NYC’s Migrant Crisis, Virtual Reality School, Military’s Gen Z Problem

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The hosts kick off today’s show with a round-up of the latest immigration updates, from August’s record-high number of border crossings and a new ruling on Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s floating border barrier in Rio Grande to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ latest proclamation that the migrant crisis will destroy his city. Should students be able to attend virtual reality schools? Ravi and Rikki take stock of the merits, pitfalls, and politics of this new schooling option in Florida. America’s military faces a recruitment crisis: multiple branches will fall short of their enlistment goals this year, and only 9% of 16- to 21-year-olds say they would consider service. The hosts debate the possible reasons behind this trend and what can be done about it. Time Stamps: NYC’s Migrant Crisis - 0:27 Virtual Reality School - 15:38 Military’s Gen Z Problem - 29:00 Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 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	On today's show, we have a bunch of immigration updates from the national to the local.
0:06.5	We're also going to talk about a red state maternal health provider exodus.
0:10.8	We're going to debate the merits of virtual reality school.
0:14.3	And then we're going to talk about a Genzi military recruiting shortage.
0:18.2	All of this and more on the lost debate, a show for politically
0:21.0	collectives.
0:27.0	Hello, everybody. I'm Robbie Gupta. And I'm Rikish Lot. This is just a friendly reminder
0:31.9	to all of our listeners to please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us quite a lot. And if you
0:36.8	are a fan of the show, please consider
0:39.1	sharing it today with a friend of yours who might also be in need of some good faith political
0:44.2	debate. There you go. Ricky, wonderful time to be in New York. I live across the street from a school
0:51.2	and just to see all the kids out there, all the buzz.
0:56.1	You know, I would say this is, you know, among the best times in New York City, the first week
1:00.0	of September.
1:01.0	But as we'll get to, there's a lot happening in the city that isn't so positive.
1:05.5	But let's first start at the national level.
1:07.6	We did this segment on immigration, and we talked about a lot of stuff,
1:13.9	what's happening at the border, what's happening in our cities. And there are four distinct updates
1:18.8	that we have to give today as it relates to immigration as it relates to those stories.
1:22.6	But first, let's talk about the border itself. What's happening down there?
1:26.3	Yes. So this month, or this past month in August, illegal family crossings reached an all-time
1:32.8	high. There were 91,000 arrests of people and families by Border Patrol just that month.
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