PragerU Replaces PBS, Celebs in Relationship Drama, and the National Guard in D.C. | Higher Learning | The Ringer

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Rachel and Van start the show by talking about the differences in sharing food in different locations. They get into some Trump administration updates, like the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. and the administration's partnership with PragerU. Later, they react to some celebrity news, including Sha'Carri Richardson's apology and the drama between Jurnee Smollett and her ex-husband. 00:00 - Welcome! 7:57 - Trump deploys the National Guard in D.C. 37:00 - PragerU to replace PBS 1:09:07 - Sha’Carri Richardson apologizes to Christian Coleman 1:24:06 - Jurnee Smollett’s ex-husband wants a portion of her retirement 1:57:09 - Glaze of the Week 2:02:42 - Thanks for watching! Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yeah, yo, thought warriors.
0:03.6	What is up?
0:05.1	Her learning is on, is Ivan Lazy Jr.
0:06.9	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:09.2	Um, big show today.
0:12.5	Big show.
0:14.4	Lots of stuff happening, man.
0:15.7	Stuff happening everywhere.
0:16.9	You're excited.
0:18.1	Are you excited?
0:19.3	See, it's a big show, but I'm like,
0:21.3	here we go.
0:23.9	Yeah, but you have to be excited to put your spin on stuff.
0:28.0	I'm back in New York on Abby show next week.
0:32.5	Went down on Abby show last night.
0:34.1	We're going to talk about it as far as it relates to a topic that we're doing.
0:38.7	Let me ask you a question. To you, what makes you southern?
0:45.0	Culturally, is there a cultural thing? Forget about geography for a second. Is there a cultural thing that makes you southern?
0:51.3	Well, yeah. I mean, well, I was going to say first, obviously being born there,
0:55.5	but I think being born there makes you a part of the culture. It's the music. It's the way you dress.
1:01.7	I don't have the accent, but it's the way people talk. There's a lingo. We understand each other.
1:07.2	Specific restaurants. Like if I say I'm from Dallas, I eat Rudy's.
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