America’s Brain Drain: H-1B Lottery Chaos (Full)

Solving America's Problems · Dec 27, 2025 · 1h 6m · transcript

A Stanford PhD working on cancer cures has the exact same 25% chance in the H-1B lottery as someone with a random bachelor’s. Jerremy Alexander Newsome, Dave Conley, and 25-year immigration attorney Melissa Harms rip apart the outdated visa system that’s pushing America’s best minds to Canada, Europe, and Asia. From insane employer costs to endless backlogs and penalty traps, this episode shows exactly why we’re losing the global talent war—and why it’s getting worse fast.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Immigration Nation – Paper planes and brain drain intro

(01:07) Episode Overview – What’s actually…