{"podcast":{"title":"Lost Debate","slug":"lost-debate-4428349","podcast_index_feed_id":4428349,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LDI5758173977","website_url":"https://thebranchmedia.org/show/lost-debate/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/99126e94-2b74-11ec-972d-d3c180841fe4/image/c83aab1ee471dc48641f99e9bda558da.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Branch","episode_count":455,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T02:21:32.886152+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-debate-4428349"},"episode":{"title":"Surprising Truths about Sex and Relationships","slug":"surprising-truths-about-sex-and-relationships","published_at":"2026-05-20T20:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-debate-4428349/surprising-truths-about-sex-and-relationships","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-debate-4428349","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/LDI9260573613.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/LDI9260573613.mp3","summary":"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 Ravi to unpack the hidden forces shaping modern relationships — from dating apps and Gen Z’s “sex recession” to infidelity, pornography, monogamy, and why so many Americans are single. Drawing on decades of research, they explore the gap between what people say they want and how relationships actually work. It’s a fascinating, surprising conversation about intimacy, trust, desire, and what it really means to find connection today. –––––––––––– Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 201-305-0084⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ravi at @RaviMGupta Notes from this episode are also available on Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Read more from Ravi on Substack: https://realravigupta.substack.com Follow The Branch at @thebranchmedia Listen to more episodes of Lost Debate on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Listen to more episodes of Lost Debate on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xR9pch9DrQDiZfGB5oF0F Listen to Where the Schools Went: https://thebranchmedia.org/show/where-the-schools-went/","meta_description":"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 Instit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3198,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lost-debate-4428349/episodes/surprising-truths-about-sex-and-relationships/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-debate-4428349/surprising-truths-about-sex-and-relationships.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}