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00:01:32.000Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show.
00:01:35.000It is me, Andrew Colbett, your executive producer of the Charlie Kirk Show, also guest host for the day.
00:01:41.000And back by popular demand, we're going to do a pop culture rundown because when I was hosting before, I brought on Alex Clark and Joe Bob from Turning Point USA, our resident pop culture experts, to break down all the pop culture news because frankly, we don't always know about it.
00:02:02.000And we want the pop culture without the propaganda.
00:02:05.000There, I'm stealing a line from Alex Clark herself.
00:02:09.000And so I had this idea when I knew I was going to be guest hosting.
00:03:14.000Now, as a result of this, the late night hosts who are terrible without writers, they lean on writers for just about everything you could imagine, except for their interviews.
00:03:28.000They have gotten together in a new podcast called Strike Force 5, I think, or maybe that was a joke.
00:05:31.000The proceeds from the podcast will go to out-of-work staff from the host's respective shows, according to Spotify.
00:05:38.000The Hollywood writers and actor strikes have stretched on throughout the summer, halting much of the industry and leaving thousands of people jobless as the labor wars play out.
00:05:47.000What we know, when the Writers Guild of America Strike started in May, the group of renowned yet suddenly unemployed talk show hosts gathered via Zoom to discuss the serious issues of work stop the work stoppage creates.
00:06:01.000So like how many episodes are they going to do?
00:06:12.000And these are the most blatant, brazen sellouts to the regime media industrial complex imaginable.
00:06:22.000They are despised by over half the country.
00:06:25.000They are watched by about maybe 5% to 10% of the country intermittently at best.
00:06:31.000And I guess it's a limited series podcast so fans can listen to once private chat.
00:06:36.000So apparently these guys all hang out together and they talk crap about Trump together.
00:06:41.000It's, you know, it's pretty depressing.
00:06:44.000If this is how they talk in private, I genuinely think this is a terrible branding move for the late night hosts of America to get together for this type of just kind of inane, pointless gibberish gibberish.
00:07:01.000Now, I will say, I do have a slight soft spot for Conan O'Brien.
00:07:06.000The guy's been on air for a long time.
00:09:28.000Is this just the worst thing you've ever seen or do we not care?
00:09:30.000Okay, so I just thought it was very funny that yesterday they announced that all of these late night hosts were now going to be doing this podcast because of the writer's strike and because they're not able to be on the air anymore.
00:09:41.000And everyone was like, oh, I forgot they're not on the air.
00:09:45.000Like nobody remembered that these people weren't on the air anymore.
00:09:50.000And then the best part is, it's like, how stupid are they?
00:09:53.000They're putting themselves in a position to prove and have, you know, physical evidence now with this recorded podcast of how unfunny they are because they're not going to have writers.
00:10:04.000So we're finally going to get to see, oh, we're paying these people for absolutely nothing.
00:10:34.000I was going to say, yeah, it would have to be through Turning Point or through some other based organization and not through the standard mechanisms of late night TV.
00:10:44.000Because like Alex said, yeah, I think I would not fit in with their particular crowd.
00:10:49.000Dude, Alex, I think you hit it straight on the point.
00:10:51.000I had forgotten that there was a writer's strike.
00:10:54.000Like, there's so much content already out there without the quote-unquote professional entertainers that I just, I forgot about it.
00:11:02.000And this reminded me, oh, yeah, the writers are on strike.
00:11:05.000And it also reminded me, oh, yeah, they're probably not going to come out ahead.
00:11:10.000And then I think the, yeah, the point about them having to rest on their own laurels is quite funny when you look at it.
00:11:17.000I'm actually curious to see the next couple episodes, see if it gets better or if they like give it a week and go, yeah, this is not working.
00:11:25.000Well, they're also, it says in the article that all of these late night show hosts, they're going to be sharing and having their conversations that usually happen in private.
00:11:33.000Like we all know they wouldn't be caught dead sharing whatever conversations that they're actually having in private live on a podcast like this because their conversations in private are actually probably roasting and making fun of middle Americans, you know, the people that are allegedly supposed to be watching their show, and everything is going to be anti-Trump.
00:11:51.000So I guess we're just going to be getting a couple episodes of a podcast for more anti-Trump jokes.
00:11:56.000Yay, that's exactly what America wants.
00:11:59.000They're about to get humbled so quickly by the numbers and the downloads on this podcast.
