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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, the largest and fastest growing conservative youth activist organization in the country with over 250,000 student members, over 150 full-time staff, and a presence on over 2,000 high school and college campuses nationwide. Charlie is also the Chairman of Students for Trump, which aims to activate one million new college voters on campuses in battleground states in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election. His social media reaches over 100 million people per month and according to Axios, he is one of the "top 10 most engaged" Twitter handles in the world. He is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” which regularly ranks among the top news shows on Apple podcast charts.
Charlie Kirk In His Own Words: Looking Back at 2025's Most Memorable Moments
The Charlie Kirk Show team reflects on the most significant moments from Charlie Kirk's final year, a period that saw him reach the height of his influence and impact. From secret diplomatic missions to Greenland with Don Jr. to attending President Trump's inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda, from confronting students on college campuses to appearing on South Park, Charlie lived 2025 at full throttle. This collection showcases his infectious optimism, his unwavering commitment to young people, and his deep love for America. These moments capture a man who accomplished his mission, saving a generation from destructive ideology—and lived to see the fruit of his labor with Trump's victory and the youth vote shift. His legacy remains immortal, frozen at the peak of his powers.
Blake Neff opens the retrospective by acknowledging the tragedy of losing Charlie Kirk while emphasizing an important truth: despite the heartbreak of September 2025, it was a tremendous year. Charlie was taken at his absolute peak—the height of his accomplishment, influence, and impact on the world. As Blake notes, there's something bittersweet but powerful about this timing: Charlie's message will be immortal, preserved exactly as he was in 2025, never diminished by age or decline.
The team compiled favorite videos and moments, inviting the audience to email their own memories. What follows is a journey through Charlie's final year, told through his own words and actions, capturing a man fully alive and engaged in the battle for America's future.
Greenland: The Secret Mission
One of the year's most unexpected moments came when Charlie told Andrew he needed to host the show. When Andrew asked why, Charlie casually replied, "I got to go to Greenland." It was the kind of response that perfectly captured Charlie's life—always on to the next adventure, always pushing boundaries.
President Trump had expressed interest in acquiring or partnering with Greenland, and he sent a small envoy that included Sergio Gor, Don Jr., and Charlie Kirk. The mission was kept highly secret. Charlie recorded the experience on Trump Force One, marveling at the beauty of the country, the friendliness of the locals, and the surreal experience of watching the sun set at 2:30 in the afternoon in the bitter cold.
Charlie genuinely loved Greenland. He talked repeatedly about its raw, open space beauty—the rubies you could find in the fields when the snow melted. As someone who despised high-rises and urban masses, he was captivated by a place the size of a continent with only 50,000 people. The limitless possibilities it represented stayed with him long after the trip.
The team captured footage of Charlie and Don Jr. meeting enthusiastic local youth who loved America and Trump. Don Jr. later told the team during a private podcast at AmericaFest that he thought about that Greenland trip often. Much of the footage from that journey has never been released publicly, but the team promises it will eventually see the light of day.
Inauguration Day: A Seat in the Rotunda
Hours before President Trump took the oath of office, Charlie and Erica attended the inauguration ball. The atmosphere was electric. Charlie captured moments with Judge Jeanine, Alina Habba, and Sergio Gor as they waited for the Village People to take the stage—a detail that became complicated when Vice President Vance was delayed making his rounds to various events that evening.
The inauguration itself had been planned as a large outdoor event, but a deep freeze with temperatures around 5 degrees forced organizers to move it indoors to the Capitol Rotunda. This created a space constraint—only a limited number of people could attend. The fact that Charlie and Erica received seats in that intimate space, closer to the president than some members of Congress, spoke volumes about the esteem President Trump held for Charlie's role in securing victory.
Some Democratic congressmen complained afterward that Charlie got a better seat than they did. Even some Republican congressmen were reportedly upset. But as one senator who defended Charlie put it: "When you do as much to elect a president as Charlie Kirk, then maybe you can get a better seat."
The Turning Point USA ball that evening became one of the hottest tickets in town. So many people crammed into the venue that it turned into one of the hottest rooms in town temperature-wise. The coat check system completely melted down at the end of the night, with hotel staff overwhelmed and unable to find people's coats. The entire Turning Point team, including leadership, ended up in the coat room helping guests locate their belongings—escorting them back to search by description since the filing system had collapsed.
First Guest on Air Force Two
Charlie had the distinction of being Vice President JD Vance's first guest on Air Force Two. In a short video from the flight, Vance showed off his vice presidential jacket, joking that it made the whole thing worthwhile. The moment captured the genuine friendship between the two men—a relationship that had developed through the campaign and continued into the administration.
For Charlie, these weren't just photo opportunities. They were relationships built on shared values and vision for America's future. The access he had to the highest levels of power reflected not political maneuvering but genuine respect for his ideas and his impact.
The Chicago Bears and Personal Touches
An email from viewer Michael reminds the team of something they don't discuss often: Charlie's love for the Chicago Bears. Just before his death, Charlie was on air lamenting his beloved Bears' performance. He had been optimistic about their new coach but they looked like the same old Bears starting the season.
Charlie was a "what have you done for me lately" guy when it came to praising his team on air, so he didn't talk about them much when they disappointed him. But after his death, the Bears went on quite a streak, winning the NFC North and making the playoffs. Blake jokes that Charlie must be dunking on him from heaven, as Blake is a Packers fan and watched his team collapse in catastrophic fashion during AmericaFest while the Bears surged.
Charlie's Oregon Ducks were also doing well, adding to what Blake imagines must be Charlie's heavenly satisfaction.
The Elon Musk Friendship
Charlie was a genuine, enthusiastic fan of Elon Musk. He loved that Musk built physical things, that he was an entrepreneur who took massive risks and changed industries. When Musk joined the administration to work on DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), Charlie was thrilled. He had Turning Point make DOGE shirts and featured the initiative prominently.
Charlie and Musk spent hours together after the election, having dinners and getting to know each other personally. Charlie captured video of the president's new red MAGA Tesla at the White House, urging everyone to support Elon Musk and not tolerate domestic terrorism.
