Kamala’s Disappointment and the Killing of Charlie Kirk. Plus, Melvin Gregg Talks ‘The Paper’! | Higher Learning | The Ringer

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Rachel and Van start the show off by talking about the death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, the many reactions to it, and what may come from his killing. Then, they react to an excerpt from Kamala Harris’s upcoming book mentioning Joe Biden’s “reckless” decision to run again in the last election. Later, actor, model, and comedian Melvin Gregg joins to talk about his latest show, ‘The Paper,’ before he, Van, and Rachel all share memories of their biggest heartbreak. 00:00 - Welcome! 00:26 - The killing of Charlie Kirk 56:00 - Kamala’s book and her disappointment with Biden's reelection bid 1:14:50 - Israel bombed Hamas negotiators 1:16:24 - The new Bachelorette 1:20:20 - Melvin Gregg joins us! 2:11:59 - Thanks for watching! Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Melvin Gregg Producers: Donnie Beacham and Ashleigh Smith Video Supervision: Chris Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, you thought warriors.
0:18.9	What is up?
0:20.4	Higher learning is on.
0:21.4	It's Zyvan Lately Jr.
0:22.4	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:26.0	Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.
0:28.8	Yeah.
0:29.8	That's where the show starts.
0:31.7	Okay.
0:32.5	There's, we'll get into other stuff later on, but obviously the show's going to start with conservative political activists and co-founder of Turning Point USA.
0:43.9	Killed at Utah Valley University.
0:46.9	This was confirmed not by any news source, his death at least.
0:51.2	His being shot was confirmed by Donald Trump.
0:54.4	Now, you guys are going to be getting this podcast on Friday.
0:58.1	This happened yesterday, which was Wednesday.
1:00.8	We're recording Thursday.
1:02.2	The latest things that are happening right now,
1:04.6	it looks as if they have a picture of the shooter of Charlie Kirk.
1:08.3	It looks like also they have
1:12.4	some evidence
1:15.1	as to at least
1:16.8	motive
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