# SPECIAL: Charlie Kirk, Speech and Political Violence Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/does-the-bible-say-that-6622015/special-charlie-kirk-speech-and-political-violence Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/does-the-bible-say-that-6622015/special-charlie-kirk-speech-and-political-violence.md Podcast: [Does the Bible say THAT?!?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/does-the-bible-say-that-6622015) Published: 2025-09-30T08:50:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-lester1/episodes/SPECIAL-Charlie-Kirk--Speech-and-Political-Violence-e38ssna Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e6ea7bd0/podcast/play/108998826/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-30%2Fe3debe10-a6b4-4bcb-59dd-9704efecb989.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/does-the-bible-say-that-6622015/episodes/special-charlie-kirk-speech-and-political-violence Duration seconds: 3605 ## Resource Host Dave Lester talks about the horrific murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He also plays Charlie Kirk's ugly comments regarding race, DEI, affirmative action and more that have been called out by many people including the black community and black pastors. Analysis is offered regarding those comments. Furthermore, Dave discusses Kirk's comments about Taylor Swift's engagement and Kirk's surprising comments on the Tucker Carlson Show about Gen Z and economics. Sources Used For This Episode: **"Is Hate Speech Free Speech? What to Know After Charlie Kirk's Death?" by Angele Latham. msn.com . https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/is-hate-speech-free-speech-what-to-know-after-charlie-kirks-death/ar-AA1MPeOx?ocid=BingNewsSerp **"Eric Metaxes Answers Hard Questions About the Murder of Charlie Kirk" Real Talk with Marissa Streit. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=eric+metaxes+answers+hard+questions+the+murder+of+charlie+kirk&mid=243CFC256AC15541970F243CFC256AC15541970F&FORM=VIRE&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0 **"Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Finds Its Lost Cause" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Vanity Fair. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates **"Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps Vs Drawing Lines". The Ezra Klein Show. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ta-nehisi-coates.html **"Charlie Kirk: Black Crime is a Major Issue in Our Country" Media Matters. https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-black-crime-major-issue-our-country **"Charlie Kirk: Affirmative Action Does Not Address the 'Real Problem' of 'Black Crime' and Black Fathers abandoning Their Children". Media Matters. https://www.mediamatters.org/charli… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/does-the-bible-say-that-6622015/episodes/special-charlie-kirk-speech-and-political-violence/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/does-the-bible-say-that-6622015/special-charlie-kirk-speech-and-political-violence.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.