Are We Seeing a Religious Revival?

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Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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The massive memorial for Charlie Kirk in Arizona was more of a Christian revivalist meeting than the funeral of a political figure. What does it herald for the United States? And why does the "recognition" of a non-existent Palestinian state not worry us as much as you might expect? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.1	Oh, for the best. Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcasts. Today is Monday, September 22nd, 2025.
1:01.3	I'm John Pudhorst, the editor of Commentary Magazine, with me as always. Executive editor, A. Greenwald. Hi, Abe.
1:07.8	Hi, John. Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Cottonetti. Hi, Matt. Hi, Matt. Hi, John. Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Contdetti. Hi, Matt.
1:11.6	Hi, John. And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine. Hi, Christine. We have two big topics today.
1:18.9	We have to discuss the remarkable funeral of Charlie Kirk, and we need to discuss the UN General Assemblies and then the various Western countries' decision to recognize a Palestinian state that has no borders, no capital, no government, no governance, no form, no leader.
1:42.4	It's like recognizing Laputa in Gulliver's travels, which is a non-existent company that
1:50.4	flies, it's flying in the air. But it's an important moment nonetheless, but maybe we should start
1:57.7	with Charlie Kirk. Svner, I will confess that I was driving all yesterday afternoon and was unable to watch any of it.
2:06.9	I read a little bit about it, but Abe, you were there for the, you were there.
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