Ep 21 | Joe Rogan, Banned Books, Blue City Exodus, Elon’s Twitter Troll

Lost Debate

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News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start things off with Spotify’s response to controversy over their top podcaster, Joe Rogan. We then discuss what’s behind an unsettling spike in book bans across the country. Americans are moving out of cities, but just how many? We delve into the urban exodus. Rikki walks us through a controversial criminal sentencing in Los Angeles that’s going underreported. And finally, a Twitter troll is tracking Elon Musk’s jet. [1:09] Joe Rogan & Spotify [12:45] Book Bans [25:25] Controversial Criminal Sentencing in LA [35:25] Americans Leaving Cities [42:56] Elon Musk vs. Twitter Troll Subscribe to The Lost Debate’s YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Sticher: 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 LOST DEBATE ON SOCIAL: Follow Lost Debate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostdebate/ Follow Lost Debate on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lostdebate Follow Lost Debate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelostdebate

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0:00.0	There has been this movement against removing Confederate monuments because they claim that's erasing history.
0:06.2	But now you've got some of these same people trying to ban actual books about history.
0:10.8	If you read a just general description of, hey, kids were oppressed in school or kids feel uncomfortable in school,
0:16.1	that's not as effective as literature that actually paints the experience of people.
0:21.3	I wasn't in high school so long ago. And when I was, I don't think I ever checked a book
0:25.5	out of the library. Like, all my research was, all my research was online.
0:35.1	Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics.
0:37.9	I'm Robbie Gupta.
0:38.7	I'm Corey Brought.
0:40.7	Well, Corey, what do we have today?
0:42.1	Well, we got some interesting stories to talk about today.
0:44.0	Coming up, book banning is on the rise in the U.S.
0:46.9	Who is to blame for this new trend?
0:49.0	Then a 26-year-old sentenced to juvenile detention.
0:52.2	We explore the controvers controversy surrounding that case.
0:54.8	Then a sizable portion of Americans are leaving places like California and moving to places
0:59.4	like Texas and Florida. Are we undergoing a new great migration? And Elon Musk, trolled by a 19-year-old,
1:06.2	has the billionaire finally met his match? But first things first, Joe Rogan is responding to controversy after a campaign of musicians
1:14.1	and podcasters removed their content from Spotify in protest of Rogan, who they claim
1:19.9	spreads vaccine misinformation on his podcast.
1:22.7	Neil Young has removed his music from the platform of Spotify and Joni Mitchell and apparently some other people want to as well.
1:32.1	I'm very sorry that they feel that way. I most certainly don't want that.
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