Shannon Sharpe’s “Shakedown,” and Why the Earth Isn’t Flat With Dakotah Tyler

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Van and Rachel react to the latest in Shannon Sharpe's lawsuit and discuss his reaction (22:41), before breaking down Elon Musk’s decision to take a step back from politics to focus on Tesla (55:34). Then astrophysicist Dakotah Tyler (soon to be Dr. Tyler) joins to debunk Wiz Khalifa’s belief that the Earth is flat (1:07:21). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Dakotah Tyler 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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0:28.4	will Bumpy forge an uneasy alliance with his enemies?
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0:48.1	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:50.6	What is up?
0:52.2	Harlearn is on and Zyvan, Latham, Jr.
0:54.0	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:55.9	I'm on Magic Mind right now.
0:57.6	What does that mean?
0:59.6	So Tom McLeod.
1:01.5	Do you know Tom?
1:02.6	I knew Tom before you knew Tom.
1:04.4	Is that true?
1:05.1	I think so.
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