Some of My Best Friends Are

Why We Love and Hate Hollywood

Khalil and Ben go to the movies with the perfect partner: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/profjstewart?lang%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678908243614000&amp;usg=AOvVaw028W0RrlOF2JgL_coUcWu_" href="https://twitter.com/profjstewart?lang=en">Jacqueline Stewart</a>, the director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. They talk about how movies shape our lives, and why representation matters… on the big screen and at awards shows (Oscars still so white). To learn more about the museum, visit their website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.academymuseum.org/en/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678908243614000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2yXL7mmpRGfmU_9AvhqVTn" href="https://www.academymuseum.org/en/">https://www.academymuseum.org/en/</a>  To see the full clip of Sacheen Littlefeather rejecting the Best Actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando click here: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D2QUacU0I4yU%26ab_channel%3DOscars&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678908243614000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lwHUOTo50LPOH5O6clQ3f" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU&amp;ab_channel=Oscars">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU&amp;ab_channel=Oscars</a> 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.