# The Charlie Kirk Show The flagship daily talk program of [[Charlie Kirk]] and [[Turning Point USA]], and a central node of MAGA youth media. It launched in 2019 as a combined radio, podcast and video show. On radio it was syndicated by [[Salem Media Group]]'s network in the noon-to-2 p.m. Eastern slot. Its reach came mainly from podcast downloads and [[YouTube]], and TPUSA put its 2024 daily downloads at 500,000 to 750,000. ## After the assassination Kirk was killed on September 10, 2025 (see [[Assassination of Charlie Kirk]]). The show kept going and grew. - **The tribute episode.** On September 15, 2025, [[JD Vance]] guest-hosted, with [[Stephen Miller]] among the guests. That episode is the source of the "destroy these networks" line; see [[JD Vance - destroy these networks]]. - **The team took over.** Kirk's longtime producers and co-hosts Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff relaunched the show. [[Erika Kirk]], who succeeded her husband as TPUSA's chief executive, said in late September that it was "not going anywhere." - **Radio exit, podcast surge.** Salem dropped the live radio show at the start of January 2026 and gave the slot to Breitbart editor Alex Marlow (noon to 1 p.m.) and an expanded Scott Jennings show (1 to 3 p.m.). The podcast stayed on the Salem Podcast Network with Kolvet and Neff at the helm. The [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] carries a TV program, *Charlie Kirk Today*, with the same hosts. In Triton Digital's November 2025 ranker the podcast was the **#2 individual podcast in the country**, behind only *Stuff You Should Know*. It stayed near the top into early 2026. ## Why it matters for the KB The show is where the movement's messaging went after Kirk's death. It carried the eulogy-to-agenda pivot that became the administration's case against left-wing "networks" (see [[Donald Trump - antifa terrorist designation]]), and it did so under a brand whose founder was gone. A podcast that keeps growing on the strength of its name and its production team is a media asset, not just a personality vehicle. Leaving broadcast radio also shows where conservative audio's growth now is. ## Related - [[Charlie Kirk]] · [[Erika Kirk]] · [[Turning Point USA]] - [[Assassination of Charlie Kirk]] · [[JD Vance - destroy these networks]] - [[Salem Media Group]] · [[Breitbart News]] · [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]