Modi in America, SCOTUS Scandal, Failing Students, Food Police

Lost Debate

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4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Justice Alito is the recent focus of SCOTUS ethics scandals. Is it finally time for reform? India's Prime Minister Modi is in America for a much-hyped state visit with President Biden. We dive into who Narendra Modi is, how he came to power, and American misconceptions about the leader of the world's largest democracy. Alarming new national data shows math and reading scores for 13-year-olds are the lowest in a decade. How did we get here? And, what should we do about it? Some lawmakers want to stop Americans from using benefits to buy junk food, but opponents argue Congress shouldn’t police people's diets. Rikki and Ravi debate how far should the government go. [03:16] - SCOTUS Scandal [14:34] - Modi in America [35:31] - Failing Students [50:26] -Food Police 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/thebranchmedia/ 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/ 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	We've got a PAC show today. Today we're going to cover yet another Supreme Court ethics scandal.
0:05.9	This one involving Justice Alito. We'll also talk about more questions about COVID's origins.
0:11.4	We'll check in on Prime Minister Modi's state visit the U.S. and help you make sense of our relationship with the world's largest democracy.
0:19.3	We'll also look at some new national data
0:21.8	that shows some alarming trends about student achievement,
0:24.6	and then we'll have a debate over whether the government
0:26.7	should limit food assistance to healthy food options.
0:31.2	All of this and more on today's episode
0:33.3	of The Lost Debate Show, a show for political eclectics.
0:45.3	Hello, everybody.
0:46.0	I'm Ravi Gupta.
0:47.3	And I'm Rikush Thot.
0:49.2	Well, Ravi, what's up in Austin?
0:49.8	You're still there?
0:50.6	Yep.
0:52.4	100 degrees plus.
0:54.0	Still loving the city. I'm here for the National Charter Schools Conference, and I haven't been able to attend a lot of stuff just because I've had so many meetings around the work at the branch. But last night there was a dinner honoring 60 years of service of a guy named Dr. Howard Fuller. And if people don't know who he is, you should look
1:11.5	him up. He's written some interesting books. And he was featured prominently in waiting for Superman.
1:17.0	And he's the kind of guy who would be a nationally recognized civil rights leader, like in the
1:22.4	broadest possible way, if we were living in a sane world. But because he's a big supporter of different aspects of school choice, he's a
1:31.2	hero to some, a villain to others.
1:34.5	And, you know, he's one of those people who I think time will be very kind to him because
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