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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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How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now: A Giving Tuesday Special from The Happiness Lab

According to the science, it really is better to give than receive. Donating a dollar; sha... more

02 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:42

02 Dec 2025

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Thank You For Being Some of Our Best Friends

In the final episode of the show, Khalil and Ben talk with Chicago poet laureate avery r. ... more

16 Aug 2023

54 MINS

54:05

16 Aug 2023

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Samantha Irby is Quietly Hostile & Raucously Funny

Ben and Khalil get personal with author and TV writer Samantha Irby on this week's show. H... more

09 Aug 2023

43 MINS

43:20

09 Aug 2023

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The End of Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court recently issued a decision banning race-conscious admission in higher ed... more

02 Aug 2023

44 MINS

44:09

02 Aug 2023

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Fantastic Future: Reimagining the American City

This week, Ben and Khalil are talking about the future of cities. Their guest, Toni Griffi... more

26 Jul 2023

49 MINS

49:46

26 Jul 2023

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From The Last Archive: Acting Out

Here’s a special episode from another Pushkin show we love -- The Last Archive. In the 193... more

19 Jul 2023

50 MINS

50:07

19 Jul 2023

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America’s Poverty is by Design

America is the richest country on earth, and yet we have the highest levels of poverty of ... more

12 Jul 2023

48 MINS

48:09

12 Jul 2023

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Ben and Khalil Go South

Ben and Khalil take a trip down South to Sewanee University, otherwise known as the Univer... more

05 Jul 2023

37 MINS

37:12

05 Jul 2023

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The FBI’s War on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. needs no introduction. The man changed the course of American h... more

28 Jun 2023

50 MINS

50:42

28 Jun 2023

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Immigrants Aren't the Problem

Immigration in America is a humanitarian crisis and a political disaster. It has been for ... more

21 Jun 2023

44 MINS

44:08

21 Jun 2023

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Are We in a Civil War?

Jeff Sharlet started reporting from Donald Trump’s rallies in 2015, when his presidential ... more

14 Jun 2023

42 MINS

42:40

14 Jun 2023

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To the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop with Jelani Cobb

Ben and Khalil are joined by their friend Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia Journalism School ... more

07 Jun 2023

46 MINS

46:45

07 Jun 2023

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Ending the Cycle of Police Violence with Keith Ellison

It’s been three years since George Floyd was murdered by the police. After a swell of acti... more

31 May 2023

43 MINS

43:25

31 May 2023

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Truth and Reconciliation: A Lesson from South Africa

Khalil talks to Ben about a recent trip he took to South Africa and what America can learn... more

03 May 2023

38 MINS

38:16

03 May 2023

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