When Musk and President Trump had their public falling out earlier in the year, many people were beating up on Musk. Charlie refused to participate. He called his shot, predicting that by Christmas, Musk and Trump would be having dinner together. He was actually ahead of schedule on that prediction.
Charlie told his team that Musk buying Twitter (now X) was "the most important purchase by a private person in American history." At the time, Blake thought it sounded wacky, but Charlie was correct. The purchase proved hugely important not just for the election, but for American society and free speech worldwide. It set the tone that the era of cancel culture and censorship would not win out.
Charlie privately messaged Musk expressing gratitude for that purchase, regardless of any political disputes. His willingness to maintain and repair relationships played a role in bringing Musk and Trump back together. At Charlie's memorial, both Trump and Musk were photographed together in the press box. When the image was posted with the caption "I hope they're saying to one another for Charlie," Musk reposted a similar image an hour later with the words "for Charlie"—a beautiful full-circle moment.
BLM Plaza Comes Down
The Charlie Kirk Show experienced explosive audience growth during the BLM movement. Charlie called his producer and said, "I'm going to go hard. I feel like I need to go hard. This needs to stop." The response: "I'm 100% behind you. Whatever happens happens. This needs to stop. Let's do it."
Fast forward to March 2025, and Charlie was standing at BLM Plaza in Washington DC as work crews dismantled the two-block-long mural. He narrated the scene live: workers had to get down to the street itself to remove all the paint. Behind them stood the church that protestors had tried to burn down years earlier.
Charlie called it "ending race hysteria" and "making America great again." He was often unfairly labeled as racist, but what he actually raged against was the weaponization of racial grievances tearing the country apart. The election of Donald Trump and the removal of BLM Plaza represented a full-circle moment that Charlie recognized and celebrated. He was not a doomer—he was genuinely optimistic about America's future.
Unlikely Podcasts: Gavin Newsom and Bill Maher
In 2025, Charlie appeared on increasingly unlikely podcasts. One of the most debated was being the first guest on California Governor Gavin Newsom's new podcast. People questioned whether going on a liberal politician's show would help Newsom rebrand himself as the big MAGA foe and enable a 2028 presidential run.
Charlie's thinking was simple: somebody was going to be the first guest, and he didn't want it to be anyone else. As the team put it, "We don't want to midwife President Newsom into being."
It turned out to be a brilliant call. The most memorable moment came when Newsom admitted his 13-year-old son was a big Charlie Kirk fan. The boy had stayed up late asking when Charlie would arrive and woke up at 6am insisting he come to the taping—he literally would not leave the house. Newsom tried walking it back after Charlie's assassination, claiming his son was just "aware" of Charlie, not necessarily a fan, which struck the team as particularly galling given they had known for about a year from multiple sources that Newsom's son was indeed a fan.
During that interview, Newsom also admitted he found it deeply unfair that men could compete in women's sports, sending shockwaves through the Democratic establishment. It sparked a larger debate about whether Democrats would moderate to win back power or go more radical. Newsom seemed to track toward moderation, but the party's powers-that-be appear to have won the tug-of-war, pushing the party in a more radical direction.
Charlie also appeared on Bill Maher's Club Random podcast. The team traveled to LA for the interview, prepping Charlie on California policies. When Charlie walked out of the taping, he got in the car and didn't want to talk. He thought he had done terribly, that it was going to play badly, and he was really upset.
Blake told him he was paranoid—and the reason was that Bill Maher had been smoking weed the entire interview. Charlie had gotten secondhand high from being hotboxed for an hour. He had missed a couple openings he normally would have seized because he was inadvertently stoned. Despite Charlie's paranoia, the episode became one of the top most-watched episodes of Club Random, if not the top episode of all time.
Bill Maher was shocked to learn Charlie didn't drink alcohol or smoke pot, and was married and "super Christian." Maher joked they were going to get along great—and they did. After Charlie's assassination, Maher sent a note saying how much he genuinely enjoyed his time with Charlie and their conversation, and how horrible he thought the tragedy was.
Campus Tours and Viral Moments
Charlie loved the Prove Me Wrong campus tours. He loved getting out and mixing with students, loved the viral moments, and learned a ton from interacting with young people. It was a secret sauce of his success.
At Texas A&M, Charlie got a massive reaction when he threw hats into the crowd and did the Aggie hand signal, having been told to play their fight song just as they arrived at the venue. At another stop, he spun up a student in what he called a "mental cul-de-sac" over the question "What is a woman?"
When a young woman said "a person who was born with XX chromosomes," Charlie jokingly declared victory in the culture war. The student tried to walk it back, saying that didn't exclude trans women, but Charlie had gotten what he wanted—a clear admission of biological reality on camera.
These tours were what Charlie was most excited about as 2025 continued. The team was planning more stops, more engagement with students. Blake notes the terrible irony: Charlie died with his boots on, doing exactly what he loved. As Erica said at the memorial, he was doing what he loved and then he blinked and was in paradise. If there was any way he would have wanted to go, it would have been in the middle of the fight, engaging students, making an impact.
Four Years of Marriage
On their four-year anniversary, Charlie and Erika recorded a Tik Tok offering advice. Erika's advice: "Love your husband well." Charlie's: "Get off your couch, stop watching all that terrible stuff, and go get married. Go on that adventure. It's the best thing ever."
They were happier than ever, clearly best friends deeply in love. The video is difficult to watch now, knowing what was to come, but it captures the genuine joy of their relationship. Erika has shown extraordinary courage in the months since Charlie's death, leaning into her faith and serving as an exemplary model for women across the country dealing with grief and loss.
A New Pope from Chicago
When white smoke emerged from the Vatican signaling a new pope, the team had to switch the entire show. They started calling friends at the Vatican and in Italy to find out who had been chosen. The news: an American pope, the first ever, and he was from Chicago—Charlie's hometown.
Charlie, though not Catholic himself, recognized the significance. The new pope had served in Peru, was a registered Republican who voted in Republican primaries, and ran a pro-life group at Villanova University. Charlie noted these as good signs and hoped the pope would be a strong advocate for strong borders and sovereignty.
