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Lost Debate
For the politically eclectic. A weekly show exploring news, ideas, and arguments from across the political spectrum through good-faith conversation. Hosted by Ravi Gupta.
Episodes
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Ep 85 | Ethics of True Crime, Pickleball, Musk Loves Twitter Again, NYU Professor
Ravi and Rikki start with a quick chat on the whimsical sport that seems to be taking over the country: pickleball. Then they return to the neverending…
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Ep 84 | Snowden Debate, Redshirting Boys, Microtargeting, Generation COVID
Ravi and Rikki begin by discussing the proliferation of social media data in campaign ad targeting, before turning to two recently renewed debates: the legacy…
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Ep 83 | Hurricane Ian, Fake Meat Flop, Housing Cooldown, Guilt Tipping
Ravi and Rikki start with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, reviewing the devastation before turning to the state of coastal development and the Biden-DeSantis…
Lost DebateThe Regressives Ep. 7 | An Education Miracle Maker
John White is an educator and public official who served as the Louisiana Superintendent of Education from 2012 to 2020. John arrived in Louisiana in the…
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Ep 82 | Dating Apps, “Jihad Rehab” Doc, Oregon Drug Decriminalization
Ravi and Rikki start with the 10-year anniversary of Tinder and how dating apps have changed the way people interact, before turning to the lackluster early…
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Ep 81 | “Non-Profit” Hospitals, TikTok Security, NYC Housing, Teacher Pay
Ravi and Rikki begin with the persistent national security concerns around TikTok, before turning to the riches of non-profit-in-name-only hospitals, New…
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Ep 80 | Trump Legal Trouble, NY Vaccine Mandate, Self-Checkout, Charter Growth
Ravi and Rikki start with the two legal setbacks facing Trump’s lawyers this week, before turning to the shifting vaccine mandates in New York, the growing…
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Ep 79 | Martha’s Vineyard Migrants, Patagonia Donation, Congressional Stock Trading
Ravi and Rikki start with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis transporting migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, MA, before turning to the Patagonia founder’s decision to donate the…
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Ep 78 | NYT vs. Hasidic Schools, Brett Favre Fraud, TSA, Lindsey Graham & Abortion
Ravi and Rikki start off with a bombshell report from the New York Times on underperforming Hasidic schools, before turning to Hall of Fame quarterback Brett…
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Ep 77 | Mar-a-Lago Special Master, CA Farm Unions, Single Women’s Wealth
Ravi and Rikki start with the latest legal drama from the Mar-a-Lago investigation, before turning to new data showing single women without children are making…
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Ep 76 | What School Is For, Nation’s Report Card, Free Range Parenting
Ravi and Rikki start this special Back to School episode by discussing a new series from The New York Times asking authors a simple yet expansive question…
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Ep 75 | Jackson Water Crisis, PA Midterms, CNN Shakeup, Veganism
Ravi and Rikki start with Ravi’s reporting from Jackson, MS, where a historic crisis has left more than a hundred thousand people without running water…
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Ep 74 | Quiet Quitting, Zuckerberg on Rogan, Mar-a-Lago Affidavit, No Djokovic
Ravi and Rikki start by unpacking the internet’s hottest new buzzword: quiet quitting. Then they move on to Mark Zuckerberg’s long sitdown with Joe Rogan, a…
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Ep 73 | Student Loans, CDC Overhaul, Fauci’s Last Ride, Twitter Whistleblower
Ravi and Rikki start with President Biden’s decision to forgive student loan debt, discussing whether it’s the right approach to addressing the problem. Then…
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Ep 72 | Purple Hearts, Diversity Training, Teacher Turmoil, Ohio Opioids
Ravi and Rikki lead things off with a lighthearted review for a pretty rough watch: the Netflix phenomenon Purple Hearts. Then the hosts turn to diversity…
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Ep 71 | Neumann Comeback, Productivity Scores, Liz Cheney, Student Progress
Rikki and Ravi start by discussing the return of disgraced WeWork founder Adam Neumann before turning to the growing trend of “worker productivity scores,” Liz…
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Ep 70 | Rushdie Attack, FBI Debate, Substack, NIMBYs of Silicon Valley
Ravi and Rikki begin with Friday’s horrific attack on author Salman Rushdie, a champion for free expression in the face of decades-long death threats. We then…
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Ep 69 | More-a-Lago, The IRS, Visa/Mastercard Duopoly, DeSantis vs. Prosecutor
Ravi and Rikki start with a bit More-a-Lago on the FBI, Trump, and the reaction throughout the media over the last few days. Then they turn to Washington’s…
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Ep 68 | Mar-a-Lago Raid, CPAC, Insulin, Masculinity
Ravi and Rikki start with the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago before turning to the most revealing moments of CPAC, what did and didn’t make it into Democrats’ final…
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Ep 67 | Woke CEOs, Alex Jones, Antitrust Push, Kansas Abortion, Crypto Crackdown
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki unpack a showdown between ‘Woke CEOs’ and conservative states that say: we don’t do business with outspoken lefties. They discuss Alex…
