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Vibe Check

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Sam and Zach talk about Trump and ICE’s “Operation Midway Blitz”, the MTV VMAs, and why music videos don’t have the cultural impact that they used to. Plus, a few recommendations to keep your vibe right.

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0:00.0	Call me Bill Withers, because today it's just the two of us.
0:06.9	Hey, lady.
0:09.8	Thank you for waking me up with some yacht rock.
0:13.7	We are swimming, baby.
0:16.4	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:18.0	Welcome aboard, Sam Sanders.
0:19.4	I'm Zach Stafford.
0:20.4	I'm the captain of this here yacht called the
0:23.2	the SS vibe check. I have a long big theory about Yacht Rock. Years ago, when Spotify first made a Yacht Rock playlist, they got a bunch of pushback
0:42.6	because it was only white guys.
0:44.8	And a lot of folks are like, you can't do that because Yacht Rock is just soul music.
0:49.4	Yeah.
0:49.8	With chill vibes.
0:51.0	Yeah.
0:51.3	And so over the years, the definition has like expanded.
0:54.0	And there's a new documentary, newish documentary, uh, and other folks, like, they count Shaka Khan as Yacht Rock. Like, all of the stuff can be Yot Rock because it's just a mentality. Yes. Yeah. And not to be all like, you know, Master's Tools won't dismantle the Master's House, that we should all be fighting to be part of the yacht rock,
1:28.0	uh, uh, ways, but black people also like rock and jazz and every other musical genre are the foundation to yacht rock. So you know what? I have my boat clothes ready. Welcome to vibe check. Come on. We are swimming into the end of summer, which I know Sam has thoughts on, which we'll get into. I sure do. I sure do.
1:28.5	I sure do.
1:28.8	I sure do.
1:28.8	I sure do.
1:29.7	It's just a two of us because our dear
1:31.0	Sayy, into the end of summer, which I know Sam has thoughts on, which we'll get into. I sure do.
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