Who Is Erika Kirk? An Inside Look Into Her Inspiring Life | Ep. 37
The Kristan Hawkins Show
Savannah Slattery
4.1 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
We're opening up the archives for a very special episode. Years ago, I sat down with Erika Kirk for a candid conversation before she even married Charlie Kirk. In this episode, you'll get to know Erika's heart, her passion for faith and culture, and her mission in life.
This is a rare look at Erika's story before the headlines, before her marriage, and before many knew her name.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Pallive Jen, it's Kristen Hawkins and welcome to this special episode of the Kristen |
| 0:03.4 | Hawkins Show. For this episode, I've dug back into the archives of my podcast because I want to bring to you a very special interview I had the privilege of having with Mrs. Erica Kirk a number of years ago. And I know there's a lot of internet speculation as to who Erica is, but she's been a dear friend for a number of years and a pro-life leader. |
| 0:21.1 | And so I want you to hear from her heart about what motivates her, what she's been busy |
| 0:26.0 | with while building a family with our friend Charlie and before she now takes the helm |
| 0:31.8 | of Turning Point USA. |
| 0:33.7 | So enjoy the episode. I actually have brought a new guest today. |
| 0:44.3 | Erica Franzi, she is the founder of Proclaim and Lead Ministry. |
| 0:49.3 | She's based in New York City. |
| 0:50.3 | Erica and I met years ago in Phoenix. I think it was like all four children ago. I think that's how long. I measure things by, oh, yeah, I met you between two and three. Right. So we did a, we had a board member there who's a mutual friend, who did a fundraiser at our home, and then we had like a gala. I think it was 2012 maybe. Oh, so maybe I had a kid. 2011. Okay, so, okay, I was, I mean one and a half kids maybe in. I was, one pregnant, yeah. So anyway, so it's been a while. Right. So I knew Erica was going to be here in Washington, the same time I am, and so she's very busy with her travel schedule so we wanted |
| 1:29.1 | to kind of introduce you to her so Erica can you tell us just a little bit about you and how you |
| 1:37.0 | got to where you are in New York you're from Arizona you're in New York right what is the |
| 1:42.4 | proclaim and lead ministry awesome well first |
| 1:45.0 | all thank you for having me it's so good to see you I'm so proud of all that you're doing I know |
| 1:49.7 | that it is not an easy fight that we're up against and I feel like you have really been called |
| 1:55.8 | and chosen for this so I commend you on all of your hard work and your organization because |
| 2:00.5 | you're doing a phenomenal job. |
| 2:01.6 | I'm just like the ruling body. |
| 2:04.6 | You're the vessel. |
| 2:05.6 | Come me out there, sure. |
| 2:07.6 | You're like the pin cushion. |
| 2:09.6 | Essentially, yeah. |
| 2:10.6 | Right. But no, thank you so much. I appreciate it. |
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