Charlie Kirk’s Death | Roundtable

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Political activist Charlie Kirk’s tragic and shocking assassination at Utah Valley University on Wednesday has sparked an outpouring of grief, anxiety, and recriminations over how we arrived at this moment. Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, David French, and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle to unpack what we know (and don’t) about the murder, discuss how we should think about this political moment, and explore how we can step back from the brink. The Agenda:—Proliferation of violent videos—Navigating threats in political life—Playing into the worst stereotypes—The FBI fumbles investigation—President Donald Trump’s remarks Show Notes:—Yascha Mounk for The Dispatch: “The Assassin’s Veto” The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.7	I'm Steve Hayes.
1:18.4	On this week's episode, we'll discuss the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
1:22.9	and the rise of political violence more broadly.
1:25.6	I'm joined today by my dispatch colleagues,
1:31.3	Jonah Goldberg and Kevin Williamson, along with David French of the New York Times and Megan McArdle from the Washington Post. We're recording on September 11, 2025. Less than 24 hours ago,
1:37.7	conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University.
1:42.9	His shooting was captured on video immediately going viral.
1:46.5	Authorities originally announced that they had captured a suspect, only to later say that he'd been
1:50.8	released. The same thing happened a second time later in the day with FBI director Cash Patel
1:55.6	tweeting that they'd captured a subject, but later announcing that person had also been released.
2:00.5	As of this morning,
2:01.9	the manhood continues. Our job here, in its simplest terms, is to help people make sense of the news,
2:08.6	and we're going to do our best to do that today. But Charlie Kirk was 31 years old, a husband
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