00:12:04.000I guarantee I would bet so much money that the Charlie Kirk show gets more average downloads per episode than what this absolute pig pen of a mess is about to get.
00:12:14.000Hey, and I just want to say, people don't realize how big this audience is.
00:12:18.000We did 100 million downloads in the last 12 months.
00:12:50.000And then Charlie found it on his own, dropped it in another chat I'm in and was like, did anybody know that like late night wasn't happening?
00:13:51.000We can say we're pro-life, but what does that actually mean?
00:13:54.000It means in a post-ro world, there are states that are more radically pro-death than ever before, aborting babies up until the moment they draw their first breath.
00:15:20.000I don't really know why people love it, but they love it.
00:15:22.000So we're going to talk about Taylor Swift because, you know, and if that doesn't have you already a little disgusted and throwing up in your mouth, then I don't know what will.
00:17:59.000I think that there's a lot of Taylor Swift hate because she is overtly feminine, unapologetically, you know, bedazzled outfits.
00:18:08.000She's a blonde, skinny, talented, very Americana.
00:18:14.000She sort of represents this like old brand of femininity that a lot of the left hates, and yet she succeeds in spite of it.
00:18:21.000And so I'm, I kind of give like a hat tip and a begrudging respect because I support the sort of like brand vibe that she puts out into the world.
00:18:40.000Yeah, so the thing about her being a liberal, first of all, if people are like, well, I can't listen to Taylor Swift anymore because of her politics.
00:18:46.000Well, then I guess you're giving up all music ever because 99% of all, you know, celebrities, musicians, actors, actresses, they're all liberal.
00:19:02.000This tour is about to be not only one of the biggest tours or is the biggest tour of a decade, but it's going to become one of the biggest tours in history as far as concerts go.
00:19:12.000And people really get riled up when I say this, but Taylor Swift is up there now at Michael Jackson level.
00:19:19.000And I know that's a big, it's a big statement to make, but Taylor Swift is Michael Jackson's level of fame at this point.
00:19:26.000And you're just really, you look stupid if you deny it.
00:19:36.000Do we think Taylor Swift and her politics are like completely lost?
00:19:40.000Or do you think there's any sort of redemption?
00:19:42.000She's kind of pushing that age now where people start to kind of get a better perspective on how the world works and start to see kind of the, you know, maybe things aren't all of the liberal ideological glamour that I once thought there was.
00:19:59.000If you're not a liberal in your 20s, you have no heart.
00:20:01.000If you're not a conservative in your 30s, you have no brain.
00:20:04.000I am not entirely ready to give up on Taylor Swift, especially with her background and the amount of money she's going to have to pay in taxes after this era's tour.
00:20:13.000I kind of think there's a possibility of maybe her seeing the light eventually.
00:20:18.000And I say that optimistically only because I genuinely think and can probably make a pretty compelling case that Swifties are the most powerful political group in the country.
00:20:29.000And if we can get Taylor to turn on a dime, and again, I don't know how possible that is, but if that's possible, I think we could be headed in the right direction pretty quickly.
00:20:40.000So I'm not entirely ready to give up in hope entirely, even though some of the things she's said in the past has not been awesome.
00:20:48.000Well, so Alex, I have a question on that.
00:20:50.000So I know there was like a season where Taylor Swift was being pretty vocal about her politics.
00:20:55.000Is she still doing that, or is she kind of like put that on the back burner?
00:21:11.000People, she's really in the good graces of public again.
00:21:13.000So she's going to feel confident to start talking politics because she feels like that's what she needs to do.
00:21:18.000Now, the T is, and this is what Joe Bob doesn't know.
00:21:21.000I have talked about this extensively on my YouTube channel, Real Alex Clark.
00:21:25.000The reason Taylor Swift came out as liberal, it was the only way that she could survive cancel culture.
00:21:32.000So for those of you who don't remember, the summer of 2016, Taylor Swift was canceled.
00:21:38.000Taylor Swift is over party was trending all over Twitter.
00:21:40.000And it was all because she came out against Kanye and Kim Kardashian for recording a phone call, that whole saga.
00:21:46.000And the only way that she could come back into the public eye after a year in hiding, the first thing she did, if you remember, was she came out and she supported Phil Bredison in the Tennessee Democrat race.
00:21:58.000That was the only way she was like, okay, well, what can I do?
