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Pantsuit Politics

The Education Crisis Nobody Wants to Fix

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Rahm Emanuel came ready to talk — and y'all, we were ready. This conversation covers the education crisis in America (which I don’t think a single person in this audience needs to be convinced about), what Mississippi actually did to turn things around, why Rahm closed schools in Chicago and would do it again, and what a real federal education strategy could look like. We also got into fiscal reality, political will, phones in classrooms, the debt we owe to community colleges, and whether the next president should come in like FDR or like a triage nurse. Plus: Rahm's near-death experience at 17, coffee in bed, and empty nest advice. — Sarah Topics Discussed The Education Crisis: Why We Know What to Do and Won’t Do It (science of reading, phonics, the Mississippi Marathon) High School Reform, Community Colleges, and the “Learn, Plan, Succeed” Framework Phones, Screens, and What We’ve Abdicated to the Algorithm School Closures, Political Will, and Owning Tough Decisions Outside of Politics: Swimming, Coffee in Bed, and Raising Boys Ready to go deeper? Visit our website for complete show notes, exclusive premium content, chats, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:09.5

I listen to Sarah and Beth

0:11.1

because I can count on them to bring multiple perspectives

0:13.9

to an issue or current event.

0:15.7

From people with actual moral virtues

0:18.2

who might feel comfortable being around my kids.

0:20.8

Sarah and Beth do such a tremendous job of listening to each other and to opinions that don't

0:26.6

immediately align with their own. They've done their homework. They ask good questions,

0:31.6

and they aren't afraid to change their minds. This is Sarah Stewart-Hollin.

0:39.8

This is Beth Silvers. You're listening to Pantsuit Politics today. We are joined by Rahm Emanuel, who has done everything. Ram Emanuel has been a member

0:45.1

of Congress. He's been the White House Chief of Staff. He's been our ambassador to Japan and the

0:50.0

mayor of Chicago. And we are really interested in him as a 2028 presidential contender

0:56.6

because he has all this experience but doesn't seem content to just rest in it. He feels

1:02.2

like someone who is out there listening to people. He's traveling the country, going to places

1:06.5

that people don't expect him to go, talking to people that he's not expected to talk to, and you can hear it in the policies he's rolling out. So we wanted to have him on to talk about

1:15.2

education and a whole lot more. You are not going to want to miss his outside of politics tips for

1:20.2

empty nesters. We find ROM refreshing. If you do too, we hope that you'll text this conversation

1:26.2

to someone in your life and let them know what we do here at Pantsuit Politics.

1:29.9

It is the best way to get normal people interested in politics, and we need more normal people participating in the American political scene.

1:41.1

Next up, our conversation with Rahm Emanuel.

2:34.2

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