episode 153

Hunter Biden, Anti-Porn Camp, “Classical Education” Movement

The federal investigations into Hunter Biden continue after a plea deal was put on hold last week. Ravi and Rikki debate the controversies surrounding the president’s son, why public opinion on the investigations has become so polarized, and where Joe Biden fits into all of this. The classical education movement has picked up steam post-COVID. Nowhere is that more true than in Florida, where the state has moved to offer a new test that focuses on some old ideas as an alternative to the SAT and ACT. Finally, the hosts discuss an eye-opening article from Reason Magazine about a new anti-porn camp for teenagers. Is this approach a good idea, or has it led to abusive conditions?

SHOW NOTES

Voicemail

The Trump Jan. 6 Indictment, Annotated (New York Times, 8/1/23)

Hunter Biden [00:40]

The Burisma board, a laptop scandal and struggles with addiction: What to know about Hunter Biden’s legal troubles (Politico, 6/20/23)
What to know about the Hunter Biden federal investigations (ABC News, 7/26/23)
Biden said his son earned no money from China. His son says otherwise. (Washington Post, 8/1/123)
What to know about the Hunter Biden investigation and what it means (The Guardian, 6/20/23)
The right-wing fixation with Hunter Biden’s nudes, explained (Washington Post, 7/21/23)
Democrats, It’s OK to Talk About Hunter Biden (New York Times, 7/13/23)
Takeaways from the stunning Hunter Biden hearing and what happens now (CNN, 7/27/23)
House Republicans launch investigation of Hunter Biden’s deferred plea deal (ABC News, 8/1/23)
Everything We Know Devon Archer Told Congress About Hunter Biden (Newsweek, 
What to know about the Hunter Biden federal investigations (ABC News, 7/26/23)
The IRS whistleblowers. (Tangle, 7/24/23)
Impeaching Joe Biden. (Tangle, 7/29/23)
The Hunter Biden plea deal. (Tangle, 7/21/23)
The Biden investigation findings. (Tangle, 5/15/23)
The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop (New York Magazine, 10/12/22)
Who Is Maryellen Noreika, the Judge in the Hunter Biden Case? (New York Times,
7/26/23)
How Hunter Biden’s Judge Came to Have Doubts on the Deal (New York Times, 7/26/23)
Hunter Biden sold ‘illusion of access’ to his father, former business partner tells Congress (PBS, 7/31/23)
The inevitable Biden impeachment push nears the starting line (Washington Post, 7/25/23)
Yet another Hunter ‘bombshell’ is a dud (The Hill, 8/2/23)
Here’s how The Post analyzed Hunter Biden’s laptop (Washington Post, 3/30/22)

“Classical Education” Movement [34:20]

Florida eyes “classical” education agenda (Axios 8/6/23)
In Classical Schools, Kids Don’t Test For Weeks And The Quiet Ones Can Shine (The Federalist, 8/7/23)
Classical Education: An Attractive School Choice for Parents (Manhattan Institute, 7/29/21)
Amid the Pandemic, a Classical Education Boom: What if the Next Big School Trend Is 2,500 Years Old? (74 Million, 3/22/23)
The SAT Isn’t What’s Unfair (The Atlantic, 4/2/22)
DeSantis’s Revolutionary Defense of the Classics (Wall Street Journal, 5/12/23)
What is the classical education curriculum model? (Tampa Bay Times, 2/17/23)
A Tiny Christian College in Michigan Is Infiltrating Florida’s Schools (Slate, 10/7/23)
The Republican war on colleges (Axios, 7/23/23)
Florida to vote on whether to become first state to adopt classical education model (Washington Examiner, 8/6/23)
Test scores don’t stack up to GPAs in predicting college success (UChicago, 1/27/20)
Classical education charter schools on the rise in Florida with help from small, conservative Michigan college (ABC, 8/11/22)
Neoliberal Education Reform Paved the Way for Right-Wing “Classical Education” (Jacobin, 2/15/23)
DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand (New York Times, 1/31/23)
ACT Score Decline: Lost Learners Not Learning Loss (Forbes, 10/17/23)
ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years in a pandemic slide (NPR, 10/12/23)
Top 100 Colleges That Are Test-Optional In 2023 (Crimson Education, 3/15/23)
In college admissions, ‘test-optional’ is the new normal (The Hill, 12/2/22)
More Than 80% Of Four-Year Colleges Won’t Require Standardized Tests For Fall 2023 Admissions (Forbes, 11/15/22)
How The SAT Failed America (Forbes, 11/17/20)

Anti-Porn Camp [48:30]

Inside an Abusive Anti-Porn Camp for Teens (Reason, 8/1/23)
The strange alliance between #MeToo and the anti-porn movement (The Guardian, 4/8/18)
The OnlyFans Fight Isn’t Over (Slate, 8/25/21)
What Porn Does to Teen Brains—and How to Keep It Off Their Devices (Wall Street Journal, 7/2/22)
Teens and Pornography (Common Sense Media, 1/10/23)
This week in TikTok: The problem with the “Cancel Porn” movement (Vox, 3/2/21)
Anti-porn feminism is back and more divisive than ever (ID Magazine, 4/21/23)
The Confusing Politics of Men’s Anti-Porn Movements (Honi Soi, 4/5/23)
Porn Addiction St​​atistics And Trends in 2023 (Git Nux, 3/21/23)
More US States Consider Requiring ID to View Online Porn (PC Magazine, 2/14/23)
New Report Reveals Truths About How Teens Engage with Pornography (Cision, 1/10/23)
Groups file free speech lawsuit against Louisiana’s anti-porn law (NOLA, 6/20/23)