Pete Hegseth’s Investigation, and the Danish Deception

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel are back from break to weigh in on the investigation of boat strikes, a TikTok relationship scam, and financial literacy in the NFL. Plus, Stephen A. Smith’s talking politics, tech bros are freestyling, and inmates are dancing with their daughters. (0:00) Intro (13:53) Boat strike investigations (31:19) Defining ‘remigration’ (41:46) The Danish Deception (1:04:33) Odell Beckham Jr. and financial literacy (1:17:21) An HBCU/Divine 9 debate (1:33:18) Stephen A. Smith and politics (1:41:07) A very cringey freestyle (1:47:34) Angola prison father-daughter dance (2:00:49) Gun pulled over hairline Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Video Supervision: Chris Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:09.6	What is up?
0:10.4	How old learning is on, is Ivan Lathin Jr.
0:12.3	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:15.6	How's your Thanksgiving?
0:17.2	It was fine.
0:19.0	Just fine.
0:20.0	No, I have fun.
0:22.9	You went to Layless's Went to Layla's
0:23.7	How was it?
0:25.1	Your first Persian Thanksgiving
0:27.1	It was a thousand people there
0:28.4	Yeah
0:28.8	Yeah
0:29.5	It was like a thousand people there
0:31.2	Everyone was so friendly
0:32.7	Layla's family
0:35.0	Is
0:35.6	uncommonly beautiful.
0:38.3	Yeah, they're really pretty.
0:40.3	They're a really pretty family.
0:42.3	No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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