The End of Medicaid? Plus, the Me Too Movement in 2025

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel discuss the life and death of Gene Hackman (4:55), before reacting to the GOP budget bill that could cause major cuts to Medicaid and have ripple effects for Medicare (10:13) before welcoming CNN journalist Omar Jimenez to discuss the White House moving to pick the pool reporters who cover Trump (36:42). Plus, Me Too founder Tarana Burke discusses where the movement stands in 2025 (59:47). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guests: Omar Jimenez and Tarana Burke Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:05.5	What is up?
0:06.2	Howellon is on.
0:07.0	Is Ivan Latelyts and Guinea?
0:08.1	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:09.9	So this coffee for the mocha,
0:13.2	coffee for the mocha, this cup for the mocha is going to be going away.
0:16.0	I got an LSU mug that I'm going to be using.
0:20.7	You thought that was worth an announcement?
0:22.9	You could have just did it.
0:24.3	Could have just brought it.
0:27.4	We would have seen it.
0:29.5	You also act like you discovered coffee.
0:33.1	The way you've been drinking coffee,
0:34.8	this in 2025,
0:36.2	you act like you invented it.
0:38.6	You make, like, you guys, he comes in, sets his stuff down and he's like, I'm going to go get a coffee.
0:45.1	As if you're going to go make the coffee, like, roast the beans, make the coffee for yourself.
0:50.7	It's really interesting what has developed here.
0:54.4	Or at least like you act like you discover the coffee shop here at Spotify.
0:58.4	So shout out to the coffee shop at Spotify.
1:00.3	I also had a quarter of a bagel and put some cream cheese on it.
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