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The Megyn Kelly Show

CNN CEO's Shock Firing, and Trans Ideology in Schools and Sports, with Peachy Keenan, Steve Krakauer and More | Ep. 567

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly begins the show discussing the abrupt and shocking firing of CNN CEO Chris Licht today, and whether CNN can salvage its brand, before bringing on Steve Krakauer, executive producer of the show, to talk about how the Resistance inside CNN ruined the network and Chris Licht's tenure, whether Licht’s ego undermined his mission, how to get the brand’s reputation back, and more. Then Chelsea Mitchell and Alanna Smith, former high school athletes, and their lawyer Kristen Waggoner of ADF, join to talk about the status of their lawsuit over girls' sports, the effect of transgender runners on high school girls' sports, and more. Then Peachy Keenan, author of "Domestic Terrorist," joins to talk about her decision to show her face and go public, being a conservative in deep blue California, how you know if you're a "domestic extremist," balancing motherhood and a career, trans ideology seeping into elementary schools today, how to fight and win the culture war, and more. ADF and CT runners: www.adflegal.org Keenan: https://www.amazon.com/Domestic-Extremist-Practical-Winning-Culture-ebook/dp/B0BR8JBHV6/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.

0:15.4

Today we got a big show for you.

0:17.0

We're going to hear from two former female high school track athletes out of Connecticut

0:22.1

who are suing after they were forced to compete against biological males.

0:26.5

We first brought you this case right after the podcast first launched and I mentioned

0:31.0

it in my talking points the other day on why I'm done with the gender madness.

0:36.1

Now these two young women have seen their case through a lot of trials and tribulations

0:40.7

so far they're losing, but the second circuit full court of appeals has agreed to hear

0:47.2

the case and that's a glimmer of hope.

0:50.5

We'll get into it.

0:51.5

Then we're going to be joined by one of my favorite Twitter follows Peachy Keenan as pride

0:57.1

month goes into overdrive, but we begin with the way forward for CNN and the breaking

1:03.4

news out of that network.

1:04.9

That is the subject of today's memo.

1:07.2

Less than five days after a devastating piece on CNN chief Chris Lickt appeared in the

1:12.0

Atlantic.

1:13.0

Lickt is officially out at the network.

1:16.0

His boss is David Zazlov, the very guy who promised the Atlantic reporter an interview

1:20.6

in which he was expected to support Chris Lickt in sake of blowing things about him, only

1:24.6

to then back out of it all together.

1:27.1

Now tells the CNN newsroom, Lickt tried, but thanks to a myriad of problems, he's out.

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