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Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Rachel and Van start the show off with some “quick hitters,” including their theories on a study revealing that the number of Americans having sex has dropped to a record low. Then, they react to Trump’s address of his health rumors and the internet’s desire for his health to decline. Then, NFL quarterback whisperer Quincy Avery joins to discuss generational talent and his new movie, 'The Quincy Avery Effect.' 00:00 - Welcome! 08:04 - Americans are having less sex 19:43 - Trump addresses health rumors 42:18 - A leak reports ICE will be getting military assistance 57:53 - Is Tom Brady a generational talent? 1:06:27 - Brittany Renner’s video arguing about her son 1:25:36 - Drake and interviews with traditional hip-hop media 1:44:43 - Quincy Avery joins us! 2:05:20 - Thanks for watching! Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Quincy Avery Producers: Donnie Beacham 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.
0:03.2	What is up?
0:04.4	I learned is on.
0:05.1	Is Ivan Latham, Jr.
0:06.8	And it's me, Rachel and Linson.
0:08.6	We're back.
0:09.3	We were, we were off and we gave you guys the, um, the Rokana interview.
0:14.9	Lots of stuff happening right now.
0:16.2	People liked it.
0:17.1	People liked the Rokana interview.
0:18.3	We wished it was longer.
0:19.4	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:19.8	We'll have a back for sure.
0:21.2	Yeah.
0:24.5	We'll definitely have Rokana back because I think that Rokana is going to be one of the names that people are going to be hearing in the next couple of years. It's one of the rising voices in the party. The interview probably should have been longer, but, you know, you take what you can get. As we talk right now, RFK is testifying before Congress.
0:37.8	And he's getting grilled.
0:39.6	He's getting grilled by some
0:40.9	people. And then by other people, they're like, oh, we love you so much. You get to die out of the food,
0:46.0	whatever, whatever. A typical, a typical, how typical hearing goes. So partisan. So partisan.
0:51.2	Yeah. All right. So we're going to talk Arch Manning later on, give you guys some college football.
1:10.8	By the way, Ringer Tailgate is live. You guys can go watch that. Ringer Tailgate's brand new college football show at the Ringer. Woo! Me, Joel Anderson, Tate Frazier, go watch it. But we have Quincy Avery on the show. Let's talk about Arch Manning. Let's talk about this. We have to.
1:11.8	Because we get to talk about Arch Manning. Let's talk about this.
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