Media Coverage of Erika Kirk’s Remarks after Her Husband’s Assassination – Terry Mattingly, 9/17/25 (2601)
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🗓️ 17 September 2025
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Terry Mattingly of Rational Sheep
Rational Sheep
Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture
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| 1:05.5 | Charlie loved his savior with all of his heart, and he wanted every one of you to know him too. |
| 1:12.3 | That's an excerpt from an address to the nation by Erica Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, |
| 1:18.4 | assassinated last week. One of the things that has struck me about this story, a lot of things have struck me about this story, but one of the things that's striking me every day a little bit more |
| 1:22.2 | is in a very impatient news cycle that's quick to move on to other things, the Charlie Kirk's story |
| 1:29.9 | has remained in the news cycle far beyond what many stories have, even the attempted |
| 1:36.2 | assassination of a U.S. president last year. Greetings, then, welcome to issues, et cetera, |
| 1:42.0 | live on this Wednesday afternoon, September the 17th. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We're going to spend some time with Terry Mattingly, talking about media coverage of this address to the nation by Charlie Kirk's widow, Erica Kirk. Tim Gaygline joins us after that from Focus on the Family to talk about the need to teach boys how to become men. Then in hour two, we'll be looking forward to Sunday morning, |
| 2:02.5 | according to the one-year lexionary, |
| 2:04.2 | talking with Pastor Peter Bender about the 10 lepers cleansed in Luke chapter 17. |
| 2:10.1 | Terry Maddingly is Senior Fellow on Communications and Culture at St. Constantine College in Houston, Texas. |
| 2:15.5 | He writes Rational Sheep, a substack newsletter on faith, family, |
| 2:19.3 | and mass media. He's author of the National On Religion column for the Andrews McMeal Universal Syndicate, |
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