In this episode of Debatable at Best, Ray Ali and Amol Gharte tackle three forces quietly reshaping everyday life: health, money, and control.

Ray opens with GLP-1 drugs — the weight-loss and diabetes medications reshaping healthcare, behavior, and expectations around obesity. We debate whether these drugs are a genuine medical breakthrough or a costly long-term dependency, touching on effectiveness, side effects, access, and what happens when people stop taking them.

Amol then shifts the conversation to privacy and stablecoins, breaking down why digital money, surveillance, and control over financial data are becoming inseparable — and why stablecoins sit at the center of future debates around trust, regulation, and personal freedom.

We close with student loans, where the restart of collections, shifting repayment rules, and long-term debt burdens raise a bigger question: has higher education quietly become a multi-decade financial tax for millions of Americans?

As always, no prescriptions — just perspective on where incentives, systems, and real life collide.

In this episode of Debatable at Best, Ray Ali and Amol Gharte cover a wide-ranging conversation that connects technology, energy, and political power.

We start with semiconductor chips — why they matter so much right now, how they sit at the center of global competition, and what they signal about supply chains, national security, and future growth. From there, we zoom out to the state of energy in the U.S., unpacking America’s continued dominance in fossil fuels, the quiet but accelerating rise of renewables, and what it means that the U.S. produces more energy than ever while exporting a large share of it abroad.

Amol then introduces the fundamentals of blockchain technology — what it actually is, why it keeps resurfacing in economic and political conversations, and how it might fit into future systems beyond speculation.

We close with a discussion on gerrymandering, using Texas and California as case studies to explore how redistricting has become an explicit political weapon — and what recent legal battles and voter-approved changes could mean for representation, elections, and the balance of power going forward.

No clean throughline. No easy answers. Just perspective across markets, systems, and incentives.

In this special episode of Debatable at Best, Ray Ali and Amol Gharte break down the events leading up to the recent U.S. military action in Venezuela and explore why it may have happened.

We walk through the known facts surrounding the attack, then examine competing explanations — including the Trump administration’s claim that oil played a central role. With Venezuela holding some of the world’s largest crude reserves, we discuss whether this was about energy security, leverage, or something bigger.

The conversation expands to China’s growing proximity to Venezuela, particularly through oil and economic ties, and whether U.S. action was meant to send a broader message about global influence and red lines.

Finally, we debate what precedent this sets for the United States: a shift toward a more aggressive posture, flexing military power to protect strategic interests, and what this could mean for geopolitics going forward.

No answers — just perspective.