Episodes 436
Avg. Duration 51m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.6 (603)
Since Oct 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Lost Debate is a weekly podcast from The Branch that brings you news, ideas, and arguments from around the political spectrum. We engage in the good-faith discussions that too much of our society and media miss. It's hosted by Ravi Gupta, a former Obama staffer turned school principal.

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An Optimist’s Guide to Investing

Jun 10, 2026 43m

Ravi sits down with financial writer and Animal Spirits co-host Ben Carlson to discuss investing, inflation, market psychology, and why long-term optimism still wins. From stock market crashes and…

Will Platner Cost Dems the Senate?

Jun 05, 2026 39m

Ravi Gupta examines the growing scandals surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, from newly revealed sexting allegations to controversial past comments and mounting questions about his…

The Case Against Dating Apps

Jun 02, 2026 53m

Dating apps promised to make finding love easier. Instead, many people feel more disconnected, discouraged, and lonely than ever. Ravi sits down with relationship coach, matchmaker, and founder of…

Eight Years in the Making

Jun 01, 2026 6m

What did you used to want to learn, make, or finish? Guitar. Spanish. Salsa. The novel you've been starting for a decade. We all carry an invisible list: the skills we wish we'd learned, the talents…

The $40 Billion Money Pit

May 27, 2026 40m

New York City spends over $40,000 per student — more than almost anywhere in America — yet its schools deliver painfully average results while enrollment continues to collapse. Ravi sits down with…

Surprising Truths about Sex and Relationships

May 20, 2026 53m

Everything we think we know about dating, sex, love, and marriage may only be half true. In this episode, Dr. Justin Garcia, director of the Kinsey Institute and author of The Intimate Animal, joins…

The Mississippi Miracle

May 13, 2026 52m

How did Mississippi — long seen as one of the worst states in America for education — become one of the fastest-improving in the country? In this episode, education reformer Rachel Canter joins Ravi…

What if the Iran War Never Ends?

May 06, 2026 42m

What if the Iran war never really ends—but instead settles into a dangerous, permanent limbo? In this episode, Ravi Gupta sits down with former Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer to unpack…

Grading Mamdani

May 04, 2026 54m

Ravi Gupta sits down with Bradley Tusk to break down New York City’s mounting budget crisis, a $6B deficit, and the tough choices facing Mayor Mamdani. They dig into the city’s $40B education…

Can You Predict a Recession?

May 01, 2026 46m

What if everything you’ve been told about recessions is wrong? On this episode, Ravi Gupta sits down with economist Tyler Goodspeed to challenge the classic “boom and bust” narrative—arguing that…

Nobody Lasts That Long

Apr 23, 2026 1h 2m

Ravi sits down with legendary music biographer Bob Spitz, who pulls back the curtain on rock’s biggest icons and the forces that made them endure. From secret blues records on military bases to the…

Cuba Libre?

Apr 16, 2026 51m

When Ravi Gupta was a struggling high school student, he pulled Jon Lee Anderson’s biography of Che Guevara off his mom’s bookshelf—and it became the first book that truly grabbed him, shaping how he…

Iran Ceasefire, Hasan Piker

Apr 08, 2026 46m

Ravi Gupta breaks down what he sees as a major U.S. loss in Iran, arguing that Trump’s threats and ceasefire ultimately left Iran with more power and America with less. He also shares clips of Hasan…

How to Make and Lose a Million Dollars

Apr 01, 2026 1h 6m

Ravi Gupta sits down with Alexander Hurst, author of Generation Desperation, to unpack his journey from $300 to over $1 million—and the identity he built around the life that money seemed to promise.…

Iran Quagmire + AI Politics

Mar 18, 2026 50m

What happens when Americans fear AI more than Trump, ICE, or either political party? In this provocative conversation, Catherine Bracy joins Ravi to unpack why voters are deeply skeptical of…

The People vs. AI

Feb 25, 2026 47m

In this episode, Ravi Gupta talks with Time’s Andrew Chow about an unlikely coalition rising up against AI — from MAGA-aligned tech skeptics to democratic socialists pushing for data center…

The Openclaw Revolution

Feb 18, 2026 37m

AI is shifting from something you prompt to something that can proactively work for you. Ravi Gupta sits down with technologist Michael Simon to unpack OpenClaw—an open-source, always-on AI agent…

Wacky Economy, Epstein Fallout, Our Elders

Feb 12, 2026 1h 15m

Ravi Gupta examines new data challenging the idea of a strong economic recovery and connects the week’s biggest political and cultural stories—from deficits, tariffs, and the Epstein revelations to…

More Epstein Revelations

Feb 05, 2026 24m

Ravi breaks down the week’s most important stories. He examines what’s wrong with the Epstein file release—and what it reveals about elite culture, status addiction, and moral drift. He then turns to…

Pretti Killing, ICE Impunity, NVIDIA Dominance

Jan 28, 2026 1h 19m

Ravi begins by explaining why this conversation matters to him: although he’s often skeptical of tech leaders, he sees Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as a rare and genuinely consequential figure. He briefly…

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