An Abundance of White Mediocrity

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach talk about the viral conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the shock of Bari Weiss being named editor-in-chief at CBS News. Plus, a few recommendations to keep your vibe right.

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0:00.0	Well, hey girl.
0:04.5	Hey, girl.
0:09.6	We're here.
0:11.5	Hello, hello, hello.
0:13.6	It's good to see you.
0:14.8	It's so good to see you.
0:16.2	I'm Saeede Jones.
0:17.6	And I'm Zach Stafford, and you are listening to Vibe Check.
0:33.5	Welcome, ladies. Welcome ladies. Welcome girls. Welcome they's and thems.
1:11.0	What is it the I've had a girl say, they treatets. They treat it. I like those ladies. I love just like, hey, girl, because that's how it began. That's how we did. I began thinking about you and I have been friends for so long and how, you know, ladies, as we began the show as like the way to open it as a we, you know, the gay royal we. Yeah. But you and I have just been, hey, we're all for a long time. I was like, we were girls. You know, it's nice. You know, our Sam Sanders era, you know, kind of brought us up into ladyhood and lady dumb. And that was nice. But I think it's time that we go back to our roots. Yeah, the roots.
1:12.1	Because I was telling someone yesterday, I was like, oh, wow, Zach and I have been,
1:17.5	and I'm not even counting like internet friends, but like the first time I visited you in
1:21.6	Chicago was like 2014. So we're over a decade now.
1:25.0	We are teens.
1:26.7	Our friendship is becoming a teenager.
1:29.2	And she has lots to say.
1:31.5	Our friendship is a teenager.
1:33.3	Our friendship is in the ninth grade reading catcher in the right.
1:37.3	Oh my gosh.
1:38.0	Having a crush, being confused about their identity.
1:41.0	I love her anxious energy.
1:42.8	Oh, I love her.
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