Kohberger Family Whitewashing, Trump on Maduro Dancing, and Symphony DEI, with Glenn Greenwald, Rich Lowry, and Clarinetist James Zimmermann | Ep. 1224
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What is the New York Times' portrayal of Bryan Kohberger's family?
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east.
Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. We are off to a wild start to 2026 with news breaking left and right, including shocking comments from New York City Mayor Mamdani's tenant advocate who has gone full pinko commie. She makes AOC sound like Ronald Reagan. Plus, we have updates on Venezuela and Maduro. Our friend Rich Lowry of National Review is going to be here soon. And later, we have an exclusive interview with a clarinet player who was not hired despite winning a blind audition, he says, because of DEI bullshit. You know, remember when Heather MacDonald was on a couple years ago? She's very sophisticated. She knows all about the symphony. She was railing on what was happening to our orchestras.
coast to coast, which are known for these blind auditions so that they can get the best people. Literally, they cannot see you when you go and you play your clarinet or your oboe or your flute, and they just choose the best player. Well, this guy was the best clarinetist, which as a former clarinetist myself, I can tell you, it's not easy. It's not easy to be the best one at the Nashville Symphony or anywhere else, even the Bethlehem Central. symphony or band as we used to call it. And, um, This guy won it by a landslide, but as soon as they saw that it was a white guy who wasn't towing the DEI line at his last job, they fired his ass. They didn't give him the job. Well, he's here to tell you his story firsthand.
We're going to start today with Glenn Greenwald. He's the first guest in the history of the MK show, back with his first 2026 appearance on the show now. He's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and host of Rumble's System Update. I've been talking a lot about River Bend Ranch because I love their steaks. They have some spectacular beef bundles that are wonderful gifts to friends and family. Their prime rib roast and other bundles are only available while supplies last, and they are going fast. For the last 35 years, River Bend Ranch has been creating an elite Angus herd by using ultrasound technology to identify genetically superior cattle with a focus on flavor and tenderness. They only use the top 1 or 2% of the entire Angus population as their breeding stock, producing beef that has much more flavor and tenderness than your average Angus beef.
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Always great to see you, Megan. Thanks for having me.
All right, I'm going to throw you for a loop here because I definitely want to get to Venezuela and all that stuff. But I want to start with something we didn't even tell you we were going to talk about today, and that is Brian Kohlberger. You're a lawyer and you're a journalist. So I'm going to throw this at you knowing that you can handle this from just your experience on both of those fronts. Something rather, I don't want to say infuriating, but definitely frustrating, annoying, and disappointing has taken place yet again at the New York Times. So they interviewed Mel Kohlberger, short for Melissa, who is Brian Kohlberger's admitted quadruple murderer of the Idaho Four, a crime that took place in 2022 at the University of Idaho while these four students either slept in their beds or were in their rooms at four in the morning.
When Brian Kohlberger, who was pursuing his Ph.D. in criminology at the neighboring University of Washington, just 10 miles away, sneaked into their off-campus apartment at the University of Idaho and and murdered all four of these young people. Two were 20, two were 21. Zanna Cronodal, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogan, and Zanna Cronodal, and Casey Gonsalves.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the New York Times' portrayal of Bryan Kohberger's family?
0:00–9:01
2
How does Glenn Greenwald analyze Trump's comments on Venezuela?
9:01–1:03:15
3
What are the controversial views of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's tenant director?
1:03:15–1:03:55
4
What are Sia Weaver's opinions on gentrification and housing?
1:03:55–1:05:35
5
How does James Zimmermann's lawsuit against the Knoxville Symphony relate to DEI policies?
1:05:35–1:05:57
6
What implications does James Zimmermann's case have for the future of orchestras?
1:05:57–2:04:28
Speakers
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