A Conversation on Transgender Athletics With Activist Raquel Willis

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay discuss the controversy surrounding Lia Thomas’s achievement to become the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I championship (18:27), before welcoming writer Raquel Willis to share her perspective as a trans activist (38:17). Plus, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing kicks off (1:05:56) and Maury finally gets to retire (1:20:07). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Raquel Willis Producers: Trudy Joseph and Donnie Beacham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo yo yo yo, thought warriors.
0:04.2	What is up?
0:05.8	High learning is on.
0:07.2	It is I, Van Leith and Junior.
0:09.0	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsey,
0:10.9	reporting from the Pepto room.
0:12.8	For sure from the Pepto room.
0:13.9	I see it right there.
0:15.0	See the Pepto room.
0:15.8	Are those real flowers right there?
0:17.1	Nah.
0:18.0	They're not.
0:19.6	They're fake.
0:21.4	Yeah, they're fake.
0:22.3	Really?
0:23.9	Remember the plant that I bought Oscar, remember him?
0:27.9	Oh my god, what happened to Oscar?
0:30.8	So Oscar was bringing too many bugs into the house.
0:33.1	So I had to get rid of Oscar and put them outside.
0:35.1	I should not be happening.
0:36.1	What did you all got going on there?
0:38.6	Well, no, Oscar was like having bugs come in.
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