Hello, everybody. This is Robbie Gupta, the CEO of the Lost Debate and the co-host of the Lost

Debate Show with Ricky. Today we're dropping a special episode. This is an episode of The Citizen

Stewart Show, and this is a show that I co-host with Chris Stewart. We're both veterans of the

education world. And every week, we're going to talk about issues affecting our kids, you know, everything

from politics to school practice to cultural issues. And this is just a special show we have now

at the Lost Debate. It has its own feed. So if you like this episode, go to the Citizen

Stewart Show on Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts. And of course, if you're on this feed

for our regular content, you know, that'll continue.

This is just us giving you a preview of a new show that we're really excited about.

Hey, friends, it's Citizen Stewart.

What is on fire this week?

We're here to talk about it.

Welcome to the Citizen Stewart Show, a podcast about education in America where we deep dive into the headlines and the stories that aren't being covered.

Looking to shed some light on the dark forces affecting our schools and our democracy.

I'm your host, Chris Citizen Stewart. I'm also the CEO of Brightbeam,

a nonprofit network of activists fighting for educational opportunities and justice for every child.

And with me is my co-host, Ravi Gupta, a former Obama staffer and superintendent of a network of charter schools in the South. How you doing,

Ravi? You know, I'm pumped for this show, Chris. I've been waiting for this for a while.

But before we do anything, you were in my city, New York City this past week. How was it?

How was the city? Or how was I what I was there for? Because the city is the same as it ever was.

No, I'm trying to elicit this like sort of get off my lawn mentality you have about New York

City. Last time I talked to you, you were you were spewing some kind of Fox News,

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