For nearly three decades, Stu Burguiere’s professional life has revolved around one thing: showing up every day to help Glenn Beck do radio at the highest possible level.
It’s a run that’s almost unheard of in modern media, marked by stability, loyalty, and a creative partnership that never fractured under the weight of success. That’s what makes Burguiere’s decision to leave The Glenn Beck Program after 28 years feel less like a career move and more like a life pivot.
Yet for Burguiere, the timing isn’t accidental. In fact, it’s precisely the moment that makes sense.
“Well, I think considering the economy seems to be really upside down and crumbling, it’s a great time to quit your job and start a new business,” said Burguiere, with a chuckle. “So I just wanted to go down the road. It’s been a really great run with Glenn, and we’ve done so many things. It was a very difficult decision because I love Glenn, I love that show, and I love that audience. There’s no audience like it, in my view, ever been created, and I don’t think it’s one that can be assembled outside of radio specifically. It’s a really special group. So leaving that was really hard.”
That audience, and the show that cultivated it, made the decision anything but easy. Burguiere didn’t leave because something was broken. If anything, the opposite was true. The relationship still worked, which only made stepping away more emotionally complicated.
“Part of it was watching Glenn build something new,” Burguiere said of his reasons for now being the right time to exit. “He’s in the middle of doing something new, and I think if I were going to go all in on that, I needed to be 100% able to help him with every little part of it. I still had a lot of stuff I wanted to do on my own.
“I was growing and getting really excited about these prediction markets, which is something I’ve been doing for over a decade on my own. The fact that they’re now able to be accessed by everybody, and not just some weird nerdy niche thing I was doing on the side, made it a really cool opportunity.”
Burguiere’s next chapter centers on that fascination. He’s launching a new show and company built around prediction markets called Predictable with Stu Burguiere, blending media, analysis, and financial insight into a space that’s only recently become widely accessible. While he’ll still host his show for Blaze Media — Stu Does America — it’s a leap of faith, but one grounded in years of quiet preparation.
“I hope to be able to pop back on with Glenn,” added Burguiere. “We’ve talked about it quite a bit, so I think that’ll still happen. I just thought it was time for me to try something new and always be supportive of what Glenn’s doing as well. I think it was time.”
Time is the recurring theme. Burguiere isn’t a broadcaster bouncing between jobs or chasing the next contract. He’s someone who spent almost his entire adult life in one place, which makes the emotional weight of leaving impossible to ignore.
“It’s really difficult because I have no experience as an adult not doing that show,” Burguiere said. “It was the first real job I got in the world of radio. I’ve been doing it for 28 years. I’m 49, about to turn 50. I started working with him before I could drink, before I met my wife, before I really had any experience in the workplace. So it’s been really mixed emotions.”
Those mixed emotions extend beyond nostalgia. Stu Burguiere understands how rare his run with Beck was in an industry defined by churn, ego, and fracture.
“I’m very excited about this new thing. I feel invigorated to give something like that a try,” Burguiere said. “But when I think about radio and all the people I’ve known in radio, there aren’t a ton of examples of what Glenn and I have done together, which is stay together for a really long time and never really have arguments, fights, disagreements, or near breakups. None of that stuff really happened. It’s been really solid and positive for 99% of the time. Knowing that was coming to an end has been really difficult.”
That stability shaped him professionally, and Burguiere doesn’t shy away from acknowledging how central Beck was to his development.
“I’ve basically made a mess of myself on the air trying to articulate this,” said Burguiere. “It’s because it really is a huge part of my life. He’s a really important figure. The best professional decision I will ever make in my entire life was going in and hanging out with this guy who, at the time, seemed like his career was washed up and destroyed. Listening to him and learning from him, a guy who knows more than anybody else I’ve ever met in radio times ten, has been incredible. Mixed emotions probably understates it. He’s been great, supportive, and helpful when he absolutely didn’t have to be, and that’s made it a lot easier.”
So why prediction markets, and why now? Burguiere points to a major legal shift that changed everything.
“In October 2024, Kalshi, one of the big prediction markets, won a lawsuit that allowed these markets to move out of the gray area and into the light in all 50 states,” Burguiere said. “Being able to invest based on your opinion on everything is interesting. People already do this in their own lives. Everyone has an opinion about what’s coming in the world and what’s going to happen. They just never had an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is.”
For Burguiere, prediction markets aren’t just about money. They’re about clarity.
“With prediction markets, you have a clear question with a yes-or-no answer. It’s simple and accessible,” Burguiere added. “I think it’s a great way to talk about the news with an ability to drill down to the truth. There’s a lot of punditry out there, and I like punditry. But prediction markets eliminate the problem of people saying things they don’t believe because money is on the line.”
That philosophy underpins Predictable, which Burguiere hopes will carve out a distinct lane separate from partisan media noise.
“There really aren’t many serious efforts to build a media company around prediction markets,” said Burguiere. “The government can always get in the way, but I think these markets have real staying power. They’re a fascinating way to understand the news and potentially make some extra cash. I’ve paid for a lot of vacations over the years thanks to prediction markets.”
The launch is expected later this spring, with multiple distribution paths and layers of content designed to appeal to casual observers and serious participants alike. For Burguiere, it’s the culmination of a long curiosity finally meeting the right moment.
After 28 years of predictability in his own career, Stu Burguiere is betting on something new. And for the first time, the outcome isn’t already known.
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