TSOT162: Special Guest Jenna McCarthy, on Charlie Kirk Oddities (and Miscellany)

For the first time*, a guest on The Scales of Truth! Substack author and humor writer Jenna McCarthy! AND it's the first full video I've done corresponding to an episode of the scales of truth - if you'd like to see the video version, please go to Substack! https://thescalesoftruth.substack.com * ONCE, Kim and I had a guest on Kimology 411 and we shared the episode, and of course you know DeMarcus from some of our sports episodes. He's AWESOME, but I kinda just picked from family there. So this is surely the first professional-level speaker and writer! ==================================================Some topicsI’m not spoiling, but at a high-level we discuss: Jenna’s very cool background. She’s a professional writer with deep and wide experience! Author of over 20 books, full-time and freelance writer for magazines, radio experience, TED talker (I guess that’s how you say that), professional speaker thereafter, and more! Oh by the way, she definitely has made a name for herself through the experience of “being married and not killing my husband, and vice versa.” Tee hee!  Jenna’s 2020 awakening to topics she probably didn’t give time to before then.  A summary of the recent Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing (so judge can decide is enough evidence to go to trial). And some of the “are you kidding me?” reactions of major influencers to evidence revealed therein. Oddities and weaknesses in the narrative of the Charlie Kirk story (we could have gone on for three days on this, but we got a great start!) Some Tease Tidbits (aka, Wait WHAT?) What Tyler’s live-in lover, Lance (LANCE?) knew versus what the overly-descriptive text messages acted like he knew (spoiler: basically Lance knew none of it) How far away from the university was the business establishment that said Tyler was instead THERE at the time. Jenna’s theory at this point (admittedly in a seemingly purposeful vacuum of information). What was available nearly immediately in the media after the Butler, PA attempt, versus what is STILL not available for 9/10/25. Timestamps for sections 0:00 Intro 1:14 Jenna’s Background, introduced by Tyson 3:55 Jenna fills in some cool background that Tyson missed  4:13 You can’t hear it, but here Tyson wishes he was as cool as Jenna.  6:05 Jenna describes how her life was changed, as catalyzed by events starting in early 2020. 16:13 Jenna’s BOOK TITLES are even hilarious… 17:04 Charlie Kirk: Latest on Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing, and some of its oddities. 32:03 Going forward procedure-wise from Preliminary Hearing.  33:50 Oddities around 9/10/2026 not yet covered. 48:16 Jenna’s opinion on some of the personalities associated with the controversy.  54:03 Start… of CloseSome of Jenna’s other recent topics and her approach to finding topics. 57:49 Two Questions 58:45 Jenny highlights some of the stuff you can find and where it is.  Where you can find Jenna Her website, JennaMcCarthy.com, is a great initial navigation tool and has great information on her background, and her books. There’s even her old blog here. If you forget her substack name, come here to find it.  Her substack, JennasSide.Rocks. Informative, with a pretty consistent hilarity score!  ================================================= Please subscribe and follow on your favorite podcast platforms! By the way - new email address - send me a message! [email protected] Also, I have been being active on substack - even if I have not written many articles, I have been commenting and restacking. So find me there. https://thescalesoftruth.substack.com