Let’s All Hold Hands featuring Spencer Ackerman

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach discuss the new Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Spencer Ackerman. Then, they talk about the passing of Diane Keaton, and the heart tug we feel when losing public figures. Plus, they introduce a new segment called “the vibes are on, the vibes are off”. ------------------------------------------------------ Spencer Ackerman’s Website: www.forever-wars.com Saeed’s Poem of the Week: “Baptism” by Erika L. Sanchez Vibe Check LIVE at the Ford: https://www.theford.com/events/performances/4102/2025-10-28/vibe-check-live

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0:00.0	Girl.
0:04.3	Who, girl.
0:05.4	What's going on?
0:08.3	We're here, somehow.
0:10.4	Getting scared.
0:12.4	Been scared, too long.
0:14.4	But we're here.
0:15.9	We're here.
0:17.5	I'm Saeed Jones.
0:19.0	And I'm Zach Stafford.
0:20.0	And you're listening to Vibe Check.
0:28.7	We're so glad you're here, too.
0:30.9	Yeah, let's all just hold hands.
0:34.3	Whoa, this is a wild week for news and culture.
0:40.9	It really is.
0:41.9	And this episode has a lot of things that we're covering and we even have a few changes.
0:46.2	We're going to try out with you all as we figure out this new era.
0:48.9	But, you know, in terms of topics today, we got two important things to talk about today.
0:52.6	First up, we're talking about this new deal in Gaza. Trump says, peace is here. We feel like that's not exactly right. The vibes
1:00.3	fill off. So this morning, we called a friend of the show, Spencer Ackerman. He's a Pulitzer
1:05.0	Prize winning journalist. He was my mentor at The Guardian. He is the reason why I am who I am in
1:10.4	so many ways that I could talk about forever.
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