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Lost Debate

Ep 67 | Woke CEOs, Alex Jones, Antitrust Push, Kansas Abortion, Crypto Crackdown

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ravi, Cory, and Rikki unpack a showdown between ‘Woke CEOs’ and conservative states that say: we don’t do business with outspoken lefties. They discuss Alex Jones’ trial and the bombshell revelations that his phone records revealed. Then the hosts take a look at the push inside the Biden administration to break apart large corporations. On the education beat, a number of grade schools are banning cellphones inside classrooms. Finally, they cover the Miami Dolphins scandal, a vote to protect abortion in red Kansas, and a potential crackdown on cryptocurrency. [0:50] Woke CEOs [14:20] Alex Jones [22:50] Antitrust Push [39:20] Kids' Cellphones [48:30] Kansan Abortion [49:25] Crypto Crackdown Check out our show notes: https://lostdebate.com/2022/08/05/ep-67/ Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ 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

People treat these figures like Alex Jones as fringe. And as I've been saying for a long time,

0:05.4

like a lot of these people are building audiences bigger than MSNBC, CNN, maybe even Fox News. And

0:10.5

it is profitable in America to tell lies. How do you fight that? Now you fight that with truth.

0:20.0

Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for Politically Ecclectics.

0:24.7

I'm Ravi Gupta.

0:25.7

I'm Corey Brayford.

0:26.7

And I'm Ricky Schlaught.

0:27.7

What do we have today, Corey?

0:28.7

Well, we got a pretty big episode.

0:29.5

On today's show, Alex Jones had his day in court and it'll make your jaw drop.

0:33.9

We'll discuss the key moments there before diving into the world of antitrust.

0:37.4

That thing we

0:37.9

learned about in ninth grade history class that's actually making a comeback in D.C. these days.

0:42.4

Then we'll decide whether it's time to take cell phones away from kids while they're in school,

0:46.0

and we'll bring you a few quick news updates from the past couple of days.

0:49.3

But first things first, conservative lawmakers around the country are coming after corporations they accuse of being

0:55.6

too woke with a slew of legislation. Citing concerns over businesses, social and political

1:00.9

activism, politicians have done everything from putting guardrails on employee diversity

1:05.0

training to outright halting business with specific firms. Now companies are finding themselves

1:10.2

caught between a rock and a hard

1:12.1

place, balancing the competing interests of their conservative critics and progressive activists.

1:17.6

So Ricky, take us through some of the legislation that we've seen so far. How many bills have

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