DeSean Jackson's Anti-Semitic Post and Kanye West Doubling Down

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay discuss DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic Instagram post and the controversy surrounding Stephen Jackson defending DeSean (5:09). Then they go into Van’s review of 'Hamilton' (25:56), Lady Antebellum trying to change their name to Lady A (35:23), Kanye West's unexpected interview in Forbes (48:10), and Rachel’s appearance on Emmanuel Acho’s show, 'Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man' (1:10:49). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo yo yo, what up thought warriors?
0:04.0	Oh ho ho, that's what you should say.
0:07.0	You guys can't see it if you're listening to the audio by itself, but I am wearing a
0:13.6	Santa hat for today's episode, okay?
0:17.0	This is how you're learning, obviously I am Van Lathan.
0:20.0	I'm Rachel Lindsay.
0:22.0	Listen, low energy intro, but that's okay.
0:25.0	I'm going to explain why I'm wearing a Santa hat real quick because Rachel came in.
0:30.1	It's because this is why I'm wearing a Santa hat.
0:32.0	It's so cute.
0:33.0	Please lie, yes.
0:34.0	A little bit that you need to know about me is before the podcast started, I asked, I asked,
0:42.2	I didn't ask.
0:43.2	That's how it was next.
0:44.2	I asked Jackson, one of the producers of higher learning.
0:49.0	My way shout out to our team, Jackson, Jordan and Isaiah, people sounding and looking good
0:55.8	every single week.
0:57.1	I asked Jackson if I should wear a Santa hat and he said no.
1:04.7	That's so I said, and then so then I asked Jordan, if I should wear the Santa hat, Jordan
1:09.1	said no.
1:10.1	Isaiah came on, I said, Isaiah, what do you think about the Santa hat?
1:13.2	I'm thinking in my mind, if he says no, I'm going to get the fucking hat.
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