Huckabee Guests

Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne proudly represents the 24th Congressional District of Texas, which includes portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties. Cities which are wholly, or partially included in the 24th District include: Addison, Bedford, Carrollton, Colleyville, Coppell, Dallas, Euless, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Irving, Keller, Lewisville, North Richland Hills, Richardson, Roanoke, Southlake, Trophy Club, Watauga, and Westlake.  The DFW International Airport, of which Beth is former board member, is centrally located in the heart of the district.   Now in her 2nd term, Beth was selected to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee which is responsible for initiating tax and financial policies.  Assigned to the Taxation and Oversight Subcommittees, Beth is focused on delivering solutions to help individuals keep more of what they earn, businesses to expand operations and compete in globally competitive markets, and hold Administration policies and management accountable for actions which are detrimental to U.S. economic expansion or growing prosperity for our families.  As a Texan, Beth is particularly interested in fostering policies that will empower our country with an abundant, affordable, and reliable energy supply to lower costs for families and deliver the power needed for our nation to enjoy an expansion of U.S. based manufacturing.  Beth was also chosen to serve as Chair of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight where she concentrates on policies to encourage workforce development, labor participation, and reviews Administration actions directly related to the health and well-being of American small businesses. Prior to being elected to Congress, Beth served as Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Mayor of Irving, Irving City Council Member, and a businesswoman.  In 2017, Beth was appointed to serve as the Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Southwest Region. Working under Secretary Ben Carson, Beth was tasked with overseeing HUD programs and operations in the Region’s five states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, where she worked on many of the Trump Administration’s proudest economic successes, such as opportunity zones, and led HUD’s disaster recovery efforts at the southwest border in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Before being named Administrator, Beth was the first woman elected to serve as the Mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017 after beginning her career in public service as an Irving City Council Representative from 2004 to 2010. Under her leadership, the City of Irving witnessed unprecedented economic growth and development with an added 40,000 jobs and an estimated $3 billion in growth and new developments while also being named the fifth safest city in America. Throughout Beth’s career, she has worked with small startup companies, mid-size private companies and Fortune 500 corporations alike. Beth also ran a consulting business where she helped executives develop strategic business plans as well as negotiation strategies, grassroots coalition building and federal and state legislative policy strategies. After graduating magna cum laude from Cornell University, Beth moved back to Irving, Texas, which has been her home for over 30 years. Proud mother to Katie and Pearce, Beth was only the second Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Betsy DeVos has decades of experience in the education freedom trenches. She served as education secretary in the Trump administration, and she says the time has come for a new approach to American education. We've tried throwing truckloads of money at schools, that didn’t make them open any sooner during the pandemic; we tried banning poisonous ideologies like critical race theory, but that's not stopping radicals from trying to indoctrinate our kids. So maybe the answer is educational FREEDOM! Secretary DeVos joins "Huckabee" to detail the ideas from her fantastic new book, HOSTAGES NO MORE, to give students, parents, and teachers more education freedom.

Learn more about Betsy DeVos and her book HOSTAGES NO MORE via the links to the left.

Bill Spadea is an entrepreneur, media personality, father, husband and vocal advocate for working and middle class families. Spadea is the top morning drive talk show host in New Jersey on 101.5 FM. For seven years he hosted a successful show on FOX TV, “Chasing News with Bill Spadea”. He’s done a little bit of everything over his 25-plus year career, serving as a political strategist, analyst, candidate for office and business executive. He also regularly hosts music festivals and comedy shows in the New York/New Jersey area.  Before getting into media, he served as an executive in the real estate industry for 18 years, coaching, recruiting and selling. He is currently a licensed broker in several states, including New Jersey, Washington and Massachusetts, working with a national real estate company. \Following the show on FoxTV, Spadea launched and continues to manage budget and production for a film company which sold their latest movie “Psycho Storm Chaser” to LifetimeTV.​ He took on a three-term Democratic House incumbent in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District in 2004. Highlights of the campaign included a 200-mile walk through all 44 towns in the district, knocking on 16,000-plus doors and beating expectations as the top Republican challenger in New Jersey. Most recently, Spadea founded and serves as the head of the “Common Sense Club” which advocates and mobilizes people to support policies which help small businesses and families through smart, fiscally responsible management in government, education that does away with radical political agendas which characterize many public schools today, and support for civil, economic and medical liberty. He is also the honorary chairman of "Elect Common Sense", a New Jersey Political Action Committee supporting Common Sense candidates that continues to be the fastest growing Conservative PAC in recent years with an average donation of $11.13. He graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in history in 1991. Upon graduation he enlisted in the Marines and received an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps Reserves after serving eight years. Bill has been married 29 years to his wife Jodi and resides in Princeton, NJ. Their son, Michael, is an honors student at San Diego State University. Their daughter Elizabeth graduated from the University of the Arts in London and has launched a successful career as a producer and brand manager in the UK.

