DEI Did It, Plus ‘How to Sell Out’ and the Future of AI

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Van and Rachel discuss the midair collision that killed 67 people (1:00) before reacting to Donald Trump pointing the finger at DEI initiatives (10:05). Plus, DJ Akademiks gets banned from Twitch after inappropriate comments toward a minor (20:51), and Scott Storch’s ex gets accused of racism after saying racist things (32:49). Then writer and podcaster Chad Sanders joins to talk authenticity and his new book, ‘How to Sell Out’ (38:14), before journalist Nathan Bomey from Axios explains DeepSeek and the future of AI (1:06:02). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guests: Chad Sanders and Nathan Bomey Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:04.0	What is up?
0:05.2	Howlern is on.
0:06.2	It is I, Van Lathan, Jr.
0:07.5	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:10.2	Got two guests for you today.
0:11.4	We got Chad Sanders, who, uh, Chad Sanders has got a great new book coming out.
0:15.5	Yeah.
0:16.1	Old friend.
0:17.0	I read the book.
0:17.6	I'm excited about this. And we have Nate Boney from Asios, who's going to come on and talk to us a little bit about
0:22.8	Deep Seek.
0:25.5	Did I give us a little music?
0:27.0	Deep Seek.
0:28.0	I want to drop anytime we talk about AI.
0:30.4	A.
0:32.2	Take my voice, because this is AI.
0:36.1	You know?
0:37.2	Because that's what it is.
0:38.0	It's like ominous.
0:39.2	It's the face that comes with me.
0:40.8	AI.
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