Bad Bunny’s Halftime, Trump’s Racist Post, and Activism in Sports With Jemele Hill

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Van and Rachel talk about Bad Bunny’s halftime performance and the TPUSA “patriotic” alternative, before reacting to Donald Trump’s racist post of the Obamas and an odd detail in the Epstein files. Then, journalist and podcaster Jemele Hill joins to talk activism and gambling in sports. (0:00) Intro (5:24) Bad Bunny’s halftime show (19:09) Jake Paul and Puerto Rico (26:39) TPUSA’s halftime show (33:30) Trump’s racist post (49:26) Epstein typo or clue? (59:49) Jemele Hill joins the show Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Jemele Hill Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Vote here for the NAACP Image Awards: vote.naacpimageawards.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors. What is up? Hard Learning is on. Is Ivan Laketon Jr.
0:11.3	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:13.3	You had fun at the Super Bowl.
0:14.8	I had a good time. You could tell from my voice.
0:17.3	My spies were out.
0:18.3	But you always say this.
0:21.5	You always say this.
0:23.1	Let me say that I love going out because I always get to be so many thought warriors.
0:27.9	The amount of people that come up, thank you, you guys.
0:30.6	Tell us, they listen to the podcast, support it, love what we do, support us by voting
0:35.1	in AACP Awards.
0:37.6	If you haven't voted already,
0:39.7	vote. And if you have voted, send it to
0:41.4	somebody else so they can vote because you only vote once.
0:43.7	Also, I wanted you guys to
0:45.3	do something for us here. I want to do an experiment
0:49.0	right now. I want you guys,
0:51.2	in this particular episode of Higher Learning, we have Jamel
0:53.3	Hill on the podcast today.
0:54.5	Fantastic interview with Jamel.
0:56.0	We talk about all kinds of things.
0:57.6	Dionne Sanders, Colin Kaepernick, NBA, NFL, betting, all of that stuff.
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