TV Legend Larry Wilmore Shares His Top Five Black Sitcoms

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay break down Sha’Carri Richardson’s last-place finish at the Prefontaine Classic (6:33), before welcoming a true television legend to the podcast, Larry Wilmore, to discuss his career as a writer, comedian and producer on some of your favorite shows (25:45). Plus, the FDA has approved the Pfizer vaccine and Trump gets booed in Alabama (1:05:02), while Jay-Z and Beyoncé do an ad for Tiffany that has the internet abuzz (1:17:37). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Trudy Joseph and Donnie Beacham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yo yo yo, thought warriors.
0:02.0	What is up?
0:03.0	Highlight learning is on and is I, Van Lenten.
0:06.0	And it's me, Rachel Lynn Lindsay.
0:09.0	Rachel Lynn Lindsay, Van Lenten Jr. here.
0:11.0	I forgot the junior, sorry that.
0:13.0	What did you do this weekend?
0:15.0	I was chilling.
0:16.0	Honestly, I didn't do much because I was
0:18.0	spending a little sick again on Friday.
0:19.0	I'm really trying to beat this thing.
0:21.0	Whatever this is, it's my system.
0:22.0	I'm trying to beat it.
0:24.0	Um, swatch, I was chill.
0:26.0	We, okay, I have a confession to make.
0:28.0	Okay, let's do it.
0:29.0	Cause one of the things we did was, you know, we're, we're deep
0:33.0	into the sopranos.
0:34.0	Yeah, we're deep in.
0:35.0	And I have to apologize.
0:36.0	I love it.
0:37.0	Of course, of course you do.
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