sorry for him. Instead, what he wanted was to connect to so many people that are going through hardships in their life. Yeah, I mean, thanks so much for sharing that. I had never known almost any of that, but you deserve a lot of credit too because you had to be his strength through the entire time and also knew what he was going through. And if you could hear it on the air and you had to be his coach, as well as his spouse.
But go out and pick up these books. It goes to a great cause. And if you have somebody in there, especially 8, 9, 10, 11, you pick up this book, they'll understand more about the country on year 250. Catherine, thanks so much for putting us on your stage. You're welcome.
Absolutely. Thank you, Brian. And it's Rush Revere, American History Teacher, and Liberty the Horse. Gotcha. I mixed them up a little earlier, but I'm back.
I think you got it. Catherine Limbaugh, thanks so much. Thank you. Cheers to America's 250th birthday. Get 20%.
Off your first purchase at Foxnewswineshop.com with code FN Radio20. 20% discount excludes wine club offers and cannot be combined with any other promotion. Expires July 31st, 2026. Must be 21 or older to order. Please drink responsibly.
