Van Lathan Jr.: Revolutionaries at Equinox

Vic sits down with Van Lathan Jr., Oscar-winning producer, CNN panelist, and co-host of Higher Learning, for a conversation about politics, culture and the true cost of freedom. At its heart is an honest reckoning with the Black experience: the price of "earning your humanity" through talent and how one word flattens a whole world of culture, whether you're standing in Chicago, Ghana, or South Africa. 📱 Follow @vicmensa · @vanlathan 🎤 Guest: Van Lathan Jr. (00:00) Cold open (01:13) Van Jones, Palestine and the price of the invitation (12:13) Reparations, Coates and the white liberals (19:33) The Matrix was a documentary (26:56) Kamala, the aunties and who the party serves (34:46) Whose dead bodies matter (44:15) Get Rich or Die Tryin' and the violence that raised us (01:02:28) Black here, Black in Ghana, Black in South Africa (01:19:23) Boxing, Spike Lee and Mo' Better Blues (01:56:20) TMZ, the headlines and the cost of being watched Learn more about your ad choices.

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