Trump Fires Kristi Noem, Talarico Takes Texas, and the Impact of ‘The Perfect Neighbor’

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Van and Rachel react to President Donald Trump’s ouster of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the results of the Texas Senate primary race before having another Drake–Kendrick Lamar debate thanks to Michael Eric Dyson. Finally, Pamela Dias and Takema Robinson join to discuss the grief, justice, and resilience behind the Netflix documentary 'The Perfect Neighbor.' (0:00) Intro (0:22) The cost of haircuts (11:34) Kristi Noem fired by Trump (23:18) ‘Scary Movie 6’ and cancel culture (33:02) Teddy Riley’s MJ Photoshop (38:41) James Talarico beats Jasmine Crockett (1:03:12) Tim Tebow speaks to Congress (1:13:47) Michael Eric Dyson on Drake vs. Kendrick (1:37::45) Black vacationers (1:41:04) Pamela Dias and Takema Robinson join the show Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guests: Pamela Dias and Takema Robinson Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Social Producer: Bernard Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo, yo, yo, yo, thought warriors.
0:11.1	What is up?
0:11.8	Higher learning is on.
0:12.7	It is I Van Lathen, Jr.
0:13.8	And it's me, Rachel Lundler.
0:15.5	Okay, Rachel, before we get started in the podcast today.
0:18.2	What is in your hands?
0:19.5	All right.
0:20.0	I have to talk about something. right. I have to talk about something.
0:21.1	Okay. I have to talk about, you have to have a discussion. So I was talking to a friend of
0:28.5	mine. Mm-hmm. He told me he was going to get a haircut. Okay. He's going to the barbershop in
0:34.4	Baton Rouge, Louisiana. How much do you think the haircut in Baton Rouge was?
0:54.2	Like, not just the edge up, just full... He's getting the haircut. The full thing. He's getting a haircut, and it's a haircut. All right, about $40. Okay, so it was $65. In Baton Rouge? $65. And so I fucked up, okay? and let me tell you how I fucked up because his friend had something really important
0:56.0	to call and talk to me about
0:57.4	but buses and so I I fucked up okay and let me tell you how I fucked up because his friend had something
0:55.3	really important to call and talk to me about but I could not talk about anything else
1:02.3	65 that's outrageous okay so I have a question for the barbers out here because I've been asking around and doing an investigation on the price of haircuts. I have a question for the barbers. Donnie, do you get a haircut?
1:21.6	No, I'd do it myself. Yeah, yeah, we see that. Okay. Your hair looks great. Donnie. That's going to be, this is going to be happening for the next two hours because of what happened before. You're about to get it for the next two hours. Okay. Listen. You get a haircut. How much is yours? But that's different, though. That's different. Why? Because the barber comes to my house. Okay. I just, you have to put this in context because that's naturally what people are going to wonder. Will you get a haircut?
1:46.6	How much does your hair cut costs?
1:47.4	The hair cut to $100. But the barber comes to my house. And it's L.A. And it's L.A. Okay. So this is, so I'm trying to think about the price of haircuts and what this is me. So I'm going to bring out the mini whiteboard here.
2:01.7	Huh?
2:01.9	Are you about to do math?
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