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The Charlie Kirk Show

"Trust the Experts" Failed. What Now? ft. Walter Kirn

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary, Politics

4.544.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The present American political moment is defined by one word: Disillusion. All over the country, ordinary people have realized that the bureaucrats, professors, and other elites who dominated their lives were never acting in good faith and declined long ago. Novelist and thinker Walter Kirn examines the great turning point in American life in the 21st century, and ponders — what's next? Trump’s 2024 win, Kirn argues, wasn’t just political, but a reckoning for every institution in American life.

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0:00.0

My name is Charlie Kirk.

0:05.0

I run the largest pro-American student organization in the country fighting for the future of our republic.

0:11.2

My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth.

0:14.5

If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable.

0:19.9

But if the most important thing is doing good, you will end up purposeful. College is a scam, everybody. You got to stop sending your kids to college. You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start a turning point USA College Chapter. Go start a turning point. You would say high school chapter. Go find out how your church can get involved. Sign up and become an activist.

0:39.0

I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade.

0:41.2

Most important decision I ever made in my life.

0:43.8

And I encourage you to do the same.

0:45.2

Here I am.

0:46.1

Lord, use me.

0:48.1

Buckle up, everybody.

0:49.5

Here we go.

0:55.9

The Charlie Kirk Show is proudly sponsored by Preserve Gold, the leading gold and silver experts

1:01.9

and the only precious metals company I recommend to my family, friends, and viewers.

1:09.2

All right, welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show. I'm very excited about this next guest. I think

1:14.9

he's one of the most impressive and important thinkers, political commentators of our current

1:21.6

moment. And not enough people, in my opinion, I've told him this, know about his thinking, his thought work, his writing.

1:30.8

And that is Walter Kern. He's the editor at large of County Highway. And he's co-host of this America Week.

1:37.3

I think that's what it is. America This week. That's what I got.

1:40.4

It makes a little more sense. That makes a little more sense.

1:42.7

Yeah, America this week with Matt Taibi, who's a great journalist in his own right, very accomplished.

1:48.7

Walter, welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show.

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