Back to School
From Grounded with Jon Tester & Maritsa Georgiou by Jon Tester & Maritsa Georgiou
March 11, 2026 · 1h 5m · Season 2 · Episode 9
About this episode
The episode features a conversation with Georgetown University students about the political issues affecting their generation.
We owe the parents of Kalpana Narlikar and Leo Auerbach an apology. A few weeks ago, we recorded a conversation with these two Georgetown University undergrads. Between the State of the Union and a new war, I completely forgot we had it on deck.Narlikar and Auerbach are students in JT’s discussion group this semester at Georgetown. They were kind enough to sit down with us to chat about the issues most important to their generation, how they view the political landscape, and also what gives them hope. Don’t miss the broken chair that is sure to become a new inside Grounded joke.We hit on bipartisan conversations, ICE policies, the national debt, artificial intelligence, and normalized mayhem.“We don’t know anything different than the pandemonium and the craziness that we’re seeing,” Auerbach said. “I don’t think our generation knows a normal politics. I don’t think we know decorum, I don’t think we know diplomacy, and I don’t think we know dialogue.”Ahead of our conversation with the students, we break down the Georgia special election results, the latest on Iran, the shoes making political headlines, and more reflections on Montana political bombshells.
People in this episode
Hosts: Jon Tester, Maritsa Georgiou
Guests: Kalpana Narlikar, Leo Auerbach
Topics covered
- political landscape
- student perspectives
- bipartisan conversations
- national debt
- artificial intelligence
- ICE policies
Keywords
- politics
- students
- bipartisanship
- national debt
- artificial intelligence
- ICE policies
- Georgia election
- Iran
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Georgetown University
Places: Georgia, Iran, Montana
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