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Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

James Carville on Giving Politics a Better Name, Plus the Top 10 Black Horror Films

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.711.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel react to Kamala Harris’s media blitz this week (25:30), before discussing the annual Blackface problem that comes with Halloween (34:27) and locker room privacy in the NFL (43:20). Then, author and political strategist James Carville joins to talk his new documentary, the state of politics, and LSU football (53:54). And finally, Drake talks friendship (1:25:14) before Van reveals his top 10 Black horror films in the latest VanLaTEN (1:35:43). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: James Carville Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yayo, y'all,

0:03.3

the warriors!

0:04.3

What is up?

0:06.6

Our learning is on.

0:08.8

It is I-van, Ladies and Junior.

0:11.2

And this is me, Rachel and Lindsay Lindsay coming in from where I feel like they know the

0:17.0

background this point coming in from Dallas Texas at home at the parental's house in Dallas.

0:25.0

My dad, grew my mind closer.

0:28.2

My dad was honored for 26 years on the bench, and all his law clerks, they do this every five years,

0:35.0

they couldn't do it last year for personal reason.

0:38.0

And so yeah, they get together, they celebrate,

0:42.0

and it's a really beautiful experience.

0:47.0

A couple things I'll say, number one, that microphone is grotesque.

0:50.6

Okay, first off, I've been using this microphone you just now knows I lost the

0:56.6

cover so this is what it looks like underneath that I know. I know.

1:00.8

This is what it does. Let me put it I'm gonna put it out of sight. Let me put it out of sight.

1:05.0

Yeah.

1:06.0

Secondly, you know what?

1:08.0

Congratulations to the judge.

1:10.0

They should change the nomenclature for what it means to be a judge.

1:18.0

Okay.

1:20.0

Um, because it's like on the bench.

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