Donald Trump and the Last-Ditch Effort of a Dying Empire With Michael Harriot

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel have a conversation about her experience with alimony (3:37) before welcoming writer and trained economist Michael Harriot to help break down Trump’s tariff war, which is looking bleak (23:32). Plus, Young Thug may be in trouble with the law again (45:38), Cory Booker breaks a record (57:47), and Andrew Schulz appeared on The Pivot (1:05:39). And finally, an Anthony Edwards rumor gets put to rest, but we still have questions (1:28:06). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Michael Harriot 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 that?
0:05.0	Her learning is on is Ivan Lacey Jr.
0:06.8	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:09.7	I'm in New York, but we will both be in New York, May the 12th.
0:17.8	Why, Rachel?
0:19.9	Because we're having our first live show ever. You guys asked for it.
0:26.5	It's finally here. Man and I will be in New York, a city that we'll talk about a little bit later, I might add.
0:34.9	Yeah, and we'll be out there, higher learning, live in the flesh, ready to meet everybody.
0:41.4	I don't have the date pulled up.
0:42.3	Tickets go until Monday, April 7th at 10 Eastern.
0:47.8	Ringer.com slash events.
0:50.0	Again, we'll be live at the Gramer Sea Theater on May 12th. You get tickets beginning this Monday at the ringer.com slash events.
0:57.2	You guys, go get your tickets.
0:59.6	There's going to be a special guest that is going to join us.
1:02.8	The copy says maybe a special guest will join us.
1:05.7	I'm not saying maybe.
1:07.3	We're going to have a special guest that is going to join us at
1:11.0	the historic Grammacy
1:12.8	Theater Monday, May 12th.
1:16.3	Woo-hoo, niggas.
1:18.0	Live show. Coming to you guys. You never know
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