But he also raised a question: Why did they pick an American pope? Could it be they wanted a voice advocating for open American borders while President Trump was in office? Only time would tell. Charlie didn't live to see how the relationship would develop, though Blake notes it likely would have been combative given some of the pope's recent statements.
Defending Trump's Foreign Policy
At Cambridge, Charlie got into a heated exchange defending President Trump's foreign policy record. When a student aggressively accused Trump of selling America out, Charlie calmly but firmly responded piece by piece.
Trump was convening a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. He was talking to Iran and discouraging Israel from striking Iran's interior. This was far better than when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Secretary of State Tony Blinken went to Istanbul and unnecessarily blew up a potential peace deal, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainians in "one of the great unnecessary wars of the modern era."
Trump believed in "peace through strength," Charlie argued. In just 120-130 days as president, he had ended a war between nuclear powers India and Pakistan, secured the southern border during an invasion by foreign powers, and was brokering a potential settlement with Iran to prevent major escalation in the Middle East.
Though the Russian-Ukrainian war hadn't ended by the time of Charlie's death, progress continued to be made, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy visiting Mar-a-Lago for negotiations.
Cultural Observations and Light Moments
Charlie's Tik Tok feed captured lighter moments throughout the year. He railed against Juneteenth being made a federal holiday, seeing it as an intentional distraction from July 4th—he didn't want competing independence days. The fact that supporters called it "Juneteenth National Independence Day" convinced him they wanted to replace the Fourth of July.
He called out Rockefeller Center for flying pride flags during Pride week instead of American flags, declaring "We are a conquered country." He was happy when the State Department under Trump ordered that only American flags be flown from embassies—no more pride or trans flags.
In South Korea, he marveled at public spaces with inflatable cushion chairs where everyone was reading, noting this "would last about 35 seconds in most American cities." His message: "You can have nice stuff. Crime is a choice. We shouldn't put up with it. South Korea doesn't. We shouldn't either."
He even had a funny moment spotting Doug Emhoff at a restaurant and recording a video calling him "what a beta."
South Park Immortality
In August, Charlie appeared on South Park in an episode parodying his Prove Me Wrong campus tours. The team had fan art and memes ready to go, having explained to Charlie that being featured on South Park was still an honorable cultural marker.
The episode featured a Charlie Kirk character doing campus debates and even created "The Charlie Kirk Awards for Young Master Debaters." Charlie's reaction video showed genuine delight. He acknowledged it was partially "whatever typical humor" but found it hilarious that South Park was highlighting Prove Me Wrong's viral cultural domination on prime time Comedy Central.
Charlie emphasized the importance of having thick skin as conservatives: "We can take being made fun of. It doesn't matter. Until next time, I hope all of you also become master debaters for truth." The cultural impact was undeniable—South Park doesn't feature you unless you've made a real dent in the culture.
The Last Tik Tok
Charlie's final Tik Tok, recorded at Utah Valley University, has been viewed 152 million times. It's a simple video: Charlie standing before a massive crowd saying, "That's a lot of people, Utah. I'll tell you what. We're going to be here for a couple hours. Get comfortable. Bring the best libs that Utah has to offer."
The team closes their retrospective simply: "He was a great man. Glad we did this. We miss him. Till next year. God bless you all."
Charlie Kirk accomplished what he set out to do—save a generation from an ideology that would wreck them and ruin the country. He lived to see it happen, lived to see the youth vote swing to Trump and put him in the White House, lived to see young people flocking back to church and mass. His mission was accomplished, and then he was taken. But as the team reflects, there's something almost poetic about that timing. He completed what God put him on this planet to do, did it fast, with gusto and charisma, and his legacy is now immortal—frozen at the absolute peak of his powers and influence.
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Friends, the Charlie Kirk Show team here. America's debt bomb has blown past $37 trillion and it's climbing every second. President Trump is fighting for fair trade and strong borders to slow the train wreck. But the numbers don't lie. When debt grows this fast, it can threaten your savings and your family's future. That's why more Americans are turning to real assets like gold and silver. I work with and recommend Preserve Gold. They make it simple to own physical gold and silver, even inside your retirement accounts, like an IRA or 401k. Text USA to505, for their free wealth protection guide. With a qualified purchase, you could get up to $20,000 in free gold or silver. Hey everybody, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk show. More technical developments over here. Um, hour two. I'm really looking forward to this Blake. We have a lot to get to because this is Charlie in his own words. And actually Blake, it was it was sort of your idea to do this. Uh I think you and some of the the the team. So why don't you set the table for us? >> Yeah. Well, I think it's pretty clear uh what this year means for all of us. What I guess I I would just remind people that despite what happened in September, this was a tremendous year. One of the biggest tragedies about losing Charlie when we did is that we lost him at his absolute peak. He really was at the height of his accomplishment, the height of his influence, the height of his impact on the world. And if there's anything positive that came out of the horrendous thing, the horrendous events of September, it's that that really ensured that his message will be immortal. He will always be as we saw him this in 2025. We'll never have to see him get old. We'll never have to see him lose his fastball. We'll never have to see Charlie mess up really. He he's just he's always going to be Charlie in 2025. And I think the best way to remember him is to look back on those events of 2025. And we just have a whole roster of videos and we encourage everyone to email us uh free to Met Charlie Kirk with some of their favorite memories and we'll we'll try to get to them. But with that in mind, should we just uh should we just start rolling through it? Andrew, >> I Yeah, I I I love that the first one first one on our clip sheet here is Greenland. And I will never forget when Charlie was like, "Hey, uh, I need you to host the show." I was like, "Okay, sure. What's up?" And he's like, "I got to go to Greenland." And I was like, "Of course, of course you do." And now you got to put >> everyone, none of us had any idea that it was so secret. >> Yeah. It was super secret. And you know, I think