Childhood Chicago friends talk about race and racism in their new podcast
By Sasha-Ann Simons
Childhood Chicago friends talk about race and racism in their new podcast
By Sasha-Ann Simons
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Some of My Best Friends Are… is hosted by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on Chicago’s South Side in the 1980s.
They invite listeners in with engaging conversations on how race affects their friendships and work, while using pop culture and historical events as a guide. Reset checks in with the duo behind the mic.
GUESTS: Khalil Gibran Muhammad, history, race and public policy professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Ben Austen, journalist; author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing