Charlie Kirk didn't matter
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Why did the hosts decide to mark Charlie Kirk’s one‑year anniversary with a full conversation?
Hi, it is me in your feed on a Thursday, not a Wednesday. We are so close to being back to regular scheduled programming. But we wanted to give you this conversation in full on this day of remembrance of the death of Charlie Kirk. to talk about why there's so little to say, because there's a lot to say about how little there is to say. So here is a conversation between me and Ryan about one year of post-Charlie Kirk. Stay locked in. Back to regular scheduled programming so soon. Episode go! Woo! Multiple choice for you, Ryan Broderick. Do you have a favorite Charlie Kirk meme? Or do you remember the first time you were like, oh shit, there's tons of these. This is taking over.
It's probably like a day after he died. As for a favorite, I have now many. So many that I can't... No, I... Can we do a different intro, please? I don't have any thoughts about Charlie Kirk, actually, I've decided.
That is actually exactly what I want to talk about.
I'll be honest, I've been dreading the one-year anniversary because it's really hyped, and I don't really have any long, big thoughts about him other than he's a joke. His death didn't mean anything, you know?
That's actually exactly what I want to talk to you about. This is Panic World. I'm Grant Irving. Joining me, the number one ranked Kirk Chungus, Ryan Broderick. Thanks for having me. Thank you for doing your show. I sincerely mean it this time. It's been a year. How would you say Kirk has influenced or changed internet culture?
It's really complicated because I am cursed with... as a job following how things happen. So like there's a lot of libs and leftists right now celebrating the fact that Charlie Kirk one year later is like a big joke. And I unfortunately know that they had nothing to do with that. Like they eventually, like leftists, liberals, people on blue sky, people on X who are not right wing maniacs, they eventually started making fun of Charlie Kirk. But they, like me, lived in fear of right-wing retribution against them for making fun of Charlie Kirk for days, if not weeks, if not months. The whole reason we are talking about Charlie Kirk as a meme is unfortunately a victory – for the hardcore far right. And that is something that... That is something I can't really square because we are having this conversation right now, you and I, Grant, because of Nick Fuentes and his followers.
Because they were the first ones to sort of cross the taboo of making fun of Charlie Kirk after he died.
This is a absolute classic.
What are the most memorable Charlie Kirk memes and why did they spread so quickly?
Ryan has... I got nothing to say. What do you want from me? Then you're dropping a complete thesis statement. Well,
I don't
have anything to say about it because,
like, there is, like... The whole project, the whole Charlie Kirk project is a failure. But it's also a failure for anyone that wanted to stand up to – like it's like a very sad statement on like the politics of America right now because like no one – no like ultra libs or whatever – We're standing up and making fun of Charlie Kirk. It started with like some of the most racist people I've ever seen on TikTok and X.com making fun of him because they thought he was too liberal. Like that's the thing we're in right now. And I think – I don't really want to talk about it because I don't think people are going to be happy about it. or be interested in listening to this because there's going to be a lot of glad handing this week about like, isn't it great that we've like trapped Charlie Kirk's soul in an AI data center?
We did it. We defeated Trumpism. And it's like, no, you're following the leader. And the leader here is Nick Fuentes.
So do you? I think that's fascinating. And so maybe, maybe the better question than what I had planned was, do you think that there was a turning point where the broadly the left thought like started to claim this as their own victory?
Yeah, they do it all the time. And it's – you know what? I got to be really careful because I keep seeing people talk about like the left and liberals and I don't think they're the same thing and I don't think they're the same people.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did the hosts decide to mark Charlie Kirk’s one‑year anniversary with a full conversation?
0:00–3:04
2
What are the most memorable Charlie Kirk memes and why did they spread so quickly?
3:04–6:54
3
How did left‑wing users and Groypers turn Kirk’s death into a meme war?
6:54–10:28
4
Why did the funeral and official mourning become a turning point for the right‑wing narrative?
10:28–15:11
5
In what ways did the government and media overplay Kirk’s death for political gain?
15:11–19:21
6
How do state‑specific reporting rules affect national coverage of high‑profile trials?
19:21–23:10
7
What do the hosts think Charlie Kirk’s legacy looks like a year after his death?
23:10–26:00
8
Do the hosts feel the internet culture around Kirk’s murder is finally winding down?
26:00–28:31