Capitalism, Beef and Jay-Z, Usher Praises Diddy, Plus a ’Beauty in Black’ Conversation

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Van and Rachel react to the latest from the LaRussell controversy before discussing Jay-Z’s interview with GQ and Usher’s comments on Diddy. Then, actresses Taylor Polidore Williams and Crystle Stewart from Netflix’s ‘Beauty in Black’ join the show. (0:00) Intro (9:05) Social media addiction ruling (21:47) NBA salary cap (30:48) Druski’s “conservative women” skit (49:04) LaRussell controversy (1:02:44) Jay-Z, capitalism, and beef (1:29:15) Usher on Diddy (1:53:10) Taylor Polidore Williams and Crystle Stewart join the show Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guests: Taylor Polidore Williams and Crystle Stewart Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett This just in, the Comcast Business Price Lock Guarantee is back. For a limited time you can lock in the same great rate on gig speed internet and advanced security for 5 years. 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? How are learning is on is I, Van Laithen, Jr.
0:12.7	And it is me, Rachel and Lindsay. So there's a movie that's coming out and you have to, and everybody has to go see it. Okay. is everyone listening you have our full attention is is
0:24.1	there's a movie coming out and everybody has to go see the movie i'll tell you what the movie is
0:28.3	it is with hally bailey oh the tuscany movie you have to go see the tuscany movie did you see it
0:35.5	no i haven't seen it yet but i i haven't seen it yet, and it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how good the movie is. I'm asking everyone to go see the movie, and I'll tell you why. I've seen, first of all, the great Will Packers behind this movie, and you guys know. Oh, I didn't know that. That whatever Will does forever, I will do it.
0:55.9	I'll tell the Will Packer story again.
0:57.8	I am fired from TMZ in 2019.
1:00.6	Will Packer makes it a point to put me back on television.
1:04.2	Every time I think about it, I get a little emotional just because he believed in what
1:08.8	I was doing and thought what happened was bullshit.
1:13.0	And that is, to me, the way we should be looking out for each other when we can.
1:17.4	So shout out to Will Packer for that.
1:20.3	But more than that, I saw a tweet by a sister named Nina Lee.
1:27.2	Okay.
1:27.8	Now, she has done a rom-com,
1:30.4	and that rom-com has, I think,
1:32.0	Country Wayne and Coco Jones in it.
1:34.1	Okay.
1:34.8	And what she has said was that
1:36.5	there are a lot of studios
1:39.4	that are watching for this movie.
1:42.2	You, me, and Tuscany is the name of the movie.
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