The Don Lemon Show Holiday Special: Jesus Was NOT White!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Don sits down with friends of the show Jolly, Will Westmoreland, and Qasim Rashid for a post-Christmas holiday conversation. They share the holiday traditions they observe, how those traditions connect to culture, faith, and family, and then zoom out to tackle a bigger question: how religious zealotry and extremism have increasingly been used to fuel division and discord across the country. From history to modern politics, they unpack how faith has been weaponized, and what gets lost when it is. It’s thoughtful, honest, and wide-ranging, part holiday hang, part serious reflection on where we are as a nation. This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMON and use LEMON at checkout for 15% off first time orders. This episode is sponsored by 120Life. For a limited time, try 120Life and get 20% off. Just use the code “DON” at checkout at https://120Life.com. 120Life offers a risk-free trial with a full refund If your blood pressure doesn’t come down in 2 weeks. This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Make a tax-deductible donation to FFRF before December 31st. Or become a member and support their ongoing fight for reason, equality, and constitutional integrity. Go to https://FFRF.US/Winter25 or text DON to 511511 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the program, everyone.
0:14.5	Support comes from Zbiotics.
0:16.8	If you're having a drink this holiday season,
0:19.9	and we all are, I want you to listen up.
0:21.4	Zbiotics pre-alcohol is something that I actually use before a night out.
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0:31.2	So here's how it works and why it works.
0:34.0	When you drink alcohol turns into a toxic byproduct right in your gut and it's that buildup.
0:37.3	It's not dehydration. That's what causes those rough mornings after drinking.
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0:47.4	drink of the night. You drink responsibly, and then you wake up feeling like yourself.
0:52.8	I've used it before dinners, celebrations, holiday get-togethers. I even use it over the holiday season for Christmas. And the difference the next day, the next morning is really real. So make the most of your every toast this season. Go to Zbiotics.com slash lemon and get 15% off of your order with the code lemon, L-E-M-O-N.
1:11.2	They offer a 100% money-back guarantee, no questions.
1:13.6	Ask that's Zbiotics.com slash lemon.
1:17.6	Now let's get started.
1:18.7	Hey, everybody.
1:19.7	Happy after Christmas.
1:22.6	What do you call right now?
1:25.2	Because I feel like I don't know what day it is. They say what do they call
1:29.7	this time between like the holidays? It's like. Nirvana. For you Jolly, for you someone who's
1:37.0	always cranky. By the way, Will West Boylan here, Kassim Hacid is here. And Jolly, good ginger's here. So welcome everyone.
1:46.5	Good to be here.
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