Can Jack Harlow Teach Trump How to Take An L?

Lurie Breaks It Down

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Lurie breaks down the concept of 'taking an L' (accepting a loss) through the lens of Jack Harlow's recent controversial comments about 'getting blacker' with his music. She skillfully connects this cultural moment to broader geopolitical issues, particularly America's struggles in the Middle East and the international community's reluctance to provide support. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.
0:05.0	She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:11.7	She got to message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.
0:17.3	She's standing up to the evil in making sure that we all grow strong enough
0:22.5	To break these change we're in
0:24.2	They keep us in this painful condition
0:26.9	She gave us truth and division
0:29.5	That's why we listen
0:31.3	She break it down, down, down, down, down
0:34.6	Down, down
0:35.6	She break it down, down, down, down. She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:41.7	Don't we break it down, down, down, down, down.
0:46.0	Before we talk about international stories, I want to talk about Jack Harlow.
0:50.2	I know.
0:51.7	Especially Irby.
0:52.6	Irby's like, what?
0:53.4	We were talking about something so serious. Now you want to talk about Jack Carlo. I want to talk about Jack Harlow because Jack Carlo gives us a really good example for how to take an L. Now, some of you are thinking who is Jack Carlo. Jack Harlow is a white guy who sings Black people music. And that's really all I knew about him prior to this weekend. But I learned a lot
1:11.0	about him this weekend, including the fact that he has just been handed a big L. Now, for those of you
1:14.7	who do not know what it means to take an L, take a L is when you take a loss, when you lose something. And it can be, you know, usually it's kind of public and embarrassing, right? And we knew the phrase take an L before this, but a lot of y'all came to know the phrase take an L when Big
1:27.0	Sean had this song called Bounce Back. And what does it go? That's not I took an L, but tonight I
1:31.3	bounced back. take an L before this, but a lot of y'all came to know the phrase take an L when Big Sean had this
1:27.5	song called Bounce Back. And what does it go? That's not I took an L, but tonight I bounced back. Wake up in the morning by the night I count stacks. It's like basically a song that's talking about how I made a mistake. You know, the art of winning and even in the annotation that he provides for the song. He's like, you know, the art of winning includes taking a loss, taking
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