00:00:00.000Okay, everybody, today on the Charlie Kirk show, we don't ask me anything, but with our co-pilot, Mr. Blake, does some very impressive history knowledge here.
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00:05:13.000And so the opening of the film, for anyone who hasn't seen it or doesn't remember, Marcus Aurelius is this old emperor, he's a true philosopher king in the movies in real life.
00:07:30.000Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galpa, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, the list Lucius Verus is a co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius.
00:09:04.000I think the merits of having leaders who are capable in the things that they oversee, that Maximus is a great general, but he's also a capable fighter.
00:09:16.000Like you understand every level of what you do.
00:09:19.000That's what actually makes for the best leaders.
00:09:21.000The best CEOs are not going to be these corporate raider types who take over or these management consultants.
00:09:28.000Often the very best CEOs are the ones who like came up through the ranks of the company, who understand how every fast of it works.
00:09:35.000In the book Good to Great, it actually shows that outside celebrity CEOs are not as good as the people that have actually done the work in the company.
00:09:41.000This is one of the reasons that family businesses can be so competitive and successful.
00:09:46.000Imagine you're just groomed to be the heir of this company from 15.
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00:12:05.000And I wanted to ask, as a person who's on this campus and sees all the stuff that's going on, it's very hard to get, you know, be conservative and all that.
00:12:16.000I was wondering, what is the alternative?
00:12:19.000Like, if you're a parent and you want your kids to get like college education, what's the alternative?
00:12:47.000That's from Mike Rowe, who came on the show.
00:12:50.000And that kind of closing the skills gap and closing the trades gap is something we're very, very passionate about here on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:12:57.000And so in addition, you can become as well studied, as wise, and as educated on any topic you want in this country, as long as you have a smartphone and an internet connection.
00:13:13.000I would say I think sometimes I think we can oversell the anti-college thing just in the sense that right now, college is important to access a lot of elite professions straight up from professional licensing.
00:13:28.000You need people who are successful in professions who make money.
00:13:32.000That is just the building blocks of a powerful movement.
00:13:35.000So I wouldn't say, what I would say is what's important is reject anything about, you know, you need college just for socialization or for connection or just going for your four-year quasi-vacation that's debt finance.
00:13:48.000The majority of students are in that category.
00:14:56.000And I'm a big fan of what you guys are doing.
00:14:58.000And we've hosted, I'm sorry, I actually just sprinted to my computer because I heard you say my name, but I'm a little out of breath, but I apologize.
00:15:39.000So what I love most is at the end of the third night when everybody marched up that massive mountain and I was the first person to go all the way up to the top of the mountain.
00:15:48.000And my vision that God gave me was I need to start hosting these events again.
00:15:53.000Used to host events with 500 people plus in 2021.
00:15:59.000And it was just, I can't even explain.
00:16:03.000And I sat outside that outside area for three or four hours and just listened to, I think his name is Sean Wright worship and sing for the first hour or so.
00:16:15.000And then after that, just hung around for the last two hours.
00:16:18.000I've never had that strong of... a spiritual just connection.
00:16:36.000My mom and parents, everybody, we all grew up, grew up growing, you know, going to church on the East Coast over in New Jersey, the country part of New Jersey.
00:16:46.000But being in a whole new area and seeing that campus, I mean, I can ramble on about it for a long time, but it was incredible.
00:17:00.000And I can't thank you enough for bringing so much awareness to that because I'm 26 years old and I dropped out of school.
00:17:09.000I was going to Rutgers business school and it was very hard to find other people like yourself that stood up against, you know, the mainstream of going to college and everything.
00:17:22.000And that's why I've followed you so much for the last eight years and you're bringing so much awareness to where people need it.
00:17:27.000I mean, I believe that our country is spiritually dead.
00:17:30.000And the fact that you packed the room with over 6,000 people or whatever it was at a conference that just praised God and brought in some incredibly courageous pastors, it was incredible.
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00:24:42.000Like you could have, they're unable to elect a vice president, and so it would go to the Congress and they would do you can get weird shenanigans to make it happen, but it's an unnecessary obstacle you don't want to deal with.
