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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and DJ Akademiks on Misinformation

Plus, there’s a breakdown of the disparity between the WNBA and NBA

By Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay react to the news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2:19), before welcoming Terrell Jermaine Star, host of the Black Diplomats podcast, to discuss what he’s seeing in Kyiv (19:50). Plus, the disparity between the WNBA and NBA is broken down (40:58), and DJ Akademiks joins to discuss his reporting of the Megan Thee Stallion/Tory Lanez case (52:12).


Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Guest: Terrell Jermaine Starr and DJ Akademics
Producers: Trudy Joseph and Donnie Beacham

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