Ep. 2034 - My Response To The Candace/Andrew Wilson Debate Invite Over Charlie Kirk’s Murder
August 10, 2026
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5 min readEp. 2034 — My Response To The Candace/Andrew Wilson Debate Invite Over Charlie Kirk’s Murder
Michael Knowles opens the episode by explaining why he declined an invitation to moderate a high-stakes debate between Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson about the murder of his friend Charlie Kirk. The debate involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money, and Knowles was suggested as moderator because of his reputation for being judicious and even-tempered. But he says he is "probably the single worst person to moderate this debate" because for nearly a year, he has been "very possibly the only person on the internet who has consistently maintained that our friend's murder should not be used for podcast content."
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- 1 (00:01) **Opening & AutoTrader Ad** - Show begins with a short AutoTrader ad.
- 2 (00:31) **Ad: Samuel Adams Non-Alcoholic IPA** - A brief ad for Samuel Adams non-alcoholic IPA.
- 3 (01:00) **Declining the Debate Invite** - Knowles explains he was invited to moderate a debate between Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson about Charlie Kirk’s murder, and why he is declining.
- 4 (05:49) **Two Proposals for the Debate** - Knowles offers two proposals for the debate to avoid profiting from tragedy and to end the “Charlie Murder industry.”
- 5 (08:21) **Another Trump Assassination Attempt** - Knowles reports on a largely ignored potential assassination attempt on President Trump.
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I respond to the invitation to moderate a debate over Charlie Kirk's murder, Abdul El-Sayed posts a gay video, and AOC is freezing her eggs.
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