Mikey got to go with him. But the, you know, because you got to go with somebody. But the the funny thing is is, you know, Trump's saying, "Hey, we want to buy Greenland or we want to bring Greenland in." And I think they still harbor those desires, but they sent an envoy with it was Sergio Gore, Charlie Kirk, Don Jr., uh, and and Charlie, uh, in true Charlie fashion recorded the memory 157. >> Quite a day here in Greenland. Sergio >> incredible here at Trump Force One. Donna's over here. Friendliest people. They love America. And we'll see what happens. make Greenland great again. And the sun is setting. It's only 2:30 in the afternoon. The sun is setting. It's just one of those things. And it's very, very cold here. And as we kind of reflect on a great time here in Greenland, look, Greenland more soon. >> He really liked He really liked Greenland. He was talking he would talk about how beautiful it was >> and the rubies that you'd find in the fields and when the snow >> he just liked I think he just liked that raw open space beauty. You know Charlie and I would disagree about this. He he really loves he he hates highrises. He hated urban masses. So I think he really liked the idea of this place that was the size of you know the a continent essentially and had 50,000 people on it. And I think he he really liked the limitless possibilities that that implied with it. And you know, he he remained very attached to that Greenland idea all the way. >> He loved he loved the locals there. He actually did. And uh he he talked about it. 158. >> We're here in Greenland with Don Jr. >> Everyone wants to be on Tik Tok. >> What do you guys think of America? >> Great. Great. >> Love America and you love Trump. >> Yes, of course. >> The the youth of Greenland, Don, >> we're hearing a lot of it, guys. We're hearing a lot of it. >> And you guys all watch Tik Tok, right? I'll follow you. >> Oh, thank you. >> It's live from Greenland. >> It's funny. I actually uh you know, we had Don on the podcast and uh at Afest, so he came and did a private podcast with us, which was phenomenal. But when he was walking out, we talked about the Greenland trip and it's he Don said it was something he thought he thinks about uh you know, pretty often. And there's a, by the way, there's a bunch of that footage that nobody has ever seen before that's going to be coming out, which will be uh pretty cool. I can't say more than that, but there was a camera crew that captured a lot of footage that has not been released. So, uh then in January, we also had the inauguration, Blake. And uh >> this this was uh Charlie and Erica at the inauguration ball hours before Trump would uh take the oath of office. 159 >> hours away from President Donald Trump taking the oath of office. Say hi, Don. >> What's going on? >> Got Judge Janine, Alina, Mr. Sergio, Erica, >> Charlie. >> And as we are here, we're waiting for some people to take the stage. >> Who's taking the stage, Charlie? >> Well, the village people. >> I have no idea. >> I don't know. Let's see what happens. >> I think we have some. >> Are they in the village or are they on their way? >> I know. I got to go figure out what's going on. Let me go check. That was uh that was so funny. Man, I remember that that was all highly memorable. Uh but I think for Charlie, his favorite moment, he enjoyed the ball. He enjoyed the festivities, but he he did speak repeatedly that it was very uh meaningful to him. Remember, it was the inauguration. A lot of people were planning to go. It was going to be a big outside event. And then it was a deep freeze. It was >> 5° out or something like that. It was very bitterly cold. So they moved it indoors into the rotunda. They didn't want anyone having their nose freeze off while waiting to see the president. I think that was probably the right move. And it really speaks to the esteem the president had for Charlie and what he did to help bring about his victory that with so many congressman, such a limited number of people able to fit into that rotunda, it's not that big of a room that they did give a seat to Charlie and Erica. And so we have a clip of that. Let's play 160. >> President of the United States. I remember that well because there was a big uh brewhaha afterwards from some of the Democrat congressmen that were upset that Charlie got a closer seat to the president than they did. And >> I think there was I think there was some upset from Republican congressmen. >> No, I Yes. Get a grip. >> It was it was hilarious. And it was like uh who was it? It was Senator um oh gosh I'm blanking on senators swooped in to defend Charlie put it that way and uh they were they basically said well when you do as much uh to elect a president as Charlie Kirk then maybe you can get a better seat exactly but you know the inauguration too I want to pause there that ball that we had that Turning Point hosted it was absolutely swamped with people. it. I was told it was the hottest ticket in town. Everybody wanted to get to that that ball. >> It was one of the hottest rooms in town when you have that many people crammed in. Oh, it got I sweated a bit. >> Yeah, it was uh it was something we've never done. We we ended up having a total meltdown in the coat room. I'll never forget at the end of the night when everybody was trying to finally go home, >> I ended up running into the coat room trying to find coats and all our staff went in because the the hotel staff got completely swamped and they whatever their filing system. It was terrible. So, we were actually like escorting guests back into the room saying, "What does your coat look like?" You know, it was a total total nightmare. But the the fact that Turning Point got to host a ball and the vice president came, which is by the way why Charlie was checking on the village people because we had to hold the village people off so long because Vice President Vance, you know, on those nights gets delayed because he's got to do a few different stops. So, he was delayed getting to the ball. So, we delayed the village people going up and that was a whole thing behind the scenes uh as well. I mean, it's all the all the memories, Blake. It's It's hard to It's hard to fully uh appreciate it, but here here we we mentioned JD Vance. Uh so let's play a a Tik Tok of JD and Charlie flying on Air Force 2. Uh that would be 161. >> Just got a ride from our amazing vice president. Say hi, JD. >> Hey guys, when you get elected vice president, they give you this sweet jacket. So it was all worth it, but we're having fun in DC. Stay safe out there and this plane. Thanks, man. Thanks, everyone. >> That is a sweet jacket. I should become vice president. >> You well that that that's next step for you, Blake. That we we'll get to work on that in 2026. And I will say uh Charlie was actually JD Vance's first guest on Air Force 2, which was pretty special. Blake, you have an email about Charlie's beloved bears. >> Yeah. Yeah. Before we continue, I just thought uh Michael sent us an email and he said uh he watches the show every day. He misses Charlie like a lost friend. And he wanted to mention something that we don't touch on. And I there's a reason I don't touch on this. He says Charlie Charlie was a big Chicago Bears fan. Uh and he notes uh I remember just before Charlie's murder, Charlie was on air lamenting his beloved Bears performance. And