{"podcast":{"title":"Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay","slug":"higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880","podcast_index_feed_id":868880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/higherlearning","website_url":"https://theringer.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/84d7ce9a-9b99-11ea-9385-77aa137f18c1/image/f5e824cf42d1cefc63b2110b8ee7ea88.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Ringer","episode_count":572,"summary":"Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay dissect the biggest topics in Black culture, politics, and sports. Two times per week, they will wade into the most important and timely conversations, frequently inviting guests on the podcast and occasionally debating each other.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T20:22:03.767298+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880"},"episode":{"title":"Coachella, Afrika Bambaataa, and Their Lord and Savior Donald Trump","slug":"coachella-afrika-bambaataa-and-their-lord-and-savior-donald-trump","published_at":"2026-04-14T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880/coachella-afrika-bambaataa-and-their-lord-and-savior-donald-trump","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2455520004.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2455520004.mp3","summary":"Van and Rachel recap the first weekend of Coachella, before discussing Afrika Bambaataa’s legacy and reported history of abuse. Then, Trump shares an image of himself as Dr. Christ, Gucci Mane releases a diss track, and the church gets lit. (0:00) Intro (2:54) Coachella recap: Justin Bieber (11:47) Coachella recap: Sabrina Carpenter (22:54) The legacy of Afrika Bambaataa (42:18) Rep. Eric Swalwell suspends campaign (51:59) Van makes an endorsement for Governor of CA (58:07) Trump’s Jesus post (1:11:07) Gucci Mane’s Pooh Shiesty diss (1:38:41) Travis Scott’s FEIN and the church (1:49:27) Mysterious death of influencer Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Van and Rachel recap the first weekend of Coachella, before discussing Afrika Bambaataa’s legacy and reported history of abuse. Then, Trump shares an imag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7075,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880/episodes/coachella-afrika-bambaataa-and-their-lord-and-savior-donald-trump/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880/coachella-afrika-bambaataa-and-their-lord-and-savior-donald-trump.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}