Podcast Episodes

Is AI Overhyped? With Cal Newport

Ravi sits down with bestselling author Cal Newport to unpack the hype and reality of artificial intelligence. They explore how AI may actually be hurting productivity by diminishing our ability to fo…

Published on 12 hours ago

A British Revolution

Ravi sits down with Doug Lemov and former UK Schools Minister Nick Gibb to discuss Nick’s new book, Reforming Lessons: Why English Schools Have Improved Since 2010 and How This Was Achieved, and expl…

Published on 2 weeks ago

War Will Never Be the Same

Ravi sits down with legendary war correspondent Dexter Filkins for a closer look into how drones and AI are transforming modern warfare. They explore Dexter’s recent piece in The New Yorker, Is the U…

Published on 3 weeks ago

What Washed Away

Years before the levees failed, New Orleans’ public schools were already in crisis. The corruption was so entrenched that the FBI even set up shop inside the district. The first episode of Where the …

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Are We Heading for a Recession?

Ravi is joined by hedge fund founder Spencer Hakimian for a deep dive into the state of the U.S. economy under Trump. They begin with the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a move …

Published on 1 month ago

Introducing ‘Where the Schools Went’

August 2025 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina altered New Orleans forever. Much has been written about the storm’s destruction and the city’s long road to recovery. But tucked behind those headl…

Published on 1 month ago

Maxwell Pardon, Tariff Wins, CECOT Prison

Ravi opens the show by diving into the latest headlines, from Trump's reluctance to rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell to the latest attacks on FEMA and the US. dollar.

He then welcomes Gisela S…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Epstein Diversions, Russia-gate Revisionism, Gen Z Sex

Ravi kicks off the show with the latest update in the Epstein scandal — a resurfaced birthday letter allegedly sent from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. He unpacks the implications of Trump's denial…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Epstein Matters

Ravi unpacks a chaotic week in politics, with Trump’s Epstein scandal spiraling into an unprecedented crisis for his MAGA coalition. He explores how conspiracy thinking fuels Trump’s base and why thi…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Diddy Verdict, Mamdani Fallout, Hobby Politics

Ravi welcomes The Atlantic’s Tyler Austin Harper back to the show for a wide-ranging conversation on some of the week’s biggest headlines, from the Diddy verdict and the dangers of prosecutorial outr…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago