Paying Teachers, Missing White Women Syndrome, and Pool Party Foul

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel discuss Donald Trump’s cabinet’s praise of his first 100 days in office (2:55), and Paul Pierce’s explanation of NBA players’ dating habits (14:51). Plus, Terrence Howard says what he’d do to his lips if he ever kissed a man (28:51), and Giannis Antetokounmpo gets into it with Tyrese Haliburton’s dad (35:33). Then, reactions to a video of somebody going too far at a pool party (47:35), before former secretary of education John King Jr. joins to discuss the present and future of the department (56:39), and producer Lisa Cortés joins to talk about her new docuseries, ‘Murder Has Two Faces’ (1:22:38). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: John King Jr. and Lisa Cortés Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Higher Learning is brought to you by MGM Plus.
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0:47.9	Yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:49.7	What is up?
0:50.8	Harlearn is on and is I Van Lacey Jr.
0:53.1	And it's me, Rachel Lynn Lindsay.
0:56.2	What's your name, my brother?
0:58.6	We're here with Ronnie.
1:00.8	Ronnie?
1:02.1	Ronic.
1:03.0	Ronic is, I'm in New York and Ronick is with me.
1:06.4	On the ones and two is producing over here.
1:09.3	Okay.
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