that's right, the Bears, they had a bad start to this season. >> Charlie was optimistic with their new coach. He thought they'd be better, but they looked they looked like the same old Bears. And Michael is right. The Bears have since then gone on quite the streak. They have won the NFC North. They beat during Amfest. I avoided events to go watch the Packers play the Bears and they choked in catastrophic fashion. All right, so Bears are going to the playoffs. They are >> We're back on radio. We're back with radio. Um missed a little little uh handoff there, but that's fine. National radio. We are We are bragging on the Bears. Blake is bragging on the Bears. He loves the Bears. He's not a Packers fan. It's fine. >> Yes. Yes. So, Charlie loved his Bears. They usually disappointed him, so he didn't talk about it that much. He was kind of a what have you done for me lately guy in terms of praising them on air, but yeah, the Bears have got some big wins. >> I I agree. The the Bears are doing great. Uh Charlie did not >> Charlie's dunking on me from heaven. Packers are a joke now. and his uh his ducks are doing well, too. So, we're going to keep an eye on that. We'll keep mentioning it. Uh let's get some more clips here. Uh this was Charlie was a huge fan of Elon Musk. He just genuinely was. He loved Elon Musk as an entrepreneur that he built physical things. He was very excited that Elon was in the administration and helped working on Doge. So much so that he had us make Doge shirts at the Charlie Kirk show and the much talked about Doge uh at Turning Point, which people uh have taken to mean so many crazy things. But it was just Charlie just loved uh Elon Musk and he respected him and they talked for hours. They had dinners together after the election after Trump won. Got to know him personally and that was a great a great joy for him. 164. He shows off the MAGA red Tesla uh at the White House. 164. So, the president has a new car. Look at that beautiful red MAGA Tesla. It's beautiful. Everybody support Elon Musk. We won't put up with domestic terrorism. That's the president's new car. What do you guys think? Drop a comment of the red mega Tesla. And Blake, we've told we we said it before in this show, but when Musk and President Trump had that falling out, Charlie made he called his shot and he said by the by Christmas they will be having dinner and they he he was it was actually ahead of >> he did and there were a lot of people there was a lot of temptation to really uh some people were really beating up on Musk when that was reaching its peak and Charlie was emphatic. He said uh one I I'm not going he first he said I'm just not going to do it because I am grateful to Elon for what he did. He said this is right after I started working uh with you guys. He said uh Musk bought X or bought Twitter and he said this is the most important purchase by a private person in American history. He just said it and I thought that sounds wacky but he was correct. It was hugely important, not just the election, but for American society, for free speech worldwide. It really set the tone that the era of cancel culture, the era of censorship is not going to win out. And he was very grateful for that. And he was I know he was privately messaging Elon about that, just saying, you know, whatever goes on, I'm grateful for that. And he was very optimistic that the president and Elon would reconcile and continue to work together. And we've seen evidence that that's the case just in the past week. Elon has really been pushing this Somali fraud story. And I think Charlie's willingness to repair that relationship uh played a big role in that. >> Well, and I um I will I will say that uh at the memorial, I posted a picture that kind of went viral of Elon and Trump up in the press box watching the memorial play out and I said, "I hope they're saying to one another for Charlie." And about an hour later, Elon posted that same image basically. Uh, one was a little more flattering of him, which is fair that and he said for Charlie and it so it was a it was a really beautiful moment. I I want to play this next clip. This is 166 CK at BLM Plazets being torn apart in DC. This was a very full circle moment for the show for Charlie. We the the Charlie Kirk show really blew up uh in size and audience numbers during BLM and Charlie just went off on it. I remember he called me and he said, "I'm going to go hard. I feel like I need to go hard. This this needs to stop." And I said, "I'm 100% behind you. Whatever happens happens. Like, this needs to stop. Let's do it." And you fast forward to March of 2025 and BLM Plaza is getting dismantled in Washington DC with a new president and new leadership. And uh Charlie was right there to watch it. 166. >> Hey everybody. Uh live from Black Lives Matter Plaza. Well, it's not called that anymore as you can see. Uh the working crews are out and it is the end of this mass racist area happening in our country. This right here, by the way, that was the church they tried to burn down. If you remember, the crews are out here removing this twob block long mural of Black Lives Matter Plaza out here in the streets of Washington DC. It is uh quite the effort. They have to actually get down to the street itself to to uh get rid of all of the nonsense here. Make America great again. Getting rid of BLM Plaza. I love that he said ending race hysteria because Charlie uh unfairly gets labeled as a racist as we sort of all do. Uh but really what he was raging against, and this was one of his central themes was this this weaponization of racial grievances that was tearing the country apart. still is in some ways, but certainly made huge strides. And the election of Donald Trump was a was a full circle moment that I will never forget. And Charlie recognized it for what it was, and he celebrated it because Charlie was not a doomer. He was optimistic about the future of this country. All right, we're back here for the stream and the podcast. Blake is uh Blake is I should get a nickname for you, Blake. It's like through the through the break Blake. >> Yeah, >> it's I I love that you want to keep doing I I actually I love that about you. Uh it's one of my favorite things. You just want to keep going and I and I and I appreciate that at the um I mean do you want to take the next one then Blake? >> I mean let's just let's just keep plowing ahead. Uh one thing that was really happening in 2025 Charlie was getting on less and less likely podcasts. And I think a real marker that was super interesting and some people really did not want us to do it was Charlie went on the first he was the first guest on Gavin Newsome's podcast. And I say people really debated it and Charlie debated it because obviously there's do you want to go on a liberal show? He'd done that a few times but this is a literal left-wing politician. But the biggest thing people would say is Gavin Newsome clearly wants to run for president. And if Charlie goes on his show, are you basically bringing into being Gavin Newsome rebranding himself as the big foe of MAGA, the big foe of President Trump? Are you making it so he's able to run for president in 2028? And I will say Charlie's thinking was somebody is going to go on this show and I don't want it to be someone besides me because I think he was very aware. I think the line we use is we