Van Lathan Jr. on ‘Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales From the Trenches of Transformation’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Larry is joined by journalist, Ringer contributor, and Academy Award–winning producer Van Lathan Jr. to discuss his book ‘Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation.’ They start their conversation by reviewing some of their personal experiences from the past couple of years and discussing the importance of perseverance when navigating the mental roadblocks in your career. Van then recounts the emotional visit to his father's home in Baton Rouge after his death (11:00). Next, Van dives into the process of writing the book, his history with panic attacks, and the incident that started him on his journey in dealing with those struggles (26:19). After the break they examine the mental health challenges affecting black people in general and the steps Van continually took to overcome his own during the pandemic (46:48). Finally, they speculate on Kanye West's current state of mind and Van shares some advice for anyone who may be going through their own battles with mental health (1:01:37). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Van Lathan Jr. Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.5	Hope 2023 is going better than 2022 and 2021 and 2020 so far.
0:44.6	I'm just a little bit in it.
0:47.6	But even if it isn't, we're going to make it a little better with my guest today.
0:51.8	I'm a big fan of this young man who's been crushing it lately.
0:58.5	He's been on the pod before.
1:00.2	Always good to have him here.
1:02.3	He's got like a thousand pods out there, higher learning with Rachel Lindsey.
1:07.0	You may have heard.
1:08.2	He's an Oscar-winning executive producer of Two Disns Strangers.
1:13.0	That's who we're in the company of.
1:14.9	But I do want to talk to him about a book that he wrote last year called Fat Crazy Entire.
1:21.4	It's the author, Oscar winner, podcast host, Van Lathen Jr.
1:26.4	Welcome back to Black on the air.
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