It’s been eleven months since my microphone went cold – long enough for cobwebs to form on the mic stand and long enough for me to wonder if anyone even noticed. (Spoiler: my dog didn’t.) But here we are, Episode 92 of the ScottCast, dust blown off, volume up, and a title that matters: What Charlie Kirk Meant.
This episode isn’t just me rambling about why I disappeared for a year (though trust me, I do that for the first five minutes or so). The heart of this finally new episode is an interview with three incredible young people – Hunter Rivera (23), Nate Wiggins (27), and Tori Ganhal (30). Kids half my age who could have spent their Sunday binging Netflix, but instead they spent that afternoon talking to an old guy like me. We set up my portable podcast gear in the coffee shop of my church and just chatted – Nate and Hunter in person and Tori via Teams.
They are driven, sharp, and deeply impacted by the loss of Charlie Kirk. Their perspective floored me: raw, hopeful, and proof that meaning still matters to a generation being sold the lie that nothing does.
After the interview, I unload a monologue that’s been brewing in my belly since Kirk’s assassination. I call it what it is: an infection of nihilism in this country. That creeping soul-rot that says life has no purpose, truth is just an opinion, and nothing matters anyway. It’s in our culture, our politics, our feeds – and it pulled the trigger on Charlie. But I don’t leave it there. Ecclesiastes saw it coming, Jesus crushed it at the tomb, and we can stomp it out in our lives and our nation with faith, hope, and love. Nihilism whispers, “so what.” The resurrection shouts back: everything.
So if you’ve ever wondered why this world feels emptier, darker, more dangerous – or why kids half my age are clinging tighter to hope while adults check out – this first episode in 11 months is what you need to hear. What Charlie Kirk Meant isn’t just about him. It’s about us. It’s about what we stand for when the world says sit down, shut up, and believe in nothing.
Look up my friends:
Hunter Rivera: Facebook, Instagram, X
Nate Wiggins: Facebook, Instagram, X
Tori Ganhal: Facebook, Instagram, X
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