Lake Mead’s Vanishing Water, Scho...
Lake Mead’s Vanishing Water, School Paddling, Screen Time Science & Police Surveillance | TMI Ep 446
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan by Ted Rall and Manila Chan
Aug 20, 2026
01:04:17
Episode notes

Lake Mead’s disappearing water is exposing decades-old secrets, corporal punishment is still legal in American schools, new research challenges assumptions about children and screen time, and a major investigation raises troubling questions about police access to nationwide surveillance technology.

On today's TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan...

Lake Mead has lost an astonishing amount of water, and the receding shoreline is once again revealing human remains. But behind the grisly discovery is a much larger story about drought, evaporation, heat, snowpack and just how dramatically America’s largest reservoir has changed.

Think paddling students disappeared generations ago? Not quite. Corporal punishment remains legal in public schools in 15 states, and thousands of American children are still subjected to  ...