Reopening America

Introducing: Some of My Best Friends Are

Title: Navigating Interracial Friendships with Some Of My Best Friends Are   Description: Here's a preview of another podcast we're enjoying, Some of My Best Friends Are, from Pushkin Industries. Harvard professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad and journalist Ben Austen are friends, one Black and one white, who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago. On Some of My Best Friends Are, Khalil and Ben, along with their guests, have critical conversations that are at once personal, political, and playful, about the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. In this preview, Khalil and Ben talk with author Saladin Ambar about his new book, Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama. Through famous bonds ranging from Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, to Barack Obama and Joe Biden, they explore the dynamics, benefits, and difficulties of cultivating interracial friendships. Hear the full episode, and more from Some of My Best Friends Are, at <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.pushkin.fm%2Fsbfs2%3Fsid%3Damerica&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCalebHoward%40iheartmedia.com%7C7a576b12d96b4c06fb5108dab928e023%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638025882726416119%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7cjbrnXwph9pDZgRSH6Sjo199SR%2B4PRkGAtxzeRZ8kQ%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/sbfs2?sid=america</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

We have shifted into a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic. We are social distancing, washing our hands, wearing face masks, and we are Reopening America. Oscar Ramirez from the Daily Dive Podcast updates you on any new information about the virus and vaccine development, but will focus on how cities, states, and industries affected by the shutdown are opening back up.