Ep 110 | Four-Day Workweek, Hospice Fraud, Practical K-12
Ravi and Rikki lead things off by discussing an emerging trend in white-collar work: the four-day week. Then we turn to hospice care and the little-known cottage industry beneath it, plagued with ramp...
27 Tammi 202355min
Ep 109 | Challenging ChatGPT, Polyamory, MS Teacher Shortage
Ravi and Rikki start by revisiting ChatGPT, the OpenAI platform with the potential to dramatically reshape society at every level. Then, the hosts bring in our graphic designer, Aidan, to guide them t...
24 Tammi 202352min
The Regressives Ep. 11 | Empty Nests: Why Do Blue Cities Fund Stadiums?
In 2022 the NFL's Buffalo Bills announced a deal with the state of New York to build a brand new $1.4 Billion stadium in Erie County. The passage of funding between the state, the Buffalo Bills, and t...
22 Tammi 202346min
Ep 108 | Beating Cancer, Podcast Boom/Bust, Florida Education Bills
Ravi and Rikki begin with some hopeful new data in America’s push to eliminate cancer, while acknowledging how far we’ve yet to go. The hosts then take a long hard look in the mirror, reacting to a sl...
19 Tammi 20231h 2min
Ep 107 | Biden & The Border, Gas Stoves, Social Security
Ravi and Rikki kick things off with a hot top(ic): gas stoves. We’ll talk about what the debate over the beloved kitchen appliance says about American politics. The hosts then turn to Biden’s visit to...
18 Tammi 202351min
Ep 106 | DNA, Crime, & Privacy, Workplace Hustle
Ravi and Rikki begin by addressing two voicemails responding to their last episode, dealing with TikTok and pornography. The hosts then turn to the push and pull between two sides of an emerging debat...
12 Tammi 202350min
Ep 105 | TikTok Ban, Porn & Public Health, Noncompete Clauses
Ravi and Rikki kick things off with Congress’ new TikTok ban, over escalating fears that the app amounts to a “Trojan Horse” for pro-China propaganda. We look at how the app is impacting Americans bef...
10 Tammi 202357min
The Regressives Ep. 10 | Is The News Really “Woke?”
Long before Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, or the birth of “fake news,” Americans had already started to lose their faith in American journalism. The feeling that something had shifted in the media’s dis...
8 Tammi 202343min
