Kevin and Katt Squash the Beef, Stephen A.’s Wish, and ABC vs. Trump’s FCC

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel recap ‘The Roast of Kevin Hart’ and discuss this era of gerrymandering and ABC challenging the FCC. Then, Stephen A. Smith has a wish for Black voters, James Charles apologizes, and Caitlin Clark does the Morgan Wallen walk. (0:00) Intro (0:14) 'The Roast of Kevin Hart' (17:27) Virginia redistricting ruling (36:04) ABC vs. the FCC (48:02) Stephen A. Smith and the Black vote (1:02:29) James Charles berates former Spirit Airlines employee (1:33:28) Caitlin Clark and Morgan Wallen (1:43:03) A white, MAGA member of AKA sorority? Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, yo, Thought Warriors.
0:09.3	What is up?
0:10.7	How I'm Learning is on, is Ivan Lansing, Jr.
0:12.7	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:14.3	Rachel, did you see the roast of Kevin Hart?
0:16.8	I got through about an hour of it.
0:18.6	I got up to, no, no, no, I just ran out of time. I got up to, no, no, no, no, I just ran out of time.
0:21.4	I got to Pete.
0:23.9	No, no, no, the J.B.
0:25.5	Bickerstaff?
0:27.2	Yes, I got to him.
0:28.3	That's not who it is.
0:29.1	J.B. Bickrishap is the coach of the business.
0:31.0	Oh, okay.
0:32.5	I'm not even sure it was J.B.
0:34.1	J-something.
0:34.8	Who you talking about? He was like the bigger guy that they kept.
0:38.4	Who?
0:53.8	Oh, I thought. Baby smooth? No, it wasn't. I would know that one, Donnie. I would know J.B. smooth. Get on his ass. He's like, he's a comedian. He's an older friend. He's a white guy. He was a bigger guy glasses. Jay, I don't even know if it was a B.
0:54.8	It was definitely a J.
0:55.9	Okay.
0:56.7	Who roasted.
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