About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including Druski's skit on CTE, Messi's retirement, and political controversies involving Angie Nixon and Laura Loomer.

On today’s episode, Messi retires from team Argentina, and Druski has a new hilarious skit about a very serious disease. Plus, scammers come in every color (even 49ers red and gold), ICE is still out there grabbing folks, underdog Angie Nixon’s win in Florida ruffles some feathers, and Louisiana's own Master P deals with some backlash of his own doing. Van and Rachel discuss all this and more. (00:00) Welcome to Higher Learning (06:07) Messi has retired from Argentina’s national team (14:35) Druski’s newest skit makes headlines (36:02) Fool’s gold (57:52) Milo Yiannopoulos detained and deported by ICE (1:09:38) Republican House introduces resolution to condemn socialism (1:25:58) The gloves are off: Angie Nixon vs. Laura Loomer (1:38:35) Master P makes ‘em say “HUH?” Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Marco Escalante and Jade Whaley Social Producer: Bernard Moore Video Supervision: Chris Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Van Lathan, Rachel Lindsay

Topics covered

• CTE
• socialism
• politics
• comedy
• sports
• immigration

Keywords

• Druski
• Messi
• CTE
• socialism
• Angie Nixon
• Laura Loomer
• Master P
• ICE
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Republican House

Places: Florida, Louisiana

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