Thursday, 18 September 2025

Bonus Show: Greg Carlwood | The Practical & Esoteric Oddities Of The Charlie Kirk Assassination

A sudden guest disappearance leads to a spontaneous deep dive into the underreported data and weird symbols surrounding Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

By The Higherside Chats Free Show | 6m listen | 4 chapters
Bonus Show: Greg Carlwood | The Practical & Esoteric Oddities Of The Charlie Kirk Assassination cover

About this episode

Greg Carlwood pivots from a scheduled interview on Irish round towers to a deep dive into the esoteric history of Charlie Kirk. The planned guest, an author currently residing in Thailand, failed to appear for the recording session despite pre-paid studio fees and coordinated timing. This sudden vacancy prompted a spontaneous 50-minute solo presentation regarding the strange symbols and family connections surrounding the Turning Point USA founder.

The Higher Side Chats Plus membership now hosts this exclusive research alongside the standard five monthly free episodes. Carlwood contrasts this subscription model against the value-for-value system and traditional ad-supported podcasting found on platforms like Spotify or Apple Podcasts. By utilizing a paywall, the show avoids the frequent commercial interruptions and lengthy banter segments that often plague high-volume digital media. This specific Charlie Kirk investigation compiles underreported data from various online research threads into a single dense narrative for subscribers.

Listeners can find the full walkthrough of these practical and esoteric oddities at thehighersidechats.com. Carlwood notes the irony of the ghosting incident given the guest's expertise in energetic properties and ancient architecture. A standard one-hour interview remains scheduled for release later this week for the general audience.


CHAPTER 01 / 4 Discussion

Mysterious Round Towers, Author Ghosting Incident

An interview regarding the energetic properties of mysterious round towers in Ireland and Scotland was cancelled after the author, currently based in Thailand, failed to appear. Despite the inconvenience of the scheduled time and pre-paid studio fees, the guest provided no response or explanation for the absence.

ireland· scotland· round towers· thailand· interview ghosting

00:00 Okay, boys and girls. So what had happened was I found a book about an interesting unexpected topic these mysterious round towers in Ireland and Scotland and the energetic properties they seem to have I established an interview time that was pretty inconvenient for the guys in this studio just so we could make it work with the author in Thailand he confirmed the day before I got down there and he completely ghosted me! Hope he's okay...I still haven't gotten response from him even a day later But the show must go on, so I was sitting in the chair studio time bought and paid for with my man in the booth. And he says well do you have any promo stuff we could shoot while you're here? And I said nah ya know I'd have to be prepared for something like that. I'm not really a shoot from the hip guy

CHAPTER 02 / 4 Discussion

Charlie Kirk Research, Plus Member Bonus Episode

A 50-minute solo presentation focusing on Charlie Kirk is now available as a bonus episode for Plus members. The material covers esoteric threads, weird symbols, family connections, and underreported data compiled from various online research threads. This extra content was recorded spontaneously in the studio following a guest cancellation and is offered alongside the standard five monthly free shows.

charlie kirk· esoteric symbols· plus member· bonus episode· primary research

00:45 I don't say stuff to hear myself talk. If i don't have interesting material then, I just don't do something But...I says to the guy Now that I think about it, I like everyone else Have been combing over so much Charlie Kirk stuff That if you give me 10 or 15 minutes while we wait for this guest To maybe show up I'll see if I can organize all the screenshots and threads that I've saved And maybe we can record something about that Well..we did it! It's a pretty different thing for me, but I went through all the esoteric threads. The weird symbols and codes, the deeper family connections and all the interesting underreported stuff I've found. And you know, I'm not really a primary researcher. I'm a compiler of interesting points." So I said okay, I think we got something here let's mirror my laptop up on the screen behind me unless just

01:35 See what happens. So I tried guys, I tried to do a show about something completely unexpected obscure esoteric and well outside the scope of the exhausting news cycle. But the universe opened up space for me and it all sort of fell into place There are other factors but i don't want to repeat exactly what I say in that video So this is just to let all the free listeners know that there is a rare 50 minute solo presentation of this material out there now as a plus member bonus episode. There will still be the usual five shows for this month, This is just extra and if you're groaning and rolling your eyes I understand

