Longtime friend of the show, Alex Gutentag (Alex G, for those who remember) returns to talk about the absurd implementation of virtual learning during Covid and why it was never a good idea, failures of the Teacher's Union, The Constant Gardener (2005), remembering fondly how you used to be able to make big budget Pharma corruption movies, and more.

Read Alex's piece that we discussed this episode https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-teachers-union-broke-public-education

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