Van and Rachel are still on TRUMP WATCH, this time reacting to the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. to head the Dept. of Health and Human Services (14:39), and the Pete Hegseth sexual assault allegation (38:29). Then, 27-year-old Jake Paul fights 58-year-old Mike Tyson (41:58), Diddy’s accused of influencing witnesses from behind bars (59:19), and Snoop speaks on his neutrality during the election (1:10:05). And finally, Van lists his top 10 cartoon dogs in the latest VanLaTEN (1:25:05).
Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay: The Nomination of RFK Jr and Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
01
Ken Burns on why the founders would be shocked not by a stro. Ken Burns on why the founders would be shocked not by a strongman but by a Congress that abdicated Article I
02
The Wounded Knee medals reversal and what Burns calls "obvio. The Wounded Knee medals reversal and what Burns calls "obvious racist editing" of American history
03
Renaming forts back to Confederate generals. traitors, in Burns' words — and the cost of that message
04
Baseball as a barometer of America. immigration, Jackie Robinson, and why every player wears 42 on April 15