02:27 But I put a lot out there for free without stuffing it with ads. And the reality is if i'm in the studio and i'm asking them to edit something up and include all my reference material, screenshots etc., etc... It's costing me money! And I hope enough regular people out there are interested in such a thing from me and the wider scope of what PLUS offers to come on in. It is what it is, sorry! I won't let Better Help and Hems & Keeps pay my bills. Only interested regular working class curious folks do that and I'm sick of apologizing for it but...I just did Anyway, obviously I'm not the first one out to break any news. I do like to be the most thorough though and with a few more days to process added insights have emerged and new shit has come to light if you've been following the research it's probably not anything you haven't heard already. I don't want to overhype and technically you don't even have to pay anything if you get the free trial and cancel after you check it out. You do have that option? I guess

CHAPTER 03 / 4 Discussion

Podcast Monetization Models, Value for Value Comparison

The Higher Side Chats (THC) is structured to avoid common podcasting annoyances such as excessive ad breaks, filler content, and lengthy "value for value" segments. While some listeners find paywalls inconvenient, the model is defended as a way to provide a dense, two-hour, info-rich experience without commercial interruptions. Comparisons are made to other shows where listeners must frequently skip ahead to avoid advertisements or off-topic banter.

podcasting· monetization· value for value· ad-free content· user experience

03:27 But this opportunity did present itself for me to take the temperature and see if you guys want more of this sort of thing from me, maybe on more obscure material that isn't every single place. You look online but this happened organically and it was actually pretty cathartic to unload all the stuff I was bottling up in my mind. And while i'm shilling plus here I will just add that I was thinking about the shows that I enjoy as a listener Yeah, they're all full of ads and it's very annoying. Fine we know that! Then there are shows that do value for value but it takes up so much airtime that its even more annoying than ads if I'm being honest

04:04 Then there's some pop culture and gaming podcasts that I like, but sometimes I put a show on and go through an entire drive to wherever they haven't even brought up one game. It's just what they did over the weekend where they ate and a bunch of filler that helps surprise fit in another ad break So I have tried to structure THC to avoid all the things that I dislike as a listener of other shows. And you can say that the 8 or 12 bucks for plus is annoying, it is but it's also in your control! If you pay the eight bucks then your experience changes to a tight dense info rich two hour show with no breaks and no filler at all with a host who tries hard to stay very focused on the material and treats it like a real job

04:52 These other annoyances that I've been mentioning, well they're just baked in to other shows. You can't do anything! I guess you can skip ahead but even that's annoying if you're trying to do something else and don't want to pick up your phone five times to get through a one-hour podcast so i think that is a good and fair point that I make the show and then if you like it and you don't want to miss half you can throw a tip my way and get twice as much and no other annoying stuff I wish I could pay $8 to no agenda to get a longer show with none of the excessive breaks, but we all have our models. I stand by mine being the best when it comes to the ratio of time spent shilling verse providing actual content minus what I'm doing right now. But there it is again. I wasn't trying to jump on the tragedy bandwagon or capitalize on a trend. I think my track record is clear. I don't do that.

CHAPTER 04 / 4 Discussion

Higher Side Chats, Plus Membership Call to Action

Listeners are encouraged to visit thehighersidechats.com or use the link in the show notes to access the full walkthrough of the recent deep dive. A standard one-hour free interview is scheduled for release in the coming days. The segment concludes with a final pitch for listeners to support the show by scaling the paywall for additional content.

the higher side chats· paywall· show notes· membership· independent media

05:45 But it takes two to tango. And on this day, this time I had to find a way to dance alone. So click the link in the show notes or go to the higher side chats.com if you're interested in a walkthrough of the practical and esoteric threads that have come out of a deep dive of this event. Hopefully I'll see ya there but if not, there will be another free hour long no caveats, no ads interview coming at you and then next couple of days So that's it. Sorry to hit you with this little time waster, but if I'm going to spend the time and effort to make such a thing, I have to at least let people know it exists and now, you know... All right? All right! Enjoy your day take care and maybe this is what finally does it to get you to scale that paywall And I'm out