{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frealclearinvestigations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F108-WuiXpZ07","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Transparency: Hiding Kids' Identities From Parents | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #108","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/69be5d4f-b498-44bc-b3b5-f614ce9a7957/6cf67704-354a-4b10-809f-69ac9f8cf7a8/rci_108_square_thumbnail.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with RCI contributor John Murawski about his article detailing the backlash against policies adopted by thousands of public schools that aim to conceal the gender identity of trans students from their parents. \n\nIn our round-up of the week’s best investigative reporting, Zane and Varney discuss an NBC News report about Iran’s reliance on cheap and simple to make drones, a CNN article on the high-tech wizardry Israel has deployed to track and kill Iranian scientists and leaders, a Tablet piece reporting that China may not be as strong as commonly portrayed and an Atlantic report that Cuba may be Trump’s next target. They also discuss Ana Kasparian’s recent article for RCI about chronic fraud and mismanagement in California’s Medi-Cal system and the “billionaire’s tax” leaders are pitching to fund but not reform the $200 billion system.\n\nChapters\n00:00 Intro: News Roundup with Peder Zane and James Varney\n01:00 Global Military Dynamics and Drone Warfare\n06:15 China's Influence and Economic Challenges\n08:11 Cuba's Political Landscape and U.S. Relations\n11:30 California's Medi-Cal System and Government Fraud\n15:12 Interview with John Murawski\n16:30 Backlash Against School Policies on Gender Identity\n19:00 Legal Challenges and Parental Rights in Education\n23:48 Cultural Shifts and the Role of Parents\n31:19 The Impact of Social Media on Gender Identity\n37:18 The Cultural Revolution and Identity Politics\n"}