The 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 read for Lost Debate listeners. Ravi and ...
19 Huhti 202255min
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 the Trump administration’s lead man in th...
14 Huhti 202256min
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 outs of the case and how it fell apart on p...
12 Huhti 202251min
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 category of legal case: the defamation suit ...
7 Huhti 202248min
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 quietly – to coverage of the president’s son i...
5 Huhti 202239min
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.” We discuss what’s really in the legislat...
31 Maalis 202235min
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 her and her husband, Justice Clarence Thom...
29 Maalis 202235min
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 paper so long to say so and the countless ...
25 Maalis 202250min
