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The State of the Gaza Ceasefire With Akbar Ahmed. Plus, the Demands of the “No Kings” Protest and the Ghost of Social Media’s Past. | Higher Learning | The Ringer
Rachel and Van start the show by talking about the “No Kings” protest, the goals of the protest, and the “blatant hypocrisy” from the reaction of the far right. Then, they talk about two controversies concerning offensive past social media posts, one from Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and the other from Grammy winner Tyler, the Creator. Last, they go over the Gaza ceasefire deal with Huffington Post senior diplomatic correspondent Akbar Ahmed and the violations that followed it.
00:00 - Welcome!
09:12 - The “No Kings” protest
44:16 - Joe Rogan declines to debate Gov. Gavin Newsom
49:36 - Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner apologizes for past social media posts
1:03:49 - Tyler, the Creator’s social media past brings current backlash
1:23:21 - Akbar joins the show!
1:41:23 - What do we do about the Stephen A. thing?
1:52:39 - Thanks for watching!
Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Guest: Akbar Ahmed
Producers: Ashleigh Smith
Video Supervision: Chris Thomas
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Rachel and Van start the show by talking about the “No Kings” protest, the goals of the protest, and the “blatant hypocrisy” from the reaction of the far right. Then, they talk about two controversies concerning offensive past social media posts, one from Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and the other from Grammy winner Tyler, the Creator. Last, they go over the Gaza ceasefire deal with Huffington Post senior diplomatic correspondent Akbar Ahmed and the violations that followed it.
00:00 - Welcome!
09:12 - The “No Kings” protest
44:16 - Joe Rogan declines to debate Gov. Gavin Newsom
49:36 - Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner apologizes for past social media posts
1:03:49 - Tyler, the Creator’s social media past brings current backlash
1:23:21 - Akbar joins the show!
1:41:23 - What do we do about the Stephen A. thing?
1:52:39 - Thanks for watching!
Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Guest: Akbar Ahmed
Producers: Ashleigh Smith
Video Supervision: Chris Thomas
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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