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Ravi sits down with Matt Homewood, a dumper diver who is making it his mission to spread the word about the world's No. 1 solution to climate change: food waste. Born in the suburbs of west London, Matt started dumpster diving during a cross-country bike tour of the United States and later continued the trend while studying climate change in Denmark. Astonished by the sheer amount of perfectly suitable food heading to the landfill, Matt started an instagram account (@anurbanharvestor) to shed light on just how much supermarkets were tossing away. Matt and Ravi talk about what he’s learned about retail food waste and how our food system can become less wasteful.

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We sit down with Bridget Phetasy, host of “Dumpster Fire” on YouTube and the “Walk-Ins Welcome” podcast. Bridget is a comedian and former Playboy columnist turned politically homeless thought leader. She’s cultivated a vibrant following of those who defy the political binary and value individualism over partisanship. We discuss the problems with the two-party system and the difficulty not falling into nihilism.

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The Regressives Ep. 4 |

In America, it's all too common that we measure success by whether you leave the town you grew up in. The best and brightest, it's assumed, are those that get out. Why do we accept that as a country? Urban revitalization strategist Majora Carter says we shouldn't, and we won't see real improvement in our low-income neighborhoods until we approach them differently. Ravi and Majora get into a wide-ranging discussion about flawed community outreach, the "non-profit industrial complex," gentrification, affordable housing and urban renewal.

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Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start on the oversimplified narratives surrounding 40-year high inflation. We discuss the implications for Donald Trump after his longtime accounting firm cut ties with the family business. We present the best and worst sides of TikTok and why we need a more nuanced discussion about how it affects society. Three members of San Francisco’s school board, ousted in a landslide vote; why parents united against them. And finally, a new conservative dating app: “The Right Stuff.”

[1:11] Inflation

[14:01] Trump Investigation

{23:53} Tik Tok

[34:21] SF School Board Update

[40:21] Right Wing Dating App

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This week’s media blitz around Dave Chappelle as an anti-affordable housing crusader missed a lot of nuance around the development proposal in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Ravi, Cory, and Rikki dive in. “A new low for global democracy.” We discuss the 2021 Democracy Index and the dire picture it paints for democratic values around the world. We debate the latest front in the CRT fight in schools: curriculum transparency. And finally, we catch up with the eccentric couple accused of conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin.

[1:04] Chappelle

[11:02] Democracy in Decline

[22:14] CRT/Woke

[36:24] Bitcoin Hoax

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A recent exposé in New York Magazine outlines the murky finances of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. Ravi, Cory, and Rikki discuss the allegations in the piece. We take a look at an egregiously gerrymandered map in Alabama before diving into the wider issue with partisan gerrymandering nationwide. Rikki shows us a new ad FIRE is running with Enes Kanter Freedom during the Beijing Olympics, and Ravi talks us through a breakthrough in nuclear power. Plus, it’s Oscars season! We discuss the increasingly irrelevant awards show and talk about the nominees none of our hosts have seen.

[1:02] BLM Funding

[12:28] Gerrymandering

[23:37] Enes Kanter Freedom

[30:25] Nuclear Fusion

[40:16] Academy Awards

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Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with yet another Joe Rogan controversy, this time over his use of the N-word and racist jokes. Mike Pence and the RNC are getting even further apart on the Big Lie. What’s that say about the state of the GOP? Canada’s Freedom Convoy is still going strong in Ottawa. We discuss how the protests started, where they stand now, and the troubling precedent of GoFundMe picking and choosing which causes can get donations. Several states are pulling mask mandates; why other states might soon follow. And finally, Ravi brings us an update on Chinese investment in the Metaverse.

[1:00] Joe Rogan Apology

[18:34] Mike Pence

[24:50] Ottawa

[38:32] Dems States Masks Mandate

[44:25] Metaverse & China

[59:59} Follow Ups

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Camden, NJ was once among the lowest performing school districts in the country. A system that had thirteen superintendents in twenty years and that routinely ranked in the bottom of New Jersey school districts. That changed in 2013, when an unlikely coalition united behind a different kind of education leader and playbook. We look back to one of the most overlooked and important education stories of the past few decades. 

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Ravi, Cory, and Rikki jump into Brian Flores’ suit accusing the NFL of widespread racism. Newly leaked documents suggest the Biden administration was as disorganized as they appeared in the days before the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Talks in Washington over the child tax credit appear to be back on the table, and two new studies cast serious doubt on separate policies we’ve heard a lot about in the last year: universal pre-K and COVID-19 lockdowns.

[1:28] Brian Flores vs. The NFL

[17:38] Biden's Afghan Failure

[27:45] Child Tax Credit

[39:25] Universal Pre-K

[46:24] Covid-19 Lockdowns

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Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start things off with Spotify’s response to controversy over their top podcaster, Joe Rogan. We then discuss what’s behind an unsettling spike in book bans across the country. Americans are moving out of cities, but just how many? We delve into the urban exodus. Rikki walks us through a controversial criminal sentencing in Los Angeles that’s going underreported. And finally, a Twitter troll is tracking Elon Musk’s jet.

[1:09] Joe Rogan & Spotify

[12:45] Book Bans

[25:25] Controversial Criminal Sentencing in LA

[35:25] Americans Leaving Cities

[42:56] Elon Musk vs. Twitter Troll

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