About this episode

The episode discusses the conservative movement one year after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict involving drone activity.

Thursday marks one year since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who co-founded Turning Point USA. We speak with Michael Knowles, who was a friend of Kirk. Then, as Ukraine strikes Russian gas plants in a grinding war of attrition, Russian drones are suspected of flying over European countries. This week, a drone nearly hit a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Norway, according to the Norwegian prime minister. We discuss the risky strategy with NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: NPR

Guest: Michael Knowles

Topics covered

• conservative movement
• Charlie Kirk
• Ukraine-Russia conflict
• national security
• drones
• assassination

Keywords

• Charlie Kirk
• Michael Knowles
• Ukraine
• Russia
• drones
• national security
• Turning Point USA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Turning Point USA, NPR

Places: Ukraine, Norway, Russia

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