All right, joining me today is the founder of Turning Point USA and the host of the Charlie Kirk show, as well as multiple time Rubin

Report, Charlie, how are you my friend?

Dave, I'm doing great, great to see you. Thank you for having me and you've been so

good to me and us throughout the years so I want to make sure

I express that gratitude and great to be back. Now Charlie you sound a little

dower or a little depressed or a little soft spoken.

Those were kind words and I appreciate it,

but what's going on here before people think

something weird's happening?

I'm trying to

you know change my vibe you know I've been on these campuses and I've been known to have a lot of energy and a lot of passion I think it's time for Charlie Kirk 2.0 where it's more thoughtful and slow.

All kidding aside Dave, I did seven events in Pennsylvania within 24 hours and even for me that was too much I felt my voice who's holding it

was holding was holding first time my career my voice just went out last

Thursday like out and I just couldn't talk for literally three days, so I had to rest it for three days, which is awfully humbling.

But it's actually a lot better right now. I'm able to have a conversation with you and be intelligible.

So not quite yet recovered, we're we're getting there so

people grant me a little grace it's not the NPR hour yeah I was gonna say

something kind of funny about like a conservative or just relatively sane human being trying to

talk with the cadence of an NPR host it would sound pretty damn disturbed I

mean that's the worst like what is why do we start there what is wrong with

these people and I'm talking about

everyone besides us at this point well but you know I'm tell you Dave with the

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