00:24:53.000And in the past, we've worked around it.
00:24:55.000Notably, Dick Cheney was totally a Texas resident when he was on George W. Bush's ticket.
00:25:26.000Florida's been such a great state for us that we have all of these great rising stars there who are all great vice presidential material, but we can't use them.
00:25:37.000But I think if you were going to pick a more establishment person, and if Trump really wants to go for his, I want a more diverse ticket because I think it will help me, Rubio's not a bad choice.
00:25:58.000I listened to you in 2019 and I've listened to every episode since then, just because you're the first person that articulated that it's okay to work 100 plus hours a week and just like make stuff happen.
00:26:11.000So, kind of on the topic about college, I was wondering what did it take besides just like knowledge to actually start Turning Point USA?
00:26:21.000Because you could have a bunch of knowledge, but like have like lack wisdom to actually apply it in the day-to-day world.
00:26:27.000Yeah, that is a great question, Josiah.
00:26:31.000So you have to be willing to take risk and you have to be willing to be willing to step out in a place where there could be a loss.
00:26:39.000Otherwise, there's no point in creating a business.
00:26:42.000And you have to obviously be bold in what you do.
00:27:17.000It was just Turning Point and cable news hits.
00:27:19.000And cable news hits helped me build the idea of Turning Point.
00:27:23.000And it was like pathological 120 hours a week of just raising money, of traveling the country, of trying to scrap to get Turning Point popular.
00:27:31.000And so that's what I tell new entrepreneurs and starters.
00:27:34.000You have to like quit everything you do.
00:28:12.000And I was just describing what I think of him as a boss.
00:28:16.000And I just said, if this was the 1800s, Charlie would be one of those guys who just moves to Texas and takes over Texas in a span of 10 years.
00:28:28.000He's the guy who, you know, if there is a news story, if it's like, oh, Congress is doing a thing I don't like, instead of just moping, he's like, what are we going to do about this?
00:28:37.000I'm going to text all of these people.
00:32:03.000And I'm just always finding new stuff that appeals to me.
00:32:06.000I just read a history of Texas, a history of Mexico.
00:32:08.000Yeah, and it's important to understand it's not just about remembering facts, but also trends, what people do, outliers, what people are doing.
00:32:20.000We're going to take two from some of you that are members.
00:32:23.000Okay, they want to remain anonymous, but they are members.
00:32:27.000Okay, regarding the spending bill, help me understand why can't Speaker Johnson shut down the government for all essential services, everything except essential services, military veteran, Medicare, Social Security.
00:32:44.000The way I like to frame it, and I was telling you this morning, is you're not really led by what the overall Republican majority thinks.
00:32:53.000The person with the most power among all the Republicans right now is basically the third most liberal member because you're thinking that's the number of people who need to defect, and we get Speaker Hakeem Jeffries.
00:33:07.000And so if there are three Republicans who just categorically say, I will not defund the government ever, period, I have promised not to do this.
00:34:27.000Also, any thoughts regarding the upcoming eclipse and hitting meetings about it?
00:34:30.000I don't want to get into the chemtrails stuff because I don't have any strong opinions on it.
00:34:32.000But the eclipse, you're like traveling to go to the train.
00:34:35.000Charlie, I am, well, I'll still work, but I will be in the city of Austin, Texas to gaze upon the eclipse, which I have to be there because as we all know, when the sun is covered up by the moon, it causes a demonic magical resonance and the end is nigh and it allows Satan to penetrate the real world.
00:34:52.000And only, you know, divine warriors will be able to drive him back into the abyss and save our existence.
00:34:57.000More seriously, it's just an astronomical phenomenon.
00:35:03.000I don't want to say it's once in a lifetime, but there are not a lot of these.
00:35:06.000This will be the only eclipse in the U.S. for decades.
00:35:10.000And I like to always try to live a life of wonder to see things that are rare and unusual and that I can hopefully remember fondly.
00:35:19.000And it's an excuse to hang out with my friends in Austin.
00:35:21.000So this last question here, Brian said, Charlie, love being a member.
00:35:25.000You said you were going to post on TikTok.