When Speech Is Violence, Etc. (w/ Matt Welch)

About this episode

Matt Welch joins Adaam to discuss the grim aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the implications of political violence.

Matt Welch, co-host of The Fifth Column podcast and editor at large for Reason Magazine , joins Adaam to discuss the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It’s grim. How grim? Very. Get off social media. Turn off your phone. Touch grass. See ya’ll in the gulag. Also: - Matt’s previous visit to Uncertain Things - Adaam on political violence - Adaam and Jonah Goldberg on political violence - Yuval Levin on violence Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: http://uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Adaam James Levin-Areddy

Guest: Matt Welch

Topics covered

• political violence
• social media
• cultural commentary
• current events
• assassination aftermath

Keywords

• Charlie Kirk
• political violence
• social media
• Matt Welch
• Uncertain Things

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Fifth Column, Reason Magazine, Uncertain Things

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