Ep 102 | Mayhem @ Twitter, Asian-American College Apps, 2022 Faves
Ravi and Rikki start with a week’s worth of peak mayhem at Twitter, from the @ElonJet ban, to suspended reporters, to a poll (maybe) deciding Musk’s future at the platform. Then the hosts turn to yet ...
20 Dec 202237min
Ep 101 | End of Social Media, Fed Strikes Again, Assisted Suicide
First, Ravi and Rikki chat about SBF’s insistence that he either get some vegan meals or stay out of prison. Then the hosts turn to the Fed’s latest rate hike, look back on the strange economic year t...
15 Dec 202249min
Ep 100 | SBF Indicted, The Twitter Files, ChatGPT
First, Ravi and Rikki react to the breaking news on Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud indictment. Then the hosts turn to the wide-ranging “Twitter Files” reporting, discussing why it’s such a political litmus...
13 Dec 202249min
Ep 99 | Moore v. Harper, RIP BuzzFeed, Religion in Schools
Ravi and Rikki start with a rundown of Moore v. Harper, the major Supreme Court case poised to shift election laws. Then the hosts turn to the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a one-time titan of...
8 Dec 202252min
Ep 98 | Student Loan Setbacks, Involuntary Hospitalizations, Rat Czar
Ravi and Rikki start with the the fierce legal challenges halting President Biden’s student loan relief plan, before turning to New York’s controversial solution to a hard problem to solve: involuntar...
6 Dec 202250min
Ep 97 | SBF, China Protests, Inequity in Special Ed
Ravi and Rikki start with the latest fallout from the spectacular downfall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried. The hosts then turn to the historic anti-lockdown protests in China with Pulitzer-winning journ...
1 Dec 202254min
Ep 96 | Qatar World Cup, T-Swift & Ticketmaster, Isolation Epidemic
Ravi and Rikki start with all the moral relativism coloring this year’s controversial World Cup in Qatar, before opening their hearts to the many Swifties burned by Ticketmaster’s latest monopolistic ...
29 Nov 202255min
Ep 95 | Ransomware, Education in the Midterms, Debt from Dating, Ukraine Interview
Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Rikki and Ravi share where the attacks are coming from, laws put in place to combat them, and how to protect yourself from one. The hosts then take a look at which ...
17 Nov 20221h 8min
