Some of My Best Friends Are

Taking a Knee with Malcolm Gladwell

Sports have always been political, despite what some fans might like to believe. So what role should athletes play in political movements? Malcolm Gladwell joins Ben and Khalil to discuss the history of activism in sports, including his recent podcast, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/legacy-of-speed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1681328006620000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3BB-Bz2toAonOHIm_-Pix1" href="https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/legacy-of-speed">Legacy of Speed</a>, about Tommie Smith and John Carlos – two Black sprinters who raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Olympic Games.  Listen to Legacy of Speed at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pushkin.fm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1681328006620000&amp;usg=AOvVaw272iCsnzBniM_G3Rx6c4Yg" href="http://pushkin.fm/">pushkin.fm</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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.