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Sep 2023
1h 59m

Understanding the WGA Agreement, and Kae...

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After reacting to the most recent GOP debate (21:28), Van and Rachel discuss the end of the writers strike (41:12) and Colin Kaepernick’s letter to the New York Jets (1:06:27), before digging into a very Black father–centric mailbag (1:38:08).


Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr., Ashleigh Smith and Aleya Zenieris

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