What is the full transcript and date of the Charlie Kirk Show episode where he discussed public executions?
Executive summary
Reporting shows Charlie Kirk advocated for public executions and even suggested children should witness them during an episode of his panel-format show "ThoughtCrime," a claim first highlighted in Newsweek's September 16, 2025 article, but none of the provided sources include a full episode transcript or a definitive episode date tied to a published transcript [1]. The available evidence consists of media accounts summarizing his remarks and podcast listings for the program, leaving a gap between allegations in press coverage and an independently verifiable, complete transcript in the supplied material [1] [2].
1. What reporters found: the claim and its source
Newsweek reported that Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, suggested children should watch public executions while discussing the death penalty on his weekly panel discussion "ThoughtCrime," and the piece published that report on September 16, 2025 [1]. Newsweek quotes exchanges—Kirk asking whether crime would go up or down if children watched executions and a panelist responding it would “go way down”—but the article presents those lines as reported excerpts rather than a full, verbatim transcript [1]. That coverage is the principal source in the provided material connecting Kirk to the public-execution remarks [1].
2. What is available from the show itself
An Apple Podcasts listing for "ThoughtCrime" Ep. 99 shows a ThoughtCrime episode dated October 4, 2025, and identifies panel guests and themes including the death penalty, but the listing in the provided sources does not contain a written transcript or confirm that the public-execution comments occurred in that specific episode [2]. The podcast entry therefore establishes the program and a date for a later episode but does not supply the full words Kirk spoke or a show-to-report mapping that would satisfy a request for a complete transcript [2].
3. Gaps and limits in the public record supplied
None of the supplied sources includes a full, time-stamped transcript of the ThoughtCrime episode in which the public-execution remarks reportedly occurred; Newsweek provides summary quotes and context but not a complete verbatim record, and the Apple Podcasts page lists episodes without transcripts [1] [2]. Because the provided reporting does not include the show's official transcript or an archived audio file with published captions, it is not possible, on the basis of these sources alone, to deliver the "full transcript and date" the question seeks [1] [2].
4. Broader context and competing narratives
The topic became politically combustible in the wake of Charlie Kirk's high-profile assassination and ensuing legal and political fallout: reporting afterward included calls by public figures for harsh punishments and public executions, which contextualizes why earlier remarks about executions drew renewed attention [3] [4]. Some outlets have framed Kirk’s remarks as dangerous rhetoric; others could argue the clips were taken out of broader discussion about punishment and deterrence—these countervailing interpretations exist in the press record supplied, but the sources do not include Kirk’s own full statement to adjudicate intent or nuance [1] [4].
5. How to get the missing transcript
The supplied material implies two clear next steps not covered in these sources: obtaining the episode audio from the Charlie Kirk Show or its official member feed and requesting or locating a transcript from the show’s publisher; absent that, relying on media summaries leaves unresolved transcription and dating questions [1] [2]. The reporting here is transparent about that absence: journalists cited summarized quotes but did not publish a full verbatim transcript in the documents provided [1].