Billy Dean is a Grammy-winning country artist with 16 hit singles, including 5 Number Ones. His classic “Somewhere in My Broken Heart” was named ACM’s Song of the Year. His first new album in a decade is called “The Rest of It’s Mine.” The last time he was here, he lost his voice. Let’s see if he’s found it yet. Don’t miss Billy Dean!

Learn more about Billy and his new album via the links to the left.

Two-time Dove Award winner Billy Gaines has inspired audiences worldwide for more than four decades, spreading the gospel in song through television, radio, albums, and live performances, including multiple national Promise Keepers Conferences. A masterful performer, he has a unique vocal style that spans musical genres and has been described as “smooth, captivating, and anointed.”  One of Billy’s most recent accomplishments is his singing/acting role in the new Kathie Lee Gifford movie “The Way” as the character Moses, singing the song “The God of The How and When” which premiered September 1, 2022. He also became a published author with his first book “ Other Side of This Trial” My Story, His Plan, His Hand released November 28,2023.

At 19 years old, Blake Brewer was on a family vacation in Hawaii when one of the best moments of his life turned tragic.  He was snorkeling with his dad when they got separated in rough waters.  By the time he was able to get back to his dad, he was underwater and unconscious. He got him back to shore, but it was too late. His dad had drowned.  Only hours after his dad’s death, while questioning how he was going to make it without him, Brewer’s mom found a letter in his dad’s briefcase that he had written to his children. “Apparently my dad had been working on this letter for several months, having no idea he was about to die,” founder of The Legacy Letter Challenge, Blake Brewer, says. “So, I’m reading this letter and I felt so loved that my dad would put on paper and take the time to do that, how he feels about us, and give us some advice, and write this letter.”  He says the letter was exactly what he needed in that moment and helped him get through that time in his life. He says it gave him hope and direction and helped him know he was going to make it.  Blake is on a mission to help 1 million dads and moms write at least one well written, meaningful, lasting Legacy Letter to their children. Blake has a wonderful wife and loves being a father to his three children, all under 8. As he leads his family, he draws from many mentors, but none more important than his late father, Larry Brewer.

You’ve seen Blake Vogt on such hit shows as “America’s Got Talent” and “Penn and Teller: Fool Us.” He’s not only one of the world’s best sleight of hand magicians, he creates new illusions for stars like David Copperfield and David Blaine, and major movies like the “Now You See Me” series. Watch Huckabee to see the astounding Blake Vogt!

Learn more about Blake Vogt via the links to the left.

Bob is a professional comedy juggling and variety entertainer living in Cambridge Ontario. In show business full time since 1995, Bob won the Canadian Juggling Championships that same year.

In high school, Bob was inspired by a juggling classmate and taught himself to juggle with tennis balls. Since then, he has learned advanced juggling, unicycling, balancing skills and performance techniques. His passion for performing and the art of juggling continued to develop during 5 years of post-secondary education, earning a diploma from the Baptist Leadership Education Centre in Toronto and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University. After university, he volunteered for seven months in Lithuania with IFES, the European version of Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship.

Following his return to Canada, he began performing full time. In the 1990s, he performed at many fairs, festivals and private events, as well as at every major Busking Festival in Canada. In 2000, he started performing on cruise ships 20 weeks a year for Holland America, Disney, Cunard, Royal Caribbean, Princess and Celebrity. He continues to make a living today in part with headline performances on cruise ships as well as corporate & special events, as well as at church and ministry events.

 He is now among one of the few performers left in North America performing authentic plate spinning, their signature piece.

Bob’s unique, timeless, comedic style engages audiences in uproarious laughter, inspires with simple truth and always leaves people wanting more. Of his rousing standing ovation performance on America’s Got Talent, Howard Stern said, “You wowed us!” Howie Mandell said, “I liked your character! I liked your voice! I like you!” He’s left lasting impressions on Fortune 500 companies like General Mills, Cargill, Sonic and American Family Insurance. He’s received accolades from Comcast, Sony, and EMI. And he’s helped countless non profits like The American Cancer Society, The American Brain Tumor Association, Children’s Hospitals, and United Way. Recently Bob joined forces with top Hollywood stars in the Not For Sale campaign to end human trafficking. His performance won a coveted Clio, the top award in American advertising.

Two weeks ago, Vladimir Putin began his vicious assault on the country of Ukraine, and its people. Bob Thomas is an American ex-pat who made Ukraine his home for the last 6 years. That is, until Russian forces began shelling civilian targets throughout the country. When those air raid sirens went off, Bob and now nearly 2 million others, knew it was time to get out. About a week and a half ago, he was in Ukraine, trying to get out of harm’s way. With his harrowing story of escape from the country he called his second home, join us this weekend welcoming Bob Thomas to the show — and back home to the USA.