In this episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss, we share a special conversation featuring a16z general partner Katherine Boyle in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination. Katherine reflects on what courage means in a culture where words and debate are increasingly met with violence. Drawing on faith, history, and her own response to recent tragedies, she discusses the idea of martyrdom, not only in its most extreme sense, but also in the small, everyday choices to speak the truth despite risk.
In this episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss, we share a special conversation featuring a16z general partner Katherine Boyle in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination.
Katherine reflects on what courage means in a culture where words and debate are increasingly met with violence. Drawing on faith, history, and her own response to recent tragedies, she discusses the idea of martyrdom, not only in its most extreme sense, but also in the small, everyday choices to speak the truth despite risk.
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:49 Remembering Charlie Kirk
2:46 The Meaning of Martyrdom
4:49 Courage and the Choice We Face
9:16 Returning to Normalcy
10:35 The Age of Extremes
12:15 Words, Violence, and the Next Generation
14:10 Reclaiming the Center
18:18 The Power and Danger of Rhetoric
21:55 The Call to Speak Up
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