The Problem With...

What exactly is "the problem"? In this podcast, we tackle the complicated issues affecting the United States today—from failing education policies and systemic inequalities to deep-rooted social crises. With thoughtful analysis, sharp wit, and firsthand insights from the front lines, we unpack each problem to understand where we went wrong and explore what it will take to get things right. Join us as we dive into "The Problem With..." and start conversations that truly matter.

The Problem With... is a society podcast hosted by Luis, with 38 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Luis hosts The Problem With..., a society show with 38 episodes published.

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  Starting Over: What No One Tells You About Fixing a Broken Program

  Oct 5, 202546 minS0

  <p>In this deeply personal episode of Off the Record, I open up about what it’s really like to walk into a program that’s been through years of high turnover — the exhaustion, the rebuilding, and the resistance that comes when you try to bring structure and consistency back to a place that’s lost both.</p><p>But let me be clear — this episode isn’t about one person, one school, or one situation. It’s about the bigger issue that thousands of teachers across America are living through right now: how hard it is to rebuild culture in a system th...

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  From Classrooms to Congress: The Scandal Playbook of Walters and Trump

  Aug 16, 202540 minS0

  <p>In this Off the Record update, I return from a short break to dive headfirst into the chaos consuming both Oklahoma and Washington, D.C.</p><p>We start local with Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s scandal-plagued Superintendent of Public Instruction, whose latest controversy — a TV in his office allegedly flashing nude images during a board meeting — has spiraled into investigations, denials, and finger-pointing. But that’s just one entry in his long rap sheet: rewriting curricula to push Trump’s 2020 election conspiracies, mandating Bibles in public schools, banning LGBTQ+ books, mishandling the Nex Benedict tragedy, misusing pandemic relief funds, and cozyin...

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  When Justice Bows to Power: Pardons, Platforms, and the Price of Silence

  Jul 26, 202552 minS0

  <p>In this emergency episode of Off the Record, we take on the firestorm ignited by Donald Trump's claim that he would consider pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell — the convicted sex trafficker at the center of the Epstein scandal. But that’s only the beginning.</p><p>We dive into the media spin, the normalization of abuse, and the calculated distractions meant to protect the powerful. Then, we turn our focus to Jubilee — a popular YouTube platform now under fire for giving actual fascists a national spotlight while ambushing respected journalist Mehdi Hasan in a room full of extremists. We name names, we exp...

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  The Distraction Presidency — Trump, Epstein, and the War on Truth

  Jul 25, 202549 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Off the Record, we go deep into the story the media won’t stay on — and the distractions they use to keep us from looking.</p><p>Segment 1 unpacks how President Donald Trump was formally briefed in May 2025 that his name appears in the Epstein files — and how his legal team, the DOJ, and even corporate media are doing everything possible to bury it.</p><p>Segment 2 turns to Oklahoma, where State Superintendent Ryan Walters is waging war on public education: pushing illegal Bible mandates, immigration profiling in schools, censorship of racial justice, and handing educat...

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  The Bootstrap Lie: Work Hard, Stay Poor

  Jul 23, 20251h 1mS0

  <p>They told us that if we worked hard, we’d succeed. That grit beats luck. That poverty is a personal failure.<br>But that was never true. And in this episode, we rip the mask off the most toxic lie in American culture: the myth of the bootstrap.</p><p>Over five in-depth segments, we break down the history, the policies, and the human cost of a system built not to reward hard work—but to protect wealth, punish the poor, and distract us with blame.</p><p>We walk through redlining, racist education policy, student debt, corporate bailouts, and...

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