Confederacy Month, the New Drake Diss, and Stephen A.’s Apology

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay start the show by addressing the new theme song and reaction from our Thought Warriors (00:15). Then, they give their impressions of the bizarre new Drake-produced AI track (20:56), and the internet’s reaction to Stephen A. Smith’s comments on Donald Trump’s relatability (38:36). Later, they expand the surprise that their birthday month falls during Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, and the reason behind its existence (1:18:34). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producer: Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Y, y'all y'all, y'all,
0:05.0	y'all, y'all, y'all,
0:06.0	thought warriors.
0:07.0	What is up?
0:09.0	How I'm learning is on, it is I, Van Leston Jr.
0:12.0	And it's me, Rachel, and Lindsay.
0:13.8	Rachel, what did you do this weekend?
0:15.2	Wait, we have to acknowledge some things.
0:17.1	We have to do like some house.
0:19.4	House.
0:20.4	What is it?
0:21.4	Okay, not okay.
0:22.2	What do you call? Housekeeping issues.
0:25.0	Okay. One, people were upset that we have a new theme song and we didn't address it.
0:31.0	Okay? Okay, that's not our fault guys, um,
0:35.3	copyright issues, whatever. I don't know how we got away with it for four years.
0:39.1	No, look, I'll tell you how it happens. It's like people talk to us and they say, hey, the old theme song that we have, we can't do it anymore, we can't use it anymore, we have to get a new theme song. And then, what you want me to say I'd like want me to fight for old
0:55.0	theme songs? No but I think we didn't say can you imagine you've been listening to
0:59.3	the podcast for four years and then band you like you look up or you're listening
1:02.8	you're like am I on the right thing what happened here why are things changing we
1:06.0	didn't address it to be honest I didn't realize it was happening last
1:08.4	episode so hold on for a second I actually fundamentally disagree with this
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