meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It's a Numbers Game: The Numbers Behind America’s Education Crisis: Fewer Kids, More Spending, Lower Scores

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

iHeartPodcasts

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Daily News, Politics

4.511.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this episode of A Numbers Game, Ryan sits down with Marc Porter Magee, founder of 50CAN, to break down the biggest trends reshaping American education. From declining birth rates and shrinking school enrollment to the rising costs of public education, Marc explains how demographic shifts are creating major challenges for school systems nationwide.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.8

Welcome back to a numbers game with Ryan Gurdowski.

0:06.9

Thank you guys for being here.

0:08.6

So I want to start the podcast by talking about last week.

0:11.0

Late last week, I went to Buck Sexton's book party.

0:14.6

I have a copy of his book.

0:17.1

Manufacturing Delusion.

0:18.8

Very exciting.

0:19.7

I got to actually meet some other members of the Buck and Clay podcast network like Kara Moskowitz and Lisa Booth and that's a lot of fun because you never get to see these people like in real life and we're very rarely in the same place and obviously get to hang out of Buck. So that was wonderful. And his book, uh, this book seems really interesting. I haven't read it yet, but I will read it and I will give you guys a full honest review.

0:40.0

Whether Buckle, I said, or not, no, I'm sure it's really, really good.

0:43.1

It sounds really well thought out as a thesis and very, very well researched.

0:48.2

So I find that very interesting.

0:49.9

And he wrote me the longest note inside the book.

0:54.6

And I was like, this is not my yearbook.

0:56.6

Like you don't have to say, you know, never change, keep in touch.

0:59.3

Like this is exhausting.

1:00.5

But I love bucks.

1:02.7

I'm just making a joke.

1:03.5

But I'm excited and I'm excited to read and I'm excited to give you guys some feedback because I know a lot of people have asked me about it.

1:10.9

I've spoken a lot on this podcast about fertility data.

1:15.3

And I wrote about my substack, we're talking about social media, national and international

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.