‘Sinners’ Box Office, ’The Quincy Avery Effect’, & How to Talk About Sex With Kamil Lewis

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel react to the death of Pope Francis (4:00), before discussing the opening weekend of ‘Sinners’ and the way the film's success has been covered in the trades (16:09). Plus, Shannon Sharpe gets sued (30:05), Rev. Al Sharpton meets with Target (41:43), and we crown the latest Glaze of the Week (50:55). Then, Deion Sanders justifies the retiring of jerseys (1:09:31), before QB guru Quincy Avery joins to talk the upcoming doc ‘The Quincy Avery Effect’ (1:16:08), and sex therapist Kamil Lewis helps breakdown the social discomfort around sex (1:54:01). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Quincy Avery and Kamil Lewis Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith www.kamillewis.com Instagram: @kamil.lewis 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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0:11.5	I can't wait to say it.
0:12.5	I know it has Academy Award winner, Forrest Whitaker.
0:15.0	He returns his bumpy Johnson, facing his deadliest battles yet for Harlem's future.
0:19.6	When ruthless newcomer Frank Lucas arrives, everything changes.
0:25.2	As power shifts and new threats emerge,
0:28.4	will Bumpy forge an uneasy alliance with his enemies?
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0:47.4	Yo, yeah, yo, thought warriors.
0:51.2	What is up, how Lange Lian is on,
0:52.7	this Ivan, Lacey, Jr.
0:54.0	And it's me, Rachel Lynn Lippings.
0:55.4	It's Rachel's Goddamn birthday.
0:57.7	It's my birthday.
0:59.3	Donnie, it's Rachel's birthday.
1:02.7	Working on my birthday.
1:04.9	Dedicated to the podcast.
1:06.9	Dedicated to the Thought Warriors.
1:09.0	I think a lot of people adopt that mentality.
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