RIP ‘Love & Hip-Hop,’ Scott Jennings on CNN, and a Colorism Conversation

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Van and Rachel look back on the legacy of 'Love & Hip-Hop' before reacting to the pausing of Post Malone and Jelly Roll’s stadium tour. Plus, Scott Jennings gets flustered on CNN and Fernando Mendoza skips the White House visit, before a conversation about colorism and Blackness. (0:00) Intro (17:37) The end of ‘Love & Hip-Hop’ (32:37) Post Malone and Jelly Roll cancellations (44:51) Scott Jennings and CNN’s ‘Newsnight’ (1:06:27) Fernando Mendoza and the White House (1:23:19) Colorism and Blackness Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:10.0	What is up?
0:12.0	Anonymous Raccoon.
0:14.0	How I learning is on is I Van Lathen Jr.
0:17.0	And it's me, Rachel Lund.
0:18.0	Who is anonymous raccoon?
0:20.0	Where are you getting this from? Somebody was just in the document. We have to pay attention to the document when we're interviewing people. Oh, because they'll be like wrap it up. They'll be wrap it up. 10 minutes left. And after this question. And being a fan will be like, no, it's okay. It's okay. We're not running out of time. Just keep going. Tell us about your childhood.
0:38.7	Yeah. But somebody said anonymous raccoon is in the document. Who's, that's you? No, I don't know who is. Who is the anonymous raccoon? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, guys. Who has access? Wait, you can easily tell. This is a non-is-wrote.
0:53.8	So it's not Donnie.
0:55.0	It's not Jade.
0:56.0	There are too many people.
0:57.3	There's anonymous- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, guys. Who has access? Wait, you can easily tell. This is anonymous. So it's not Donnie.
0:55.0	It's not Jade.
0:56.0	There are too many people.
0:57.3	There's anonymous croca and there's anonymous. One of them is yaw. Is that us? Anonymous quackus. Is that us? That's fucked up. That's fucked up. Sometimes when sometimes it pops up like that even if it like is someone who has access to the dog.
1:14.0	So that's us? It could. Who's disgusting? Who's the raccoon? Somebody in here is a coon in the dock. I'm going to do it. I'm going to say. Type. Rachel, you're the coon. Rachel's the United. Oh my God. The coon has been revealed Do you?
1:27.6	Type, type, type, type, type, type, type, type, type.
1:29.2	Let me see, let me see, let me see
1:30.5	You just come.
1:42.1	You're just got. I'm a skunk. That's cool. I'm not the coon though. It's not a coo-ca, it's a koala. No, it says anonymous raccoon. Mine does not say, does y'all say raccoon? Are you doing something right now?
1:43.7	I type something.
1:44.0	You're the raccoon.
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