Jasmine Crockett vs. James Talarico, Sherrone Moore Arrested, and Rachel Dating Drug Dealers

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel discuss Representative Jasmine Crockett, who's entered the Senate race in Texas, and the rejection of health-care subsidies by the Senate. Then they react to the drama out of the University of Michigan. Plus, reporter Marc Caputo joins to shed light on Trump’s actions against Venezuela and political change in Miami. Finally, they talk about ‘Sinners’ erasure on end of the year lists. (0:00) Intro (9:30) Jasmine Crockett vs. James Talarico (43:33) Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring (56:08) Sherrone Moore fired (1:14:03) Marc Caputo joins the show (1:47:31) ‘Sinners’ erasure (2:07:21) Rachel dating drug dealers Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Marc Caputo Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:09.9	What is up?
0:11.3	How are learning is on.
0:12.1	It is I, Van Lathen, Jr.
0:13.4	And it is me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:15.3	Have you recovered?
0:16.8	Oh, let me put my glasses on.
0:19.2	Oh, your shit is still not?
0:21.4	Well, and I mean, the doctor posted it on this page now. The doctor posted you? I actually do. I told him to click. I'm going to post it on my page because people are asking me to talk about it more. I actually want them to come on the podcast. Okay. Dr. Truesdale, Dr. Carl Trusdale. Fantastic work. So for those of you don't know, I've been wearing glasses like the last couple of episodes.
0:39.5	I mean, you just got a sneak peek to what it is. Trusdale, Dr. Carl Trusdale, fantastic work. So for those of you don't know, I've been wearing
0:37.7	glasses like the last couple of episodes. I mean, you just got a sneak peek to what it is. I had
0:42.3	a lower, well, a skin pinch under my eye for like I had like some saggy skin and I have like
0:51.0	hollowing in my face because I mean, it's obviously genetics and a sign of aging,
0:56.1	but when you also lose weight really fast, like I lost a lot of weight when in 2024 with the
1:02.2	announcement of the divorce. And then I gained it back, but it didn't go back to my face.
1:06.6	So for me, this was a me thing. I had a lot of hollowing and I wanted to just like make it look like when I wake up, I look, I look, I look like I took a long, refreshing nap.
1:18.0	Okay.
1:18.5	So I had like a little fat transfer, take your own fat, little fat transfer in my cheeks.
1:23.0	In my smile lines, a little bit under my eye
1:28.0	as opposed to like filler.
1:30.0	And had a little skin pinch for some saggy skin
1:32.7	into my eye.
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