🤯 "Is a college degree officially dead weight in 2026?" 📉

Welcome back to the Crown Academy Debate podcast with Coach Mike, Kai, and Nova!

In Episode 17, we are pulling our heads out of the sci-fi clouds and dropping straight into a brutal economic reality. Youth unemployment is surging, and recent college graduates are facing a "trash" job market where entry-level white-collar roles are disappearing overnight.

In this episode, we break down the elements of how AI is diminishing the weight of a college degree.

Kai (Government) and Nova (Opposition) go head-to-head on the real impact of artificial intelligence on software engineering, coding, and finance. Is Elon Musk right that a degree isn't needed anymore, or does ditching university just open the door for a massive wave of corporate nepotism?

We also tackle the "Reverse Stigma" of blue-collar trades—why skilled tradespeople are suddenly out-earning office workers—and lay out the exact 3-step survival toolkit today's youth need to stay irreplaceable in an AI-driven world.

📚 What you’ll learn in this episode:

✔ The truth behind the corporate "No Degree Required" PR stunt.

✔ Why AI is eating white-collar launch pads faster than physical labor.

✔ How to build AI literacy and leverage human networking to beat the algorithms.

🧹🧹Don't let the machine outwork you.

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🤔🤔 Is college still worth it to you?

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