Trouble at CNN, Vivek’s Campaign, Biden’s Age, Charter Results
Lost Debate
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4.6 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | CNN CEO Chris Likt is out following an embarrassing Atlantic profile and the widely criticized Trump Town Hall. |
| 0:07.8 | We'll discuss the future of the network and what that saga says about the state of media generally. |
| 0:13.1 | Then Ricky hit the trail to spend some time with the youngest candidate in the presidential race. |
| 0:17.8 | We'll juxtapose her experience with the growing concerns over the age of the current occupant of the Oval Office. |
| 0:24.4 | Then, a new study from Stanford University as being dubbed the most comprehensive look at charter school performance ever. |
| 0:30.8 | We'll break down those findings. |
| 0:32.8 | All of that and more on The Lost Debate Show, a show for Politically Ecclectics. |
| 0:49.8 | Hello, everybody. I'm Robbie Gupta. And I'm Ricky Schlaught. Well, Ricky, how are you braving this crazy, crazy air in New York City right now? I went for like a really long walk last night and I'm regretting it right now. |
| 0:57.8 | But I was so pent up in my apartment that I was like, I just, I need to go. |
| 1:01.7 | And now my throat feels weird and my voice sounds weird. |
| 1:04.4 | So perfect podcasting conditions. |
| 1:07.2 | Well, shame on you and Mickey, because Mickey, I'm a producer of this show. |
| 1:11.3 | I was, we were on a call yesterday morning talking about like what stories we're going to pick for today. And I started coughing. I can't remember if you were Mickey, but one of you was like, no, I just think it's that you're old. I was like, no, I really think something's wrong with this air. I was like, I really am having a hard time. probably would have said that as well. So if it was Mickey, |
| 1:27.8 | a ditto. Yeah, it's kind of nutty. It's way better today, though. Yesterday was like literally yellow. And I'm not sure what was wrong with me, but I was like working outside on a sidewalk cafe and going for walks. And then I looked at my phone. I hadn't really been online. And all my |
| 1:44.7 | headlines were like coming up on my phone were like, this is potentially not safe or healthy. So you know, glad that I found that out after my day outdoors. It makes you really feel for people who live in cities like Delhi that have this kind of air all the time. I mean, I guess people become used to it, but man, that can't be good for you. |
| 2:02.0 | Or also the fact that we're all bitching and moaning here in New York. this kind of air all the time. I mean, I guess people become used to it, but man, that can't be good for you. |
| 2:02.0 | Or also the fact that we're all bitching and moaning here in New York, but like in Canada, they |
| 2:06.5 | literally have millions of acres of their land on fire. And I feel like no one's really talking about that. |
| 2:12.4 | So thoughts with Canada will survive. It's a very American crisis. |
| 2:18.3 | It's so self-centered. |
| 2:19.8 | Entirely. |
| 2:20.4 | They did ground planes at LGA. |
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