Jess Hilarious, 'The Breakfast Club,' and Erasing Jackie Robinson

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Van and Rachel recap Jess Hilarious's airing out of 'Breakfast Club' grievances online and on air (7:32), before reacting to the erasure of Jackie Robinson and other military heroes in the name of getting rid of DEI (27:41). Plus, Van has a Kanye West theory (1:11:14) and gives his top five Black cities (1:21:21). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay 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, yo, thought warriors. What is up? Hilarian is on and is I Van Lathen, Jr.
0:08.4	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay. I tried to offer Rachel part of my sausage muffin and she said now.
0:17.3	Which was, which I said, thank you. That's very nice that you offered. But you know me.
0:21.3	I'm super picky. I'm not.
0:22.7	This coffee. I got coffee everywhere. I got to put the coffee in the LSU mug.
0:29.2	We'll get, we'll wait. We'll wait.
0:30.9	Oh, dad.
0:31.2	Why you finish your coffee and, you know, get ready for the podcast.
0:35.2	I have a message to start the podcast off.
0:38.0	This is a very important message.
0:41.4	We are not going to get into some of the things that have been happening around the streets of LA in the last couple of days because it's layered.
0:50.0	There are people involved that I know.
0:53.6	But I will say this, with 100% certain, certain teeth.
1:01.8	I always mess that up.
1:03.8	I'm letting you guys know this, and I'm saying this,
1:07.8	so you can move in the future at your own peril.
1:13.3	Make calls.
1:14.4	I've talked to people.
1:15.8	Known people for a very long time.
1:18.4	When I was first getting into the journalism game over at TMZ, I made connects and contacts.
1:24.6	A lot of those people that I've made those connects and contacts with are big
1:29.2	dogs now in their respective law enforcement fields. I know other people just through other areas
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