don't want to midwife President Nuome into being. And it turned out to be a great call because the most immortal moment from that appearance is when Gavin Newsome has to say his own son is a big fan of Charlie. Let's play 171. Last night trying to put my son to bed. He's like, "No, Dad. I just What time? What time's Charlie going to be here? What time?" And I'm like, "Dude, you're in school tomorrow." He's 13. He's like, "No, no, this morning." Wakes up at 6 something. He's like, "I'm coming." I'm like, he literally would not leave the house. >> Did you let him to take off school? >> No, he did. Of course not. He's not here for a good reason. But the point is the point. >> He canceled school for like two years once one day. >> The point is the point, which is you are making a damn dent. >> Thank you. I'm kidding. You know what's ironic about that though is that Gavin Newsome would then later come back after Charlie was assassinated and he sort of tried to walk that back. My son was aware of him. He was he wasn't necessarily a fan. He was just aware of him and that just really really ticked me off. I have to be honest. I I think I mentioned it a couple times on the show because I found it so gling. We knew for about a year before that interview we'd been hearing rumors that Gavin Newsome's son was a fan of Charlie's. We'd heard it from multiple sources and we kind of knew it was true. We just didn't know Gavin himself was going to admit as much during the podcast sit down. Uh Blake, you and I traveled up to the Bay Area for that interview. And we were prepping Charlie on all the different California policies and it was quite an experience I will say. And uh that thing went viral. It felt like it it was like the longest news cycle. It was it was a there was of course Gavin Newsome admitted in that podcast that he found it deeply unfair that men could compete in women's sports and that sent shock waves across the Democrat establishment and it ended up being becoming sort of a a larger question about were the Democrats going to moderate in an attempt to win back power in 2026 and 2028. Gavin seemed to be ta track tracking on a moderation course that now the whole party seems to have moved against. So in the in the Democrat struggle for which way the party's going to go, uh Gavin Newsome, his first instincts were probably right if you wanted to actually win political power long term. Uh but it seems the p the powers that be within the Democrat party have have won the tugof-war and they're going to go more radical. I don't know if you'd agree, Blake, but that's that's been my >> Yeah. No, it we'll see because he remains definitely a front runner. I think everyone expects him to run. We'll see if he does successfully make himself the champ. Uh the other big show that it was remarkable uh that Charlie was excited to go on and it was a little outside his usual wheelhouse. He went on Bill Maher's show uh Club Random I believe is what it was. The one he has. Yeah, he had went on that a short time later. Uh I don't think we have too many clips from it unfortunately. The best thing about it though, which we don't have on camera, Charlie would definitely not have wanted that filmed. He was he was very upset after he came out of that interview with Bill, uh, he thought he'd done really badly. He thought it was going to play really badly. And he was really upset. And I just told him, Charlie, you're paranoid. And the reason you're paranoid is that Bill Maher was smoking weed the entire time. And you got all this secondhand smoke. He he hotboxed you for an hour. Oh, I remember I I'll never forget Charlie walked out, got in the car, and he he was he did not want to talk to me. I was like, "Charlie, that was great." No, you did great, man. And and I actually knew why he was upset. He missed a couple like openings that he normally would have would have seized on, but it's cuz he was stoned. He got secondhand high. It was hilarious. And he was really paranoid. All right, the next piece we we were talking about Bill Maher, so let's skip ahead a little bit. April. Uh CK shocks Bill Maher when he says he doesn't drink alcohol. Bill Maher was shocked. 174 >> drink. >> No, I'm good. Thank you. >> You don't drink? >> No. >> Or smoke pot? >> No. >> And you're married and super Christian. We're going to get along great. >> No, we're we're this is this is going to just be perfect. >> And they did get on great. They did get on great. I thought >> I got I got >> Yeah, I got a great note from Bill worth saying um after Charlie was assassinating just assassinated just saying saying how um much he genuinely enjoyed his time with Charlie and their conversation and how horrible he thought it was and uh you know I thought that was a a pretty nice thing uh for him to reach out. So you know but it was a it was a it was a memorable visit. It was a memorable visit driving it into LA with Charlie, him getting hotboxed, him being so paranoid thinking he did a terrible job. >> And then for that episode to be one of I think it was if not the top most watched episode in the top three all time of Bill Maher's uh Club Random podcast. So good for good for Charlie there. Um we we got to play this one here. This is uh from March. So back one. It was Ashton Hall viral morning routine. You guys did this on Thought Crime. I was not there because I probably would have asked this and I I would have ruined a really memorable moment with Charlie. So, I'm glad I wasn't there. 173. He's defying. You'll never be a top influencer now. You will never You will never make it now. >> Is this really what he did? What is What is the health property of this? >> It's really funny. this guy >> one more time. >> I mean, it has to be like ice bath type thing, right? Is that supposed to like tighten? >> Charlie was such a fun. >> He was such a good >> Yeah, it was a good sport. He I'm surprised he was so skeptical of it. I feel like Charlie could have totally gotten into rubbing banana on your face. He'd be like, "Blake, I have to rub a banana on my face every morning. It It gives me so much vitality. gives me glow. Uh >> yeah, he had his own his own health stuff. The the woo woo as I would call it. >> You were always so hard on him about the woo woo, the Charlie woo woo stuff. Charlie loved Maha. He was all into it and Blake was just like, wasn't there that there was an Atlantic article that uh called it the woo woo and you were like, "It's right. It's right. It is woo woo." Charlie was like, "Oh, Blake." H good times. I miss I miss that you you and Charlie's back and forth. Um, so let's go to back to April when the Bill Maher podcast happened. Uh, this is one of the more memorable tour tour stops at&m. The night crowd, he loved his visit to&m 170. I love the way that video finishes off. He throws the hats in and he does the he does the what does he like this? >> Yeah. Yeah. He does there's >> whatever the&m has a lot of traditions. What I loved about that it was so last minute that they even did that. I think he only said make sure you play their fight song. I think literally in just as we arrived at the building just before we went out uh someone told him he should do that. He would like the reaction and boy did that ever get the right reaction. >> Yep. Well, and here's an April at a prove me wrong. What is a woman? This these these uh Charlie >> Charlie spun them up with a mental conundrum, a mental culde-sac that they couldn't get out of and he loved this question. 