Meg and Klay’s Breakup and Trump’s Second Shooting Attempt? Plus, Durand Bernarr on Stardom

About this episode

Van and Rachel discuss various topics including a shooting incident, celebrity breakups, and feature guests Durand Bernarr and Aida Rodriguez.

Van and Rachel discuss distrust around the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, before reacting to cheating allegations from Megan Thee Stallion about Klay Thompson. Then, Grammy Award-winning artist Durand Bernarr stops by to shed light on being “everyone’s favorite cousin,” before comedian Aida Rodriguez joins to preview Van’s upcoming standup set. (0:00) Intro (1:34) White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting (19:46) Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson’s breakup (56:30) Durand Bernarr joins the show (1:48:57) Aida Rodriguez on Van’s attempt at standup comedy (2:13:18) Stephen A. Smith’s HR violation Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Durand Bernarr and Aida Rodriguez 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

People in this episode

Hosts: Van Lathan, Rachel Lindsay

Guests: Durand Bernarr, Aida Rodriguez

Topics covered

• White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• celebrity breakups
• cheating allegations
• music industry
• standup comedy

Keywords

• White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Klay Thompson
• Durand Bernarr
• Aida Rodriguez
• standup comedy
• celebrity news

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Organizations: The Ringer

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