On today's episode, we'll make some predictions about the coming GOP debate.

Then we'll turn to a piece that David Brooks wrote about why Americans have become so mean.

We'll attempt to answer him.

And then we're going to talk about the so-called movement to ban sex education.

Is that movement real?

Where is it coming from?

And what actually is happening in the evolution of sex education in America? And, you know, we'll take a little

peek into some of the activism happening around schools generally and, you know, some of that

related activities. So we're going to talk about all that and more on today's episode of The Lost

Debate, a show for political eclectics.

Hello, everybody. I'm Ravi Gupta. And I'm Riki Shat.

Well, Ricky, we got a pretty pointed voicemail here from a listener named Alex. I think

largely aimed at me. I think it's a good place to

start. Let's go to this clip.

Hey, this is Ricky. You've reached the lost debate. If you have some feedback for us,

leave it after the town.

Hi there. My name is Alex, and I was just calling about your latest episode, particularly

about decriminalization of drugs in Oregon. I just wanted to chime in and say that I am totally team Ricky here.

I think the kind of debate that Ravi is making is the absolute insanity that you get these days from my former progressive party.

I just can't understand how this kind of thinking is acceptable, especially given the situations that you've seen played out in Oregon, in San Francisco, Chicago, where I live.

It's just, that's the kind of insanity that the Democratic Party pulls off now that just really makes people flee, literally and figuratively.

I think one issue that you guys kind of, kind of the elephant in the room, I think, rather

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