Lost Debate
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Lost Debate is a weekly podcast from The Branch that brings you news, ideas, and arguments from around the political spectrum. We engage in the good-faith discussions that too much of our society and media miss. It's hosted by Ravi Gupta, a former Obama staffer turned school principal.
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Episodes (1173)
Ep 87 | Obama on Democrats, Gig Workers, Licensing Laws
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Oct 18, 202253:04pending
Ep 86 | Crime Rates & Midterms, PayPal Misinfo, SCOTUS Pork Dilemma
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Oct 13, 202248:31pending
Ep 85 | Ethics of True Crime, Pickleball, Musk Loves Twitter Again, NYU Professo...
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Oct 11, 202259:50pending
Ep 84 | Snowden Debate, Redshirting Boys, Microtargeting, Generation COVID
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Oct 6, 202257:53pending
Ep 83 | Hurricane Ian, Fake Meat Flop, Housing Cooldown, Guilt Tipping
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Oct 4, 202254:47pending
The Regressives Ep. 7 | An Education Miracle Maker
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Oct 2, 202259:12pending
Ep 82 | Dating Apps, “Jihad Rehab” Doc, Oregon Drug Decriminalization
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Sep 29, 202255:48pending
Ep 81 | “Non-Profit” Hospitals, TikTok Security, NYC Housing, Teacher Pay
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Sep 27, 202259:14pending
Ep 80 | Trump Legal Trouble, NY Vaccine Mandate, Self-Checkout, Charter Growth
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Sep 22, 202251:17pending
Ep 79 | Martha’s Vineyard Migrants, Patagonia Donation, Congressional Stock Trad...
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Sep 20, 202253:14pending
Ep 78 | NYT vs. Hasidic Schools, Brett Favre Fraud, TSA, Lindsey Graham & Aborti...
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Sep 15, 202246:27pending
Ep 77 | Mar-a-Lago Special Master, CA Farm Unions, Single Women’s Wealth
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Sep 13, 202249:03pending
Ep 76 | What School Is For, Nation’s Report Card, Free Range Parenting
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Sep 8, 202248:44pending
Ep 75 | Jackson Water Crisis, PA Midterms, CNN Shakeup, Veganism
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Sep 1, 202238:49pending
Ep 74 | Quiet Quitting, Zuckerberg on Rogan, Mar-a-Lago Affidavit, No Djokovic
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Aug 30, 202250:58pending
Ep 73 | Student Loans, CDC Overhaul, Fauci’s Last Ride, Twitter Whistleblower
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Aug 25, 202249:18pending
Ep 72 | Purple Hearts, Diversity Training, Teacher Turmoil, Ohio Opioids
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Aug 23, 202251:18pending
Ep 71 | Neumann Comeback, Productivity Scores, Liz Cheney, Student Progress
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Aug 18, 202252:14pending
Ep 70 | Rushdie Attack, FBI Debate, Substack, NIMBYs of Silicon Valley
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Ep 69 | More-a-Lago, The IRS, Visa/Mastercard Duopoly, DeSantis vs. Prosecutor
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Aug 11, 202247:43pending
Ep 68 | Mar-a-Lago Raid, CPAC, Insulin, Masculinity
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Aug 9, 202236:47pending
Ep 67 | Woke CEOs, Alex Jones, Antitrust Push, Kansas Abortion, Crypto Crackdown
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Aug 4, 202250:24pending
Ep 66 | Manchin Bill, Forward Party, Deshaun Watson, Monkeypox, A Tale of Two Er...
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Aug 2, 202247:42pending
Ep 65 | Glen Greenwald & Alex Jones, Migrant Crisis, Comedy Cancellations, Homew...
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Jul 28, 202247:18pending
Ep 64 | Amazon & One Medical, Gen Z at Home, AOC-Ramos Spat, Slow Justice
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Jul 26, 202249:54pending
Ep 63 | Climate Change, Military Recruiting, U$D in €urope, AZ Teachers
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Jul 21, 202249:14pending
Ep 62 | Roe v. Wade Fallout, Crypto Bankruptcies, Relentless Inflation
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Jul 19, 202244:59pending
Ep 61 | Recording Cops, Bodega Stabbing, PGA vs. LIV, Bannon Audio
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Jul 14, 202242:47pending
Ep 60 | Elon Bails on Twitter, Griner Swap, San Francisco’s New DA, TikTok Probe
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Jul 12, 202239:44pending
Ep 59 | Biden v. Bezos, FL Education Wars, Another Supreme Court Bombshell, Fisc...
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Jul 7, 20221:02:54pending
Ep 58 | SCOTUS Rulings, Gen Z’s Political Leanings, Progressive Meltdown
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Jun 29, 20221:00:57pending
The Regressives Ep. 6 | The Progressive Pull From Public Infrastructure
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Jun 27, 202228:16pending
Ep 57 | Airline Chaos, (Un)Happy The Elephant, Jan. 6 Hearings, FDA vs. Smoking
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Jun 23, 202249:39pending
Ep 56 | Sentient AI, Self-Driving Safety, Rural WiFi, Location Data, Twitter & S...
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Jun 21, 202240:11pending
Ep 55 | Bear Market, Legalizing Weed, Russia’s War Efforts, Biden vs. Charter Sc...
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Jun 17, 202244:53pending
Ep 54 | Reparations, Boudin Recall, NYC Casinos, Campus Free Speech
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Jun 9, 202247:27pending
Ep 53 | Depp-Heard Fallout, Saudi Oil, Crypto Mining, Class Size, Rescue Rats
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Jun 7, 202248:06pending
Ep 52 | Legalizing Sex Work, WFH Trends, Buy Now Pay Maybe, School Counselors
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Jun 2, 202248:06pending
Ep 51 | Uvalde Timeline, Durham Probe, SCOTUS Leak, Housing Market
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May 31, 202240:08pending
The Regressives Ep. 5 | Progressive Hypocrisy on School Choice
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May 29, 202244:14pending
Ep 50 | TX Shooting, Police Reform, FL Social Media, NY Maps, PA Ballots, GA Rac...
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May 26, 202251:25pending
Ep 49 | Monkeypox, Google Antitrust, College Football Spat, Global Food Shortage...
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May 24, 202240:23pending
Ep 48 | Netflix Says Chill, UFO Hearings, Primary Races, Private Equity
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May 19, 202243:44pending
Ep 47 | Buffalo Shooting, Baby Formula Shortage, Elon x Twitter, Fentanyl Crisis
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May 17, 202242:18pending
Ep 46 | Which Party’s Changed More, Market Turmoil, ACLU, Cap Hill Union, NY Map...
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May 12, 202242:53pending
Ep 45 | Roe v. Wade Updates, FDA Bans Menthols, Section 230, Wearable Healthtech
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May 10, 202244:58pending
Lost Debate Special | NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites
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May 8, 202227:00pending
Ep 44 | Student Debt, Ohio Primary, Teen Mental Health, China Lockdowns, Chappel...
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May 5, 202245:33pending
Ep 43 | Overturning Roe v. Wade, DHS Disinformation Board, WH Correspondents’ Di...
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May 3, 202244:44pending
Ep 42 | Coach’s Prayers, Trump Endorsements, Ukraine, CA Medical Board
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