This April Erika Kirk was taping an episode of her Christian podcast, Midweek Rise Up. Her special guest that day was her husband of four years, Charlie—the conservative wunderkind who had helped Donald Trump secure the youth vote in the 2024 election. Another frame depicted Erika gazing up at her husband adoringly, a modern-day Nancy Reagan. She and her husband repeated the refrain often: Women shouldn’t pursue their own careers while raising children. Charlie Kirk and Everything After Read more about Kirk's assassination and the aftermath.