WTH Is Next After the Assassination of Charlie Kirk? Marc and Dany Discuss.
What the Hell Is Going On
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4.4 • 633 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of WTH, Dany and Marc discuss the assassination of conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk. The problem of political violence in America has only worsened since its uptick in 2020 with compounding factors like spoken and online rhetoric and the symbiosis of the far left and mainstream. It’s inside this Petri dish that a permission structure for violence is worsening our republic and presenting a clear and present danger to our country and those who engage in civil discourse. How does this answer the cancel culture question? And most importantly, how do we contribute to its end and pull us back from the brink?
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by the American Enterprise Institute. |
| 0:03.1 | If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, review, and share. |
| 0:07.1 | Thanks for listening. Here's our show. |
| 0:08.7 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:10.5 | What's really going on? |
| 0:12.0 | We said, what the hell happened? |
| 0:13.5 | You don't have to know what the hell is on it. |
| 0:15.6 | They see what's going on. |
| 0:16.7 | I don't know what's going on. |
| 0:18.0 | What is going on? |
| 0:20.0 | We must find out what's going on. What is going on? We must find out what is going on. |
| 0:30.1 | Hi, I'm Danielle Pletka. |
| 0:31.9 | And I'm Mark Tiesin. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to our podcast. |
| 0:34.5 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:37.0 | Mark, let's talk a little bit about what the hell is going on in America. |
| 0:40.9 | Yeah, a lot of people are wondering what the hell is going on in America. So we are recording this today after the memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona. This is like one of the most, I think this is going to be a seismic political event in our country. |
| 0:55.7 | First of all, that... |
| 0:57.9 | Let's play the part where Charlie Kirk's wife forgives the man who killed him. |
| 1:06.5 | My husband, Charlie... |
| 1:19.6 | He wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life. |
| 1:27.5 | On the cross, our Savior said, Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do. |
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