Ben and Khalil throw it back to the 1970s to talk about the TV shows they loved growing up – two of the greatest and most important sit-coms: Sanford & Son and The Jeffersons. They discuss how the shows handle race, class and comedy. And how the small screen and the world it reflects have changed since then. 

If you’d like to rewatch Sanford & Son or The Jeffersons, both are available on Amazon Prime Video.

Further Reading:

The Media Dramas of Norman Lear - Michael J. Arlen, The New Yorker

Jake Austen’s zine Roctober on the vast comedic work of Redd Foxx

Ben and Khalil throw it back to the 1970s to talk about the TV shows they loved growing up – two of the greatest and most important sit-coms: Sanford &amp; Son and The Jeffersons. They discuss how the shows handle race, class and comedy. And how the small screen and the world it reflects have changed since then. 
If you’d like to rewatch Sanford &amp; Son or The Jeffersons, both are available on Amazon Prime Video.
Further Reading:
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1975/03/10/all-in-the-family-archie-bunker-the-media-dramas-of-norman-lear" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1975/03/10/all-in-the-family-archie-bunker-the-media-dramas-of-norman-lear&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679497672725000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0VnTZFmHqxh_CmZI6YquA6">The Media Dramas of Norman Lear</a> - Michael J. Arlen, The New Yorker
<a href="https://archive.org/details/roctober-28" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://archive.org/details/roctober-28&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679497672725000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3izJidrln0OJvOvHVrbiEf">Jake Austen’s zine Roctober</a> on the vast comedic work of Redd Foxx

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.

Some of My Best Friends Are

The Jeffersons vs. Sanford & Son

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