The End of the Shutdown With Representative Summer Lee. Plus, Reactions to the ‘Michael’ Trailer

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Van and Rachel discuss the agreement to end the government shutdown before welcoming Representative Summer Lee to give her perspective as a congresswoman. Then Van gives his take on the controversy surrounding James Talarico’s social media habits, and a Michael Jackson impersonator responds to the trailer for the biopic ‘Michael.’ 00:00 Intro (6:13) Government shutdown ends (31:00) Representative Summer Lee joins the show (1:23:13) James Talarico follows adult film stars (1:30:58) Reactions to the ‘Michael’ trailer Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guests: Rep. Summer Lee Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Video Supervision: Chris Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:05.0	What is that?
0:06.0	Her learning is on is I Van Laithyn Jr.
0:08.0	And it's me, Rachel and Lindsay.
0:10.0	Just where the hell are you at?
0:12.0	What do you mean?
0:13.0	Where are you?
0:14.0	I'm in Dallas.
0:15.0	I'm in Dallas.
0:16.0	My sister, I couldn't say it before.
0:17.0	I was so afraid I was going to say on a podcast
0:19.0	because she listens to every episode, but my sister had a surprise birthday party. Brother-in-law threw up for her. She turned 45.
0:27.8	And so we all came down from everywhere. Her college friends from Spelman came all over the country.
0:36.3	And my sister came, I came, we all came down here here to celebrate her and she was surprised and it was really special so nice so I'm still here in Dallas it smells like being gay in in the in the room right now did you ask well it's because of me.
0:54.8	It's you?
0:55.8	Yeah.
0:56.6	You hurt yourself?
0:58.1	Basketball.
1:03.1	So I have to put, I have to put Advil cream on my Achilles now.
1:06.0	Both Achilles.
1:07.3	Is it basketball?
1:08.5	Killeis tendinitis.
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