Bakari Sellers on the Present and Future State of Politics

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay break down a Thought Warrior’s question with producer Trudy Joseph (8:21) before welcoming author, attorney, and political commentator Bakari Sellers to discuss the dire state of politics (30:49) and how citizens can make a difference (52:47). Plus, an interviewer's cringey question to Ari Lennox has the internet abuzz (1:00:26). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Bakari Sellers 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.
0:02.8	What is up?
0:04.4	High learning is on.
0:06.4	It is I, Van Lathen, Jr.
0:09.0	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:11.0	Rachel and Lindsay, today is the day.
0:14.3	Uh, yes, today is the day.
0:17.0	Today is the day.
0:18.0	Today is the day.
0:19.0	Today is the day.
0:20.0	It's release day.
0:21.0	Yeah, I just want to disappear.
0:23.0	I just kind of just want to disappear.
0:25.0	It's weird.
0:26.0	You'll see when you get this talk.
0:27.0	What's weird about it?
0:28.0	I don't know.
0:29.0	It's exciting because I've never done a book before and I'm putting myself out there
0:33.6	in a way I never have.
0:34.6	But it's equally terrifying at the same time.
0:37.5	Like you're giving people another opportunity to have all these opinions about you.
0:40.7	But these are new opinions because you're learning about a whole different side of
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