Hitting the Target on Target, Cracker Barrel’s Rebrand, and the Reality of Texas’s GOP Congressional Map | Higher Learning | The Ringer

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Rachel and Van start the show by reacting to the predicted increased prices for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and the Cracker Barrel rebranding. Later, they discuss the Texas House of Representatives’ approval of a GOP-centered congressional map and the disturbing release of an Israeli official charged with soliciting a minor in Nevada. They end with the Glaze of the Week and Klay Thompson’s new favorite meal (thank you, Megan Thee Stallion). 00:00 - Welcome! 10:08 - Jury finds Hernandez Govan not guilty of the Young Dolph killing 30:02 - PlayStation 5 prices will increase 36:06 - Cracker Barrel’s rebrand 52:07 - Amateur football leagues 1:01:50 - Target’s CEO steps down 1:09:58 - Texas House approves GOP congressional map 1:26:40 - The Israeli official Nevada sex crime case 1:40:58 - Glaze of the Week 1:53:06 - Klay Thompson’s new favorite meal 1:57:25 - Thanks for watching! Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay 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.
0:03.5	What is up?
0:04.7	Higher learning is on.
0:05.6	It is I, Van Halayton, Jr.
0:07.3	And it's me, Rachel Liddleston.
0:10.8	Miss me with that.
0:12.8	Some may say that I'm chasing the dream, but after living that, the life that someone else wanted for me for so long, my goal in life is not any specific position of title.
0:21.3	It's to give myself the freedom to be who I am authentically and the permission to do what I genuinely desire.
0:28.4	If anyone, it's what anyone with authority says I cannot or I'm supposed.
0:33.8	If I'm pursuing what I truly want in the moment, I'm not chasing the dream.
0:37.0	I'm living it. Talk your shit, race. This is from Miss me with that half that book is dead okay it's from missing me with that you guys go get it all right don't get this check it out also make sure go get this one this one flopped no no no no Van Lathenired. You working on another, aren't you working on another book?
0:55.4	Did I make that out?
0:56.1	They want you to write another book.
0:57.2	Dick writing and what has to happen, what has to change.
1:00.3	We're both writing books right now.
1:05.1	Let's say something.
1:06.6	I love the listeners of the podcast.
1:10.8	I love the listeners of the podcast. I, I love the listeners of the podcast.
1:13.2	I haven't been on the Reddit in ages.
1:15.6	So that's helping me love the listeners of the podcast.
1:18.1	Whenever I'm not on Reddit.
1:18.9	I'm happy.
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