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Van Lathan on Lena’s BBC Scene, No Jumper Hosts Leaving, Richard Spencer & More
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Van Lathan is doing a mild intervention on Adam and wants to talk about everything that recently happened at No Jumper.
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00:00 Intro
2:48 Van brings up the Rooga situation, Adam defends his line of questioning
10:20 Adam says he has no beef with anyone, he's just living his truth
11:10 Van is convinced that Adam has a different battery in his back
12:26 Van wonders why they did the scene after they got married, Adam says there's no correlation in the timing of things
16:00 How thorough was the search for Jason Luv: "Did you measure the eggplant?"
20:30 Van says Adam confuses adulation and attention
24:13 Van gives his take on business relationships coming to an end and how people react to it
25:43 Van says, whatever happens here, is based on how Adam leads and what he allows in his company
27:37 Adam was never in the way of anybody's opportunities, which led to the hosts doing interviews and bashing No Jumper on other platforms
29:53 The thin line between partners/employees and homies
31:15 Adam circles back on how he told AD to get to do content, told him to focus on doing podcasts, livestream etc
37:33 Adam removed AD from the Tuesday show because his performance and enthusiasm declined
44:10 Making one change from a show shouldn't result in questioning an entire business relationship, bashing on other platforms, and painting Adam as the bad guy
49:34 Van antagonizes Adam and says he has an issue with a good interview without messiness and shenanigans
54:34 Van questions Adam about his responsibility to the culture
56:34 Van addresses the Richard Spencer interview and asks if it moved the needle like Adam said it could
58:38 Van explains why it is detrimental to have a Richard Spencer on a platform and not challenge him on his actual contribution that hurt black people, Richard invented the term "Alt Right" and was the leader of instigating cr*mes towards black people
1:01:12 Richard Spencer has a decade of wrongdoings and just saying "I was wrong" is not enough, Van says he has a lot of work to do
1:07:03 Van explains how he has a lot of responsibilities towards the culture, says only white people can ignore the responsibility towards other cultures: "When white people come to black spaces, they're not aware of the nuances, they only think about what they wanna do"; Adam says he always did what he wanted to do
1:10:02 Van asks "So you're interested in our culture but you don't care about having any responsibility to us"
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