The companion podcast to the Substack newsletter "You Are Here" by Charlie Hunt. In You Are Here, I dig into the intersection of place and location with our politics, our culture, our social lives, and our personal journeys. Read more at youarehere.substack.com. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. youarehere.substack.com
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16 complicated thoughts on the Charlie Kirk assassination
Tuesday, 16 September, 2025

What can be done in a country, and an information environment, not capable of reconciliation? Further Reading:* My interview on CBC News TV the morning after Charlie Kirk’s assassination* My interview with CBC Radio the morning after that* Jamelle Bouie on being honest about who Charlie Kirk was, and what he stood for (The New York Times)* Anne Helen Petersen on the asymmetrical reactions from the right and left when it comes to political violence (Culture Study)* Charlie Warzel on the horrific online culture warping that seems to have poisoned the mind of the shooter (The Atlantic)* Garrett Bucks on “a world awash in guns and other tools of death” (The White Pages)* G. Elliott Morris on the importance of elite condemnation of political violence (Strength in Numbers)* Sam Harris on the information war that we’re all currently losing (Substack) Get full access to You Are Here at youarehere.substack.com/subscribe