00:22:00.000Even all of Hollywood has turned on me.
00:22:02.000Well, if I come out finally as a flaming lib, they're all going to love me again and they're going to have my back.
00:22:21.000I don't think she's ever going to come out as a conservative or support a Republican running for office because of that reason, because that was the only way that she got to basically, you know, revive her career.
00:22:34.000So Daisy, who's a big Swifty, is sending these pictures from this.
00:22:39.000So apparently she went to a Taylor Swift went to a wedding in New Jersey last weekend, and fans shut down the street when they found out that she was there.
00:22:58.000I mean, this to a point, to Joe Bob's point, this might be the most powerful, cohesive sort of voting block in the country.
00:23:08.000But I want to go back to what you said, Alex.
00:23:10.000And I would love the audience's feedback on this.
00:23:13.000Does that make you sort of like despise Taylor Swift that she was willing to essentially, like, whether she believed it or not, you know, play the political card, do her penance, the safety net, as you said, Alex, just to get Hollywood off her back?
00:23:27.000I mean, you're essentially just, you know, feeding chum to the sharks at that point just to get them away from the boat.
00:23:46.000As a conservative Swifty, that was definitely the most disappointing thing for me as a fan.
00:23:50.000I understood why she was doing it, though.
00:23:53.000But yes, that was the most unlikable for me that she's ever been.
00:23:58.000But then she just continues to put out art that tops the last thing she does.
00:24:03.000You know, every album tops the last, every tour tops the last.
00:24:07.000So it's like, well, I love everything she's doing.
00:24:10.000Now, if all of a sudden her art started suffering and she was an insufferable feminist, you know, liberal, then yes, I would probably not be a Swifty anymore.
00:24:32.000So I want to transition this a little bit, Joe Bob.
00:24:34.000So I know nothing about Beyonce now, but apparently the people in Hollywood are saying Taylor Swift, Barbie, and Beyonce are credited for Summer's billion-dollar pop culture boom.
00:24:51.000So what the heck does Beyonce have to do with any of this?
00:25:19.000I think maybe she just got thrown in because that's what you have to do when you're talking about people as big as Taylor Swift and as big as the Barbie movie.
00:25:28.000Beyonce is just kind of up there as one of those cultural icons.
00:25:32.000Alex said Taylor Swift is probably up there with Michael Jackson.
00:25:35.000I think Beyonce is probably in that category too.
00:25:37.000Not necessarily doing anything huge right now, but when she does do stuff, it goes crazy.
00:25:43.000Not to get on a crazy Beyonce rant, but in terms of the name and the power that her name carries, she's able to put out some pretty bad music and get away with it just because of her celebrity status.
00:25:56.000And so I don't know where I'm going from here.
00:25:59.000But at the end of the day, I don't know why she's in the conversation.
00:30:03.000You know, you know, I thought that private texts were going to remain private, but now that you've outed me, yes, I did think that he was a very attractive 72-year-old man.
00:31:15.000And what I'm hearing from producers is that these women are all a lot more, obviously, because of their age, emotionally mature compared to like, you know, the age of the normal people that you cast.
00:31:24.000So the types of drama that happen on the show are so different for a reality show.
00:31:29.000And everyone I know is wanting to watch this.
00:31:53.000Everybody that I know that is under 40 has already cut the cord.
00:31:57.000And so if they're looking to get the target demographic that still has the cable box, this seems like the exact perfect thing to fit that demo and hopefully rake in a bunch of money.
00:32:08.000So just from a business standpoint, I think it's kind of interesting.
00:32:11.000And I think they're right on target on who's still watching old school TV.
00:32:17.000This is very cynical, Joe Bob, but I have to say, I think you're onto something.
00:32:22.000I think they realize this is the way to revitalize the Bachelor franchise.
00:32:27.000Now, let me just say, Alex was begging.
00:32:29.000Oh, do you want to say something, Alex?
00:32:31.000Well, I was just going to say, how funny is it going to be to see these women getting catty with each other and who's going to be the villain?
00:32:39.000Every season has a villain and a crier, and you're looking at these 60-plus-year-old women like it's hysterical.
00:32:44.000Everybody's going to be tuning in to see that.
00:32:46.000Now, do you think it's going to be more classy in tone, or do you think it's going to be more like real housewives or whatever that you know where they all are drugged out on pharmaceuticals?
00:33:24.000Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
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