Frank N' Bank Goes Rogue, Charlie's Statue Defaced; A Rough Anniversary Roll Out - Ep 174
September 14, 2026
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5 min readThe real Baron Podcast opens with a deliberately provocative joke that quickly reveals a serious fracture inside the conservative movement. The host launches a tongue-in-cheek "Standing with Brandon" campaign after Brandon Tatum faces pressure from fellow conservatives to publicly denounce his longtime friend and business partner, Candace Owens. The joke exposes a real problem: the same people who spent years mocking the left for "cancel culture" are now demanding ideological purity tests from their own allies. The episode then pivots to two other stories that deepen the same theme—the suspiciously theatrical vandalism of a Charlie Kirk statue and the increasingly scripted, evasive public appearances of Frank Turk, a witness to Kirk's murder. Across all three segments, the host argues that the movement has abandoned its principles of free association and open inquiry in favor of tribal loyalty and manufactured outrage.
The "Standing with Brandon" Campaign and the Logic of Purity Tests
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Opening: The "Standing with Brandon" Campaign** - Host Baron Coleman explains the joke and principle behind his "Standing with Brandon" campaign defending Brandon Tatum's refusal to denounce Candace Owens.
- 2 (15:36) **Charlie Kirk Statue Vandalized: TPSA's Overreaction** - Coleman analyzes the defacement of the effeminate Charlie Kirk statue at Turning Point USA headquarters and the coordinated, dramatic response from TPSA figures.
- 3 (31:49) **Why the Statue Vandalism is a Divide-and-Conquer Tactic** - Coleman argues TPSA's strategy is to galvanize their base and blame the left for the election, rather than solving the crime.
- 4 (39:11) **Frank 'N Bank Goes Rogue: The Scripted Eyewitness** - Coleman introduces a montage of Frank Turk repeating the exact same lines about Charlie Kirk's death across multiple podcast appearances, arguing he sounds like a robot reading a script.
- 5 (47:16) **Frank's "Demonic" Slander Script** - A second montage shows Frank Turk repeatedly using the same talking point about "murderer, liar, accuser, and slanderer" to attack Candace Owens and other questioners.
- 6 (51:37) **New Details on the Pre-Murder Zoom Call** - Coleman examines Frank's evolving description of a Zoom call the day before the murder, noting he now names Blake Neff and Mikey McCoy as participants but refuses to name the Israeli officials.
- 7 (56:23) **Ben Shapiro's Correction: The FRG Call** - Coleman analyzes Ben Shapiro's retraction of his story that Charlie Kirk's security team called him from the car, now saying the call went to the head of FRG security who was at lunch with Jeremy Boring.
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Show Notes
We take a look at the Standin' with Brandon campaign and what it means for Cancel Culture.
We also dive into a series of interviews done with Frank N' Bank on the one-year anniversary and the bizarre behavior he exhibited.
Finally, we look at the defaced Charlie Kirk memorial statue outside TPUSA headquarters and ask the one question everyone should be asking.
0:00 Intro
3:38 Opening Statement - What Standin' with Brandon Means
15:34 TPUSA Statue Defaced; Who Dunnit and Why the Social Media Campaign About It?
39:24 Frank N' Bank Turek Montage Shows Rehearsed, Tired Lines
56:16 Ben Shapiro's Story Changes About Security Team Being Called While Charlie Kirk is in SUV
1:04:30 Mikey McCoy Puts Blake Neff on Spot About Being at SLC Event Before UVU Event
1:11:10 It's Amazing Just How Much These People Can't Remember
1:33:35 Review of Supers
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