On today's show, the WGA and studios have reached a deal.

We'll also talk about North Carolina, who just passed a massive expansion of school vouchers and education savings accounts.

And then we're going to turn to three scandals and controversies that started in real life and have migrated to the internet where people have lots of opinions.

The first is how to be anti-racist author Ibram Kendi and his recent woes.

We'll then talk about accusations of sexual assault against Russell Brand.

And then we'll turn to a viral video that's ignited a debate over the ethics of Karen takedowns.

All of this and more on The Lost Deb debate, a show for politically eclectics.

Hello, everybody. I'm Robbie Gupta. And I'm Ricky Schlaught. Ricky, we have a lot to talk about today. Let's start with some good news over the weekend. The WGA and the producers,

the AMPT or TP, have reached a tentative deal. Both sides have claimed victory, which is a good sign.

And essentially, it looks like the basics here are that there are wage increases, something on the order between 5 and 6%, the details

haven't been fully released yet. Some concessions on AI, protections against AI, although the

studios have kept certain rights to experiment. This is a three-year deal, and the writers also got certain levels of minimum staffing

based on the number of episodes on a TV show, though that was also short of what they wanted.

But the writers did not get a strike recognition clause, which means that they are now

contractually obligated once this is all done

and signed off on by the members, that they have to go back to work and that they won't be

striking in solidarity with actors. So it seems like the first step in business as usual coming

back to Hollywood.

Yeah, Belmar, I'd like to come on your show now that I hope that he's coming back.

But just to put it in the words of WGA, they say, what we have won in this contract,

most particularly everything we've gained since May 2nd, is due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power to demonstrate its solidarity,

to walk side by side to endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days. So this has been

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