175. >> Can you tell me what a woman is? Are you a woman? You want to answer a question? >> Yes, I am a woman. Why are you Why are you >> Great. What is a woman? >> What is a woman? >> A person who was born with XX chromosome. >> I agree. Hey, >> I agree. >> WE HAVE WON THE CULTURE WAR. WE HAVE DONE IT. >> Or this is not the way you think. >> Dean, you got to train them better. A WOMAN IS A PERSON WITH XX CHROMOSOMES. I DECLARE A VICTORY IN THE CULTURE. >> EXPLAIN. Can I please explain what I'm trying to say? >> Thank you. Oh, there's more. >> Can I please explain you? I think I think your statement is rather self-evident. >> Listen, that is not to exclude trans women. >> Oh, got it. >> Charlie loved the prove me wrongs, man. He He just loved them. And he loved he loved the viral moments. He loved getting out and mixing up with students and he learned a ton interacting with them and it was really a secret sauce and you know Blake you know as as well as anybody how excited Charlie was uh to get back out on tour and it's terrible that it ended the way it did but you know we've said it before he died with his boots on and he loved being out with the students and that that I think that clip really demonstrates uh just just how much how much he did. Go ahead, Blake. Yeah. >> Well, I just Yeah, he he died with his boots on. He died doing exactly what he loved doing. He looked forward to them all the time. I don't think he I don't think he really would have wanted to go any other way if you know, as as Erica said at the memorial, it's like he just he was doing what he loved and then he blinked and he was in paradise. That is >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I mean, Yeah. Exactly. Uh here's another tough uh video for me to watch. Um this is in May. CK and Erica's anniversary advice after four years of marriage. 163. >> Hello Tik Tok. Today's a very special day. It is our four-year anniversary. >> Four years married to my best friend. >> What's What's your piece of advice after four years for all the Tik Tok people? >> Oh my goodness. Love your husband well >> and get married. >> Yes. >> Just get off your couch. Stop watching all that terrible stuff and go get married. Yes, that's right. >> And go on that adventure. It's the best thing ever. And >> go get married. It's amazing >> to the right person. >> Happier than ever. God bless you guys. Um, man, they they really did have a an amazing love story and uh it's very evident when you watch the clips. It's very evident when you watch them and um we uh we just can't say enough good things about Erica as well. She's she's um obviously had a terrible go of it and a terrible year and she's been so courageous and she's been leaning into the Lord and leaning into her faith and a total a model an exemplary model for for women all across the country. In May, Blake, you're a Catholic. We found out that there was a new pope from Chicago. >> That was a big a big plot twist, I will say. Yeah, we remember I remember doing the uh when the when the white smoke came out, we we had to switch the whole show and we started calling all our friends who were at the Vatican and in Italy and uh we we had a we had a fun show trying to assess what it all meant and who it was and then we found out it was an American 169. Hey everybody, there is a new pope and the pope is from Chicago. What do we actually know about this new pope? Well, uh the pope is from Chicago. I am as well. He served in Peru. Uh, by the way, I'm not Catholic, by the way. I'm evangelical, but it still matters who the pope is. Uh, he is a registered Republican and voted in Republican primaries and ran a pro-life group at Villanova University. So, that's a good sign. There's a lot yet to learn about this pope, but I hope that he will be a strong advocate for strong borders and for sovereignty. The first ever American pope. You got to wonder why is it that they picked an American pope? Could be a coincidence, could be nothing. is that they want a voice that is also for the opening of American borders while we have President Trump. Who knows? >> Who knows? >> Yeah, maybe he maybe he's lucky he wasn't he hasn't seen the latest stuff from the Pope. He's he said some frustrating things. It would have been a combative relationship to say the least. >> Ice ball. The ice ball is really still the the the the peak of weirdness from the pope. Uh, I want >> Oh, not even the absolute peak weirdness has to be Patcha Mama. Although I guess that was a different pope, but >> Oh, well, no, this is Yeah, I'm talking about this current pope. Let's play a longer clip while we still have the time. 177. This is at uh Cambridge. >> Promise put America first. Haven't you and your ilk sold America out second? Someone actually tells you what you're doing. Would you read? >> Can you calm down a little bit? Like just a little bit pounding the table. You're all over the place. Uh, no. You want me to go peace by piece or would you like me to talk slower? Donald Trump is convening a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Joe Biden gave them well, isn't it? Can you not interrupt me? I allowed you to talk uninterrupted. He is convening a peace deal between Russia Ukraine. I believe we will see an end to that war. Number two, he's actually talking to Iran and discouraging Israel to strike the interior of Iran and has stopped many other international um countries to do the same. And it's a lot better than when your prime minister Boris Johnson went alongside our secretary of state Tony Blinken to Istanbul and unnecessarily blew up a potential Russian peace deal which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainians, one of the great unnecessary wars of the modern era. Donald Trump believes in conversation and police boot through strength. He has been president for well over 120 to 130 days and he has already ended a war between two nuclear conflicts of India Pakistan. He has secured our own US southern border while we were being invaded by foreign powers. And thirdly, he is brokering a potential settlement with Iran that will prevent a major escalation in the Middle East. And finally, it is very difficult, but I believe they'll get it done that we'll finally see an end to the Russian Ukrainian war. >> We are still hoping for that end to that Russian Ukrainian war, but um more progress was made. Zalinsky was just at Mara Lago. Guess we are. >> We've got all these uh we got a bunch of fun clips in June. He just was all over the place. A lot of these are short. Pretty funny. Uh >> you got any emails, Blake? Any emails? >> Oh, we've got a good number. We have several good emails. Uh I just Let's see. I'd like to flag this one. Uh Tim and Judy, they sent us a message and they said Charlie, he was an amazing young man and we are all Charlie Kirk. Uh they say they lost their son this year. They will be happy for 2025 to be in the rearview mirror. But the number of people Charlie touched is unbelievable. It was refreshing to hear, see, and and see how clear a vision he had for this country. Turning Point must continue to be an active force with our young people. President Reagan says we said we were a generation away from losing our republic, but I think in 2024, we were much