The Battle Over Critical Race Theory

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At what age should a doctor be allowed to perform gender reassignment surgery on an individual? You believe adults. What do you think about things like critical race theory? And maybe we can just use that as a way to just talk about the state of US education in general. Are we preparing our children for the task at hand and how does it need to change, if at all?

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(0:49) Jason and Sacks intro Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

(3:46) Foreign policy: Ukraine / Russia

(17:17) Foreign policy: Taiwan / China

(18:57) Government spending: Fiscal responsibility, where to cut budget, debt ceiling

(33:22) US Govt Intelligence Agencies: "Deep State," increasing accountability, "agency capture"

(46:04) COVID: mishandling, more "agency capture," vaccine policy

(55:10) Broader thoughts on vaccines in general

(1:05:54) Energy policy: thoughts on nuclear

(1:15:29) Culture wars: trans issues, CRT in schools, public vs charter schools

(1:23:09) Media: declining trust, misaligned incentives, conflict of interest with large advertisers

(1:30:07) Mainstream media coverage, ABC News debacle, evolving with new information, money in politics