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The Ricochet Podcast

A Turning Point

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

James and Charles discuss the political assassination of Charlie Kirk and the disturbing implications it has for a country founded on certain inalienable rights.



Sound from this week's audio: Utah Governor Stephen Cox announces the capture of the shooter.

Photo: Dennis MacDonald / Shutterstock.com



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0:00.0

We got him.

0:02.0

On the evening of September 11th, a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident.

0:18.0

Welcome, everybody. It's the Rurkoshay podcast, episode number 757. I'm James Lalix, Minneapolis, and joined by Charles C.W. Welcome, everybody. It's the Ruricey podcast, episode number 757. I'm James Laleck's

0:22.7

Minneapolis. I'm joined by Charles C.W. Cook in Florida. And it is a somber week for anybody

0:27.8

with any shred of decency in their heart. And that is something that we've learned and

0:34.8

will discuss now. Charles, what are you?

0:39.3

Well, start perhaps with this.

0:41.2

I heard somebody the other day on Twitter read,

0:44.7

that there are three kinds of assassinations.

0:47.5

There's the zealot, there is the nut,

0:51.9

and there is the pro.

1:11.0

And they were breaking it down as to what they thought the temperament of the shooter of charlie the assassin the murderer of charlie kirk would be and i thought you have to add to that another category and that's loser the guy who shot up the church around here in my neighborhood was a loser lee harvey oswald was a loser arthur bremer was a loser james errol ray was a loser Lee Harvey Oswald was a loser Arthur Bremer was a loser James Earl Ray was a loser the guy who shot Mangione was a

1:16.2

zealot I think this guy I'm not gonna say his name that they've arrested might

1:22.7

fall into the zealot category as well. And a peculiar modern sort,

1:29.6

somebody who just sort of drifted into it,

1:30.4

fell into it,

1:31.5

adopted the language,

1:32.2

the moors,

1:33.3

the cliches,

1:34.1

the injokes,

1:36.4

without having that sort of burning revolutionary desire

1:39.2

you associate with Serbia and nationalists

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