“What Can He Do?”: A ‘Higher Learning’ Special

Donald Trump’s cabinet and staff nominations are flying in and Van and Rachel welcome a few experts to help make sense of it all. Axios political reporter Hans Nichols kicks things off to discuss Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general (7:06), before Georgetown professor Lawrence Gostin joins to shed light on the threat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (37:08). Finally, USC scholar Dr. Shaun Harper calls out the absurdity of appointing Linda McMahon of the WWE as head of the U.S. Department of Education (1:07:33). Then, Shaboozey’s shut out of the CMAs (1:27:55), Jay Leno gets assaulted … by a hill, not the mafia (1:13:26), and Future finally speaks on the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef (1:48:12).

Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Guests: Hans Nichols, Lawrence Gostin, and Dr. Shaun Harper
Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith