Ep. 229 The Charlie Kirk Tragedy
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Ray Kump
4.8 • 548 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Ray and Lucie react to the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk. In a week of chaos, Ray is called a "voice of reason" by Lucie for urging calm instead of violence. The two dive into conspiracy theories, strange public reactions, and the way Americans process political violence.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to comp. |
| 0:02.3 | Hello. |
| 0:03.3 | Obviously, it's been a sad couple of days. |
| 0:06.9 | Yes. |
| 0:07.3 | But I have to say, I'm very proud of you. |
| 0:09.6 | Why are you proud with me? |
| 0:11.0 | I'm a proud wife today. |
| 0:12.5 | You're proud. |
| 0:13.8 | Explain yourself. |
| 0:14.8 | This is a new thing for me. |
| 0:16.0 | You had a very, in the midst of a lot of senseless, irresponsible responses to what happened to Charlie Kirk, you were actually the voice of reason. You were very mature. |
| 0:27.3 | Did you expect me that June up a race war? |
| 0:30.9 | I mean, thank you. I appreciate that. I don't think I did very much. I don't bet. I think he did a lot. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm surprised that your instinct after a couple years of marriage so far is that, you know, oh, I was just waiting for my opportunity to spark a spark a flame of a violence and rage. |
| 0:51.0 | Well, well, you know, you can, you can be, you're not necessarily the most sincere person on social media. Okay. You're, you're, uh, that's, yeah, that's a fair point. I tend to, I tend to go for the, for the comedy. Yeah. For the fun. You have kind of a cynical, ironic brand. Much like the you, the young men of America. I'm just in for the laws, usually. |
| 1:12.2 | But I do have a moral compass of sorts. |
| 1:15.1 | This is what you wrote. |
| 1:16.1 | Why don't you read what you wrote? |
| 1:17.4 | I don't, okay. |
| 1:19.8 | This is not, this is not, I, um, I want people to see it. |
| 1:23.1 | I want people to see it, see how good he works. |
| 1:24.8 | This is such a low bar. |
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