Are Americans Cool With Chaos? Plus, Kayla and Pastor Tim Johnson on ‘Fatherless No More’

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel give an update on the fallout from Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, before filmmaker Kayla Johnson and Pastor Tim Johnson join to discuss their documentary, ‘Fatherless No More’. (0:00) Intro (:31) Age guidelines in dating (7:00) Rachel’s skunk story (18:35) Remembering Sly Stone (20:53) Remembering Ananda Lewis (29:09) BET Awards (33:26) The Me Too Movement (50:01) Claressa Shields snubbed? (51:31) Update on the anti-ICE protests (1:14:42) Reactions to Sen. Alex Padilla removal (1:18:12) Kayla and Tim Johnson join the show (1:44:55) A review of Tyler Perry’s ’Straw’ Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guests: Kayla Johnson and Pastor Tim Johnson Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:06.3	What is up?
0:08.6	The new look, higher learning is on is I'm at Latham, Latelyn Jr.
0:11.4	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:13.0	When you said new look, I thought you were talking about that hat.
0:15.6	Because that's a choice.
0:17.5	What's wrong with it?
0:18.3	It's the style.
0:19.4	What's the style that I had that?
0:20.6	You don't like it?
0:21.9	What does it say?
0:22.8	I knew you were wearing it last time, but I never read it.
0:26.4	Okay.
0:27.7	It's a pro-dog hat.
0:28.8	It's a style.
0:29.6	It's different.
0:31.0	Is it like too young?
0:33.6	You know, I don't believe in that.
0:35.2	What do you mean?
0:35.8	Like things being too young for us.
0:39.0	I feel like we can do whatever we want.
0:41.8	No, it's just like, it's like a throwback to a different style.
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