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 indefinitely. Then the hosts turn to the shake-u...
1 Sep 202238min
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 heated fight over equity in admissions at a...
30 Aug 202250min
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 they turn to two big changes in American p...
25 Aug 202249min
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 standards and training in schools, companies,...
23 Aug 202251min
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 Cheney’s resounding defeat in Wyoming, a...
18 Aug 202252min
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 turn to the shifting landscape of journal...
16 Aug 202255min
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 least popular bureaucrats, the IRS, as well ...
11 Aug 202247min
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 version of their landmark spending bill, an...
9 Aug 202236min
