Some of My Best Friends Are

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  • Some of My Best Friends Are… is a podcast hosted by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago in the 1980s. Today a Harvard professor and an award-winning journalist, Khalil and Ben still go to each other to talk about their experiences with the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. In Some of My Best Friends Are..., they invite listeners into their unfiltered conversations about growing up together in a deeply-divided country, and navigating that divide as it exists today.
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Episodes
  • From The Parole Room

    From The Parole Room
    Nov 1 2024

    Ben is dropping back in the feed to bring you his new podcast from Audible Originals: The Parole Room.

    Will Johnnie Veal—convicted of the murder of two police officers in 1970—be granted parole after fifty years in prison? How can he convince the parole board he’s reformed when he insists he’s innocent? What is prison time even supposed to accomplish? These are the questions that propel The Parole Room forward as it builds toward Johnnie’s twentieth parole hearing—after nineteen rejections.

    The Parole Room is an intimate journey with Johnnie, a deep dive into the criminal legal system, and a parole-room drama—taking listeners behind the curtain to hear tense deliberations as they unfold.

    If you enjoy this episode, find The Parole Room on Audible.

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    36 mins
  • Exploring Life-Saving AI Tech with T-Mobile for Business

    Exploring Life-Saving AI Tech with T-Mobile for Business
    Oct 29 2024

    How is 5G powering the use of AI to revolutionize life-saving solutions? Malcolm sits with T-Mobile for Business CMO Mo Katibeh, 3AM Innovations COO Ryan Litt, and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Dr. Azizi Seixas to find out in this special episode of Revisionist History. Brought to you in partnership with T-Mobile for Business, and recorded live from the Mobile World Congress in Las Vegas.

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    52 mins
  • Thank You For Being Some of Our Best Friends

    Thank You For Being Some of Our Best Friends
    Aug 16 2023

    In the final episode of the show, Khalil and Ben talk with Chicago poet laureate avery r. young. He’s the multitalented interdisciplinary artist behind the podcast’s theme song, ‘Lil Lillie.’ They discuss the story behind the song and how racial justice influences his work. Ben and Khalil also reflect on their time working on this show.

    To check out avery r. young’s work, go to his website: https://www.averyryoung.com/

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    54 mins

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