DEBATE NIGHT: Charlie Kirk Vs. Atheist, Marxist Professor Ben Burgis
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2021
⏱️ 129 minutes
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In a long-form, thought-provoking third installment of 'Debate Night' — Charlie is joined LIVE from HQ by self-avowed Marxist professor of Philosophy, Atheist apologist, and avid lover of the Post Office—Dr. Ben Burgis—to debate the big ideas surrounding what system of government is most conducive to living a good, free, and prosperous life in America. Coming from a perspective of conservative populism, Charlie takes on Dr. Burgis' full-throated defense of marxist socialism in a point-by-point, intellectual disagreement that spans a myriad of topics, from healthcare, to taxes, to schools, and much, much more. In the extended edition, presented exclusively here on The Charlie Kirk Show, Charlie and Ben dive deep into the meaning of life, religion and atheism, the existence of God, and so much more—available only to those of you who subscribe to the podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, today on the Charlie Kirk Show, my conversation, my debate with a Democrat socialist, Dr. Burgess. |
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| 0:54.7 | If you want to get involved with Turning Point USA, you could do so at T-P-U-S-A.com, sort of high school group and a college group, T-P-U-S-A.com. Today, I want to thank those of you that support our program, the Charlie Kirk Show, where you allow us to do two podcasts today, sometimes even more. |
| 0:55.9 | And this is a bonus episode. |
| 0:54.7 | So thank you, Bennett from Atlanta, Georgia. our program, The Charlie Kirk Show, where you allow us to do two podcasts today, sometimes even more. |
| 0:59.6 | And this is a bonus episode. So thank you, Bennett from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you for supporting us. |
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| 1:23.3 | If this debate moves you and you say, wow, Charlie's out there working hard, this team is working their tail off. |
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| 1:36.4 | This conversation is with a college professor. We talk about a lot of different things. |
| 1:40.7 | I think I did rather well. There's a couple of moments where I think I could have done better. But overall, I give myself a pretty good grade. In fact, I think it was a very intellectual debate and fair debate. It does not get nasty. Out of all the debates we've done recently, this is the most, let's say, respectful, I think, both sides have been, unlike the circus that we had with the pro-abortion comedian a couple weeks ago. |
| 2:02.0 | He says very good things about the post office, kind of laughable. |
| 2:05.5 | We talk about God. |
| 2:06.5 | We talk about religion. |
| 2:07.4 | We talk about morality. |
| 2:08.8 | We talk about human nature. |
| 2:10.6 | It's a constructive debate. |
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