Ep 131 | #TrendyTuesday: Community College Enrollment Decline, Gen Z Travel, Remote Jobs Disappearing, TikTok is Changing the Music Industry

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Ravi, Rikki, and newcomer Micky jump into #TrendyTuesday, looking at four trends shaping our world. First, the trio talk about community college enrollment, which has been plummeting over the past decade. What’s behind the drop? And should we invest in reversing it? Then the group pivots to our podcast’s most talked about generation: GenZ. Zoomers are traveling in record numbers compared to their peer generations, and many are swiping their credit cards to do it. Are these travel experiences worth the debt? Then we answer a pressing question about the future of remote jobs, which were all the rage during the pandemic (for obvious reasons). But are they still viable for businesses? We figure out the answers (remotely). Finally, we take on the music industry, which has already gone through so many disruptions over the past two decades. Will TikTok be the music distributor’s final boss? [05:14] - Community College Enrollment Decline [16:20] - GenZ Travel [25:35] - Remote Jobs Disappearing [36:17] - TikTok is Changing the Music Industry Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Show notes: https://thebranchmedia.org/show/lost-debate/ Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranch.media/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ The Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0	On this trendy Tuesday, we get to the bottom of the declines, upticks, and stagnations shaping our world. We'll start with community college enrollment, which is plummeting. Is COVID to blame or is there more to it? We'll also talk about Gen Z, who's spending a lot on travel, where are they getting all the money? Then we'll pivot to remote jobs. Are they a thing in the past? We'll parse out the data that's proving it's
0:21.4	proving it's harder and harder to get that dream remote job.
0:23.9	And then we'll talk about music.
0:25.4	First, there was Napster, then there was LimeWire,
0:27.9	then there was MySpace, then iTunes, Spotify,
0:30.7	but it's the new frontier for music on TikTok.
0:33.0	All of this on today's Lost Debate,
0:35.6	a show for political eclectics.
0:45.8	Hello, everyone. I'm Robbie Gupta.
0:47.1	And I'm Ricky Schlaude.
0:52.4	Well, Ricky, we get to invite on our good friend Mickey Ayyub to the podcast today.
0:53.3	Mickey, welcome.
0:55.7	Thank you so much, guys. I'm really pumped to be here.
1:00.9	Well, Mickey, just to introduce you, you are the very first employee at what was then the lost debate and now is the branch in the summer of, I don't know, year and a half, two years ago. And how
1:06.6	do we describe you? Former model turned political organizer turned media mogul? Is that what you are?
1:14.1	I appreciate that. My dad would say that I'm just a goofy kid from a small town in Brazil
1:19.6	that's trying too hard to be himself. I don't think you need to try that hard. But okay,
1:25.4	well, we have a voicemail, 3212-0-0-570. I promise we're going to get to a few of them today,
1:30.3	at least one. And we're talking about trends today. And we had this pivot point where we were
1:36.0	going to either talk about Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, maybe Joe Biden's announcement. And I thought
1:41.7	about it this morning. We talked it over and we're like, look,
1:44.4	this is a path that's well worn at this point over the last 48 hours. Whatever it needs to be
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