{"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":"Stefon Diggs Not Guilty, the Return of Migos, and Do We Need the Met Gala?","slug":"stefon-diggs-not-guilty-the-return-of-migos-and-do-we-need-the-met-gala","published_at":"2026-05-08T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880/stefon-diggs-not-guilty-the-return-of-migos-and-do-we-need-the-met-gala","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-learning-with-van-lathan-and-rachel-lindsay-868880","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4525586010.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4525586010.mp3","summary":"Van and Rachel react to the verdict in the Stefon Diggs case before discussing the Bezos backlash at the Met Gala. Plus, Quavo and Offset tease new music, and Van has a brand-new VanLaTEN list. (0:00) Intro (4:33) Responding to viral racism (15:10) Stefon Diggs found not guilty (29:47) The Met Gala and Jeff Bezos (42:53) MrBeast birthday love (54:41) New music from Migos? (1:00:12) L.A. mayoral debate (1:16:08) Dana White on masculinity and mental health (1:26:29) Dianna Russini–Mike Vrabel update (1:37:44) VanLaTEN: Top cults 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 react to the verdict in the Stefon Diggs case before discussing the Bezos backlash at the Met Gala. Plus, Quavo and Offset tease new music,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7494,"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/stefon-diggs-not-guilty-the-return-of-migos-and-do-we-need-the-met-gala/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/stefon-diggs-not-guilty-the-return-of-migos-and-do-we-need-the-met-gala.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}