closer than that. Charlie is looking down from heaven and watching what is taking place in our country. God bless this great human being. Thank you very much for that one. >> You kind of you you kind of do you know I I said it at the memorial. I've said it again and I'll say it again and again that we don't grieve the way the world grieavves. I we are obviously devastated at losing our personal friend and you know a brother in arms and and um you know a leader of the movement and icon of our country. All of that will never go away. But you do sort of look at his life and it has this poetic nature to it that >> it does. He said he set about to save a generation from an ideology that would wreck them and ruin the country. >> And he lived to see it. He lived to see the youth vote come the way of Donald Trump put him in the White House. He he lived to see young people flocking back to church and to mass. and he got to play such a huge part in that in that struggle and um and then he was taken from us. But it's almost like you know you could look at it a certain way like his mission was accomplished like he accomplished what God put him on this planet to do and he did it so fast and with such gusto with such charisma and >> yeah uh we got another one here. Kim Charlie was so right on and he shared uh on he was so right on all that he shared and he will never be forgotten. I am so thankful for all he did for us. Thank you, Kim. Thank you. Uh just a lot a lot of emails from people. Thank you very much. We love we love seeing those messages of support. I we love seeing all the people that Charlie touched that he impacted and especially getting them in these months after what happened to see the continuing impact of his life on people. It's uh I it's a great testament and legacy of his. >> Uh this is a funny video, Blake. The uh the statue in New York, remember this? Let's do it. >> 156. So that's all because there's that statue of an let's say an angry >> a large >> an angry black woman there. And so the reason we had the smoke detector chirps we have >> we don't need to go. We don't >> we shouldn't we don't need to go into it. Uh this is uh 155 uh CK at Rockefeller during the Pride week. 155. We are a conquered country. That is Rockerfeller Center. Not American flags. Someone's doing the conquering. He was very happy about getting uh that was one of the subtle things. The State Department had that order right up when the Trump admin came in. No more pride flags. No more trans flags. >> This is the American flag is actually what we fly from our embassies. Not a conquering foreign power. >> It's an important It's not even a foreign power. It's an insidious domestic one and foreign. Uh let's go ahead and play a cut of Charlie on Junth. One of his favorite topics to rail against. Junth 165. >> Okay everybody, a lot of people are going to be saying happy Junth. It should not be a federal holiday and I'm on my way to work. Have a good day. >> Charlie hated Junth. Thought it was an intentional distraction from July 4th. He didn't want competing competing independence days. It was a Texas holiday that we'd turn into a national junth. >> Yeah, >> they called it Junth National Independence Day. They wanted to replace the 4th of July. That's the only reason they would call it something like that. >> Um, here is Charlie finds out he's at the same restaurant as Doug Mhof. What a beta 172. >> What a beta. >> Yeah, that was Kamla's Kamla's bow uh or or something. Yeah, we have a few. Let's let's skip ahead here because we're running out of time and I want to really hit because this was such a peak to Charlie. He was so excited for this. All of us were so excited to see it. Uh in August when we learned he was going to be on the latest episode of South Park, we we had all of the uh we had the our own fan art ready to go. We had the memes ready to go and we had to explain to Charlie whether it was still a good and honorable thing to be on South Park. And he had a great reaction to it. Let's play 152. >> Okay, everybody. The South Park episode just dropped and honestly it is hilarious. I mean, part of it is kind of like whatever typical humor, but it was hilarious. Just watch this little snippet of our prove me wrongs, our viral cultural domination on prime time on Comedy Central. So important, so impactful that South Park is highlighting. Watch it. >> I'm sick OF PEOPLE STEALING MY STICK. If anyone around here is going to be a master debater, it's me. So, let's go. Who wants to DEBATE THE MASTER DEBATER? LET'S GO. YOU RIGHT THERE. >> That's the stupidest haircut I've ever seen. >> You are Leviticus 3:17 says it shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings. SO, YOU CAN SHUT UP, BABY. YOU JUST hate America. You love abortions. >> Not only that, but Jeremiah 15, I made you in the womb. South Park gets this right. In fact, I think they've been watching a lot of Charlie Kirk videos. Watch. Oh my god. What makes you think you HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I do with my body? >> Let me ask you something. If a pregnant woman is killed and the baby dies too, why is the killer charged with a double habitat? >> Well, but because people have different beliefs. >> It's not about belief. It's about truth. Science confirms life begins at conception. So, yes. Jeremiah 15 says, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. But it's just morality that demands we protect the most vulnerable." >> And we got our own award show as part of South Park. I was told going in, Charlie, if they say your name, that's a big win. Well, apparently there's the Charlie Kirk Awards. >> Hello and welcome to the third annual Charlie Kirk Award for Young Master Debaters. More and more young people today are learning to fight for America through master debation. We're here to honor the recent efforts of a brave young man who has been furiously master debating for the past several days. >> Now, there's going to be a lot said said about this, but we need to have a good spirit about being made fun of. This is all a success. This is all a win. We as conservatives, we have thick skin, not thin skin. And you can make fun of us. It doesn't matter. And until next time, I hope all of you also become master debaters for truth. >> It was a good video. >> Oh, it was it was so much fun. I'm so glad we got that. By the way, we we at AFEST, we had Charlie Kirk Courage Awards G awarded to students. So, it was kind of a a weird weird full circle moment there. Uh Blake, we got to get to this one. You were with him in Asia 178. Okay, everybody. I'm here in Soul, South Korea. As you can see, everyone, they have these like inflatable cushy chairs. Everyone is reading. Uh this would last about 35 seconds in uh most American cities. You can have nice You can have nice stuff. Uh, crime is a choice. We shouldn't put up with it. South Korea doesn't. We shouldn't either. >> And Blake, we have to end with this. Um, this one's going to be hard, but we got to do it. This is >> This is the last Tik Tok he ever did. >> Last Tik Tok at at UVU. 152 million views on this. 162. >> That's a lot of people, Utah. I'll tell you what. We're going to be here for a couple hours. >> Get comfortable. >> Bring the best libs that Utah has to offer. He was a great man. Glad we did this. We miss him. >> We do. >> Till next year. God bless you all.