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Ep 66 | Manchin Bill, Forward Party, Deshaun Watson, Monkeypox, A Tale of Two Erics
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the Forward Party’s push to crash America’s two-party system before turning to the underwhelming punishment the NFL is handing…
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Ep 65 | Glen Greenwald & Alex Jones, Migrant Crisis, Comedy Cancellations, Homework
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin with the strange exchange between Glen Greenwald and Alex Jones this week before turning to a few instances of comedy meeting…
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Ep 64 | Amazon & One Medical, Gen Z at Home, AOC-Ramos Spat, Slow Justice
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with Amazon’s deal to buy One Medical before checking in on BA.5 and a few of the pandemic’s consequences: a near-halt to what was…
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Ep 63 | Climate Change, Military Recruiting, U$D in €urope, AZ Teachers
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the latest setback to President Biden’s climate agenda amid record heat waves here in the U.S. and across the Atlantic, where…
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Ep 62 | Roe v. Wade Fallout, Crypto Bankruptcies, Relentless Inflation
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin with a far-reaching conversation about the chaos, confusion, and polarization of post-Roe America, touching on the media circus…
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Ep 61 | Recording Cops, Bodega Stabbing, PGA vs. LIV, Bannon Audio
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start by discussing a new law in Arizona that limits civilians’ ability to record cops, before turning to a controversial question of…
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Ep 60 | Elon Bails on Twitter, Griner Swap, San Francisco’s New DA, TikTok Probe
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin with the latest twist in the Elon Musk-Twitter romance: an ugly breakup. They discuss the legal fallout of Musk backing out of…
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Ep 59 | Biden v. Bezos, FL Education Wars, Another Supreme Court Bombshell, Fiscal Refugees
In this special episode, Ravi is once again outnumbered by two libertarian guest co-hosts: Reason Magazine writer Liz Wolfe and political commentator Stephen…
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Ep 58 | SCOTUS Rulings, Gen Z’s Political Leanings, Progressive Meltdown
In this special episode, Ravi and his guest co-hosts Reason Magazine writer Liz Wolfe and political commentator Stephen Kent weigh in on the Supreme Court’s…
Lost DebateThe Regressives Ep. 6 | The Progressive Pull From Public Infrastructure
A century ago, New York City was the infrastructural envy of the world, boasting a newly built subway system and an expansive network of bridges and tunnels…
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Ep 57 | Airline Chaos, (Un)Happy The Elephant, Jan. 6 Hearings, FDA vs. Smoking
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start by explaining the chaotic state of air travel these days, before turning to yet more damning updates on the police response in…
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Ep 56 | Sentient AI, Self-Driving Safety, Rural WiFi, Location Data, Twitter & Society
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki jump into #TechTuesday (patent pending) with a big question: what constitutes sentience, and does Google’s AI chatbot LaMDA pass the…
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Ep 55 | Bear Market, Legalizing Weed, Russia’s War Efforts, Biden vs. Charter Schools
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with America’s inflation crisis, the Fed’s efforts to combat it, and the resulting bear market. Then the hosts turn to the recent…
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Ep 54 | Reparations, Boudin Recall, NYC Casinos, Campus Free Speech
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the recall vote that ousted San Francisco’s progressive DA, Chesa Boudin before turning to NYC’s plans to throw a couple…
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Ep 53 | Depp-Heard Fallout, Saudi Oil, Crypto Mining, Class Size, Rescue Rats
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with all the fallout from the double-edged defamation trial that captured a nation: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Then the hosts…
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Ep 52 | Legalizing Sex Work, WFH Trends, Buy Now Pay Maybe, School Counselors
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start by checking in on the slowing work-from-home trend before turning to a growing one: the rise of Buy Now, Pay Later. We then turn to…
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Ep 51 | Uvalde Timeline, Durham Probe, SCOTUS Leak, Housing Market
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the outrage over the police response to the Uvalde school shooting, as new details emerge about the timeline of that tragedy…
Lost DebateThe Regressives Ep. 5 | Progressive Hypocrisy on School Choice
"School choice" is among the most politicized phrases in America, mainly because it means different things to different people. Charter schools are at the…
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Ep 50 | TX Shooting, Police Reform, FL Social Media, NY Maps, PA Ballots, GA Races
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the horrific school shooting in Texas, leaving 21 people dead: 19 of them, only 4th graders. The hosts address the resulting…
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Ep 49 | Monkeypox, Google Antitrust, College Football Spat, Global Food Shortage, Chappelle
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start by explaining why there’s no cause for panic with the latest virus making headlines: monkeypox. The hosts then turn to the war in…
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Ep 48 | Netflix Says Chill, UFO Hearings, Primary Races, Private Equity
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start on Netflix laying out a standard: they’re going to keep publishing content that some of their employees might disagree with. Then…
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Ep 47 | Buffalo Shooting, Baby Formula Shortage, Elon x Twitter, Fentanyl Crisis
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin with the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, laying out what we know about the suspected gunman’s motivations and the prevalence of…
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Ep 46 | Which Party’s Changed More, Market Turmoil, ACLU, Cap Hill Union, NY Maps
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start by discussing a conversation taking over the internet right now: which political party has changed more in the last few decades…
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Ep 45 | Roe v. Wade Updates, FDA Bans Menthols, Section 230, Wearable Healthtech
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with everything’s that happened in the week since the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade leaked to the public. Then they turn to…
Lost DebateLost Debate Special | NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites
In the face of over 100,000 overdose deaths throughout the U.S. last year, New York City opened the nation’s first safe consumption sites. Trained…
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Ep 44 | Student Debt, Ohio Primary, Teen Mental Health, China Lockdowns, Chappelle
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with J.D. Vance’s win in Ohio’s GOP primary, one of the strongest indicators yet of the power of Trump’s endorsement. Then we turn…
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Ep 43 | Overturning Roe v. Wade, DHS Disinformation Board, WH Correspondents’ Dinner
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin with one of the biggest stories in recent memory: an unprecedented leak from the Supreme Court, signaling a major decision ahead…
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Ep 42 | Coach’s Prayers, Trump Endorsements, Ukraine, CA Medical Board
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin by debating a new bill in California that would call on the state’s Medical Board to crack down on doctors accused of spreading…
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Ep 41 | Musk Buys Twitter, CNN+, Florida vs. Disney, Gun Deaths, Cottontroversy
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the only story anyone seems to be talking about – Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover – before turning to more industry news: a bad…
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Ep 40 | Libs of TikTok, Death Penalty, Legacy Admissions, Charter Schools
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the political outrage machine that is Libs of TikTok before turning to South Carolina, where a death row inmate faces…
Lost DebateThe Future of Democracy with Yascha Mounk
Ravi sits down with Yascha Mounk to talk about his new book, "The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure," a tailor-made…
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Ep 39 | Kushner & MB$, Brooklyn Shooter, Musk & Twitter, Gun Trade, NYT & Lorenz
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with Jared Kushner’s big, beautiful, brazen payday from Saudi Arabia, raising $2 billion from the regime he stridently defended as…
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Ep 38 | 1619 Debate, Elon & Twitter, Whitmer Kidnapping Case, Inflating Inflation
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with a surprise out of a Michigan courtroom: zero convictions in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer. We discuss the ins and…
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Ep 37 | Border Crisis, “Shitty Media Men,” War Crimes, School Polls, Alien Contact
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki begin with the growing calls for war crime proceedings against Putin and Russian forces in Ukraine before turning to a very different…
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Ep 36 | Hunter’s Laptop, Amazon Union, Biden’s Economy, Louis C.K.
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki go through the many allegations against Hunter Biden before diving into major outlets’ overdue corrections – some of them made very…
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Ep 35 | America’s Adderall Problem, Facebook vs. TikTok, “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start on the new Florida law whose supporters and opponents call it by different names: Parental Rights in Education vs. “Don’t Say Gay.”…
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Ep 34 | Ginni Thomas Texts, End of Meat, Biden's Putin Gaffe, Oscars Slap
Ravi, Cory, and Rikki lead off with the newly leaked texts from Supreme Court spouse Ginni Thomas. We discuss what her 2020 election conspiracizing means for…
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Ep 33 | NYT For Free Speech, Texas Abortions, Adams v. The Left, Ukrainian Refugees
Ravi and guest host Liz Wolfe start by unpacking the New York Times’ recent editorial stating “America Has a Free Speech Problem.” They discuss what took the…
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Ep 32 | Journalists Under Attack, SCOTUS Reform, 2 Years of COVID, Standardized Testing
Two years into the pandemic, Ravi, Cory, and Rikki look back on how much has changed since COVID-19 entered our lives. Standardized testing may be getting less…
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Ep 31 | Homeless Crisis, Tulsi “Treason,” Teen Vaping, Zucker’s CNN Exit
Tulsi Gabbard is being accused of “treasonous lies” after tweeting about purportedly U.S.-affiliated “biolabs” in Ukraine. Ravi, Cory, and Rikki sort through…